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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") as Congressman, to William Thomas, n.d., accomplished beneath the text of R. H. Gillet's letter to Lincoln, 28 January 1848.
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LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") as Congressman, to William Thomas, n.d., accomplished beneath the text of R. H. Gillet's letter to Lincoln, 28 January 1848.
One page, 255 x 205mm, docket along top edge of recto, slight traces of mounting on verso.
A rare example of Lincoln's hand during his single term in Congress. Lincoln helps a constituent by forwarding a correspondence from a government official: "Not perceiving that these letters can aid me any in your business, and thinking possibly the Solicitor's letter to you may miscarry, and not seeing how I can do anything till a further hearing from you, I enclose them to you." Lincoln had paid a visit to R. H. Gillet, solicitor for the Treasury Department, on Thomas's behalf, concerning some "account and vouchers" that Thomas had evidently submitted to the Treasury for reimbursement. Thomas was an attorney in Jacksonville, Illinois. Published in Basler 1:445-446.
One page, 255 x 205mm, docket along top edge of recto, slight traces of mounting on verso.
A rare example of Lincoln's hand during his single term in Congress. Lincoln helps a constituent by forwarding a correspondence from a government official: "Not perceiving that these letters can aid me any in your business, and thinking possibly the Solicitor's letter to you may miscarry, and not seeing how I can do anything till a further hearing from you, I enclose them to you." Lincoln had paid a visit to R. H. Gillet, solicitor for the Treasury Department, on Thomas's behalf, concerning some "account and vouchers" that Thomas had evidently submitted to the Treasury for reimbursement. Thomas was an attorney in Jacksonville, Illinois. Published in Basler 1:445-446.