Abraham Lincoln to William Weaver Danenhower re: his time constraints & Illinois appointments - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02793.033
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1860s
Title	Abraham Lincoln to William Weaver Danenhower re: his time constraints & Illinois appointments
Date	25 March 1861
Author	Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Recipient	Danenhower, William Weaver
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Written as President. Not in Basler.
Subjects	President Politics Government and Civics
People	Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Danenhower, William Weaver (fl. 1861)
Place written	Washington
Theme	The American Civil War; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide Executive Mansion March 25. 1861 W.W. Danenhower, Esq. My dear Sir It was with great pain that I turned you away without an interview this morning - The Senate is about adjourning, and hence my time is next to a matter of life and death with me - Besides, there is one Illinois appointment which circumstances force me to make to-day - And that done, I can crowd Illinois no Further, until I have time to make a reconing [sic]. No less your friend than ever A Lincoln