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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to Thomas J. Turner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06677 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 August 1853 Pagination: 1 p. 24.7 x 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Provides instructions for following the state Statute in taking depositions. Also discusses the whereabouts and filing of cross-interrogations by Stephen Logan.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Ruters University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 201

Notes: Partially quoted in Basler 2:201.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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