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The most important letter Lincoln never sent


Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Fry Speed, 24 August 1855

In this letter, Lincoln reveals his personal convictions about these politically charged issues to Speed, the son of wealthy Kentucky slaveowners. He reminds ...

Never signed, Never sent - Lincoln - Civil War Talk

July 14, 1863 OTD, President Lincoln writes a letter to General Meade regarding the escape of the ANV after the Battle of Gettysburg.

Letter by Abraham Lincoln to Erastus Corning

This important public letter is probably the most famous defense by President Abraham Lincoln of his civil liberties position in a time of domestic ...

Bixby letter - Wikipedia

The Bixby letter is a brief, consoling message sent by President Abraham Lincoln in November 1864 to Lydia Parker Bixby, a widow living in Boston, ...

Paul J. Batura on LinkedIn: "Never Signed, Never Sent" Abraham ...

... Never Signed, Never Sent" Abraham Lincoln had a habit of writing ... Very often, the letter was never mailed. He'd then write across ...

Abraham Lincoln: Researchers Find Who Wrote the Bixby Letter | TIME

In November of 1864, a woman named Lydia Bixby received a letter from President Abraham Lincoln. He had been told that she had lost five ...

Letter to Horace Greeley - Abraham Lincoln Online

President Lincoln wrote his reply when a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation already lay in his desk drawer. His response revealed his concentration on ...

Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation | Articles and Essays

Lincoln retained among his papers a number of letters of support for the proclamation, including one from B. S. Hedrick, who identified himself as a Southerner ...

Lincoln, Meade, and Gettysburg Letters

I came across these interesting letters. First, this letter from Lincoln to Meade, never sent, which is very well known.

The Hot Letter - The Daily Coach - Substack

Except Lincoln never sent the letter, knowing it would crush his faithful general to learn of his boss' extreme disappointment. The “hot ...

NEW WEBSITE ADDITIONS FEATURE LOOK-ALIKE LINCOLN ...

So although the signatures are facsimiles, the certificates are original. "Lincoln Never Said That" is another new section included on the "Facsimile Documents" ...

Evidence for The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln | American Battlefield Trust

... influential Springfield Republican, Samuel Bowles, despaired in a letter ... a more unconstitutional tyrant and a more odious dictator than ever he was before.

Letter to James C. Conkling | The American Presidency Project

Note by the Library of Congress: This is Lincoln's draft of the famous letter to his old Springfield, Illinois friend, James C. Conkling. The letter was sent ...

Letter from Abraham Lincoln to General N. P. Banks (1863)

Recent events in Mexico, I think, render early action in Texas more important than ever. ... send copies of this letter. Still it is perhaps better to not ...

Angry Letters Best Left Unsent | The Journal-News

The letter was later found in Lincoln's desk with the inscription, "To Gen. Meade, never sent, or signed." Lincoln knew that despite the ...

Unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln discovered in Pennsylvania

The recipient of the short handwritten note was Charles Ellet Jr, later a colonel in the Union army who wrote to Lincoln seeking the formation ...

Order signed by Lincoln in 'final hours of his life' recently found

The Raab Collection of suburban Philadelphia is asking $45,000 for the 1865 letter signed by a president “who had no idea his days were numbered ...

150 Years Before Twitter, Abe Lincoln Discovered How to Avoid ...

Abraham Lincoln had a brilliant tactic to dial down his anger during the Civil War, a time when the country wasn't just divided--the house was "on fire."

Hate Mail for Old Abe Lincoln | AM - Adam Matthew Digital

This letter from a man called Pete Muggins to Abraham Lincoln, responding to Lincoln's recent election to the office of US President in 1860,

Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

Considering the circumstances, no one ever received a more important command ... ” Instead of sending Lincoln's own letter, Halleck responded to Meade ...