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Abraham Lincoln Legal Handwritten endorsement, “And the
plaintiff doth the like- Pearson & Lincoln p.q.,” written in the lower left corner of a legal brief. The one-page brief on a lightly-lined sheet, written in a clerk’s hand, measures 8 x 6.25, dated “April Term 1832,” and regards the case of Metcalf vs. Bennett. The defendant, through his attorney Cooper, claims that he is “not guilty of the said supposed several trespasses,” as alleged in Lincoln’s endorsement. Accompanied by a complete typescript from the Lincoln Library in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. This document was originally a part of the Henry E. Luhrs collection.