The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. V (Chap. 4.55) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
To G. E. Patten
Executive Mansion, March 19, 1861
TO MASTER GEO. EVANS PATTEN.
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:—I did see and talk with Master Geo. Evans Patten last May at Springfield, Ill.
Respectfully,
A. LINCOLN.
[Written because of a denial that any interview with young Patten, then a schoolboy, had ever taken place.]