Lincoln writes to Kinkead about Oldham & Hemingway suit. "In the autumn of 1849 I was at Lexington several days, during which time I was almost constantly with L. O. Todd; and if he shall . . . think he remembers that I told him I had collected money for Oldham, Todd & Co., the story . . . would be an utter mistake; yet . . . I . . . think it safest to look to their making this proof . . . and to be prepared for it." Abraham Lincoln to George B. Kinkead, 6 July 1853, CW, 2:200.