Lincoln writes, signs, and files with the Sangamon County Circuit Court declarations, praecipes, and bonds for costs for three cases, Anderson, Bell & Co. v. Patterson & Patterson, Anderson, Bell & Co. v. H. Garrett & Co., and Anderson, Bell & Co. v. Gambrel. Stuart and Lincoln enter themselves as security for costs for their clients, plaintiffs James Anderson Jr., William Bell, and John W. Anderson in all three cases.Photocopy; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.