Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To David A. Smith1Jump to section

D. A. Smith, Esq Springfield,
Dear Sir: June 17. 1853.

The depositions from New-York arrived this morning.2Jump to section I have not had time to read them; but they are very long & are made by the [n]ine persons whose names follow, towit Jasper Corning, Thomas Denny, Guy Richards, James Boorman, John C. Brigham, John Marsh, Nathaniel Richards, George D. Phelps & William M. Halstead.

I have written to Carlinville,3Jump to section as I promised you. Yours truly

A. LINCOLN---

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[1] ALS, owned by Thomas W. Smith, San Carlos, California.

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[2] Probably depositions in the case of Gilman et al. v. Hamilton et al. On this date the court sustained Lincoln & Smith's motion to open depositions.

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[3] See endorsement: Nathaniel Coffin to Lincoln, June 21, infra.

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