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April 08, 1831

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April 8, 1831 - July 8, 1831.
En route to and from New Orleans, LA.

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Flatboat journey to New Orleans is reported to have taken a month. John Hanks left boat in St. Louis, but Offutt, Lincoln, and Johnston continue to New Orleans and appear to have stayed a month. Lincoln and Offutt may have returned together to Springfield, for license to retail merchandise in Sangamon County is granted Denton Offutt July 8, 1831. Five-dollar fee indicates stock in store was valued at $1,000. Autobiography Written for John L. Scripps, [c. June 1860], CW, 4:60-67; County Commissioners' Record C, 256. 

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         <p> Flatboat journey to New Orleans is reported to have taken a month. John
            Hanks left boat in St. Louis, but Offutt, Lincoln, and Johnston continue to New Orleans
            and appear to have stayed a month. Lincoln and Offutt may have returned together to
            Springfield, for license to retail merchandise in Sangamon County is granted Denton
            Offutt July 8, 1831. Five-dollar fee indicates stock in store was valued at $1,000.<bibl default='NO'>
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                  L. Scripps</xref>, [c. June 1860], <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:60-67; County Commissioners' Record C, 256.</bibl>
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