Lincoln "signs" confidential circular addressed to Henry Enoch Dummer and others in Cass and Scott senatorial district, urging them to run Whig for state Senate. Some trouble has arisen under new apportionment bill and they do not wish to fail in getting Whig into office if possible.Circular to Henry E. Dummer and Others, 2 July 1842, CW, 1:287-88.

Lincoln writes memorandum in Carpenter v. Wash et al., and signs for his client, Milton H. Wash.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.