Show I S A New York firm applied to Abraham S Lincoln some years betore he became I President as to the financial standing of I S one of his neighbors Mr Lincoln replied re-plied as follows Yours of the 10th inst received I am well acquaintedwith i jfr and know his circumstances First of all he has a wife and baby together to-gether they ought to be worth 50000 to any man Secondly he has an office in 5 50 and which there is a table worth three chairs worth say 1 Last of all there is in one corner large rathole that will bear looking into Yours respectfully S A LINCOLN |