Letter: Bloomington, Ill., to [William Fitzhugh] Thorton, 1867 July 5.

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Letter: Bloomington, Ill., to [William Fitzhugh] Thorton, 1867 July 5.

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Asks if the enclosed 1852 promissory note from John Mercer, Shelbyville, Illinois, can be collected on for Abraham Lincoln's estate.

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Thornton, William Fitzhugh, 1789-1873,

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Mercer, Johnny, 1947-

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Davis, David, 1815-1886

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Illinois state legislator and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. senator from Illinois. From the description of Papers of David Davis, 1861-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070696 Bloomington, Illinois lawyer; member of Illinois House of Representatives (1844-1846); judge 8th judicial circuit (1848-1862); U.S. Supreme Court justice (1862-1877); U.S. Senator (1877-1883). From the description of Receipt for judgment costs, February ...

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...