[Greene Circuit Court is in session all week.]

Lincoln represents plaintiff Joel Johnson in a forcible detainer case, Johnson v. Gray before justice of the peace Benjamin S. Clement. Lincoln takes a $6 fee in board at Johnson's hotel.Stuart & Lincoln fee book.

Lincoln takes the deposition of Isiah Stillman to be used by the complainants in Wright et al. v. Adams. Stillman swears he talked to Adams in 1832 and the latter did not mention that Anderson had assigned a controverted land claim to Adams.William H. Townsend, Lincoln the Litigant (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925), 103-4.

Lincoln takes deposition of Stephen Dewey, the clerk of Fulton County Circuit Court. Dewey's testimony contradicts statements made by James Adams in his case with the heirs of Joeseph Anderson Wright et al. v. Adams.William H. Townsend, Lincoln the Litigant (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925), 104.

[Cass Circuit Court meets for first time. Jesse B. Thomas, Jr., presides at one-day session at Beardstown.Record.

[A. G. Herndon writes long letter telling why he believes Adams guilty of obtaining two lots under false pretenses from Andrew Sampson. He says he could give stronger evidence of Adams' lack of integrity, but refrains, although he will give it if Adams insists.Sangamo Journal, 18 November 1837.]

Lincoln takes from Joshua S. Hobbs written order on William Butler to pay Thomas Hunter $4.75 for hauling 38 loads of manure.Photocopy.

[Stuart, signing for Stuart & Lincoln, certifies on the judgment docket of Sangamon County Circuit Court the receipt of $23.59, the amount of the October 19, 1837, judgment in Campbell v. Knox.Book A.]

Lincoln draws up several deeds for Kerr & Co., St. Louis merchants. He records that Robert Irwin & Co., Springfield store indebted to Kerr & Co., have credited him $5 on their books for writing deeds and have made corresponding change in their accounts against Kerr & Co.Stuart & Lincoln fee book.