LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

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A signed legal document, written entirely in Lincoln’s hand, c. 1848. “...The Replication of Richard H. Snell to the answer of William H. Holmes and others to the Bill in chancery exhibited against them in the Tazewell County Circuit Court by the said Richard H. Snell. This Repliant for replication to said answers say that said answers, and each and every of them, are untrue, uncertain, and insufficient; that his said Bill is true, certain and sufficient, and that he will prove the same to be true, certain, and sufficient, in such manner as the Honorable court shall require. Lincoln for Repliant." $6,950.