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Check of Abraham Lincoln to Amos Camp, 18 January 18591
SpringfieldJany 18.1859
Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company.
Pay toAmos Campor Bearer
One15/100 Dollars,
IN CURRENT BANK NOTES.2
$115
A Lincoln
1Abraham Lincoln filled out this check and signed his name.
2No receipt of purchase is known to exist for this check. Amos Camp ran a harness shop in Springfield, Illinois, and this sale was likely related to that business.
Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 2 January 1851, 1:3.

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