Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln to William H. Herndon, 11 July 18481
Washington, July 11– 1848Dear William:
Yours of the 3^rd is this moment received; and I hardly need say, it gives unalloyed pleasure–2 I now almost regret writing the serious, long faced letter, I wrote yesterday; but let the past as nothing be–3 Go it while you're young!

I write this in the confusion of the H. R, and with several other things to attend to– I will send you about eight different speeches this evening; and as to kissing a pretty girl, a[I] know one very pretty one, but I guess she wont let me kiss her–
Yours foreverA Lincoln

1Abraham Lincoln wrote and signed this letter.

2William H. Herndon’s July 3 letter to Lincoln has not been located.

3Lincoln references a letter where he, as an older, more experienced man, advises Herndon on what a young man needs to do to succeed in life.
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