Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Fragment of Envelope of Unknown to James Cobean Jr., [1847-1849]1
A Lincoln m c[Member of Congress][J Co]bean J^r [Mans]field Ohio2

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Peter Berry Dec’d[Deceased]3

1This fragment of an envelope contains Abraham Lincoln’s free postage frank, written during his term in the U.S. House of Representatives, sometime between December 6, 1847 and March 3, 1849. Another person addressed the envelope to James Cobean, Jr.
U.S. House Journal. 1847. 30th Cong., 1st sess., 1, 7; U.S. House Journal. 1849. 30th Cong., 2nd sess., 672-73.

2Unclear text inferred from another envelope from Lincoln to Cobean.

3Peter Berry could not be identified.