Footnotes
See Historical Introduction to Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839; see also Lyman Wight, Quincy, IL, 1 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy (IL) Whig, 4 May 1839, [2]; and Lyman Wight, Quincy, IL, 7 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy Whig, 11 May 1839, [2].
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Lyman Wight, Quincy, IL, 30 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy (IL) Whig, 1 June 1839, [2]; see also Letter to the Editors, 17 May 1839.
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Mulholland may have copied the letter on the day it was written.
That is, 25 May 1839.
Letter to Robert B. Thompson, 25 May 1839; see also Joseph Smith et al., Commerce, IL, to Robert B. Thompson, [Quincy, IL], 25 May 1839, in Quincy (IL) Argus, 15 June 1839, [2].
Quincy Argus. Quincy, IL. 1836–1841.