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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to Norman B. Judd, re: upcoming presidential campaign

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01214 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1860/02/05 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 24 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Docketed by Judd on verso. Written by Lincoln as Presidential candidate at a time of revelations of old anti-Lincoln statements by Judd.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. III 1858 - 1860,
p. 516

[Draft Created by Crowdsourcing]
Springfield, Feb. 5, 1860
Hon. N.B. Judd:
My dear Sir
Your two letters were duly received- Whether Mr. Storrs shall come to Illinois, and assist in our approaching campaign, is a question of dollars + cents- Can we pay him? If we can, that is the sole question - I consider his services very valuable-
A day or so before you wrote about Mr. Herndon, Dubois told me that he, H , had been talking to William Jayne in the way you indicate - At first sight afterwards, I mentioned it to him; he rather denied the charge, and I did not press him about the past; but got his solemn pledge to say nothing of the sort in the future - I had done this before I received your letter - I impressed upon him as well I could, first that such, was un-true, and unjust to you, and second, that I would be held responsible for what he said- Let this be private-
Some folks are pretty bitter towards me about the Dole, Hubbard, and Brown letter.
Yours as ever
A. Lincoln

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