The Check is in the Mail: The Hunt for Abraham Lincoln’s Congressional Pay Records

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The Check is in the Mail: The Hunt for Abraham Lincoln’s Congressional Pay Records
Posted on January 7, 2013   by hilaryparkinson

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.

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2013/01/07/the-check-is-in-the-mail-the-hunt-for-abraham-lincolns-congressional-pay-records/