Two Receipts, one each for M. Skinner and Abraham Lincoln by Illinois State Auditor

Two Receipts, one each for M. Skinner and Abraham Lincoln by Illinois State Auditor

Of the two receipts from the Illinois State Auditor's Office, one is signed by M. Skinner for $120,947.20 he received as a proratta dividend of the state debt fund and the second signed by Lincoln in receipt of payment for his $25 legal fee on behalf of the State of Illinois against the sureties of Camphor.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

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$25.00/100 No. 4746

Received of the Auditor WARRANT on the Treasurer of the STATE OF ILLINOIS, for Twenty five Dollars, in full for my services as atty in behalf of the State vs the [sureties?] of Camphor

SPRINGFIELD, Jany 8/51

A. Lincoln

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$120,947.20/100 No. 4740

Received of the Auditor WARRANT on the Treasurer of the STATE OF ILLINOIS, for One hundred twenty thousand, nine hundred forty seven 20/100 Dollars, in full for the proratta dividend of the State Debt fund as provided for by the 15th Article of the State Constitution declared January 1, 1851

Springfield, January 6, 1851

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