Payroll for Tenth Illinois General Assembly, First Session, [6 March 1837]1
I David Prickett, Clerk of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the state of Illinois, do hereby certify that, that the annexed statement contains a correct estimate of the compensation of each Member of the House of Representatives, and the officers thereof named, for services at the session of the General Assembly, which commenced on Monday the 5th day of December 1836. and ended on the day of March. 1837, including compensation for mileage as well as per diem, allowance, Given under my hand2
Members & Officers No of days No of miles Allowance pr[per] 20 miles Allowance pr. day Amount.
$ cts[cents]
Wilson Able + 92 380 $4— $4— "444 — Wilson Able
Mark Aldrich 92 400 " —448 — M. Aldrich
Thomas Atwater 92 400 " " —448 — Thos Atwater
A F Ball 92 330 $4 — $4 — —434 — A F Ball
George Barnett 92 260 "4 — " " —420 — George Barne[tt]
[Rich]ard Bently 92 50 " " —378 — Richd Ben[tly]
[Milto]n Carpenter 92 180 " " —404 — Milton C[arpenter]
[Elija]h Charles x1 92 680 " " —504 — Elijah Char[les]
[Ne]wton Cloud " 200 " " —408 — Newton Clou[d]
[Is]aac Courtright " 560 " " —480 — Isaac Courtright
James Craig " 680 " " —504 — James Craig
John Crain " 140 —396 — John Crain
Richard M. Cullom " 340 " " —436 — R N Cullom
William Davidson " 52 " " —378 40 William Davidson
Cyrus A. Davis " 220 " " —412 — Ciras A Davis
John Dawson " 200 " " —408 — John Dawson
John Dementx 2 " 110 3 " " —376 — John Dement
Jonathan Diarman " 260 " " —420 — Jonathan Dia[rman]
Achilles D. Dollins " 200 " " —408 — Achilles D Dollins
John Dougherty " 300 " " —428 — John Dougherty.
Stephen A. Douglass x 3 " 200 " " —408 — S. A. Douglass
Jesse K. Dubois " 220 " " —412 — J. K Dubois
Alexander P. Dunbar " 200 " " —408 — A. P Dunbar
William Edmondston " 240 " " —436 — [Willi]am Edmonston
Ninian W. Edwards " 190 " " —402 — [N]inian W. Edwar[ds]
William F. Elkin " 200 " " —408 — Wm F. Elkin
Revel W. English " 220 " " —412 — Revill W. Englis[h]

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cts
[Benj]amin S. Enloe 4 92 300 $4 $4 $428 — Ben S [Enloe]
Augustus C. French 5 92 220 4 $4 — $4 — —416 — Augustus C Fre[nch]
[G]eorge Galbreath [6?] " 400 " " —448 — George Galbrea[th]
Peter Green 50" 100 " " —388 5 Peter Green
[J]oseph Green " 140 " " —396 — Jos Green
William J. Hankins " 60 " " 380 — W J Hankins
William W. Happy " 200 " " —408 — W, W, Happy
John J. Hardin " 200 " " —408 — John J Hardin
John Harris " 110 " " —390 — John Harris
George Hinshaw " 240 " " —416 —
John Hogan " 150 " " —398 — Jno Hogan by J T [?]
Joseph Huey " 60 " " —380 — Joseph Huey
Thomas Hunt " 240 " " —416 — Thomas Hun[t]
William Lane 7 " 240 " " —416 — Wm Lane
Wilson Lagow " 240 " " —416 —
Albert G Leary " 660 " " —500 — A G Leary
Abraham Lincoln " 220 " " —412 — A. Lincoln
Usher F. Linder 8 72 160 " " —3206^320^
[J]ohn Logan 92 280 " " —4247 John Logan
[J]ames H. Lyons " 270 " " —422 — J. H Lyons
[Andr]ew McCormick " 170 " " —402 — Andrew McCorm[ick]
[John] McCown " 220 " " —412 — John McCo[wn]
[John] A McClernand 9 " 240 " " —416 — Jno A McCler[nand]
[Willi]am McMurtry " 440 " " —456 — William M[cMurtry]
[Hen]ry Madden " 700 " " —508 — Henry Madd[en]
[W]illiam B. Marrs " 170 " " —402 — William B Ma[rrs]
Gideon Minor " 220 " " —412 —
[W]illiam A. Minshall " 280 " " —4248 Wm A Minshall
[J]ohn Moore " 240 " " —416 — John Moore
William Moore " 140 " " 396 — Wm Moore
[Jo]seph Morton " 200 " " 408 — Joseph Morton
[R]ichard G. Murphy " 200 " " 408 — R. G Murphy
[J]ohn H. Murphy " 300 " " 428 — Jno H Murphy^[?]^
[J]oseph Naper " 660 500 — Jos Nap[er]
David Nowlin 10 160 " " 400 by John D Whiteside
Dempsey Odum " 200 " " 408 — Dempsey Odum
[E]dward J. Oneille " 200 " " 408 — Edward J Oneille
Harvey T. Pace " 100 " " 388 — H. T. Pace
Parvin Paullen " 286 9 " " 428 — Parvin Paullin
James H. Ralston 6 65 400 " " 340 — J H Ralson by W G Flood

