Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.

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Title
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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Dear Ben: Washington. April 21- 1848

Your letter,2Open page which I herewith return, was received two days ago. On yesterday I went to the Patent office with it, made the

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memorandum on it which you see on the back of it,3Open page and left it. Last night they returned it to me, with no other answer, than the pencil notes at the top and bottom of it, which you see.4Open page I return the letter, because I suppose you will understand their notes better by seeing them, than you could by my writing about them. Yours as ever A LINCOLN

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