[CHECK]. LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Partly printed document (check) accomplished and signed ("A. Lincoln"), Springfield, Illinois, 28 September 1857. 1 page, oblong, 65 x 193 mm. (2½ x 7 5/16 in.), cancellation cuts repaired from verso, not significantly affecting text or accomplisments, slight soiling, printed in indigo-blue ink with large decorative vignette at left of a steamship and a sailing vessel. Drawn on the Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Co. Lincoln orders payment of $14.70 to R.F. Ruth.