Dr Sir
I take a moment to write you. acording to promise we held a meeting of the Americans at Indianapolis yesterday. the matter we talked of at your House is all Right we will not have a ticket for Bell in this State.[1] Indiana is Reliable for Lincoln I have been around and think I know, and if time would permit could give you the Reasons why, and will soon if you Recolect when I told you of that Brackenridge[2] nomination I Remarked that Douglas would not get a State, that conviction is deepening, and think all will be convinced of the fact before the Canvass is over pleas write
Yours Resp
[1] By 1860, the American or “Know Nothing” Party was largely defunct and the Republicans hoped to persuade the Know Nothings to join their camp instead of supporting the newly formed Constitutional Union Party. The Constitutional Unionists were primarily comprised of Old Whigs and Know Nothings and had nominated Senator John Bell of Tennessee for the presidency
[2] In June 1860 the Democratic Party split into two factions and each faction nominated its own presidential candidate. Vice President John C. Breckinridge received the nomination from one faction and Stephen A. Douglas received the nomination from the other.
Lincoln, A. (1860) Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833 to 1916: J. R. Mahan to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday,Politics in Indiana. July 5. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mal0326600/.