Did Lincoln write a letter about corporations threatening the countrys welfare?
No such letter exists. This is a forgery which surfaced during the presidential campaign of 1888. Helen Nicolay, the daughter of John Nicolay, one of Lincoln’s White House secretaries, said her father worked to refute this error. She explained, “The truth is that Lincoln was no prophet of a distant day. His heart and mind were busy with the problems of his own time. The legacy he left his countrymen was not the warning of a seer, but an example and an obligation to face their own dark shadows with the sanity and courageous independence he showed in looking upon those that confronted him.” Those who have read The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln in its entirety also recognize that the forged text bears no resemblance to Lincoln’s usual speech and writing patterns.
No such letter exists. This is a forgery which surfaced during the presidential campaign of 1888. Helen Nicolay, the daughter of John Nicolay, one of Lincoln’s White House secretaries, said her father worked to refute this error. She explained, “The truth is that Lincoln was no prophet of a distant day. His heart and mind were busy with the problems of his own time. The legacy he left his countrymen was not the warning of a seer, but an example and an obligation to face their own dark shadows with the sanity and courageous independence he showed in looking upon those that confronted him.” Those who have read The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln in its entirety also recognize that the forged text bears no resemblance to Lincoln’s usual speech and writing patterns.
