Monday, May 25, 1840.Decatur, IL. | Lincoln writes and files pleas in Young v. Cox, signing "Lincoln p.d."Photocopy. ["Mr. Lincoln, one of the presidential electors for the state, is `going it
with a perfect rush' in some of the interior counties. Thus far the Locofocos have not
been able to start a man that can hold a candle to him in political debate. All their
crack nags . . . have come off the field crippled or broken down. He is wending his way
north."Quincy Whig, 25 May 1840.] |