Lincoln writes to J. Mason Haight, who commented on Lincoln serving water to notification committee: "Having kept house sixteen years, and having never held the 'cup' to the lips of my friends then, my judgment was that I should not, in my new position, change my habit in this respect." He thanks J. E. Tilton, Boston publisher, for book. [John G. Nicolay is now working as Lincoln's secretary.] Abraham Lincoln to J. Mason Haight, 11 June 1860, CW, 4:75; Abraham Lincoln to J. E. Tilton, 11 June 1860, CW, 4:75; Nicolay to Trumbull, Lyman Trumbull Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.