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Jonas Rawalt " 340 " " 436 — Jonas Rawalt
William G. Reddick " 150 " " 398 — W. G. Reddick
William A. Richardson " 280 " " 42410 W A Richardson
George Scarborough " 300 " " 428 — Jno. H Murphy for Geo.
Scarborough—
James Shields " 180 " " 404 — Jas Shields
Robert Smith " 150 " " 398 — Robert Smith by S. T. Logan
[Ed]ward Smith " 220 " " 412 — Edwd Sm[ith]
Dan Stone 11— " 180 " " 404 — Dan Stone
Robert Stuart " 340 " " 436 — Robert Stuart
John Stuntz " 140 " " 396 — John Stuntz
[S]aml G Thompson " 180 " " 404 —
[J]ohn S. Turley " 100 " " 388 — John S Turley
[D]aniel Turney " 160 " " 400 — D Turney
[F]rancis Voris " 330 " " 434 Francis Voris
[Jam]es Walker " 600 " " 488 James Wal[ker]
[Rich]ard S. Walker " 220 " " 412 Richd S. Walker
[Josep]h E. Watkins 49 240 " 244 Joseph E Wa[tkins]
[Edwin B. W]ebb [?] 200 " " [408?] E. B. Webb
[Alph]eus Wheeler " 280 " " 424 11
Easton Whitten " 30 " " 374 — Easton Whitten
R[o]bert L. Wilson " 220 " " 412 R. L. Wilson
[F]ranklin Witt " 220 " " 412 Franklin Witt
[D]aniel Wood " 24012 " " 416 Daniel Wood
James Semple " 120 $6 $4 " 576 13 Jas Semple by R K MLaughlin
Resolved Graham 44 240 4 " 4 " 224
Edward Jonese
asst clk–[assistant clerk]
92 5 " 460 14 Edward Jones
Jefferson Weatherford x 92 4.00 368 Jefferson Weatherford
Nelson W Nunnally En & En clk [Enrolling and Engrossing clerk] x 92 5.00 460 N. W. Nunnally

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No 10312 to
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Genl[General] Assembly Session 1836’7
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[No] 10312
1Abraham Lincoln signed his name.
2Section four of the appropriation act set the compensation for members of the General Assembly.
3“210” changed to “110”.
4“240” changed to “220”.
5“338” changed to “388”.
6“400” changed to “320”.
7“434” changed to “424”.
8“434” changed to “424”.
9“226” changed to “286”.
10“434” changed to “424”.
11“434” changed to “424”.
12“340” changed to “240”.
13“676” changed to “576”.
14“ 368” changed to “460”.

Handwritten Document Signed, 4 page(s), Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield, IL).