Thursday, October 18, 1849.Springfield, IL.
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[During this week the Lincolns leave for Lexington to investigate
Wickliffe case and Robert S. Todd's estate. Lincoln has evidently
been selected to look after interests of four children (Mrs. Lincoln,
Mrs. N. W. Edwards, Mrs. Wallace, and Mrs. C. M. Smith) who reside in
Springfield.
William H. Townsend, Lincoln and His Wife's Home Town (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929), 208.]
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