McLean Circuit Court convenes. Lincoln is given leave to amend complainant's bill in Allin v. Allin, divorce. Record.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys second half gallon of vinegar, for 12¢. Bunn Journal.]

The court grants Lincoln, representing John W. Stover, leave to file bond for costs in the replevin case of Stover v. Rucker. Record.

[Mrs. Lincoln shops. At Irwin's she buys pair of child's boots for $1.75. At Bunn's grocery she spends $1.20. Irwin Journal; Bunn Journal.]

[During this week the Lincolns leave for Lexington to investigate Wickliffe case and Robert S. Todd's estate. Lincoln has evidently been selected to look after interests of four children (Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. N. W. Edwards, Mrs. Wallace, and Mrs. C. M. Smith) who reside in Springfield. William H. Townsend, Lincoln and His Wife's Home Town (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929), 208.]

[Illinois legislature meets in special session at Springfield. In letter of November 21, 1849, Lincoln states that he was "absent from before the commencement till after the close of the late session of the Legislature."]

[Going up Ohio River, race develops between Lincoln's steamer and another boat. Lincoln's boat, short of fuel hitches to flatboat of wood. Lincoln, shouting "Come on boys," jumps down and pitches wood like deck hand until wood is loaded. But his efforts are unavailing, for with cheers and laughter rival boat passes them. Unpublished MS. by G. W. Forden, owned by J. R. Payton, Springfield, Ill.]