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- GLC#
- GLC04812
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 2 August 1858
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- to C.W. Michael and William Proctor
- Place Written
- Springfield, Illinois
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 24.1 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Lincoln
Replies concerning Stephen Douglas, "Judge Douglas considers my presence at his appointments as an intrusion; and so I have concluded to not be present at them." States that if they can assure him an audience at Lewistown on the 17th, he will try to be there. Written during his campaign against Stephen A. Douglas for his Senate seat. Note on the verso by a previous owner stating the letter is the property of Mary Laura K. Wright of Canton, Illinois.
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