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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Cologny |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark L-37.1 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Abraham Lincoln, Letter to his partner and follower William H. Herndon, signed autograph |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 4 pp. · 25 x 19.9 cm · Washington · 10 July 1848 |
| Language: |
Language
English |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary In this letter to his young partner William H. Herndon (1818-1891), who had remained in Chicago as head of their joint law office, Lincoln, who is about to lose his seat in Congress as a Representative of the Whig Party, offers a lesson in political philosophy. Exhausted by months of political battles against the Mexican-American War and hurt by "exceedingly painful" statements by his friend (whom he describes as "a laborious, studious young man"), the future American President presents his "so Lincolnian" advice: "The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him." |
| Standard description: | Standard description Notice de Nicolas Ducimetière, Fondation Martin Bodmer, 2017.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Lincoln-L-037-001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Lincoln-L-037-001) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/ms-Lincoln-L-037-001 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-ms-Lincoln-L-037-001/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, L-37.1: Abraham Lincoln, Letter to his partner and follower William H. Herndon, signed autograph (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/ms-Lincoln-L-037-001). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 09/26/2017 |
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Autograph |
| Century: |
Century
19th century |
| Dated: |
Dated
1848 |
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