Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Letter To E. B. Washburne
by Abraham Lincoln
(Private and Confidential.)
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
October 26, 1863.
HON. E. B. WASHBURNE.
MY DEAR SIR:--Yours of the 12th has been in my hands several days.
Inclosed I send the leave of absence for your brother, in as good
form as I think I can safely put it. Without knowing whether he
would accept it. I have tendered the collectorship at Portland,
Maine, to your other brother, the governor.
Thanks to both you and our friend Campbell for your kind words and
intentions. A second term would be a great honor and a great labor,
which, together, perhaps I would not decline if tendered.
