Thursday, November 17, 1836.New Salem, IL. | Lincoln surveys for Alvin Ringo two tracts four miles southwest of New
Salem and mile and a half northeast of present town of Tallula. [This is Lincoln's last
survey, according to W. H. Herndon. Lincoln describes tracts as follows: "a part of the
North half of Section 5 in Township 17 North of Range 7 West . . . and a part of the
East one-half of the South West one-quarter of the said Section 5."]Surveys for Alvin
Ringo, 16-17 November 1836, CW, 1:52-53. |