August 22, 1862 Lincoln's Letter to Horace Greeley: Editing Mr. Lincoln

On August 22, 1862 President Lincoln wrote a public letter to Horace Greeley and gave it to National Intelligencer editor, James Clarke Welling, to be published the next day in his newspaper.

President Lincoln's private secretary, John  Nicolay recalled;

On August 22, 1862 President Lincoln wrote an open letter to Horace Greeley, editor of New York Tribune. This letter, which has become famous in history, he sent to the National Intelligencer for publication.

Dr. James Clarke Welling was at that time the editor in charge, and he did what few young editors would have ventured upon. He wanted to make a change to Lincoln’s text so he immediately carried the manuscript back to the President, and suggested its omission. President Lincoln good-naturedly complied, not that he was convinced of the alleged imperfection, but because he never stubbornly resisted advice where only trifles were concerned.

Recollections of John Nicolay

Private Secretary to President Lincoln

Princeton College Bulletin
Volume VII; April, 1895

From an early age, James Clarke Welling was passionate about historical accuracy. His college thesis at Princeton was Causes of Historical Discrepancies.

In 1880 Welling made another revision to the Lincoln-Greeley letter, Aug. 22, 1862. He referred to the original letter in his possession and corrected the misprinted word from "this" union to "the" union.

1862 Lincolns Proclamation Draft Preserved

Lincoln's Proclamation
Written July 25th, 1862

The original manuscript of President Lincoln's Proclamation, written July 25, 1862 was a prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation. James C. Welling donated the manuscript to the New Jersey Committee at the 1864 Great Fair of Philadelphia. 

The manuscript was sold by lottery and the lucky bidder was Anne Hampton Brewster, who bequeathed her books, manuscripts and maps to the Library Company of Philadelphia.

The donation to The Great Central Fair
Original manuscript of the proclamation of President Lincoln
as of July 25, 1862 by James Clarke Welling, Ed, N. Intl.

Anne Hampton Brewster playfully called a social outlaw
 by friend, Genevieve. 

Anne Hampton Brewster's friend was Genevieve Welling Wigfall, daughter of James Clarke Welling. 

References: 

Anne Hampton Brewster: 19th-century Author and "Social Outlaw"

http://www.librarycompany.org/steptowardfreedom