Thanks for pointing me to this. After some research, it seems that the original offer was not to Lincoln (for help in the war), but to Buchanan (simply as a goodwill offering). This is confirmed by looking at the original date of the letter (14 Feb 1861) which preceded the War.
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That's some real snail mail too..
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I wonder how many feral hogs that equates to?
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War would have been over before Christmas had he accepted.
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