Monday, August 13, 1860.Springfield, IL.
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J. Henry Brown, Pennsylvania artist, arrives with letter of
introduction from John M. Read, Pennsylvania Republican. Lincoln
consents to sit for miniature painted on ivory. "We walked together.
. . ," wrote Brown, "to a daguerrean establishment. I had a half
dozen of ambrotypes taken of him before I could get one to suit me."
InFtwL—Brown Journal, Ms., Photocopy.
Lincoln credits promissory notes of A. and J. Haines of Pekin with
$50 payment, and deposits money in his bank account.
IHi—Lincoln Estate Inventory; Marine Bank Ledger.
He writes to "Mrs. Snedeker" acknowledging letter and box of peaches
from "Daughters of Abraham."
Original owned by Mrs. Eugene McCoil, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. |