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April 20, 1833

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Saturday, April 20, 1833.
 Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln writes and signs a note certifying that William Hohimer was "a private in the company which I had the honor to command" during the Black Hawk War. Lincoln adds that Hohimer "received a wound in the body while in said service which at the time and for some days afterward was considered mortal." Thomas Moffett, Justice of the Peace, witnesses and signs the document. Certificate of Military Service, 20 April 1833, Record Group 15, National Archives Building, Washington, DC. 

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         <p>Lincoln writes and signs a note
  certifying that William Hohimer was "a private in the company which I had the
  honor to command" during the Black Hawk War. Lincoln adds that Hohimer
  "received a wound in the body while in said service which at the time and for
  some days afterward was considered mortal." Thomas Moffett, Justice of the
  Peace, witnesses and signs the document. <bibl default='NO'>Certificate of Military Service,
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