Did abraham Lincoln recived a letter from the king of siam?

Did abraham Lincoln recived a letter from the king of siam?
I am watching the king of and i

and at one scence the king is writting a letter to abraham asking him if he want elephants, is that true

Answer by Louie O
Yes, during the Civil War the King of Siam sent a letter to Lincoln offering to send him war elephants, but Lincoln sent a letter back politely turning the offer down.

Abraham Lincoln? Letter and slaves?
Why did Abraham Lincoln respond to Horace Greeley’s letter?

http://www.civilwarhome.com/lincolngreeley.htm

Was Abraham Lincoln for slaves or not? He says he did not want slaves, yet he wouldn’t stop the war until the Union won.

Answer by Questiona
This will be debated forever, to be honest.
I’m a big history buff.

Answer by The Party Has Arrived
It was never about Lincoln’s personal opinion on slavery, it was about America. The only reason why the Civil War erupted, was not because of slavery, but because of the South’s break away from the Union. The south was unwilling to cooperate with the new slave laws and enactments and therefore declared themselves the Confederate States of America (breaking away from the Union) President Lincoln was like, Oh hell no you can’t just break away from the United States and declare yourself an independent nation, that’s treason! So Lincoln addressed that the only was to preserve the Union was to go to war with the Confederacy. The Civil War was more than just slavery, slavery was only a little piece of the big picture. Here is a website that discusses and breaks down the meaning of Lincoln’s first inaugural address.

Answer by Tony C
Lincoln was opposed to slavery, he found the concept of one man owning another to be abhorrent. But he was a politician first and foremost.

The “border states”, particularly Maryland and Delaware but also Kentucky and Missouri, remained largely neutral during the war even though they had strong southern sympathies. In Maryland this neutrality was maintained by Lincoln arresting many of the legislature on spurious charges! The neutrality of the border states was absolutely vital to Lincoln. The loss of Maryland to the Confederacy would have rendered Washington DC untenable as the Union capital for example.

Lincoln could not openly oppose slavery without driving the border states into the Confederacy, that was his great dilemma. That is why the Emancipation Proclamation is such a brilliant piece of political manoeuvring. Not because it freed any slaves (which it obviously didn’t) but because it was worded in such a way that it didn’t apply in the border states (or any northern state). It did paint the Confederacy as fighting to retain slavery, which is what Lincoln intended, and it prevented Britain and France from recognising the Confederacy (also exactly as Lincoln intended) without disturbing the delicate balance of the border states.

Lincoln’s response to Greely’s open letter made his political views on slavery plain. He would save the Union and, to paraphrase, he’d do that whether it required all the slaves to be freed, none of the slaves to be freed or just some of the slaves freed. Lincoln had but one purpose throughout the entire war; to save the Union.

His use of slavery as a political weapon in the Emancipation Proclamation was Lincoln the politician at his best. Like all politicians he was careful to keep his personal views private, yes he was opposed to slavery, but much more importantly he was for the Union. Saving the Union was astronomically more important to him than freeing the slaves.

Abraham Lincoln: Letters from a Slave Girl (Dear Mr. President)

The Dear Mr. President series brings history alive through fictitious correspondence between a president and a young person. Although the letters are all imagined, they are based upon meticulous historical research. Elegantly designed in two colors, the books include photographs, maps, primary source material, a presidential biography, U.S. postal history, an index, and timelines. In this latest addition to the series, the United States descends into Civil War, a 12-year-old slave on a South Carolina plantation begins corresponding with the newly inaugurated President Lincoln. Full emancipation, the president writes to her, cannot come easily in so deeply divided a nation. But her continuing appeals prod the conscience of this burdened man, and he drafts the Emancipation Proclamation that sets Lettie on the road to freedom.

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Would this be a nice letter to Abraham Lincoln if he is still alive?
Dear Mr President:

I am sorry to disappoint you, but the Civil War meant nothing. Today, the Republican Party is turning White, Christian Americans into slaves.

Your Noodle

Noodle so Cool

Answer by Lois Griffin
No.

Answer by Shamus
How are Christians being turned into slaves? Noodle may be cool, but noodle is pretty dense.

Answer by pamcarter
No! Let the dead rest in peace. He’s dead, gone. Let him rest.

Answer by Peter
Christians are not slaves.

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