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Abraham Lincoln autograph document signed, part of a legal document filed by Lincoln and his law partner William Herndon. Undated but circa March 1855, Lincoln handwrites approximately 120 words in the case of John Williams vs. Ulysses Lindley and Theodore Baker, with Lincoln acting on behalf of the defendant in a case appealed by Lincoln to the Supreme Court. Document reads in full:
''behalf the defendants say plaintiff actio non because they say that at and before the time when said Mechanic's and Farmer's Bank assumed to assign said note by their President, said Bank had, on lawful demand, failed and refused to redeem in lawful money of the United States one of the circulating notes, made by said Bank, countersigned and registered according to law, and said note had, therefore, been duly protested for nonpayment by a notary public, and the [?] had duly received and filed the [?] thereof, in his office, and had given notice to said Bank to pay said note, and said Bank had omitted to pay the said note; and this the defendant is ready to verify, wherefore / Lincoln & Herndon p.d. [public defender]''.
Document measures approximately 7.75'' x 5.25'' with irregular lower edge. Penned on blue wove paper, rebacked to style. With bold writing in Lincoln's distinctive hand, overall in very good to near fine condition. With University Archives COA.
Abraham Lincoln Autograph Legal Document Signed with Bold Handwriting by Lincoln -- With University Archives COA
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