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- Creator:
- Illinois--Circuit Court (Sangamon County)
- Collection:
- Lincoln Legal Cases, 1830-1860
- Location:
- Springfield, Illinois
- Date of Original:
- 1832
- Description:
- Faded handwritten document, 10 x 21 cm, of payment ordered and received for attendance at court. Signed by Elijah Estep and E.C. Estep with their marks. Jacob Bale failed to pay Pollard Simmons $80 on an account. Simmons sued Bale in the Justice of the Peace court to recover the debt but the jury found for Bale. Simmons appealed the judgment to the circuit court. The court subpoenaed Lincoln as a witness for Bale. The case was later dismissed.
- Subject:
- Collecting of accounts--Cases; Simmons v. Bale
- Category:
- Manuscripts & Documents
- Format of Original:
- Manuscript
- Item ID:
- 71200908300193
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Digital File ID:
- 71200908300193.tif
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only