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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Cite this Item: "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.

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Page 206

To John Connelley1Jump to section

Mr. John Connolly. Pekin, Ills.
Dear Sir: Oct. 4. 1853.

Inclosed is a certificate,2Jump to section lacking only the date & your name. I took the facts from the tax books here & suppose they are correct. If you will fill the date and sign your name, and return the certificate, by the first mail, to me at this place, I shall be obliged, and will pay your fee, when I return home. Yours truly

A. LINCOLN---

Annotation

[1] ALS, Herbert Wells Fay Collection. John Connelley, whose name Lincoln misspells, was appointed register of the Land Office at Springfield in March, 1853.

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[2] This certificate and other documents drawn by Lincoln were filed in the case of Joseph Gingerich v. Isaac W. Evans, et al., Woodford County Circuit Court.