Benjamin's letter to Jacob Thompson.

[Cliff Roberts]

I did check for the "prairie land" ad in 1865 issues of the New York Herald but could not find it or anything close to it. I did find a long article in the July 24, 1872 Herald, p.8, titled "A Defense of Jacob Thompson" by "Colonel Pickett" in which the entire letter from Benjamin to Thompson is quoted, including the "prairie land" ad. The article also quotes a letter to "Pickett" from Thompson, then in Italy, stating that he returned all the money he withheld directly to Benjamin and had a receipt to prove it. No specific figure was mentioned.