Lincoln writes D. T. Jewett of St. Louis about case in U.S. District Court: "I find Judge Treat has decided in your favor, rendering judgment for $517.00 & costs. You will have to advance the cost before execution will issue. So says the clerk." Abraham Lincoln to Daniel T. Jewett, 23 July 1859, CW, 3:393.

Robert buys 11 pounds of sugar at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 158.