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A note written and signed by President Lincoln to B.B. French reads: "If Comr. of Public Buildings chooses to give laborers at White House a holy-day, I have no objections." The holy-day refers to a celebration of Lincoln's re-election the day…

As Clerk of the Sangamon County Circuit Court, William Butler instructs the sheriff to seize goods belonging to James Manary and William Cassity in settlement of a debt. Lincoln endorses the writ.

Lincoln and Douglas signs an agreement to continue the case of Stephen T. Logan v. James Adams until the Spring 1840 term of the Schyuler County Circuit Court. Lincoln signs for the plaintiff; Douglas for the defendant. The agreement is filed on…

Colonel Abraham Lincoln's account for materials used and service rendered during his service as a Sublieutenant in the Revolutionary War from 10 April 1777 to 23 January 1778. He endorses a receipt for payment to his account in full by Jacob Morgan.…

Indenture of Abraham Lincoln to William Crow and others for three pounds. Lincoln signs as a witness. The document places Colonel Lincoln's death date past 1784.

Young Abraham Lincoln practiced his writing and arithmetic in a home-made arithmetic copybook. The reverse side of the first page of this sum book contains the heading 'Long Division' and reverse ' Division 1824' with doggerel at lower-right that…

As captain in the 4th regiment of volunteers during the Black Hawk War Lincoln writes this certificate of appointment for William Carpenter as paymaster and signs Col. Samuel Thompson's name to it.

New Salem Postmaster Abraham Lincoln informs Blair & Rives, publishers of the Washington, D.C. Congressional Globe, that subscriber, John C. Vance, is deceased and no longer collects his paper.

Lincoln informs John Bennett that the new town of Petersburg has been granted permission to incorporate by the state legislature. He adds information on a new road to be built, and mentions Bowling Green, Bennett Abell and the election contest…

President Abraham Lincoln places an order for J.T. Headley's two volume The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States. A salesman for Hartford publisher Hurlbut & Williams took this specimen volume -- contents,…

The engraved portrait, signed and inscribed in pencil A. Lincoln with additional ink inscription: "To W.M. Kasson/Feby 18th 1861" written on a small slip attached to the bottom of the image is enclosed in a contemporary gutta-percha decorative hinged…

Joseph Anderson received a judgement in his lawsuit against Joseph Miller and assigned his rights to that judgement to James Adams on May 10, 1827. On or about June 1, 1837, Abraham Lincoln makes a copy of the judgement with Anderson's assignment of…

Lincoln authorizes the sheriff or clerk to enter a judgment as satisfied in full if the balance does not exceed $30 in the case of David Stafford v. Whitney & Whitney. Lincoln signs the authorization with "A. Lincoln attorney for Stafford".

Originally begun as a Fee Bill Execution Docket for DeWitt County, Illinois, the book only contains one page for that purpose.The balance of the docket book is used as the Judge's Docket for the Circuit Court of DeWitt County for the October Term…

Lincoln writes a description of the Bullock property and a legal petition that Josiah Francis signs on a Plat of Bullocks Addition to the City of Springfield drawn and Z.A. Enos, Sangamon County Surveyor, signs. In 1855, wishing to dispose of her…

Abraham Lincoln records the answers of Philip S. Kreigh to four interrogatories filed in the case of Nathaniel Hay v. Nicholas Bryan. Kreigh signs the document in the presence of Marvelous Eastham, Clerk.

Lincoln's note reads "please put something now in Tad's room." Beneath his request, in a bold hand, Mary Lincoln writes, "Please give Tad a board & some plank, Mrs. Lincoln." On thereverse side are autograph endorsements signed by J.P. Usher…

Gov. Richard Yates requests the Secretary of War to have Jonathan Bergen and Thomas Clark discharged from the service because they enlisted without the permission of their parents. On January 22, 1863, Lincoln writes on the verso that "The families…

By signing this bond, Hananiah Lincoln agrees to pay Edward Rawlings twenty-two pounds relating to a suit for damages in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Indenture of Isaac Lincoln to Stephen Huges by which Lincoln and another individual agree to pay 960 pounds in settlement of a legal case.

This bond is signed by Jacob Lincoln and Rebecah Lincoln's mark. Jacob borrows $100 from his mother Rebacah. Jacob Lincoln is one of Colonel Abraham Lincoln's four brothers.

James Bradford Linicoln promises to pay John S. Foushee $7.845 with interest.

James Bradford Lincoln signs his notice to appear in the case of Malet v. Williams and Dedman to lay claim to a calf.

James Bradford Lincoln signs this note in which he promises to pay Walter Huston $8 by lifting note of Thomas Owens for $8.25.