Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Bond on the estate of John M. Bingley].
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05807 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Morgan County, Illinois Type: Document signed Date: 3 April 1837 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy
Signed by Jane Bingley and Thomas J. Nance as co-administrators, and John T. Stuart and Lincoln as legal counsel. Bingley and Nance give bond for 2000 dollars as administrators of John M. Bingley's estate, who died in Morgan County on December 4, 1836. Attested by Aaron Will. Executed one month after Lincoln was admitted to the Illinois bar and two weeks before he became Stuart's partner.
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