ABRAHAM LINCOLN LAND GRANT DOCUMENT, DEC 10TH 1861

ABRAHAM LINCOLN LAND GRANT DOCUMENT, DECEMBER 10TH 1861, H 10", W 16" A land grant document granting bounty land of 120 acres near Fort Des Moines, Iowa to George F. Mitchell, guardian of Sally Emathla, child of a deceased private in Captian Hopiah's Company Creek Volunteers, Seminole War. Secretarial signed Abraham Lincoln by William Stoddard. Warrant No. 80,257. Recorded Vol. 463, page 424. Pencil writing on verso reads " George Mitchell, maternal grandfather of Edith Crawford Wildrick and Pauline Crawford Tracy". Framed under UV protected acrylic.
Dimensions: 16 x 10 in
Condition Report: Creasing to the paper. Water damage along the upper horizontal crease. Some foxing to the paper. Some fading to the ink.