Tuesday, August 21, 1855.Springfield, IL.
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Lincoln sends John L. Miller of Metamora bill of complaint, with
note: "Herewith is the Bill. Fill in the names of the arbitrators in
the blank left for that purpose. Also, get copies of your deed and
bond, as indicated in the bill, mark them (A) & (B) and file them
with the Bill." He makes deposition that he is "the identical Abraham
Lincoln, who was Captain of a company . . . in the war with the
British band of Sacs . . . A.D. 1832," for obtaining additional
bounty under act of Congress of March 3, 1855.
Abraham Lincoln to John L. Miller, 21 August 1855, CW, 2:319-20. |