Handwritten endorsement, “And the pl[ainti]ff doth the like—Pearson & Lincoln p.q.,” written in the lower left corner of a legal brief. The one-page brief on a lightly-lined sheet, written in a clerk’s hand, measures 8 x 6.25, dated “April Term 1852,” and regards the case of Metcalf vs. Bennett. The defendant, through his attorney Cooper, claims that he is “not guilty of the said supposed several trespasses above laid to his charge, or any part thereof,” as alleged in Lincoln’s endorsement. Two horizontal folds, with small old tape repairs to both on reverse, a bit of scattered mild toning and foxing, and a small brush to end portion of text, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a complete typescript from the Lincoln Library in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, This document was originally a part of the Henry E. Luhrs collection.
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