In Sangamon Circuit Court, continuance of Burns et al. v. Ford et al. is set aside, and report of commissioner appointed at previous term is approved. Lincoln is for complainant and Shields for defendants. On Lincoln's motion, defendants in Wagoner v. Porter et al. are ruled to file their answer on 30 days and case is continued.Record.

Lincoln writes court order in Burns et al. v. Ford et al., and drafts part of jury instructions in Mallory v. Elkin.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Argument for new trial of Francis & Sanford v. January & Dunlap, decided August 4, 1841, is heard in Circuit Court. Court orders Philip S. Kreigh who owes Nicholas Bryan $40.47 to pay this to Nathaniel Hay and to credit Bryan with this amount on $222.50 judgment awarded in Hay v. Bryan August 3, 1841. Lincoln writes court decree.Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

This is last day of summer term of Circuit Court. New trial is granted in Francis & Sanford v. January & Dunlap. By agreement, Wilkinson v. Taylor, Breese & Co. is tried by court. Plaintiff, Lincoln's client, is awarded $297.56. By consent of Stuart and Lincoln for plaintiff and Douglas and Campbell for defendant, McNair v. Adams is changed to Cass County Circuit Court.Record.

Lincoln makes affidavit to circuit clerk that Alexander Fulton and Hannah Fulton, two defendants in Barret v. Fulton et al., reside out of state. He makes similar affidavit in regard to Thomas H. Gentry in divorce suit of Gentry v. Gentry.Photocopy.

Lincoln buys 75¢ worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant.Account (copy), 10 August 1841, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

Someone purchases $0.56 worth of merchandise from a Springfield store and charges it to Abraham Lincoln's account. Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 23 August 1841, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

In letter to Speed January 3, 1842, Lincoln says: "After you and I had once been at her residence, [Speed's fiancée] did you not go and take me all the way to Lexington and back, for no other purpose but to get to see her again?"Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed, [3? January 1842], CW, 1:265-66.