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Sangamon County Commissioners William Jayne, Joseph K. Lewis; and Moses K. Anderson endorse the plat of a state road from the western terminus of Jefferson Street in Springfield to the bridge across Spring Creek on the Beardstown Road and assess the…

Edgar Lee Masters writes, signs, and dates his twelve line poem "Anne Rutledge".

Mary Devlin onced owned this autograph album titled "Album of Pearls" bound in decorative tooled leather. The album includes a poem of three stanzas written to her by her future husband, Edwin Booth. Booth and Devlin were married on July 17, 1860.

John Wilkes Booth writes a poem for Miss Mary C. White of Richmond, Virginia. Booth's poem of two four-line stanzas is an acrostic spelling of "Mary & John". White's Forget-Me-Not Album is made of hand-painted and gilt-decorated boards, with…

John T. Stuart writes and signs this writ in the case of Gershom Jayne vs James Collins & Andrew Elliot.

John T. Stuart writes and signs this writ in the case of Parminius Smallwood v. Samuel Miller.

As Seth M. Tinsley's attorney, Stephen T. Logan writes and signs a writ ordering the Sangamon County Circuit Clerk to issue a Writ of Scire facias on mortgage to John C. Payne and his wife Clara.

Due to his advanced age, Preston Bailhache declines an invitation by John E. Boos of Albany, New York, to attend a Lincoln observance. Instead, Bailhache promises to send a few words about Lincoln as he knew him.

As a result of the failure of the Berry and Lincoln store in New Salem, Abraham Lincoln, William F. Berry, and William Green promise to pay Reuben Radford $379.82 with interest. Lincoln referred to this as his "national debt." On the back of the note…

Achilles Morris promises to pay Stephen T. Logan $200 with interest. Logan writes the note and Morris signs it. Repayment history is on the back of the note.

C.W. Price promises to pay William H. Herndon $25 at ten per cent interest. Herndon records interest and payment history on the reverse side of the note.

Abrham Lincoln completes a promissory note on behalf of Isaac Lindsay who signs the note promising to pay Lincoln $600 at 10% annual interest. On the reverse side of the note is a detailed record of Lindsay's repayment of the debt which began prior…

James B. Lincoln promises to pay Mary A. Coalter $7.43.

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

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

Stephen A. Douglass, Joseph Heslep, and James L. James promise to pay School Commissioner John T. Jones $212.50 plus interest for land purchased.

James Lee promises to pay James B. Lincoln twenty five bushels of corn on or before November 20, 1835.

John Hanks places his mark to this note promising to pay John Carter $100 with interest.

Stephen A. Douglass, A. Brockenbrough; James McKinney promise to pay School Commissioner John T. Jones $50 plus interest for land purchased.

Thomas S. Campbell signs a promissory note in which he promises to pay John T. Stuart $2,070 at ten percent interest on or before February 1, 1862.

Abraham Lincoln writes a promissory note which William S. Viney signs promising to pay Maria L. Bullock eightyone dollars with interest within the next two years. Viney, a resident of Henry County, Iowa, purchased three lots from Bullock. This is one…

In 1855 James E. McConnell assesses the value of real estate and personal property belonging to Francis Lincoln at $1,175.

I.M. Ferris assesses the property of Mr. Thomas Lincoln of Fountain Green, Illinois. In 1850, Lincoln owned real property valued at $508.77 and personal property at $260.

William H. Seward completes and signs a questionnaire furnishing basic biographical information to Charles Lanman.

Rebecca Herndon signs with her mark a quit claim deed to William H. Herndon for Sections 32 and 33 of Township 17 in Macon County, Illinois.