Lincoln writes Thomas J. Turner about case. "I came home from the circuit four days ago, and found your letter in waiting. To-day I made some corrections of mistakes in the descriptions of the land and filed the Bill." Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Turner, 26 April 1850, CW, 8:415.

[Lincoln's declaration signed and probably filed by Herndon, in Christian County Court, alleges that defendant in Vandeveer v. Whitecraft et al. cut trees on plaintiff's land and asks $1,166 damages. Photocopy.]