ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Abraham Lincoln in Illinois
A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives
Documents 1-50
Abraham Lincoln in Illinois Introduction
- Portion of Muster Roll of Captain A. Lincoln's Company in the Black Hawk War
1832 - Notice to Introduce An Act to Authorize Samuel Musick to Build a Toll Bridge across Salt Creek in Sangamon County
December 9, 1834 - A Bill for An Act to Locate a State Road between Springfield and George C. Miller's Ferry
February 2, 1835 - A Bill for An Act to Relocate a Part of the State Road Leading from Springfield to Lewiston
December 15, 1835 - Amendment to A Bill for An Act Supplemental to An Act to Incorporate Subscribers to the Bank of the State of Illinois
December 22, 1835 - An Act to Permanently Locate the Seat of Government of the State of Illinois
February 7, 1837 - Report from a Select Committee concerning the Division of Sangamon County
February 13, 1837 - Supreme Court Roll of Attorneys: 1817-1902
March 1, 1837 - 1837 House Journal Entry on Slavery
March 3, 1837 - Lincoln's Salary Warrant No. 256 for Service as a State Representative
July 22, 1837 - Bond for Charles R. Matheny
August 15, 1837 - Certificate of Qualification of Lincoln's Election to the Eleventh General Assembly
August 28, 1838 - Endorsement of Antrim Campbell as Prosecuting Attorney
September 13, 1838 - A Bill for An Act Limiting Justices of the Peace and Constables
December 13, 1838 - House Joint Resolution concerning Purchase of Unsold Federal Lands
January 17, 1839 - A Bill for An Act to Dissolve the Bonds of Matrimony between Nathaniel B. Martin and Sarah Martin his Wife
January 1840 - Amendment to A Bill for An Act concerning Public Revenue
January 2, 1840 - A Bill for An Act Authorizing the Purchase of a House for the Use of the Governor
January 24, 1840 - Certificate of Qualification of Lincoln's Election to the Twelfth General Assembly
November 18, 1840 - Resolution Notifying Senate that the House of Representatives is Organized
November 24, 1840 - Resolution on Teachers' Examinations
December 2, 1840 - A Bill for An Act Authorizing Certain Debtors of the State to Discharge their Indebtedness in Illinois Internal Improvement Scrip
January 27, 1841 - Illinois State Library Register of Books Loaned
December 16, 1842 - Petition to the County Court Commissioners for Constable of Coles County, Pleasant Grove Precinct
(ca.) 1843 - Petition to Governor Thomas Ford for a Pardon in the Case of Samuel Smith of Sangamon County
1845 - Election Returns–Seventh Congressional District
1846 - Petition to Governor Augustus C. French for the Appointment of William B. Fondey as a Notary Public
March 7, 1850 - Letter to Governor Joel A. Matteson from Lincoln requesting a Pardon for William D. Davis
January 10, 1853 - Notice from Clerk of Sangamon County that Lincoln has declined to Serve in the General Assembly
November 27, 1854 - Letter to Governor William Bissell from Lincoln concerning a Pardon for Samuel and James Jones
March 22, 1858 - Petition to Governor William Bissell for a Pardon in the Case of David Thompson
April 1858 - 1859 House Journal Entry on the Lincoln-Douglas Election
January 5, 1859 - Letter from Secretary of State William Seward to Illinois Governor Richard J. Oglesby
March 12, 1866 - Reminiscences of William L. Wilson to Attorney General James McCartney regarding Abraham Lincoln
February 3, 1882 - Correspondence between Governor Richard Yates and Robert T. Lincoln
May 20, 1901