APPENDIX 



B. Lincoln to George C. Shattuck, Jr., at Eastport 

 Burlington, Vt., 12th May, 1833. 



... By all means go to Dennisville if you can — 

 perhaps my brother Tom may be invited to go too 

 — he is an old crony of Mr. Audubon. Whether he 

 could go or not I know not, but I should much like 

 to have him go. — he would be a fine companion 

 for you. . . . Would to God I could go with you. 

 Will you not return by the way of Lake Champlain? 



I do not know how your vegetable eating will do 

 in a country where men eat Fish — "feathers and 

 all." I think you will find your health improved by 

 the cruise and you will to the day of your death 

 rejoice that you went. . . . 



George C. Shattuck to George C. Shattuck, Jr., at 

 Eastport 

 My Son, — 



Yours of the 9th inst has been received. A double 

 barrelled gun with percussion locks, custom work, 

 and 10 lbs of powder and five thousand caps have 

 been secured through the kindness of Mr. Hiram 

 Smith and are forewarded by the Packet Boundary 

 to Eastport. Mr. John Allen made the case for the 

 gun, and insisted that you should have wads and 

 ball and another pound of Mr. Ware's best powder, 

 all of which you receive in the case with the gun. 

 The ammunition otherwise is put in a candle box 

 and directed to you, and with it the accompaniments 

 of the gun. Enclosed is a letter from Baltimore via 

 Brunswick. I have written to you twice at Eastport 

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