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<date value='1848-02-03'>Thursday, February 3, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln votes against resolution directing Committee on Ways and Means to
inquire into advisability of raising $5,000,000 annually, until public debt is paid, by
taxes on personal property, stocks, and money at interest. It is defeated 44-143. He
votes in favor of two resolutions referring sections of President's message to
committees.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
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<p> Lincoln's tenant, Cornelius Ludlum, pays $22.50 cash into Lincoln's account
for three months rent.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
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