To Leonard Swett1Jump to section
Dear Sir Jan. 9, 1860
This introduces Mr. William Yates, who visits Bloomington on some business matter. He is pecuniarily responsible for anything he will say; and, in fact, for anything he will say on any subject.
Yours very truly A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, IHi Tracy, p. 175, misdates this letter January 9, 1861. William Yates was a partner of Clark M. Smith in the general merchandise business at Springfield.