The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.233) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Political Motivated Misquotation In Newspaper
Telegram To J. C. Conkling.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, September 3, 1863.
HON. JAMES C. CONKLING, Springfield, Ill.:
I am mortified this morning to find the letter to you botched up in the Eastern papers, telegraphed from Chicago. How did this happen?
A. LINCOLN.