Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to Ward H. Lamon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.048 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 January 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Refuses Lamon's request for him to take on a new case at Bloomington, because he is "so pressed" in Springfield at the time.
Notes: Not in Basler. Lamon was a friend and fellow attorney of Lincoln in Illinois. Basler notes (2: 210n) that the two men established a law office together in Danville, Illinois and "were in partnership to some extent." Lincoln appointed Lamon Marshall of the District of Columbia in April 1861 (4: 319), and later invited Lamon to preside as Marshall at the Gettysburg ceremony (7: 7).
Springfield, Jany. 7. 1860
W. H. Lamon, Esq.
My dear Sir:
Yours of the 5th was received this morning. I suppose I shall have to be at Bloomington before court is over; but I am so pressed here that I could not consistently, engage in a new case at Bloomington. I am sorry I can not oblige you; but really I can not, in this case.
Your friend as ever
A. Lincoln
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