Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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Messrs. Cornell, Waite & Jameson Springfield
Chicago, Ills. June 2. 1857.
Gentlemen: Yours of the 29th. was duly received. This morning I went to the Register with four hundred dollars in gold in my hand and tendered to the Register of the Land Office a written application to enter the land, as you requested, all which the Register declined. I have made a written memorandum of the facts, deposited the gold with J. Bunn (who furnished it to me on the draft
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you sent) and took his Certificate of deposite, which certificate and memorandum I hold subject to your order.
Now, if you please, send me ten dollars, as a fee. Yours Truly
A. LINCOLN
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