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January 15, 1849

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Monday, January 15, 1849.
 Washington, DC.

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Besides attending House, Lincoln answers letters of previous day. He will do what he can for Bennett. Referring to James Shields' nomination and probable election to Senate, he asks Berdan: "How do you suppose this, as a fruit of the glorious Mexican war, tastes to Breese, McClernand et al?. Do you suppose they are in a mood of blessing the war about now?" Abraham Lincoln to John Bennett, 15 January 1849, CW, 2:23; Abraham Lincoln to James Berdan, 15 January 1849, CW, 2:23. 

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Besides attending House, Lincoln answers letters of previous day. He 
will do what he can for Bennett. Referring to James Shields' 
nomination and probable election to Senate, he asks Berdan: "How do 
you suppose this, as a fruit of the glorious Mexican war, tastes to 
Breese, McClernand <uLine>et al</uLine>?. Do you suppose they are in 
a mood of <uLine>blessing</uLine> the war about now?"
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