D. 1833. Now the condition
of this obligation is such that Whereas the said Berry &
Lincoln has obtained a license from the County Commissioners
Court to keep a tavern in the Town of New Salem to continue
one year. Now if the said Berry & Lincoln shall be of good
behavior and observe all the laws of this State relative to
tavern keepers--then this obligation to be void or otherwise
remain in full force.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN [Seal]
WM. F. BERRY [Seal]
BOWLING GREEN [Seal]
This bond appears to have been written by the clerk of the
Commissioners' Court; and Lincoln's name was signed by some one other
than himself, very likely by his partner Berry.
[Illustration: A WAYSIDE WELL NEAR NEW SALEM, KNOWN AS "ANN RUTLEDGE'S
WELL."]
THE FIRM HIRES A CLERK.
The license seems to have stimulated the business, for the firm
concluded to hire a clerk. The young man who secured this position was
Daniel Green Burner, son of Isaac Burner, at whose house Lincoln for
a time boarded. He is still living on a farm near Galesburg, Illinois,
and is in the eighty-second year of his age.
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