Saturday, August 5, 1837.Springfield, IL. | Lincoln writes John Bennett that special act incorporating Petersburg
passed legislature. He does not know whether provision for relocating road from New
Salem to Petersburg passed. His handbill detailing history of controversy between
Anderson heirs and James Adams appears.Abraham Lincoln to John
Bennett, 5 August 1837, CW, 1:93-94; Handbill: The Case of the
Heirs of Joseph Anderson vs. James Adams, 5 August 1837, CW, 1:89-93. |