ADS, signed “Lincoln,” one page, 7.75 x 4, no date but circa 1855. Handwritten legal document accomplished entirely in the hand of Abraham Lincoln, in the case of Samuel Hitchcock, administrator of Isabella Hitchcock, v. William C. Glasgow, an action of "debt upon record." In full: "And the said defendant comes and defends, the wrong and injury, when, where &c. and says the plaintiff actio now because he says there is no such record, as the plaintiff in his declaration, has alledged; and this he prays may be enquired of by the court &c." In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
Lincoln had appeared for Glasgow in two cases heard before the Tazewell County court in October 1854. The court decided against Glasgow in one decision, awarding the plaintiff $387.45 plus costs. The second case, Hitchcock v. Glasgow, was continued until spring 1855, when Lincoln filed this pleas, arguing that the Hitchcocks could not recover "Debt upon Record" as there was no valid "record." Glasgow was an Illinois resident at the time the Ohio court awarded the Hitchcock estate its judgment, and had 'never appeared in person to said suit, nor authorized any person to appear for him, therein; and this he is ready to verify.' As a result of Lincoln's successful defense, the plaintiff dismissed the action on May 1, 1855.
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