Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Mortgage indenture taken on 160 acres in Menard County, Illinois by Thomas and Elizabeth Cantrall]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04811 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Sangamon County, Illinois Type: Document signed Date: 29 November 1852 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 42 x 34.4 cm Order a Copy
This document is a record of a mortgage indenture filled out and signed by Abraham Lincoln in the state of Illinois by Thomas and Elizabeth Cantrall. The mortgage indenture was taken out for 160 acres in Menard County, Illinois. Lincoln's AES dated 6/22/1858.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Work Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848-1858, p. 162
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