speech _without waiting to send you the_ proofs.
If this is so determined, I wish you to know, that I have made no
alterations other than those you sanctioned, except--
1. I do not find that Abraham Baldwin voted on the Ordinance of '87.
On the contrary he appears _not_ to have acted with Congress during
the sitting of the Convention. Wm. Pierce seems to have taken his
place then; and his name is recorded as voting for the Ordinance.
This makes no difference in the result, but I presume you will not
wish the historical inaccuracy (if it is such) to stand. I will
therefore (unless you write to the contrary) strike out his name in
that place and reduce the number from "four" to "three" where you
sum up the number of times he voted.
2. In the quotations from the Constitution I have given its exact
language; as "delegated" instead of "granted," etc. As it is given
in _quo_. marks, I presume the exact letter of the text should be
followed.
_If these are not correct please write immediately_.
_Our_ apology for the delay is that we have been weighed down by
other matters; _mine_ that I have but to-day returned to town.
Respectfully,
Charles C. Nott.
To Hon. Abraham Lincoln.
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