Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1885 — Abraham Lincoln in a Quarrel. [ARTICLE]

Abraham Lincoln in a Quarrel.

A resident of this city, while recently on a visit to Kentucky, came into pos session of the following correspondence, which has never before been made public. It explains itself: Lawrenceville, Oct. 30, 1840. A. Lincoln, Esq.: Dear. Sir: On our first meeting on Wednesday last a difficulty in words ensued between us, which I deem it my duty to notice further. I think you were the aggressor. Your words imported insult, and whether you meant them as such is for you to say. Y'ou will therefore please inform me on this point, and, if you designed to offend me, please communicate to me your present feelings on the subject,, and whether you persist in the stand you took. Your obedient servant, Wm. S. Andehson. Lawrenceville, Oct. 31, 1840. W. S. Anderson, Esq.: Dear Sir: Your note of yesterday received. In the difficulty between qs of which you speak you say you think I was the aggressor. I do not think I was. You say “my words imported insult.” I meant them as a fair set-off to your own statement, and not otherwise, and in that light alone I now wish you to understand them. Y’ou ask for "my “present feelings on the subject.” I entertain no unkind feelings to you, and none of any sort upon the subject except a sincere regret that I permitted myself to get into such an altercation.

Yours truly,

A. LINCOLN.

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