To Paul Cornell, Charles B. Waite, and John A. Jameson1Jump to section
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. Bunn2Jump to section (who furnished it to me on the draft