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Check of Abraham Lincoln to Self, 18 January 18561
No.
Springfield, Jany 18. 1856.
Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Co.,
Pay to Self or Bearer,
fifty three 64/100 Dollars
In Current Bank Bills.2
$
A. Lincoln–
1Abraham Lincoln filled in the blanks of this partially printed check and signed it.
2Lincoln’s intent for these funds, withdrawn from his account at the Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company, is unknown.
Harry E. Pratt, The Personal Finances of Abraham Lincoln (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1943), 166.

Partially Printed Document Signed, 1 page(s), Edward C. Stone Collection, Boston University (Boston, MA).