Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Lewis M. Hays
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00426 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 27, 1852 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Lincoln pities an impoverished cripple, George Turley and suggests that his client to drop the lawsuit, in part because he won't get the money. Written on blue stationery and accompanied by an envelope. Not in Basler, but 2: 105, 160, 201-2 and 206 indicate that Lincoln prosecuted the debt and collected 9/7/1853. George W. Turley founded Mt. Pulaski, Ill.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press,1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858,
p. 160
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