Who of the five appointed is to write the district address?  I did the labor of writing one address this year, and got thunder for my reward.  Nothing new here.

Yours as ever,
A. Lincoln.

P. S.—­I wish you would measure one of the largest of those swords we took to Alton and write me the length of it, from tip of the point to tip of the hilt, in feet and inches.  I have a dispute about the length.

A. L. A. L.