Sending some speeches to Theodore Parker, Herndon writes: "Mr. Lincoln has gone to New York or he would have sent them to you himself." Joseph F. Newton, Lincoln and Herndon (Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1910), 123.

In New York, Lincoln writes note, which James Primm signs, Primm promising to pay $200 in 30 days, plus 10 per cent annual interest, for "value received." Photocopy.