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Lincoln, Abraham. “Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln (Aril 16, 1848).” House Divided Project. Ed. Matthew Pinsker. Dickinson College, n.d. Web. 7 July 2016. <http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincoln/letter-to-mary-todd-lincoln-april-16-1848/>.
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Executive Mansion, Washington,
Jan. 19, 1865. Lieut. General Grant: Please read and answer this letter as though I was not President, but only a friend. My son, now in his twenty second year, having graduated at Harvard, wishes to see something of the war before it ends. I do not wish to put him in the ranks, nor yet to give him a commission, to which those who have already served long, are better entitled, and better qualified to hold. Could he, without embarrassment to you, or detriment to the service, go into your Military family with some nominal rank, I, and not the public, furnishing his necessary means? If no, say so without the least hesitation, because I am as anxious, and as deeply interested, that you shall not be encumbered as you can be yourself. Yours truly A. LINCOLN Lincoln, Abraham. “Letter to Ulysses S. Grant (January 19, 1865).” House Divided Project. Ed. Matthew Pinsker. Dickinson College, n.d. Web. 7 July 2016. <http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincoln/letter-to-ulysses-s-grant-january-19-1865/>. |