Letter, September 28, 1849.

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Letter, September 28, 1849.

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Finney's letter, written from New Orleans to Abraham Lincoln, discusses land titles in Texas related to the purchases of Judge James E. Davis and his less than scrupulous brother, H. W. Davis.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Finney, John, fl. 1849.

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Davis, H. W., fl. 1849.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Davis, James E., fl. 1849.

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Davis was apparently a land speculator and at some point served as a judge. From the description of Letters, February 2, 1837 and March 3, 1840. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 697839149 ...