Executive Mansion, Washington, July 18, 1864. To Whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery,
Private & confidential Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 10. 1862. Gen. Schurz. My dear Sir Yours of the 8th. was, to-day, read to me by Mrs. S[churz]. We have lost the
Private & confidential. Hon. O. H. Browning My dear Sir Yours of the 17th is just received; and coming from you, I confess it astonishes me. That you should
Source: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy Basler, Volume 8 (The Abraham Lincoln Association, 2006), 399–405. https://goo.gl/kdg3Jd. We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of
Thurlow Weed, Esq My dear Sir. Every one likes a compliment. Thank you for yours on my little notification speech, and on the recent Inaugeral [sic] Address. I expect
The President said he supposed the passage through Congress of the Constitutional amendment for the abolishment of Slavery throughout the United States, was the occasion to which he was
Thirty-Eighth Congress of the United States. A Resolution Submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate
On thursday of last week two ladies from Tennessee came before the President asking the release of their husbands held as prisoners of war at Johnson’s Island. They were put
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices]. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln8 Dear Madam,— I have been shown in the files of the War Department a
It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its own existence, in
