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.