Lincoln & Herndon file a declaration and a praecipe for plaintiff Mark Hamilton in the case of Hamilton v. Moloney, a suit scheduled to begin in January in the U.S. Circuit Court. Hamilton, a resident of Missouri, is suing Thomas Moloney, of Bloomington, Illinois. Moloney gave Hamilton a bill of exchange in the amount of $447, redeemable at the McLean County Bank, at Bloomington. Hamilton presented the bill for payment, but the bank refused to pay. Declaration, Praecipe, filed 14 December 1858, Hamilton v. Moloney, Record Group 21, case file 525, U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.