Petition to County Commissioners1Jump to section
To the county commissioners court for the county of Sangamon at its March term 1834---
We the undersigned respectfully request your honorable body to appoint viewers to view and locate a road from Musick's ferry on Salt creek via New Salem to the county line in the direction of Jacksonville
Feb. 25th. 1834
Annotation
[1] ADS, IHi. This petition drawn by Lincoln contains eighty-eight names, including Lincoln's; the last twelve names are also in his handwriting.