Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].

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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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To Converse & Priest1Jump to section

October 1st. 1847.

Messrs. Converse & Priest: If you will let Mr. E. G. Johns2Jump to section have any amount of oil not exceeding ten dollars in value, I will pay you the money for it in three months from date.

A. LINCOLN

Annotation

[1]   ANS, IHi. Lincoln probably addressed this letter to the proprietors of an establishment advertised in the Sangamo Journal, October 21, 1847, as ``Priest's Oil Factory.'' Probably John W. Priest.

[2]   Edmund G. Johns, house and sign painter in Springfield, Illinois.

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