Springfield, Ills, July 29. 1860
Hon. James O. Putnam
My dear Sir
I have just read the speech you sent me, with your note of the 23rd. attached. I do not mean to flatter you when I say it is, indeed, a very excellent one. The manner in which you point out to Gov. Hunt that his objections to the election of the Republican candidate apply with manifold force to the candidate he would elect instead, is truly admirable.
And now allow me to name one error. John Adams was not elected over Jefferson by the H.R; but Jefferson was over Burr. Such is my recollection.
Yours very truly
My dear Sir
I have just read the speech you sent me, with your note of the 23rd. attached. I do not mean to flatter you when I say it is, indeed, a very excellent one. The manner in which you point out to Gov. Hunt that his objections to the election of the Republican candidate apply with manifold force to the candidate he would elect instead, is truly admirable.
And now allow me to name one error. John Adams was not elected over Jefferson by the H.R; but Jefferson was over Burr. Such is my recollection.
Yours very truly
A. LINCOLN
Hertz, Emanuel. Abraham Lincoln: a New Portrait. New York: H. Liveright, Inc., 1931.