Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Page 393

To Daniel T. Jewett1Jump to section

D. T. Jewett, Esq Springfield,
Dear Sir: July 23. 1859

After an absence of nine days I reached home last evening and found yours of the 20th. I find Judge Treat has decided in your favor,2Jump to section rendering judgment for $517.00. & costs. You will have to advance the cost before execution will issue. So says the clerk.

Yours truly A. LINCOLN.

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[1] ALS, CtY. Jewett was an attorney at St. Louis, Missouri, who represented the plaintiff in Elbridge Whiting v. Solomon H. Mudge in the U.S. Circuit Court.

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[2] Judge Samuel H. Treat handed down the judgment on July 11, while Lincoln was on a trip with a party of state officials assessing the Illinois Central's property.