Papers, 1856-1860.

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Papers, 1856-1860.

Letters and tax receipts pertaining to Briggs' acting as an agent for the Harris Lime Rock Company in Delavan, Illinois. Letters are addressed to George J. Harris and D. C. Jenckes, and include mention of payment made to Abraham Lincoln for his legal service.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Briggs, Erastus M., 1819-1907.

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Delavan, Illinois, farmer; private, 115th Illinois Infantry, Company H, during the Civil War. From the description of Papers, 1856-1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27657774 ...

Harris, George S.

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Jenckes, D. C.,

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Harris Lime Rock Company

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