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Lincoln's famous letter to Greeley...
Lincoln's famous letter to Greeley...
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August 29, 1862
DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 29, 1862 A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page has one of the more famous letters from Abraham Lincoln being his reply to Horace Greeley's editorial of August 20, "A Prayer of Twenty Millions" (see the hyperlink for this), which urged emancipation. Lincoln replies in his letter with his famous quote: "My paramount object...is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it...", signed in type: A. LINCOLN. The full text of the letter is seen in the photos. A significant document expressing Lincoln's views on slavery from the middle of the Civil War. Terrific to have this is a newspaper from the Confederate capital!
Other war-related reports but they pale in comparison. Many ads & notices as well.
Category: Confederate
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