Abraham Lincoln letter goes up for sale

Guardian ^ | 18 Nov 2009 | Ed Pilkington i

[LexBaird]

Cool! A CW thread! Where are all the old timers besides Non Seq? They just can’t be the same without old standwattie.

I swear, a guy takes a Freep break, and all the players change.

[jwparkerjr]

re: Please tell these little people

Probably how Obama starts most of his letters. Goodness knows he considers most of out her the “Little People.”

[Sherman Logan]

What do you find objectionable about this quote? He chose option 2 because he decided it was necessary to preserve the Union, exactly as he said he would.

[SunkenCiv]

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[GregB]

Betcha celebrate when John Booth cowardly killed your hated foe...

[central_va]

Betcha celebrate when John Booth cowardly killed your hated foe...

Historically, Booth let Lincoln off of the hook. He should have lived thru "reconstruction".

[Pelham]

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Thus always to tyrants.

[Pelham]

US Grant owned William Jones. Grant’s wife had four servants who weren’t freed until the Emancipation Proclamation.

[Non-Sequitur]

US Grant owned William Jones.

Which he manumitted in 1859 when he moved to Illinois.

Grant’s wife had four servants who weren’t freed until the Emancipation Proclamation.

Shortly afterwards, actually. And since Mrs. Grant's family lived in Missouri, which was not covered by the Emancipation Proclamation, their freedom was not due to any law.