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February 20, 1851

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Thursday, February 20, 1851.
 Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln writes to D. A. Smith of Jacksonville, attorney for defendant in Atwood v. Caldwell et al., pending in Supreme Court. "I learn that Caldwell has execu[ted his] bond and qualified under the decree. I am now anxio[us to] know whether the arrangement has been made to your sat[isfac]tion; and I do not like to ask Caldwell. Will you write [me] by return mail?" Abraham Lincoln to David A. Smith, 20 February 1851, CW, 2:100. 

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Lincoln writes to D. A. Smith of Jacksonville, attorney for defendant in <name type='case' key='L02073'>Atwood v. Caldwell et al.</name>, pending in Supreme Court. "I learn that Caldwell has execu[ted his] bond and qualified under the decree. I am now anxio[us to] know whether the arrangement has been made <uLine>to your sat[isfac]tion;</uLine> and I do not like to ask Caldwell. Will you write [me] by return mail?"
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