at criticism. I should like to hear you pronounce the opening speech of Richard III. Will you not soon visit Washington again? If you do, please call and let me make your personal acquaintance.
Yours truly,
A. Lincoln.
[Private.]
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 2, 1863.
James H. Hackett. . . .
My note to you I certainly did not expect to see in print; yet I have not been much shocked by the newspaper comments upon it. Those comments constitute a fair specimen of what has occurred to me through life. I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.
Yours truly,
A. Lincoln.
Hahn, Michael.
[August 5, 1863; Nov. 5, 1863. See Banks, Nathaniel P.]
[Private.]
Executive Mansion,
Washington, March 13, 1864.
Hon. Michael Hahn.
My dear Sir: I congratulate you on having fixed your name in history as the first free-State governor of Louisiana. Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be
