24. Lincoln to Joseph A. Wright on Wright's prospects in Congressional race
Title
24. Lincoln to Joseph A. Wright on Wright's prospects in Congressional race
Subject
Description
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Joseph A. Wright regarding Wright's prospects in an United States Congressional race in western Indiana. July 31, 1862. Wright, a former Indiana governor, was at the time filling a vacancy in the United States Senate created by the expulsion of Indiana's Jesse Bright for disloyalty; Wright chose not to run for office in 1862. Autograph Letter [Signature missing].
Date
1862-07-31
Contributor
Becki Plunkett and Stephen Vincent
Rights
Copyright State Historical Society of Iowa. Information at http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/conditions-for-image-reproductions.html
Digital Reproduction Information
Original scanned at 600 dpi w/ sRGB color space.
Repository
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines
Repository Collection
Special Collections: Abraham Lincoln Collection
Digital item created
9/25/2008
Transcription
Executive Mansion, Washington, July 31, 1862 Hon. Joseph A. Wright My Dear Sir Our mutual friends R.W. Thompson and John P. Usher assure me that they believe you, more certainly than any other man, can carry the Terre Haute [Congressional] District for the Union cause. Please try. The effort shall not go unappreciated, so far as I am concerned.