[Lincoln is absent from his post office. Matthew S. Marsh calls, and not finding Lincoln, looks through mail and takes home letter from his brother, George H. Marsh of Portsmouth, N.H.IHi—Trans., 1926, 122.]

[Mail comes to New Salem from Springfield on Saturday of each week on route to Warren County Court House (Monmouth). On return trip it reaches New Salem on Thursdays. Apparently Lincoln is in post office only these two days.IHi—Trans., 1926, 122.]

Lincoln franks letter from M. S. Marsh to his brother in New Hampshire. Marsh writes that Lincoln is very careless in leaving office open and unattended, and that he could have charged double postage he marked on cover of recent letter. But Lincoln, says Marsh, would not have done that even if he had noticed incorrect amount.Photocopy.

Lincoln surveys ten-acre lot of timber located about 1½ miles southwest of New Salem. He notes, "Timber land surveyed by A. Lincoln from Wm. Green to M. S. Marsh, 24 Sept. 1835."Privately owned.