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Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln; Letters and Telegrams, Adams to Garrison
Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln Letters and Telegrams Adams to Garrison Author:Abraham Lincoln General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: The Current literature publishing company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Milli... more »on-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Please inform us at the earliest convenience whether we may expect you. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, A. G. Henry, A. T. Bledsoe, C. Birchall, A. Lincoln, J. M. Cabaniss, Robt. Irwin, P. A. Saunders, J. M. Allen, J. N. Francis, Executive Committee, "Clay Club." [Clay declined the invitation with thanks.] [See Brown, J. N., Oct. 18, 1858.] Clay, John M. , Executive Mansion, Washington, August 9, 1862. Mr. John M. Clay. My dear Sir: The snuff-box you sent, with the accompanying note, was received yesterday. Thanks for this memento of your great and patriotic father. Thanks also for the assurance that, in these days of dereliction, you remain true to his principles. In the concurrent sentiment of your venerable mother, so long the partner of his bosom and his honors, and lingering now where he was but for the call to rejoin him where he is, I recognize his voice, speaking, as it ever spoke, for the Union, the Constitution, and the freedom of mankind. Your obedient servant, A. Lincoln. Clay, Thomas H. War Department, October 8, 1862 Thomas H. Clay, Cincinnati, Ohio: You cannot have reflected seriously when you ask that I shall order General Morgan's command to Kentucky as a favor because they have marched from Cumberland Gap. The precedent established by it would evidently break up the whole army. Buell's old troops, now in pursuit of Bragg, have done more hard marching recently ; and, in fact, if you include marching and fighting, there are scarcely any old troops east or west of the mountains that have not done a...« less