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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.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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Dear Brother Springfield, Feb. 23 1850

Your letter about a mail contract was received yesterday. I have made out a bid for you at $120, guaranteed it myself, got our PM here to certify it, and sent it on. Your former letter, concerning some man's claim for a pension was also received. I had the claim examined by those who are practised in such matters, & they decide he can can [sic] not get a pension.

As you make no mention of it, I suppose you had not learned that

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we lost our little boy. He was sick fiftytwo days & died the morning of the first day of this month. It was not our first, but our second child. We miss him very much. Your Brother in haste

A. LINCOLN

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