Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Sims Morris, a delegate from Menard County, Illinois instructed to support Lincoln as the party's Illinois 3rd District U.S. Congressional candidate at a May 1, 1843 Whig state convention. Lincoln affirms his…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Hawkins Taylor, a prominent Republican from Keokuk, Iowa who had represented Lee County in the state's first territorial legislature. Lincoln comments on the demands for public appearances during the presidential…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Hawkins Taylor, a prominent Republican of Keokuk, Iowa who had represented Lee County in the state's first territorial legislature. Lincoln comments on Stephen A. Douglas' prospects of becoming the Democratic…
