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February 24, 1846

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Tuesday, February 24, 1846.
 Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln writes to fellow attorney and fellow poetry aficionado Andrew Johnston, of Quincy, Illinois. Lincoln writes that he is "Feeling a little poetic this evening," and notes that he encloses a poem that Johnston had "expressed the wish to have." Lincoln asks if Johnston "would...like to see a piece of poetry of my own making?" He confides that he has "a piece that is almost done, but I find a deal of trouble to finish it." Abraham Lincoln to Andrew Johnston, 24 February 1846, CW, 1:366-67. 

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         <p> Lincoln writes to fellow attorney and
  fellow poetry aficionado Andrew Johnston, of Quincy, Illinois. Lincoln writes
  that he is "Feeling a little poetic this evening," and notes that he encloses a
  poem that Johnston had "expressed the wish to have." Lincoln asks if Johnston
  "would...like to see a piece of poetry of my own making?" He confides that he
  has "a piece that is almost done, but I find a deal of trouble to finish it."
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