Lincoln, acting for Mrs. Maria Bullock, sells farm land at public auction for sums aggregating $1,427.92¼. Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock, 31 August 1855, CW, 2:323-25.

In court, defendants in two chancery suits default, and Lincoln & Herndon secure orders for partition. As complainant's solicitors they dismiss third case, while fourth—their last—is continued. This is final day of summer term. Record.