Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln2. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.
D. A. Smith, Esq Springfield,
Dear Sir: Feb: 20. 1851
I learn that Caldwell2Jump to section has execu[ted his] bond and qualified under the decree. I am now anxio[us to] know whether the arrangement has been made to your sat[isfac]tion; and I do not like to ask Caldwell. Will you write [me] by return mail?. Yours as ever A. LINCOL[N]
Annotation
[1] ALS, ICHi. The letter is damaged on one edge. Bracketed words are reconstructed by Angle, p. 78. David A. Smith was a lawyer of Jacksonville, Illinois.
[2] Albert G. Caldwell, defendant in Atwood v. Caldwell pending in the state supreme court, was a Democrat, at the time representative in the legislature from Gallatin County.