roops flags. Bowserasked the powerful Forney, owner andpublisher of two influential pro-Lincolnnewspapers, as well as the secretary ofthe United States Senate, to intercede onhis behalf. Forneys plea was compas-sionate and direct. While in Philadelphia two days ago, Ilearned that an effort was… … and I would have called upon you to makean appeal on his behalf had not the weatherbeen so bad. He came to see me, but 1 wasmuch too occupied to give him a hearing,and he writes me this morning, begging meto intercede with you—which I mostearnestly and cheerfully do. He is a poorman, and certainly…
Bowser, David Bustill, 1820-1900 · Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Presidents in art · Painting, American · African American painters · Presidents
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