Estate Appraisal Agreement for the James L. Lamb Estate, February 3, 1874

This estate appraisal agreement, dated February 3, 1874, states that C. M. Smith, C. C. Brown, and N. W. Mathews are jointly authorized to appraise the goods, chattels and personal estate of James L. Lamb in Sangamon County, Illinois. The men listed have taken an oath to retain, annexed to an appraisement bill of said goods etc. of the personal estate in dollars and cents and provide a columns opposite to each article with the appraisal value. The agreement was witnessed and signed by John J. Hardee, the Sangamon County, Illinois Court clerk in Springfield, Illinois.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-original-manuscripts/1073/thumbnail.jp