Letter: Springfield, [Ill.], to Carl Sandburg, Harbert, Mich., 1940 Apr. 29.

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Letter: Springfield, [Ill.], to Carl Sandburg, Harbert, Mich., 1940 Apr. 29.

Thanks for the photograph; is honored that Sandburg plans to attend presentation of Horner Lincoln Library to the Illinois State Historical Society.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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