1825–1860
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed (1855)
Dear Speed: You know what a poor correspondent I am. Ever since I received your very agreeable letter of the 22nd. of May I have been intending to write
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Dear Speed: You know what a poor correspondent I am. Ever since I received your very agreeable letter of the 22nd. of May I have been intending to write
Hon. Geo. Robertson Lexington, Ky. My Dear Sir: The volume you left for me has been received. I am really grateful for the honor of your kind remembrance, as well
Sir, — You are pleased to charge the colonists with ignorance of the British constitution; but let me tell you there is not ever a son of liberty among them
Hon. S. P. Chase My dear Sir Yours of the 13th. Inst. is received. You say you would be glad to have my views. Although I think Congress has Constitutional
Hon: S.P. Chase: Dear Sir Please pardon the liberty I take in addressing you, as I now do. It appears by the papers that the late Republican State Convention of
Friend Durley: When I saw you at home, it was agreed that I should write to you and your brother Madison. Until I then saw you, I was not aware
Sir Flattering myself that your knowledge of me will induce you to receive that observations I make as dictated by a regard to the public good, I take the liberty
In conformity to the intimation you were pleased to honor me with on evening last I have reflected on the etiquette proper to be observed by the President and now
Dear Sir, Col Laurens,1 who will have the honor of delivering you this letter, is on his way to South Carolina, on a project, which I think, in the present situation
My Lord, I received safe the Letters your Lordship so kindly forwarded to me, and beg you to accept my Thanks. The Official Dispatches to which you refer me, contain