Experts say military list includes James Reed handwriting . The list , from Black Hawk War , says the Donner Party had an $ 15 horse and $ 15 of equipment . Historians say an organizing member of Lincoln carried the documents . The lines Lincoln wrote said : `` Muster Roll of Captain Jacob M. Earleys Company of Mounted Volunteers Mustered out of the service of the United States By order of Brigadier General Atkinson of the United States army on White Water Rivers of Rock River on the 10th day of July 1832 . '' They are part of a collection at the California State Library .
Experts say military list includes James Reed handwriting . The list , from Black Hawk War , says the Donner Party had an $ 15 horse and $ 15 of equipment . Historians say an organizing member of Lincoln carried the documents . They are part of a collection at the California State Library .