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Not perceiving that these letters can aid me any in your business, and thinking possibly the Solicitors letter to you may miscarry, and
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Not perceiving that these letters can aid me any in your business, and thinking possibly the Solicitors letter to you may miscarry, and
not seeing how I can do any thing till a further hearing from you, I enclose them to you. Yours as ever A. LINCOLN
Hon. Wm. Thomas.
[1] ALS, IaDaM. This note is written on the bottom of a letter from R. H. Field (?), solicitor of the treasury, to Lincoln, dated January 28, 1848. William Thomas was an attorney of Jacksonville, Illinois.