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].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
On or before the first day of November next I promise to pay A. Lincoln twenty dollars in good fire wood about four feet in length, at the selling price when delivered, to be delivered at any place designated by said Lincoln, in the city of Springfield---for value received. JAMES GAMBREL
Annotation
[1] AD, owned by Gordon A. Block, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Document is in Lincoln's hand excepting the signature. On March 18, Logan & Lincoln appeared as solicitors for Gambrel in the United States District Court, in his petition to be declared bankrupt. The promissory note probably represents the fee for this service.