On hearing that a man had been arrested in Philadelphia for trying to
procure $1,500 by a forgery of Lincoln's name, he humorously said: "It
is surprising that any man could get the money!"
The secretary pointed out that use might have been made of a signature
given to a stranger as an autograph on a blank paper, the body of which
had been improperly filled up as a note.
"Well," answered the President, then, as to interfering, "I don't see
but that he will have to sit on 'the blister-bench.'"
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