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Lot 183
[LINCOLN] Abraham Lincoln 1844 Autograph Document
Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
Sold for
$3,750
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
Autograph document by Abraham Lincoln. Peoria County, Illinois, 29 May 1844. 2 pages, folio. Docketed to verso.
A rare document completed entirely in Abraham Lincoln's distinctive hand from his early law career. Concerning a case in Peoria County, the document was penned by Lincoln when he was traveling the Eighth Judicial Circuit while legal partners with Stephen Logan.
Documents from Lincoln's early legal career are scarce, and those in his hand even more so.
[Abraham Lincoln, Politics, Mary Todd Lincoln, 1860 Election, Election of 1860, 1864 Election, Election of 1864, Lincoln Assassination, John Wilkes Booth] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]
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