Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth President

Printed check signed ("A. Lincoln"), drawn on the Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Springfield, 21 January 1860, accomplished by Lincoln in favor of John G. Ives & Co. for $38.63, printed in blue ink on paper (2 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.; 57 x 181 mm) by Richards & Smith, railroad vignette at left border; neat cancellation slits.

John Ives was a jeweler and watchmaker in Springfield.