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Charles R. Matheny issues this writ of execution to Sheriff G. Elkin of Sangamon County ordering him to collect $57.86 with interest and court costs from Abraham Lincoln and William F. Berry for William Watkins who received judgement for debt on…

Charles R. Matheny along with his sureties William Butler, Abner Ellis, and Abraham Lincoln sign his official bond guaranteeing that he will fulfill his duty as Clerk of the Sangamon County Commissioners Court.

Sangamon County Clerk C.R. Matheny issues a marriage license to John Webster Checkering and Martha M. Bowen. Rev. Charles Dresser states that he married them on May 1, 1839.

Sangamon County Clerk Noah M. Matheny writes a receipt for Abraham Lincoln who paid $5.18 for 1857 taxes and costs on Springfield city lots owned by Maria Bullock. One of nine documents in Bullock v. Viney.

View while standing on Adams Street and looking north on 5th Street in Springfield.

African American soldiers and white officers of the Illinois National Guard, 8th infantry, Company B, at Camp Lincoln in Springfield.

Illinois National Guard doctors and orderlies, 8th infantry, at Camp Lincoln in Springfield.

Barney Oldfield, an automobile racing pioneer, sits in his race car at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. The dirt racetrack at the Illinois State Fair was considered to be one of the fastest in the world.

Miss Adele Gehrmann, daughter of prominent Springfield businessman Charles A. Gehrmann, sits outside the Gehrmann mansion located at 1021 N. 3rd St., Springfield.

The Clarkson &Mitchell Drugstore Onyx soda fountain, located at 5th and Monroe, Springfield. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it was common for drugstores like Clarkson &Mitchell to feature a soda fountain in their establishment to…

Two couples pose in a horse drawn buggy outside the Lincoln Home.

The Union Band performing at the Leo Frey Funeral in Springfield. On verso: "This old picture by the late Guy Mathis is about the only one of its kind now extant showing the union band in such a turn-out. This great band, numbering about 150 players,…

As sister, Matilda, writes a chatty letter to her brother, Albert, which includes a passage regarding the likelihood of Lincoln being re-elected over McClellan.

Photo caption: "Threshing oats with a traditional old-style steam outfit, a method being replaced by tractor power."

Photo caption: "View from tender of steam threshing machine."

Photo caption: "View from rear of steam threshing machine showing self-feeder and 'separator man'."

Photo caption: "Close-up of self-feeder and revolving knives, bundels of oats carried in on canvas roller."

Photo caption: "Wagon boy at grain spout loading wagon."

Photo caption: "A field scene, turkey ranch."

Photo caption: "A field scene, turkey ranch."

Photo caption: "A field scene, turkey ranch."

Photo caption: "A field scene, turkey ranch."

Photo caption: "A field scene, turkey ranch."

Photo caption: "Corn in shocks, typical Illinois landscape, farm buildings in background."

Photo caption: "Handpicked seed corn drying for storage for next season."