Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth President

Printed check signed ("A. Lincoln"), drawn on the Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Springfield, 1 February 1860, accomplished by Lincoln in favor of Joseph Thayer & Co. for $40.34, printed in blue ink on paper (2 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.; 57 x 181 mm) by Richards & Smith, marine vignette at left border; neat cancellation slits.

Joseph Thayer was a Springfield merchant and banker.