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The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete

Volume 6 — POLITICAL MOTIVATED MISQUOTATION IN NEWSPAPER

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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.

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