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The Check is in the Mail: The Hunt for Abraham Lincoln’s Congressional Pay Records
Today’s blog post comes from David J. Gerleman, assistant editor of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln’s two-year stint as a Illinois Whig congressman is one of the lesser-known periods of his eventful life. Had he remained in obscurity, it might have remained the crowning achievement of a fizzled frontier political career. Having been [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 7, 2013, under - Civil War, - Presidents, Letters in the National Archives.
Tags: 30th Congress, Congress, David J. Gerleman, guest blogger, guest post, lincoln, mileage, pay records, research in the National Archives, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, voucher
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