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Check of Levi Davis to Abraham Lincoln, 17 December 18401
AUDITOR’S OFFICE ILLINOIS, Springfield,Dec 171840
$50.00/100
No.3706
Cashier of theState Bank of Illinois, Pay toAbraham Lincolnor order, the sum ofFiftydollars andcents, it being inpartfor his services as a Member of the General Assembly, Session 1840 & ‘412
(The holder of this warrant will be entitled to six per cent interest from date, until redeemed by the State.)
(Countersigned and Registered.)
John D WhitesideTreasurer.Levi Davis
Auditor of Public Accounts.
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$50.003
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A. Lincoln
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state
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.
An Act Making Appropriations for the Years 1841 and 1842.
3Written vertically over the check text.

Copy of Partially Printed Document Signed, 2 page(s), Abraham Lincoln Association Files, Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield, IL).