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[1] AES-P, ISLA. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Governor Richard Yates, January 13, 1863, asking that Isaac N. Morris be given a hearing in regard to ``the claim of Illinois to the two per cent fund, due the State from the General Government.'' The claim had to do with net proceeds of the sale of public lands in Illinois from January 1, 1819, to be used for roads. Morris'
report (Illinois Reports, 1865) indicates that as of December 24, 1864, the claim had not been allowed. See Lincoln's memorandum and letter to Morris, August 24, 1863, infra.