Spring term of Tazewell Circuit Court opens for nineday term. Out of town lawyers attending are Lincoln, Douglas, William L. May, and J. B. Thomas.Sangamo Journal, 15 May 1840.

[Seventh issue of The Old Soldier is published. Old Soldier (Springfield, IL), Issue 7, 1 May 1840.]

Young v. Cox, action to collect on note, Lincoln for defendant, is lost when plaintiff is awarded $154.99, plus costs, after defendant withdraws pleas. Record.

In Ex parte Finley and Black, Hannah Finley and Jacob Black, Jr., the administrators of Alvin Finley, deceased, petition to sell real estate. Lincoln signs answer (written in another hand) as guardian ad litem of Mary Elizabeth Finley, infant heir of Alvin Finley, and the judge grants permission to the administrators to sell real estate. Photocopy.

[Ninth issue of The Old Soldier is published. Old Soldier (Springfield, IL), Issue 9, 26 May 1840.]

Lincoln writes assignment of errors in James & Leonard v. Hughill, appeal from Tazewell County. He files assignment and transcript of record with Supreme Court clerk.Photocopy.