Saturday, April 14, 1860.Springfield,
IL. | Lincoln writes to Delahay again. "I see by the
despaches that . . . Kansas has appointed Delegates and instructed them for
Seward. Dont stir them up to anger, but come along to the convention, & I
will do as I said about expenses." He writes Solomon Sturges, Chicago banker,
that he has not yet determined whether to attend convention, and cannot say
whether he can accept his hospitality. Lincoln discusses his presidential
chances in letter to James F. Babcock of New Haven, Conn., and lists 11
"confidential friends" working to nominate him. He writes letter of
introduction for Dr. Theodore Canisius. Abraham
Lincoln to Mark W. Delahay, 14 April 1860,
CW, 4:44;
Abraham
Lincoln to Solomon Sturges, 14 April 1860,
CW, 4:44;
Abraham
Lincoln to James F. Babcock, 14 April 1860,
CW, 4:43-44;
Abraham
Lincoln to Whom It May Concern, 14 April 1860,
CW, 4:44-45. |