Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Check of Levi Davis to Abraham Lincoln, 1 March 18391
AUDITOR’S OFFICE ILLINOIS, Vandalia, Mar 1 1839
$302 ⁰⁰/100 No. 1452

Cashier of the Vandalia Branch State Bank of Illinois, Pay toAbraham Lincoln or order, the sum of Three hundred & Two dollars and—cents, it being in full for his services as a member of the General Assembly, Session1838 & 9

(The holder of this warrant will be entitled to six per cent. interest from date, until redeemed by the State.2

(Countersigned and Registered.)
Levi Davis
Auditor of Public Accounts.John D. Whiteside Treasurer.

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Lincoln, Abraham (President)
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1This partially printed check was filled in by Levi Davis and signed by Davis and John D. Whiteside. Abraham Lincoln endorsed it on the back side.

2Members of the General Assembly earned $4 for each day’s attendance at the session, plus an additional $4 for every twenty miles of necessary travel in coming to and returning from the statehouse. In addition, members periodically received additional sums--often $100--through partial appropriation bills.
An Act Making Appropriations for the Years 1837 and 1838; An Act Making Partial Appropriations.