February 14, 1861
Sir
Mr. Abe Lincoln
if you don’t Resign we are going to put a spider in your dumpling and play the Devil with you you god or mighty god dam sundde of a bith go to hell and buss my Ass suck my prick and call my Bolics your uncle Dick god dam a fool and goddam Abe Lincoln who would like you goddam you excuse me for using such hard words with you but you need it you are nothing but a goddam Black n—-r
yours &c
Mr. A.G. Frick
Tennessee Missouri Kentucky Virginia N. Carolina and Arkansas is going to secede Glory be to god on high
Thanks for itrnodcuing a little rationality into this debate.