Letter from Abraham Lincoln to brother of Joseph Chrisman
To John Chrisman
John Chrisman, Esq Springfield, Ills. Sep. 21 1860
My dear Sir
Yours of the 13th. was duly received. I have no doubt that you and I are related. My grand-father's Christian name was'' Abraham.'' He had four brothers---Isaac, Jacob, John & Thomas. They were born in Pennsylvania, and my grand-father, and some, if not all the others, in early life removed to Rockingham Co. Virginia.
There my father---named Thomas---was born. From there my grand-father removed to Kentucky, and was killed by Indians, about the year 1784. His brother Thomas, who was my father's uncle---also removed to Kentucky---to Fayette Co. I think---where, as I understand he lived, and died.
I close, by repeating, I have no doubt you and I are related.
Yours very truly
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
ALS, DLC-RTL. There are no letters from Chrisman in the Lincoln Papers, but an envelope postmarked ``Waverly, Mo., March 15,'' containing Lincoln's letter of September 21, 1860, bears the following endorsement: ``John Chrisman Mo. encloses an autograph letter of the President to him, and asks that his brother Jos. Chrisman, banished as a rebel, be allowed to return to Mo.'' Chrisman's letter was probably referred to the proper authority, but no trace of it has been found. John Chrisman, born at Linville, Virginia, was the son of Joseph Chrisman and Elizabeth Lincoln (daughter of Jacob who was the brother of Lincoln's grandfather Abraham).
To John Chrisman
John Chrisman, Esq Springfield, Ills. Sep. 21 1860
My dear Sir
Yours of the 13th. was duly received. I have no doubt that you and I are related. My grand-father's Christian name was'' Abraham.'' He had four brothers---Isaac, Jacob, John & Thomas. They were born in Pennsylvania, and my grand-father, and some, if not all the others, in early life removed to Rockingham Co. Virginia.
There my father---named Thomas---was born. From there my grand-father removed to Kentucky, and was killed by Indians, about the year 1784. His brother Thomas, who was my father's uncle---also removed to Kentucky---to Fayette Co. I think---where, as I understand he lived, and died.
I close, by repeating, I have no doubt you and I are related.
Yours very truly
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
ALS, DLC-RTL. There are no letters from Chrisman in the Lincoln Papers, but an envelope postmarked ``Waverly, Mo., March 15,'' containing Lincoln's letter of September 21, 1860, bears the following endorsement: ``John Chrisman Mo. encloses an autograph letter of the President to him, and asks that his brother Jos. Chrisman, banished as a rebel, be allowed to return to Mo.'' Chrisman's letter was probably referred to the proper authority, but no trace of it has been found. John Chrisman, born at Linville, Virginia, was the son of Joseph Chrisman and Elizabeth Lincoln (daughter of Jacob who was the brother of Lincoln's grandfather Abraham).
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to brother of Joseph Chrisman
To John Chrisman
John Chrisman, Esq Springfield, Ills. Sep. 21 1860
My dear Sir
Yours of the 13th. was duly received. I have no doubt that you and I are related. My grand-father's Christian name was'' Abraham.'' He had four brothers---Isaac, Jacob, John & Thomas. They were born in Pennsylvania, and my grand-father, and some, if not all the others, in early life removed to Rockingham Co. Virginia.
There my father---named Thomas---was born. From there my grand-father removed to Kentucky, and was killed by Indians, about the year 1784. His brother Thomas, who was my father's uncle---also removed to Kentucky---to Fayette Co. I think---where, as I understand he lived, and died.
I close, by repeating, I have no doubt you and I are related.
Yours very truly
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
ALS, DLC-RTL. There are no letters from Chrisman in the Lincoln Papers, but an envelope postmarked ``Waverly, Mo., March 15,'' containing Lincoln's letter of September 21, 1860, bears the following endorsement: ``John Chrisman Mo. encloses an autograph letter of the President to him, and asks that his brother Jos. Chrisman, banished as a rebel, be allowed to return to Mo.'' Chrisman's letter was probably referred to the proper authority, but no trace of it has been found. John Chrisman, born at Linville, Virginia, was the son of Joseph Chrisman and Elizabeth Lincoln (daughter of Jacob who was the brother of Lincoln's grandfather Abraham).
To John Chrisman
John Chrisman, Esq Springfield, Ills. Sep. 21 1860
My dear Sir
Yours of the 13th. was duly received. I have no doubt that you and I are related. My grand-father's Christian name was'' Abraham.'' He had four brothers---Isaac, Jacob, John & Thomas. They were born in Pennsylvania, and my grand-father, and some, if not all the others, in early life removed to Rockingham Co. Virginia.
There my father---named Thomas---was born. From there my grand-father removed to Kentucky, and was killed by Indians, about the year 1784. His brother Thomas, who was my father's uncle---also removed to Kentucky---to Fayette Co. I think---where, as I understand he lived, and died.
I close, by repeating, I have no doubt you and I are related.
Yours very truly
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
ALS, DLC-RTL. There are no letters from Chrisman in the Lincoln Papers, but an envelope postmarked ``Waverly, Mo., March 15,'' containing Lincoln's letter of September 21, 1860, bears the following endorsement: ``John Chrisman Mo. encloses an autograph letter of the President to him, and asks that his brother Jos. Chrisman, banished as a rebel, be allowed to return to Mo.'' Chrisman's letter was probably referred to the proper authority, but no trace of it has been found. John Chrisman, born at Linville, Virginia, was the son of Joseph Chrisman and Elizabeth Lincoln (daughter of Jacob who was the brother of Lincoln's grandfather Abraham).
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