Monday, March 3, 1834.New Salem, IL. | Lincoln writes and signs survey for Jesse Gum.Survey for Jesse Gum, 3
March 1834, CW,
1:22-23. [Reuben Harrison presents petition to County Commissioners' Court for new
road from Musick's Ferry via New Salem to county line in direction of Jacksonville,
which Lincoln wrote and signed February 25, 1834. Lincoln deposits $10 with clerk of
court as law prescribes. He is appointed surveyor and with Hugh Armstrong and Michael
Killion, viewer of new road. Their report is filed at June term of court.Record.] |