Lincoln writes Fernando Jones of Chicago: "Our republican friend, J. W. Fell, of Bloomington, Illinois, can furnish you the materials for a brief sketch of my history, if it be desired." He writes to another Republican, Alonzo J. Grover of Earlville, Ill. his views on fugitive slave law. Abraham Lincoln to Fernando Jones, 15 January 1860, CW, 3:514; Abraham Lincoln to Alonzo J. Grover, 15 January 1860, CW, 3:514.