Facsimile, Lincoln's Claim on Licking River From the Field Book of Daniel Boone, December 11, 1782

Authors

Files

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This is a facsimile of Lincoln's claim on the Licking River as taken from Daniel Boone's field book. The record states that "Abraham Lincoln enters 500 acres of land on a treasury warrant no. 5994 beginning [sic] opposite Charles Yancey's upper Line on the South Side of the River running [sic] South 200 polses then up the River for Sanity. 11th December 1782 Daniel Boone." The caption beneath the facsimile reads "Fac-Simile from the Field-Book of Daniel Boone. This record of the Lincoln Claim on Licking River is from the original in possession of Lyman C. Draper, Madison, Wis." The facsimile appears on page 12 of volume one of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

1890

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Land claim assoiciations

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V1_note-pg12_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1, page 12

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

E457 .N653 2011 V.1, page 12, Original Documents and Original photographs in Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln , Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries