PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — A mortgage document presented to Abraham Lincoln in 1844 in Tazewell County will be on display this week in Pekin for the late president’s birthday.
The Tazewell County Recorder of Deeds announced last week that the newly discovered document was presented to Lincoln, then a lawyer, on Sept. 10, 1844, the Pekin Daily Times reported.
The mortgage on 234 acres of farmland located near Tremont was for $284.94 and used as collateral on a debt for legal services Lincoln provided.
On Wednesday, Lincoln’s 211th birthday, the document will be on display at the Recorder of Deeds office in the McKenzie Building in Pekin during office hours.
Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman and Tazewell County Genealogical and Historical Society President Susan Rynerson will make a presentation about the document and Lincoln’s legal work in the county at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Erlicher Research Center.
