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Check of Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Thayer & Company, 17 January 18591
No.
SpringfieldJany 17.1859–
Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company.
Pay toJ. Thayer & Coor Bearer
Twentytwo74/100 Dollars.
IN CURRENT BANK NOTES.
2$2274
A Lincoln
1Abraham Lincoln filled out this check and signed his name.
2Joseph Thayer & Company sold dry-goods, but no receipt of purchase is known to exist for this check, so it is unclear what items were purchased.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1891), 581.

Copy of Partially Printed Document Signed, 1 page(s), Abraham Lincoln Association Files, Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield, IL).