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James Lee promises to pay James B. Lincoln twenty five bushels of corn on or before November 20, 1835.

John Hanks places his mark to this note promising to pay John Carter $100 with interest.

Stephen A. Douglass, A. Brockenbrough; James McKinney promise to pay School Commissioner John T. Jones $50 plus interest for land purchased.

Thomas S. Campbell signs a promissory note in which he promises to pay John T. Stuart $2,070 at ten percent interest on or before February 1, 1862.

Abraham Lincoln writes a promissory note which William S. Viney signs promising to pay Maria L. Bullock eightyone dollars with interest within the next two years. Viney, a resident of Henry County, Iowa, purchased three lots from Bullock. This is one…

In 1855 James E. McConnell assesses the value of real estate and personal property belonging to Francis Lincoln at $1,175.

I.M. Ferris assesses the property of Mr. Thomas Lincoln of Fountain Green, Illinois. In 1850, Lincoln owned real property valued at $508.77 and personal property at $260.

Campaign song for William McKinley, presidential election 1900. On cover at top pictures of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Center of cover there is a picture of an eagle with shield and a ribbon in mouth, "Republican Administration." Song…

The top panels show a crowd yelling "What's th' matter with Wilson!!". The middle panel shows a family attempting to eat from bowls labeled "prosperity" while three men in dark clothing line up with bills for payment. The bottom panels show a man…

A song about protecting the newly freed slaves because they fought in the war. Dedicated to "The honorable, the thirty -ninth Congress. Sung by Skiff and Gaylord's Minstrels."

Provident Hospital nurses gather for a group photo. Provident Hospital was the first hospital in America owned and operated by African Americans.

The freight yard, located in the northwest Chicago suburbs, was one of the largest switch yards in the world in the early and mid-twentieth century.Photo caption: "Proviso freight yards, largest switch yards in the world."

Prudence Winterraud Douglas, an member of the Monticello Female Seminary's class of 1906, poses for a photograph at the bottom of a staircase.

Doctor Frank Jirka, Director of the State Division of Public Heath, and members of his team make a general inspection of the sanitary conditions in Mound City. Other inspection team members included I. H. Roth, William Bestge, and Clarence Klasson.

Several trolleys sit outside the St. Clair County Courthouse as pedestrians cross the public square in Belleville, Illinois.