A Strange Act by President Lincoln

[RJNorton]

Thanks, Bill, for this post. It is indeed a fascinating topic. Among a slew of negative pre-election predictions, Thurlow Weed wrote to William Seward, "I have told Mr. Lincoln that his re-election was an impossibility." I did a search to see if I could post the Blind Memo, and I found the document is currently on display at the LOC. Here is the Blind Memo followed by the signatures of the Cabinet.