Annotation
[1] Tarbell (Appendix), p. 292. Williams was a lawyer of Quincy, Illinois.
[2] Bruen is the correct spelling.
[3] Graves v. Bruen. The Supreme Court allowed Lincoln's motion the same day this letter was written.
[4] The new act repeated the provisions of the act passed in the previous session. The Illinois and Michigan Canal is too long a story to summarize in a footnote. See T. C. Pease, The Frontier State.