The Lincolns spend day with Mrs. Lincoln's cousin, Mrs. William M. Dickson, and her family, with whom Lincoln stayed during "Reaper" trial in 1855. At night they return to Burnet House. Abraham Lincoln to William M. Dickson, 17 October 1859, CW, 3:490-91; Abraham Lincoln to William M. Dickson, 7 June 1860, CW, 4:72-73.