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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[1] Df, DLC-RTL. The draft is in John Hay's autograph, without signature, which is as printed in NH, X, 90. A telegram of the same date from Nicolay to Fry reads ``The President cannot promise to come. Will write you today.'' (DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 43). James R. Fry of Philadelphia wrote Lincoln on April 26, 1864:

``You will receive, in the course of a few days, a formal invitation from gentlemen representing the Great Central Fair of the Sanitary Commission, the Union League and other bodies of this city, to come hither on Wednesday the 4th day of May to attend the Grand Musical Festival which will inaugurate the Fair. As chairman of the committee having charge of the Festival, while I advise you of the proposed invitation, I solicit your attention to the importance of honoring the occasion by your acceptance of it. . . . If you can favor me with an early reply it will be of moment to enable me to send prompt invitations. . . . P.S. Other departments of the Fair begin in June, but the Musical Festival (as I state above) on Wednesday the 4th of May.'' (DLC-RTL).