Lincoln signs firm name to receipt: "Received of M. G. Dale by the hand of J & D Gillespie the sum of Fifty Dollars on apc of services in the District Court in the cases connected with the Mississippi & Atlantic Rail Road Company." RPB—Original.

Lincoln writes J. W. Sheahan, editor of Chicago "Times" and strong Douglas supporter, denying that he had revised "in any just sense of the word," his debates prior to publication. "I only made some small verbal corrections, . . . not feeling justified to do more, when republishing the speeches along with those of Senator Douglas—his and mine being mutually answers and replies to one another." Abraham Lincoln to James W. Sheahan, 24 January 1860, CW, 3:515.

Lincoln files declaration in ejectment suit, Piatt v. Parker, in U.S. Circuit Court. Parrish for defendant waives service of declaration and notice and files plea. Files; Record.