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From: "Elissa Scalise Powell, CG" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:33:47 -0500
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And so, as I hear it, we then would have Abraham Lincoln to thank for the
beginning of capturing every name on the census in 1850. It was the fraud
and padding (or under-reporting) of the bulk numbers that created the
lawsuit and made them go to recording each person. Hurrah!

-- Elissa

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:] On Behalf
> Of Katherine Flynn
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 10:18 AM
>
> Ironically in 1841 Lincoln was a lawyer on a case involving a lawsuit
> against an enumerator for false data!

This thread:

• [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by "Richard A. Pence" <>
  • Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by "Barbara J. Mathews" <>
    • Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by "Richard A. Pence" <>
      • Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by Katherine Flynn <>

        • Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by "Elissa Scalise Powell, CG" <>

        • Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by "Cheryl Rothwell" <>
        • Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by "Kate Foote" <>
          • Re: [APG] Abraham Lincoln in 1840 by "Kate Foote" <>