Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . ld her how Robertwas getting along but that letter apparently has notbeen preserved. He wrote to her again at Exeter on March4th and in the conclusion of his letter makes this state-ment with reference to his speeches in New England: Ihave been unable to escape this toil. If I had foreseenit I think I would not have come East at all. This state-ment does not make it appear as if his primary purposefor the trip had been to see Robert, although undoubtedlyhe enjoyed his company for a greater part of four days. Probably no activity of Lincolns during
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . ld her how Robertwas getting along but that letter apparently has notbeen preserved. He wrote to her again at Exeter on March4th and in the conclusion of his letter makes this state-ment with reference to his speeches in New England: Ihave been unable to escape this toil. If I had foreseenit I think I would not have come East at all. This state-ment does not make it appear as if his primary purposefor the trip had been to see Robert, although undoubtedlyhe enjoyed his company for a greater part of four days. Probably no activity of Lincolns during the New Yorkvisit, outside the delivery of the address itself, has beengiven more publicity than Lincolns visit to the FivePoints Mission. A monograph by James N. Adams, whichappears in the Journal of the Illinois State HistoricalSociety for March, 1957 should settle the question as towhen the visit was made and who accompanied Mr. Lin-coln. Mr. Freeman accepts the tradition that the visitto the mission was made on Sunday afternoon, February. THE OUTLOOK, February 8, 1922Cooper Union as it appeared in 1860 26 and that Lincolns Illinois friend, Elihu B. Washburnewent with him (pp. 64-65). Here again, however, Mr. Briggs comes into the pictureto establish the date and also the identify of the Adams in his magazine article refers to documentsthat make it certain the visit occurred Sunday afternoon,March 4th., also that Hiram Barney accompanied Briggs and Barney met Lincoln when he returnedfrom Bridgeport, Connecticut on Sunday, March 4th, andthat morning Lincoln paid his second visit to PlymouthChurch, this time with Mr. Briggs. In a letter whichBriggs wrote to Salmon P. Chase he stated that in theafternoon Mr. Barney went with him (Lincoln) to theHouse of Industry at Five Points and then invited himhome to tea. That evening Briggs took Lincoln to theChurch of the Divine Unity to hear the Rev. Dr. EdwinH. Chapin. Lack of space will not permit the close scruti
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