Receipt of John Taylor to Abraham Lincoln, 16 March 18361
Land Office at Springfield, Illinois,
March 16th 1836.
No
15707
RECEIVED from
Abraham Lincoln
of
Sangamon
county,
Illinois
the sum of
Fifty Eight—
dollars
Seventy five
cents, being in full payment for the
north part of the North. West—
quarter of Section No.
Three—
in Township No.
nineteen. North of Range No.
Seven—
West of the third principal Meridian, containing
Forty Seven—
acres and
hundredths of an acre, at the rate of $
1.25
per acre.2
$
58.75
John Taylor RECEIVER.
1This document is partially printed. The blanks were filled in by John Taylor, who
also signed his own name.
2The land described here is in northern Menard County, bordering the Sangamon River. In 1837, Lincoln sold a half-interest in the land to Gershom Jayne; in 1848, Lincoln, Jayne, and their wives sold the land to Pleasant Armstrong and John Yardley.
Partially Printed Document Signed, 1 page(s), Vault, RG 49, Entry Unknown: Records of the Bureau of Land Management, NAB.