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FROM THE HON. HENRY B. BROWN, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States.

WASHINGTON, _October 23, 1895._

S.S. MCCLURE, _New York_.

_Dear Sir_: Accept my thanks for the engraving of the earliest picture
of Mr. Lincoln. I recognized it at once, though I never saw Mr.
Lincoln, and know him only from photographs of him while he was
President. I think you were fortunate in securing the daguerreotype
from which this was engraved, and it will form a very interesting
contribution to the literature connected with this remarkable man.
From its resemblance to his later pictures I should judge the likeness
must be an excellent one.

Very truly yours,

H.B. BROWN.

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FROM MAJOR J.W. POWELL, of the United States Geological Survey.

WASHINGTON, _October 24, 1895._

_My Dear McClure_: I am delighted with the proof of the portrait of
Lincoln from a daguerreotype. His pictures have never quite pleased
me, and I now know why. I remember Lincoln as I saw him when I was a
boy; after he became a public man I saw him but few times. This
portrait is Lincoln as I knew him best: his sad, dreamy eye, his
pensive smile, his sad and delicate face, his pyramidal shoulders, are
the characteristics which I best remember; and I can never think of
him as wrinkled with care, so plainly shown in his later portraits.
This is the Lincoln of Springfield, Decatur, Jacksonville, and
Bloomington.

Yours cordially,

J.W. POWELL.

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FROM MR. JOHN C. ROPES, author of "The First Napoleon" and
"The Story of the Civil War."

99 MOUNT VERNON STREET, BOSTON, _October 24, 1895._

S. S. MCCLURE, ESQ.

_My Dear Sir_: I thank you for the engraving of the daguerreotype
portrait of Mr. Lincoln. It is assuredly a most interesting portrait.
The expression, though serious and earnest, is devoid of the sadness
which characterizes the later likenesses. There is an appearance of
strength and self-confidence in this face, and an evident sense of
humor. This picture is a great addition to our portraits of Mr.
Lincoln.

With renewed thanks, I am,

Very truly yours,

J. C. ROPES.

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FROM WOODROW WILSON, Professor of Finance and Political Economy at
Princeton.

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, _October 23, 1895._

MR. S. S. MCCLURE.

_My Dear Mr. McClure_: I thank you very much for the portra