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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Legal brief in the case of Robert Orr versus Andrew Orr]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08881 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 22 November 1841 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.4 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Lincoln serves as a lawyer in the case of Robert versus Andrew Orr. Signed "Lincoln & Stuart," indicating that Lincoln oversaw the case with John Todd Stuart, his first law partner. The plaintiff of the case indicates that promissory notes "were given on and for goods and valuable consideration..."

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stuart, John Todd, 1807-1885

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