| Abraham Lincoln | |
| To } | Quit Claim Deed |
| Josephus Hewett & E. D. Baker |
Know all men by these presents that I Abraham Lincoln of the County of Sangamon and State of Illinois for and in consideration of the Sum of Seventy five Dollars
to me in
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Hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby remise release and
forever quit claim to Josephus Hewett and Edward D. Baker all my right and title to Lot Numbered six (6) in Block Numbered one (1) in the Town
of Springfield in the County and State aforesaid.
“In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
seven.”
A. Lincoln
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04/21/1837
04/21/1837
| State of Illinois | } | SS |
| Sangamon County |
Be it Remembered that on the day of the date hereof personally appeared before the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for Said County Abraham Lincoln who is known by said Justice to be the identical Person whose name is Subscribed
to the foregoing Deed of Conveyance and by whom and in whose name the same is proposed
to be acknowledged and who then acknowledged the same to be his free and voluntary
act & Deed for the purposes therein Expressed
“Given under my hand and Seal this 21st day of April 1837.
Thomas Moffett
J. P.[Justice of the Peace]
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Handwritten Transcription, 2 page(s), Sangamon County Deed Book K, 616-17, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield (Springfield, Illinois) ,