Saturday, July 26, 1851.Springfield, IL.
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Lincoln again visits telegraph office. This time he finds despatch in
question, dated January 25, 1851. Operator claims, however, that it
is not in handwriting of man who was operator at that time. Lincoln
then takes James L. Lamb to see it. Lamb says he believes he knows
whose handwriting it is.
Abraham Lincoln to William Martin, 26 July 1851, CW, 2:107. |