| Monday, July 17, 1848.Washington, DC. | Lincoln moves to suspend rules to permit introduction of bill establishing
post routes; but motion fails to receive two-thirds majority.Globe. He writes to secretary of war regarding A. G. Henry's claim for Mexican War
expenses.Abraham Lincoln to William L.
Marcy, 17 July 1848, CW, 1:500. S. T. Logan deposits $50 cash in Lincoln's account at Robert Irwin
& Co., Springfield.Irwin Journal. |