Title
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Alden Hall.
Caption
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Alden Hall, dated February 14, 1843, which reads thus: Friend Hall, Your county and ours are almost sure to be placed in the same congressional district - I would like to be its Representative; still circumstances may happen to prevent my even being a candidate. If, however, there are any Whigs in Tazewell who would as soon I should represent them as any other person, I would be glad they would not cast me aside until they see and hear farther what turn things take. Do not suppose, Esq., that in addressing this letter to you, I assume that you will be for or against all other Whigs; I only mean, that I know you to be my personal friend, a good Whig, and an Honorable man, to whom I may, without fear, communicate a fact which I wish my particular friend (if I have any) to know. There is nothing new here now worth telling. Your friend as ever, A. Lincoln. From Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years, published 1926.
Date
1926
Credit line
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Reference
UMG23A65_320
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License type
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