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Promissory Note from Wilson Law, 24 January 1842–A
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Source Note
, Promissory Note, , Hancock Co., IL, to JS, 24 Jan. 1842; handwriting of ; signature of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 24 Jan. 1842]; notations by , 20 Mar. 1844; notation by with signature of JS, [between 2 and 4 May 1844]; docket by unidentified scribe, [, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 1845]; two pages; private possession.
Docketing on the back of the note indicates it was filed with other claims against JS’s estate in the Hancock County Probate Court in , Illinois, in 1845. Sometime in the ensuing decades, it was removed from the custody of the court. The note is in private possession.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
$200.
On or before the twenty fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty three, for value recieved, I promise to pay Joseph Smith or bearor Two hundred dollars, with interest at Six per cent per annum.—
January 24th. 1842)
Attest.— [p. [1]]
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Signature of Wilson Law.