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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…

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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.…

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

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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.

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Mordecai Lincoln affixes his signature to this surety bond assuring that Lincoln will duly pay the constables under his jurisdiction.

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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.

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

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Isaac Bush and his surety Christopher Bush promise to pay $500, payable in money or tobacco, to the State of Kentucky if Isaac does not fulfill his duties as constable. Christopher Bush is the father of Abraham Lincoln's step-mother Sarah and Isaac…

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Josiah Lincoln cosigns a Kentucky marriage bond that guarantees that there is no legal cause to obstruct the marriage between Peter Sibert and the daughter of Catherine Briggs.

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Benjamin Helm signs his writ of capias promising the sheriff of Hardin County, Kentucky, to bring the defendant into custody to appear in court.

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Robert S. Todd writes and signs this rental agreement regarding the rental of a piece of property, stipulating no timber is to be cut "but for making rails."

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While in Brussels, Junius Brutus Booth writes to Madame Delannoy about his success in London, his wife's pregnancy, and Bonaparte's military activity. Booth writes his letter in French.

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Caleb Hazel signs his Commonwealth of Kentucky marriage bond. Thomas Lincoln signs as his witness.

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Junius Brutus Booth politely reminds John Howard Payne of money owed him, as Booth has "the greatest occasion for cash at this time."

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Junius Brutus Booth writes to theatre manager L. Glossop to arrange for an engagement of seven nights at the Royal Coburg Theatre in London.

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This signature of Sarah Siddons accompanies two prints of Ms. Siddons in costume elsewhere in the collection. The date of this signature is based on the years of her birth and death.

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Jeremiah Cox agrees to pay William Duff $1.25.

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

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James Bradford Lincoln receives this receipt for the $24.20 he paid in an execution against Joseph Miller and Edward Aller. Another partial document is located on the reverse of this receipt.

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

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Junius Brutus Booth writes a hurried letter to an unidentified correspondent regarding an offer proffered by Mr. McReady.

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In his Christmas Eve letter to Elizabeth Humphrey, recent widower Robert Smith Todd presses his courtship to his future wife. Humphrey later becomes the stepmother of Mary Todd.

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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…

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Job Fletcher informs General James Adams that Mrs. Anderson will apply for letters of administration on her deceased husband's estate. Fletcher is to be one of her securities. As judge of probate, General Adams signs and files the correspondence for…

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