Letters to Abraham Lincoln, 1848-1861.

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Letters to Abraham Lincoln, 1848-1861.

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Four letters written before Lincoln's election to the presidency. One, 1848, from James L.D. Morrison discusses the recent election, the Whigs, Loco Foco, patronage, and the Germans in Belleville, Ill. Two from Governor Bissell regarding appointments. The remaining letters are all written after his election, frequently offering their services to him in any way and are full of advice. Most of these discuss relations between the North and the South. One from C. Ballance, Jan. 1861, discusses the secessionists and their activities and his belief that they plan to take over Washington before the inauguration. Another from Lewis Aldridge in Alabama gives his views on slavery and the Confederacy and asks Lincoln's opinions on several questions related to these issues.

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Morrison, James L. D. (James Lowery Donaldson), 1816-1888

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...