Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Elections in Sangamon County, Illinois, for State Representatives...
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01978 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: September 9, 1842 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Said to have been presented to his fiance Mary Todd, listing election results for 1832, 1834 and 1836. Lincoln has signed his name three times, once for each time he ran. Attested by clerk Noah W. Matheny, pages 2-3, with seal on p. 3. See Sandburg, Lincoln Collector, p. 141, and H. Pratt, Lincoln Day by Day, for 9/9/1842.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I 1824 - 1848,
p. 297-299
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