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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To David A. Smith1Jump to section

D. A. Smith, Esq Springfield,
Dear Sir: Feb: 20. 1851

I learn that Caldwell2Jump to section has execu[ted his] bond and qualified under the decree. I am now anxio[us to] know whether the arrangement has been made to your sat[isfac]tion; and I do not like to ask Caldwell. Will you write [me] by return mail?. Yours as ever A. LINCOL[N]

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[1] ALS, ICHi. The letter is damaged on one edge. Bracketed words are reconstructed by Angle, p. 78. David A. Smith was a lawyer of Jacksonville, Illinois.

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[2] Albert G. Caldwell, defendant in Atwood v. Caldwell pending in the state supreme court, was a Democrat, at the time representative in the legislature from Gallatin County.

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