Lincoln arrives home after more than nine weeks on circuit. Abraham Lincoln to Lewis M. Hays, 11 November 1849, CW, 2:206.

Lincoln writes to L. M. Hays: "Inclosed is the draft for one hundred dollars. Absence from home prevented my receiving your letter of the 12th October until yesterday." He writes to T. J. Turner: "Judge Logan, Kemper's attorney, . . . consents to the within named clerk, taking the deposition . . . on condition that, if you can, you will notify Kemper's lawyer there, of the time & place." Abraham Lincoln to Lewis M. Hays, 11 November 1853, CW, 2:206; Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Turner, 11 November 1853, CW, 2:206.

Lincoln takes depositions of Ninian W. Edwards and Eliphalet B. Hawley in Oldham & Hemingway suit. Both swear that so far as they know, neither they nor any member of the firm of Rankin & Edwards ever paid Lincoln "any money belonging to said Oldham, Todd & Co. on any account whatever." William H. Townsend, Abraham Lincoln, Defendant: Lincoln's Most Interesting Lawsuit (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923), 30-32.

[First Grand Division of Supreme Court begins its session at Mt. Vernon.]

Lincoln obtains deposition of H. E. Dummer stating that R. S. Todd placed in his hands for collection debt of $134.21 owed by Robert Lindsey to Oldham, Todd & Co., that he sued and obtained judgment in Cass Circuit Court October 12, 1841, and finally in 1845 collected $50 on judgment, which he paid to Lincoln in 1846. R. S. Todd directed Lincoln to retain this "as his own." Faced with this evidence, Kentucky plaintiffs dismiss suit at next term of Fayette County Court. William H. Townsend, Abraham Lincoln, Defendant: Lincoln's Most Interesting Lawsuit (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923), 33; Abraham Lincoln to George B. Kinkead, 31 March 1854, CW, 2:216-17.

Lincoln writes to H. E. Dummer: "While I was at Beardstown, I forgot to tell you that Wm. Butler says if you will give him charge, and full discretion, of a claim in your hands, against George G. Grubb . . . he knows how, and can, and will make something out of it for you. Please write him." Abraham Lincoln to Henry E. Dummer, 17 November 1853, CW, 2:206-7.

Five of Lincoln & Herndon's cases are called as Sangamon Circuit Court begins its fall term. In two replevin suits—Henderson v. Warfield, and Scott v. Cannon—agreed judgments are entered for plaintiffs, their clients. Taft et al. v. Taft et al., chancery case in which they represent complainants, is dismissed by agreement. Pleas are filed in other cases. Record.