"Sangamon County Circuit Court commences its August term today. Judge Davis has arrived." Illinois Journal.

Lincoln & Herndon have two cases, but both are continued. Record.

Whig county convention nominates Preston Breckinridge for legislature in place of Jesse Pickerel, who has declined. Illinois Journal, 27 August 1850.

Lincoln writes and has sworn affidavits of G. W. Willson and J. W. Simpson in Graves v. Penny. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.