Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Fragment of Petition of Abraham Lincoln and Others to Unknown, [1848]1

We concur in the above–

A Lincoln, Ills.

R W Thompson J. Dixon– Conn.

P W Tompkins James Wilson N,H,

J– E– Brady Robt L Rose

A R M^cIlvaine John W Jones

Gideon Reynolds D S Gregory

E Sherrill Corn^s Warren

P H Silvester N. Evans

Dudley Marvin Jno. P. Gaines

D. B. St John Geo. G. Dunn

John I. Slingerland E. B. Holmes

W^m T. Haskell H. S Conger

John Van Dyke W Nelson

C S Morehead

John Freedley

W Collins

Hiram Belcher

Green Adams

W^m A Newell

M. Hampton

E. D. Baker 2

1Abraham Lincoln wrote the line of concurrence and signed his name. Each signatory signed his own name. The actual petition has not been identified or located.

2With the exception of William Collins, all the signatories were Whig members of the U.S. House of Representatives during the Thirtieth Congress.

	A Lincoln, Ills.
R W Thompson	J. Dixon– Conn.
P W Tompkins	James Wilson N,H,
J– E– Brady	Robt L Rose
A R M^cIlvaine	John W Jones
Gideon Reynolds	D S Gregory
E Sherrill	Corn^s Warren
P H Silvester	N. Evans
Dudley Marvin	Jno. P. Gaines
D. B. St John	Geo. G. Dunn
John I. Slingerland	E. B. Holmes
W^m T. Haskell	H. S Conger
John Van Dyke	W Nelson
	C S Morehead
	John Freedley
	W Collins
	Hiram Belcher
	Green Adams
	W^m A Newell
	M. Hampton
	E. D. Baker 2