 “My Dear Sir :—Last night I received your letter, giving an account of your interview with General Scott, and for which I thank you. Please present my respects to the General, and tell him confidentially I shall be obliged to him to be as well prepared...  The North American Review - Page 4541885Full view - About this book
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 482 pages
...December, he wrote as follows: " Confidential" "Sl'KINRFIELU, ILL., Dec 21, i860. " HON. EB WASHBURNE—My Dear Sir: Last night I received your letter, giving...prepared as he can to either hold, or retake, the forts, as the case may require, at and after the inauguration. Yours as ever, " A. LINCOLN." ' There... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - United States - 1886 - 928 pages
...wrote me the following letter : " Confidential. " SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 21, 1860. " HON. EB WASHBURNE : " My dear Sir :—Last night I received your letter,...respects to the General and tell him confidentially BY ELIHU B. WASHBURNE. 31 I shall be obliged to him to be as well prepared as he can to either hold,... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - Presidents - 1888 - 828 pages
...wrote me the following letter : " Confidential. "SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 21, 1860. " HON. EB WASHBURNE : " My dear Sir :—Last night I received your letter,...prepared as he can to either hold, or retake, the forts, as the case may require, at and after the inauguration. " Yours, as ever, "A. LINCOLN." On the... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 540 pages
...general, the return mail carried the following letter from Lincoln to Washburne, dated December 21: " Last night I received your letter giving an account...well prepared as he can to either hold or retake the forts, as the case may require, at and after the inauguration." A little later Mr. Lincoln again sent... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 538 pages
...general, the return mail carried the following letter from Lincoln to Washburne, dated December 21: " Last night I received your letter giving an account...well prepared as he can to either hold or retake the forts, as the case may require, at and after the inauguration." A little later Mr. Lincoln again sent... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1892 - 490 pages
...letter of December 21, to EB Washburne, we read : " Please present my respects to the general (Scott), and tell him confidentially I shall be obliged to...well prepared as he can to either hold or retake the forts as the case may require, at and after the inauguration." Ib., p. 75. We may also quote here a... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - United States - 1892 - 492 pages
...letter of December 21, to EB Washburne, we read: " Please present my respects to the general (Scott), and tell him confidentially I shall be obliged to...well prepared as he can to either hold or retake the forts as the case may require, at and after the inauguration." Ib., p. 75. We may also quote here a... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 448 pages
...truly, A. LINCOLN. LETTER TO EB WASHBURNE (Confidential.) SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, December 21, 1860. My dear Sir: Last night I received your letter giving...well prepared as he can to either hold or retake the forts, as the case may require, at and after the inauguration. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. LETTER TO... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...1860.—LETTER TO EB WASHBURNE. (Confidential.) SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, December 21, 1860. HON. EB WASHBURNE. My dear Sir: Last night I received your letter giving...well prepared as he can to either hold or retake the forts, as the case may require, at and after the inauguration. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. December... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1899 - 478 pages
...forts which still flew the American flag, Lincoln wrote to Washburne, who had seen General Scott: " Please present my respects to the general, and tell...well prepared as he can to either hold or retake the forts, as the case may require, at and after the inauguration." He also, with some hesitation, consented... | |
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