To James M. Edmunds1Jump to section
I shall be obliged if the Commissioner of the General Land-Office will give Mr. Morris a full hearing on the business indicated within, and do what may be directed by the law in the case. Please give Mr. Morris an early hearing. A. LINCOLN
Feb. 9. 1863.
Annotation
[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'