BIB_ID
121178
Accession number
MA 810.5
Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Display Date
1856 Nov. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906 or 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.5 cm
Notes
A printed form with manuscript additions by Lincoln.
Also dated "January term, A.D. 1857" at the top of the page, but the date of signing is Nov. 14, 1856.
Endorsed on the verso.
This item is part of a collection of letters and legal documents of Abraham Lincoln; see main record for MA 810 for more information.
Also dated "January term, A.D. 1857" at the top of the page, but the date of signing is Nov. 14, 1856.
Endorsed on the verso.
This item is part of a collection of letters and legal documents of Abraham Lincoln; see main record for MA 810 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1906 or 1910.
Summary
Lincoln assumes responsibility for $500 for his client, Henry Henderson, the plaintiff in a case against Corydon Weed.
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