[ endorsement ]
You will appoint Mr. Fondey for the City of Springfield
A C French4
[ docketing ]
1850
Wm B. Fondey Nota Pub.[Notary Public]
City of Springfield
Sangamon County
[ docketing ]
03/25/[1850]
March 25
1Anson G. Henry wrote the text of this petition and signed his name. Abraham Lincoln and the fifty-three others signed their own names.
2As indicated by Governor Augustus C. French’s endorsement and the docketing on the last sheet, William F. Fondey received the appointment on March 25, 1850.
3“P. Shutt” could not be positively identified.
4French wrote and signed this endorsement.

Handwritten Document Signed, 2 page(s), Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL).