Isaac Bush and his surety Christopher Bush promise to pay $500, payable in money or tobacco, to the State of Kentucky if Isaac does not fulfill his duties as constable. Christopher Bush is the father of Abraham Lincoln's step-mother Sarah and Isaac…
Josiah Lincoln cosigns a Kentucky marriage bond that guarantees that there is no legal cause to obstruct the marriage between Peter Sibert and the daughter of Catherine Briggs.
Robert S. Todd writes and signs this rental agreement regarding the rental of a piece of property, stipulating no timber is to be cut "but for making rails."
While in Brussels, Junius Brutus Booth writes to Madame Delannoy about his success in London, his wife's pregnancy, and Bonaparte's military activity. Booth writes his letter in French.
This signature of Sarah Siddons accompanies two prints of Ms. Siddons in costume elsewhere in the collection. The date of this signature is based on the years of her birth and death.
James Bradford Lincoln receives this receipt for the $24.20 he paid in an execution against Joseph Miller and Edward Aller. Another partial document is located on the reverse of this receipt.
Young Abraham Lincoln practiced his writing and arithmetic in a home-made arithmetic copybook. The reverse side of the first page of this sum book contains the heading 'Long Division' and reverse ' Division 1824' with doggerel at lower-right that…
In his Christmas Eve letter to Elizabeth Humphrey, recent widower Robert Smith Todd presses his courtship to his future wife. Humphrey later becomes the stepmother of Mary Todd.
Joseph Anderson received a judgement in his lawsuit against Joseph Miller and assigned his rights to that judgement to James Adams on May 10, 1827. On or about June 1, 1837, Abraham Lincoln makes a copy of the judgement with Anderson's assignment of…
Job Fletcher informs General James Adams that Mrs. Anderson will apply for letters of administration on her deceased husband's estate. Fletcher is to be one of her securities. As judge of probate, General Adams signs and files the correspondence for…
Archer G. Herndon gives notice to Pascal P. Enos that he intends to enter depositions in his suit against Enos. Although undated, the notice speaks of Saturday, September 4, which appears in both 1830 and 1841. the notice is signed by Archer G.…