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Pullman Building.
Chicago.
February 9th, 1909.
My dear Sir:
I receive this morning, and have read with much interest, your letter of February 6th. Your suggestion is only one of very many which have come to me from all parts of the country during the past month, and with many of which it would have been a personal pleasure, as it would be in this instance, if I was able to respond favorably. The manuscripts of my father which are in my possession are almost all of them of a documentary character, and therefore not suitable for a public exhibit. There are very few of them written upon one page so as to be read a glance without being handled, and those of that character which are available I have already loaned to two exhibits of a general character, one by the Chicago Historical Society, and the other a joint affair between the city of New York and the Columbia University. The arrangements for the care of the papers in each of these cases are, I am told, unusually thorough, but it is natural that there should be a little apprehension upon my part as to their safe return.
Regretting that it is not practicable for me to be of service to you in this way, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Robert T. Lincoln
Darwin C. Pavey, Esq.,
Boston Press Club,
Boston, Mass.