Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to Jesse K. Dubois
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05277 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Bloomington, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 December 1857 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
Writes to Dubois, the Illinois State auditor, to get him to accept a $90,000 temporary settlement offer for property taxes due the state of Illinois from the Illinois Central Rail Road Company.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858,
p. 429
Notes: Printed in Basler 2:429.
Bloomington Dec. 21. 1857
Dear Dubois
J.M. Douglas, of the I.C.R.R. Co is here, and will carry this letter-- He says they have a large sum (near $90,000) which they will pay into the Treasury now, if they have an assurance that they shall not be sued before Jany. 1859-- otherwise not. I really wish you could consent to this. Douglas says they can not pay now, & I believe him--
I do not write this as a lawyer seeking an advantage for a client; but only as a friend, only urging you to do, what I think I would do if I were in your situation-- I mean this as private and confidential only, but I feel a good deal of anxiety about it.
Yours as ever
A. Lincoln--
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