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Letter from Samuel Haycraft to Abraham Lincoln

Creator:: Haycraft, Samuel, 1795-1878
Collection:: Letters to Lincoln
Location:: Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Date of Original:: 1860
Description:: Handwritten letter, 20 cm, headed Elizabeth Town, Hardin Co., Ky., dated May 31, 1860 and signed Sam Haycraft. Haycraft reminisces about Lincoln's family in Hardin County, recounts his own political career and contacts, and urges Lincoln to visit his Kentucky birthplace. Envelope is addressed Hon. Abram Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, stamped and franked. Autograph letter signed (ALS).
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence; Haycraft, Samuel, 1795-1878--Correspondence

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908300348
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908300348
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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