Lincoln writes and files a bill of complaint for Nancy Green the complainant in the divorce case, Green v. Green. She charges her husband, Aaron Green, with desertion.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Photocopy.

[On October 10, 1838, Lincoln has complaint dismissed in the Sangamon County Circuit Court.Record.]

Stuart & Lincoln are attorneys in Rice v. Lindsay, a case before justice of the peace Thomas Moffett. Moffett continues the case until the following Tuesday.Stuart & Lincoln fee book.

Lincoln replies to James Adams' statement published in "Illinois Republican." He points out discrepancies in Adams' story. He says Adams' assertion that he has disproved charges of "Sampson's Ghost" and a bogus assignment in Wright et al. v. Adams, "is all as false as hell, as all this community must know."Sangamo Journal, 9 September 1837; First Reply to James Adams, 6 September 1837, CW, 1:95-100.

[Note signed "An Old Settler" in "Sangamo Journal" may have been written by Lincoln. He claims that he has read "Sampson's Ghost" letters and understands there are irregularities in Adams' handling of lots and plot of ten acres. He has examined these matters carefully and will give his conclusions soon.Sangamo Journal, 30 September 1837.]