Fragment of David Unknown to Abraham Lincoln, [6 December 1847 - 3 March 1849]1
Springfiel[d]
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A. Lincoln.I have much Solicitude
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[ap]plication for a patent, for
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The Compound Vegetable
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the papers & ingredients to the
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were experimenting upon the
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that beyond a doubt, there is
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and that it cures
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the application. I
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[person?], nor revealed
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applica
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. . .[?],
how long
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attended to, &c.[etc] I do
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upon it (especially against
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that
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Mixture will be made at the
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by a skillful p
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be afflicted with any of
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in [rare?] directions for its use.
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ten thousand dollars, that my case
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[s]uccessful. I repeat it that
. . ., and not known or
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any person
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Davi[d]
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& sell it as a non-patented med[icine]
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For Dyspepsia & weak
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weakness & loss of
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or bad colds, or
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general, the Mixture
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in all the
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of
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. You would
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upon sick [persons?].
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up something for
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for some 15 years
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[mix]ture, & its genera[l]
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[ingr]edient, hand this letter to
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Comr of patents; & I think that
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be so kind & obliging that he
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information, which I so
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. I have endeavored to
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[pa]tent laws in all points;
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Made any blunders, I will
corre[ct]. . .
act of Congress I perceive
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have been added to
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Patent office. The
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[them?]. A better season has
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in the west than
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I refer you to the
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The work in the
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of
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find [Congress?]
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will
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Campaign
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set on
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party,
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an
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much blood
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[Linco]ln M. C.[Member of Congress][Washingto]n CityD. C.1This heavily damaged letter was written to Abraham Lincoln by an unknown author, sometime
during Lincoln’s single term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Autograph Letter Signed, 4 page(s), Lincoln Home National Historic Site (Springfield, IL).