Lincoln records his employment in fee book in Hay v. Lasswell, and Hay v. Lasswell & Mock. Nathaniel Hay seeks damages for nondelivery of cord wood, and to recover stud horse and bridle, for which Lincoln writes and signs four legal instruments: declaration; praecipe; reply to answer; joinder in plea.Stuart & Lincoln fee book; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.