9 March 1848
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Document
Title: Report no. 326
Lincoln reports his recommendation to the House that Brimfield, Illinois Postmaster H. M. Barney be released from paying specie funds lost in a disastrous fire. Barney's store, along with all the papers of the post office, was destroyed by fire on 15 December 1847.
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