Tuesday, August 4, 1840.Springfield, IL. | [Declaration written by Lincoln is filed in Circuit Court of Livingston
County at Pontiac in Popejoy v.
Wilson. Popejoy is seeking $2,000 damages for defamation of character. No other
evidence of Lincoln's presence in Pontiac on this date is known, and it is possible
declaration was sent from Springfield by mail or messenger.] |