Lincoln and Benjamin Talbott, trustees of A. G. Herndon, receive from Erastamus J. B. Harrison trust deed for 60 acres of Menard County land as security for $250 loan to run two years at 12 per cent interest.Menard County Deed Record, 25-26.

Menard Circuit Court meets for first time. Second case on docket, suit for $200 damages of Summers v. Sears, is dismissed on motion of Stuart & Lincoln, attorneys for plaintiff, Levi Summers.Record.

[Menard Circuit Court meets again in house of John Taylor, and a few cases are heard, but Lincoln does not appear to have been engaged.]

Lincoln writes and files declaration in assumpsit suit of Hurt v. Winters. Reuben Winters has refused to pay for horse purchased from John M. Hurt for $61. Lincoln also writes and files declaration of Benjamin H. Lockwood in Lockwood v. Wernwag. Lockwood is seeking to collect $104.38 for work done on Sangamon River bridge. Lincoln writes and signs, for plaintiff, declaration in Marsh v. Wernwag.Photocopy.

Lincoln writes and signs declaration in James McGee v. Wharton Ransdell.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes and files declaration and notice with Sangamon Circuit Court clerk to issue summons in trespass case of James Bell & Co. v. Elkin. He writes and files declaration in Hurst v. Smith & Taggart.Photocopy.

Anticipating that Douglas may go to Washington and contest Stuart's seat in Congress, five Springfield Whigs ask editor of Chicago "American" to forward poll book information on illegal votes for Douglas. Lincoln, Speed, Baker, Matheny, and Milton Hay sign letter.Abraham Lincoln to the Editor of the Chicago American, 24 June 1839, CW, 1:151-52.

Springfield Board of Trustees appoints Lincoln to succeed Samuel H. Treat on town board. Springfield Board of Trustees Minutes, 1838-1840, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.

Lincoln writes and signs declaration in George Stewardson & John W. Shoemaker v. Erskine Douglas. He signs praecipe and bond in John N. Lane & Webb v. Weber.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes and signs praecipe in Samuel Parker v. Isaac Braucher. He also writes bond for costs, which Stuart signs.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.