Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House incidents, war reminiscences, etc. . n attempt on Bakers part cannot betrue. Write me at Springfield how the matter is. Dontshow or speak of this letter. A. Lincoln. Mr. Morris did show the letter, and Mr. Lincoln alwaysthanked his stars that he did. -?- Old Relics. The following is a copy of an autograph letter of Abra-ham Lincoln which was received by Capt. A. H. Par-ker, President of the Englewood Soldiers Memorial As-sociation, from W. H. Hcrndon, former law partner ofPresident Lin
Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House incidents, war reminiscences, etc. . n attempt on Bakers part cannot betrue. Write me at Springfield how the matter is. Dontshow or speak of this letter. A. Lincoln. Mr. Morris did show the letter, and Mr. Lincoln alwaysthanked his stars that he did. -?- Old Relics. The following is a copy of an autograph letter of Abra-ham Lincoln which was received by Capt. A. H. Par-ker, President of the Englewood Soldiers Memorial As-sociation, from W. H. Hcrndon, former law partner ofPresident Lincoln. MISCELLANEOUS. 261 Springfield, III., Oct. 10, William: I cannot give you details, but it is en-tirely certain that Pennsylvania and Indiana have goneRepublican very largely. Penn. 25,000, & la. 5 to 10,-000. Ohio of course is safe. Yours as ever, A. Lincoln, Accampanying the above is a leaf from Mr. Lincolnsboy copy-book. The two relics are explained in full bya letter from Mr. Herndon to Capt. Parker, of which thefollowing is a copy: Springfield, III., Nov. 9, Parker—My Dear Sir: Enclosed is a genuine let-. [The original Fort Dearborn, as built in 1804.] ter from Lincoln, addressed to myself, dated the iothdayof October, i860, a few days before Mr. Lincolns election to the Presidency. The history of the letter is as follows: I was in Petersburg on the day the letter is dated, andin the evening, say at 7 oclock, I was speaking to a large 262 LINCOLNS STORIES SPEECHES. audience in the court-house urging Lincolns election. Ihad spoken about thirty minutes when a runner handedme a letter, and I opened it in dead silence, thinking pos-sibly that bad news had come to me, possibly Lincolnsdefeat. However, the dead silence was soon broken by thereading of the letter, first to myself and then aloud, asloud as I could, and then there went up such yells, huz-zas, such noise, such banging and thumping as werenever heard in that house of justice before. The joy
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