Annotation
[1] ALS, IHi.
[2] Charles R. Hurst, clerk in James Bell & Company, who purchased Speed's share of the store in 1841.
[3] Lincoln got judgment for $60 for Bell & Speed v. James Nesbitt on November 24, 1841.
[4] Peter Van Bergen.
[5] William Walters, editor of the Democratic Illinois State Register. Lincoln had obtained judgment for $1,155 in Peter Van Bergen v. William Walters on November 26, 1842. Speed's endorsement on verso of last page reads: ``replied to 27 Jany 1843/ gave Walters right to redeem if done immedyetly.''
[6] William F. Elkin.
[7] Thomas C. Browne.
[8] Unidentified.