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Monday, September 23, 1850.+-

Pekin, IL.

Defendant in People v. Hawley posts bond for appearance. Lincoln and Parker win Ely v. Kirk when jury finds for defendant. Record.

Lincoln gives J. A. Crain receipt for $10, for fee in Crain v. Walter et al. "except a contingent fee as per his written promise to me." Emanuel Hertz, Abraham Lincoln: A New Portrait, 2 vols. (New York: Liveright, 1931), 605.

Lincoln writes replication and demurrer in People v. Moss et al., in which, with Campbell and Stuart, he acts for People. Photocopy.