MY DEAR SIR,--....Please remember me to Mr. Lincoln and thank him for his great kindness shown me during my last visit to your city. I do hope and pray that he may stand firm to the end of this wicked Rebellion, and while he administers mercy so freely that he will not forget _justice_. I am in favor of _mercy_, but never at the expense of _justice_. I know he is magnanimous. He is too much so sometimes, I fear. But I had rather trust him in this great crisis than any other man living. May God give him wisdom to direct, mercy to temper, and justice to balance the mighty interests of humanity that tremble in the balance! I should be happy to hear from you at an early date. With kindest wishes for your health and prosperity, I am, dear Sir, Your most obedient servant, D. P. HENDERSON. CHICAGO, February 10, 1865. DEAR SIR,--Enclosed is a letter which I wish you to place in the hands of President Lincoln in person. I fear it will not get to him until action is had. I am very sorry to trouble him, but my friends demand it of me. I told them that you would put it in his hands yourself. Your obedient servant, JNO. WENTWORTH. BLOOMINGTON, ILL., April 4, 1865.[P] [P] Only ten days before the Assassination. COL. WARD H. LAMON: DEAR HILL,--....I am going with Governor Oglesby to visit the armies of Grant and Sherman, and shall call on you in passing. We have glorious news, and am feeling happy over it. I hope the President will keep out of danger; the chivalry are a greater set of scoundrels than he thinks them to be. Mr. Lincoln's personal safety is of such vast importance to the country at this time, that his friends feel more or less solicitous when they read of his "going to the front." But he has made a glorious trip this time. Your friend, W. H. HANNA. RELIGION. January 31, 1874. REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER: MY DEAR SIR,--My attention has been directed to a "Review of the Life of Lincoln" which appeared in the "Christian Union." This paper was by many attributed to your pen; it certainly must have received your editorial sanction.