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January 11, 1856

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Friday, January 11, 1856.
 Springfield, IL.

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James F. Joy, representing Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co., files in Supreme Court application for mandamus commanding Isaac G. Wilson, judge of 13th Circuit, to appoint commissioners to appraise property in Aurora which railroad wants for shops, stations, etc. He urges Lincoln, resisting application, to take up motion as soon as possible. Lincoln is not ready, and gets off until the 14th. Abraham Lincoln to Charles Hoyt, 16 January 1856, CW, 2:328-29. 

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James F. Joy, representing Chicago, Burlington &amp; Quincy Railroad 
Co., files in Supreme Court application for mandamus commanding Isaac 
G. Wilson, judge of 13th Circuit, to appoint commissioners to 
appraise property in Aurora which railroad wants for shops, stations, 
etc. He urges Lincoln, resisting application, to take up motion as 
soon as possible. Lincoln is not ready, and gets off until the 14th.
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