It is ordered by the court that it be certified that Abraham Lincoln is a person of good moral character.1
1Aspiring lawyers were required to obtain a certification of their good moral character.
“An Act Concerning Attorneys and Counselors at Law,” 1 March 1833, The Revised Laws of Illinois (1833), 99-102; http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=141202.
Handwritten Document, 1 page(s), Lincolniana, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL)