Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Henry J. Raymond1Jump to section

Hon. Henry J. Raymond Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir Washington, August 15, 1864.

I have proposed to Mr Greely that the Niagara correspondence be published, suppressing only the parts of his letters over which the red-pencil is drawn in the copy which I herewith send. He declines giving his consent to the publication of his letters unless these parts be published with the rest. I have concluded that it is better for me to submit, for the time, to the consequences of the false position in which I consider he has placed me, than to subject the country to the consequences of publishing these discouraging and injurious parts. I send you this, and the accompanying copy, not for publication, but merely to explain to you, and that you may preserve them until their proper time shall come. Yours truly

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS-F, ISLA; LS copy, DLC-RTL. See Lincoln to Greeley, August 6 and 9, supra. Raymond had written Lincoln on August 5, enclosing a clipping of Greeley's article in the Tribune of that day in which he stated that he would gladly comply with the Times' request for publication of the correspondence if he had copies of all the documents:

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``I enclose an article from The Tribune of this morning. It seems to me that the public interest would be served---& certainly your action would be vindicated . . . by the publication of the correspondence in question.

``If you concur in this opinion & see no objection to such a course I should be very glad to receive from you a copy with authority to publish it.'' (DLC-RTL).