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February 12, 1849

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Monday, February 12, 1849.
 Washington, DC.

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Lincoln votes to make bill relating to Department of Interior special order of day for February 16, 1849. It fails. Questions recurs of referring bill to Committee of Whole. This also fails, Lincoln voting nay. On question of ordering bill engrossed for third reading, Lincoln votes aye, and motion passes 111-76. Globe.

Lincoln receives draft for $105 on Corcoran & Riggs, Washington bankers, evidently legal fee. CSmH—Original.

He writes David Davis of Bloomington that he has received more than 300 letters about job of commissioner of General Land Office. Lincoln, whose term expires March 4, 1849, has designs on this for himself. He thinks he could get it, but "every man in the state, who wants it himself, would be snarling at me about it, I shrink from it." Photocopy.

Lincoln's Springfield bank account is debited $27 for payment to Bela C. Webster. Irwin Journal. 

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         <p> Lincoln votes to make bill relating to Department
  of Interior special order of day for February 16, 1849. It fails. Questions
  recurs of referring bill to Committee of Whole. This also fails, Lincoln voting
  nay. On question of ordering bill engrossed for third reading, Lincoln votes
  aye, and motion passes 111-76. <bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl> 
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         <p> Lincoln receives
  draft for $105 on Corcoran &amp; Riggs, Washington bankers, evidently legal
  fee. <bibl default='NO'>CSmH&#8212;Original.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> He writes David Davis of
  Bloomington that he has received more than 300 letters about job of
  commissioner of General Land Office. Lincoln, whose term expires March 4, 1849,
  has designs on this for himself. He thinks he could get it, but "every man in
  the state, who wants it himself, would be snarling at me about it, I shrink
  from it." <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln's Springfield bank account
  is debited $27 for payment to Bela C. Webster. <bibl default='NO'>Irwin Journal.</bibl> 
         </p>
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