Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to William H. Wilson re:did not vote against sending supplies during Mexican War
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04415 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1860/11/03 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
Basler, Roy. P. The Colllected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 1974), Vol. X
1832 - 1865, p. 59
Notes: Partially printed in Basler 10: 59. The letter was written in response to allegations raised by Democrats that Lincoln, while in Congress, had voted against supplying the troops fighting the Mexican War.
Private
Springfield, Ills. Nov.3. 1860
Mr. W. Wilson Esq.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 29th is received. "I did not, while in congress, or elsewhere, vote against supplies to the American army while on the Battlefields of Mexico." If I had done so, it would be matter of record, in the Journals and Congressional Globe, and no man making that, or any such charge, should be listened to; unless he will [struck: producing] produce the record, proving it true. That, in [struck: this] [inserted: my] case, no living man can do.
Yours truly
A. Lincoln
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