Agreement and Note Drawn for James M. Crain1Jump to section
April 20, 1838
Whereas John T. Stuart and Abraham Lincoln have engaged as attorneys in my behalf in a cause now pending in the chancery side
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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of the Tazewell county circuit court in which I am complainant and the heirs of Lewis F. Crain deceased and others are defendants, therefore if I shall succeed to the full extent of my claim in said case, I promise to pay them, the said Stuart & Lincoln the sum of five hundred dollars; but if I should not succeed in the recovery of the property mentioned in said cause as having been purchased of Peter Menard; but shall succeed in the recovery of all the ballance claimed in said cause, then I promise to pay them the said Stuart & Lincoln the sum of three hundred dollars---
April 20. 1838--- JAMES M. CRAIN
Tremont, April 20. 1838
Six months after date I promise to pay Stuart & Lincoln twentyfive dollars for value received--- JAS. M. CRAIN
Annotation
[1] AD, ORB. Crain and Menard were residents of Tazewell County.