Letter from Abraham Lincoln to O.H. Browning (1861)
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 object […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Alexander H. Stephens (1860)
For your own eye only Hon. A. H. Stephens- My dear Sir Your obliging answer to my short note is just received, and for which please accept my thanks. […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Governor Michael Hahn (1864)
Hon. Michael Hahn My dear Sir: I congratulate you on having fixed your name in history as the first—free—state Governor of Louisiana. Now you are about to have a […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Governor Andrew Johnson (1863)
Private Hon. Andrew Johnson My dear Sir: I am told you have at least thought of raising a negro military force. In my opinion the country now needs no […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Hoffman (1864)
Hon. Henry W Hoffman My dear Sir: A convention of Maryland has framed a new constitution for the State; a public meeting is called for this evening, at Baltimore, […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun (1860)
Hon: George Ashmun: President of the Republican National Convention. Sir: I accept the nomination tendered me by the Convention over which you presided, and of which I am formally appri[z]ed […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Jesse W. Fell (1859)
My dear Sir: Herewith is a little sketch, as you requested. There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me. If […]
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 […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to George Robertson (1855)
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 […]
Letter from John Adams to the Earl of Claredon, William Pym (1766)
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 […]