| Wednesday, March 16, 1836.Springfield, IL. | Lincoln purchases from federal government tract of 47 acres at $1.25 per
acre, on Sangamon River 12 miles northwest of New Salem. [On November 1, 1839 President Van Buren issues Certificate No. 15,701 to
N. part of N.W. ΒΌ of Sec. 3 in T. 19 N. of R. 7 W.Book 31, 355, original owned by Mrs. Edna Orendorff
Macpherson, Springfield, Ill.] |