Monday, January 24, 1853.Springfield, IL.
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Lincoln and 38 others write to Dr. Smith: "The undersigned having
listened with great satisfaction to the discourse, on the subject of
temperance, delivered by you on last evening, and believing, that, if
published and circulated among the people, it would be productive of
good; would respectfully request a copy thereof for publication."
Abraham Lincoln to James Smith, 24 January 1853, CW, 2:188. |