Summer term of Sangamon Circuit Court opens. Lincoln is appointed commissioner to convey land in Butler v. Tilford et al. Stuart & Lincoln have one case dismissed, one continued, and Lincoln is appointed guardian ad litem for infant heirs of Thomas J. Musick, and commissioner to convey to John Houston 23 acres from V. A. Bogue. Record.

Lincoln writes answer of Alexander P. Field in McClernand v. Robert Irwin & Co. Douglas is for complainant, Lincoln for defendant. Photocopy.