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February 15, 1850

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Friday, February 15, 1850.
 Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln writes to John Tillson, early settler, land-owner and philanthropist of Quincy, in behalf of "a near and favorite" neighbor, Mrs. Stout, who "thinks that some relatives of hers in Bond county have not done exactly right with her in relation to the estates of her grand-father & grand-mother, and that you have some knowledge on the subject." Abraham Lincoln to John Tillson, 15 February 1850, CW, 2:73. 

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Lincoln writes to John Tillson, early settler, land-owner and 
philanthropist of Quincy, in behalf of "a near and favorite" 
neighbor, Mrs. Stout, who "thinks that some relatives of hers in Bond 
county have not done exactly right with her in relation to the 
estates of her grand-father &amp; grand-mother, and that you have 
some knowledge on the subject."
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