Biography

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky, and raised in Indiana. The family moved to Illinois in Abraham's early adulthood, at which time he became involved in politics. He won the presidential election on the Republican ticket in 1860, and led the country through the Civil War. Following Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln addressed a large crowd at the White House on April 11th, with some suggestion in his speech that Reconstruction would include the enfranchisement of some African-Americans. Three days later, John Wilkes Booth, who had been a member of the audience, shot Lincoln while he and Mary were watching a play at Ford's Theater. Lincoln died the next morning, on April 15th, 1865. Though he did not live to see the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States, his Emancipation Proclamation opened the doors to this amendment, and following its easy passage in the Senate, he was active in gaining support in the House.

Scope and Content

This deed is over 300 words long in Abraham Lincoln’s handwriting, outlining sale of a piece of land. The property was owned by Gershom and Sybil Jayne and Abraham and Mary Lincoln, and sold to Pleasant Armstrong and John Yardley. It is signed by all four sellers. It includes a codicil written by another lawyer.

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Preferred Citation

Lincoln Warranty Deed (MS 383), University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth A. Newsom, April 2009.