John E. Clarkson to Richard Yates

Waukegan Oct 14th / 64

Dr Sir

Enclosed find afft of James Y. Cory Post Master of this City. I understand from the law that you can make a requisition on Gov. of Wisconsin for an individual named on the afft. You will please have him [illegible] to C. H. Heath Sheriff of this county. Hon E. B. Washburne has just written to be sure and have him put through. Hoping to hear from you in the matter and in such a way thus the scoundrel will get his deserts.

I am Yours Truly

John E. Clarkson J. P.

Office of the Waukegan Weekly Gazette

James Y. Cory.

Editor and Prop'r

Waukegan, Ill October 14th 1864

Dear Governor

In addition to the matter of which my other note, enclosed, treats I want to ask of you cannot come up and address our people at this place on Tuesday the 25th inst. We are going to have a time here on that day. Our farmers propose bringing into town a wagon train of produce for the soldiers similiar to that which Lake County contributed to the Northwestern Sanitary Fair last Fall at Chicago for which they received so much praise from the people and through the papers

They want to see Gov. Yates and hear him speak. Ferry told me you promised him that you would come up sometime before the election and talk to our people. Ferry will probably be home from Nashville at that time and I know Mrs Ferry expects a visit from Mrs. Yates.

Will you not authorize me to announce you for Tuesday afternoon Oct 25th?

Sincerely your friend

Jas. Y. Cory

Post Office, Waukegan, Illinois

Oct 14th 1864

Governor

Justice of the Peace Jno. E. Clarkson of this place sends you today my affidavit for a requisition on the Gov. of Wis for a forger who is now in jail at Racine. I know this morning that the Circuit Court of Racine Co. is to convene next week. I write this to ask of you that you will give the papers dispatch because I am afraid the time is so short that the fellow may be discharged before they get around. They have very little evidence against him at Racine, which here

we think we have got the "dead wood" on him.

He is the same fellow who has been traveling the country collecting money from Postmasters on forged drafts purporting to be drawn by Hon. Jas. Harlan Treas. Congressional Committee, for political purposes. I believe your P. M. at Springfield was taken in by him, that office appears on his memorandum among others, as having paid him $100.

The committee are very anxious that the fellow should be brought into this state for trial for the reasons above stated. I have a letter from Washburne saying it. Could you not have the requisition sent sooner by telegraphing the Gov. of Wis? Please hurry it up as fast as possible.

Truly Yours

J. Y. Cory

John Y. Cory and John E. Clarkson J. P.

Waukegan Oct 14th

Sends Affidavits of the P. M. of that place, and requests the Govr. to make requisition on the Govr. of Wis for the apprehension of a forger now on trial at Racine Wis.

Req. ordered by H.