Lincoln's last paycheck

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(08-12-2014 12:49 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(08-12-2014 11:29 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Where is the check stored today? I wonder if the backside has Lincoln's signature.

Bill, I don't know, but I checked Pratt's book on Lincoln's finances, and it says David Davis (administrator of Lincoln's estate) found that Lincoln had not deposited (or cashed) his last four salary checks. Davis took them to Springfield and deposited them in an account he opened in the Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company.

Also from Pratt - When Lincoln made his first purchase of Treasury Notes he paid for them with 7 of his uncashed salary warrants. That same month he used his salary to purchase another $2000 in notes. Then sixteen months later he made a third purchase paid for with 11 salary warrants. Several months later he made another purchase with 5 salary warrants.
So it appears AL didn't get in too much of a rush to cash his paychecks. A few months later he turned all of his bonds, notes, cash, warrants, etc. over to Secretary Chase to take care of.