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Receipt of Haggard & Neely to Abraham Lincoln, 23 June 18561
Springfield June 23 1856A Lincoln Esq[Esquire]
Haggard & Neely Dr[Debit]
June 23 To Reparing Pump $1.00
Nov 29 To " " 1 00
$2.002
Haggard & Neely
pr[per] Hiram Baker
[ endorsement ]
12/28/1856
Recd[Received] Paymt[Payment] Dec[December] 28. 18563
<Page 2>
[ docketing ]
A. Lincoln Esq
$2.004
1Hiram Baker wrote and signed this receipt on behalf of Haggard & Neely.
2Haggard & Neely dealt in chain pumps for drawing water; therefore, Abraham Lincoln most likely paid for repair work on one such water pump.
Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 2 July 1852, 3:2.
3An unknown person wrote this endorsement.
4An unknown person wrote this docketing.

Autograph Document Signed, 2 page(s), Lincoln Collection, Chicago Historical Society (Chicago, IL).