Campbell v. McCoy & Blatchford is tried by jury, which finds for plaintiffs in sum of $1,155.55. Lincoln and Lacey represent defendants. Lincoln files praecipe and declaration in Foster v. Cosby. Record; Files.

He writes and files, for defendants, pleas in Goltra v. Ewing et al. and Davis & Co. v. Burt, acting with Parks. Photocopy.

[On unspecified day this month Lincoln pays $5 by check to "Dr. P. Moran." DLC—Original.]

[Mrs. Lincoln buys and charges ribbon at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]

Court adjourns in afternoon and Lincoln, with bar, attends funeral of Mrs. Ward Hill Lamon. Bloomington Pantagraph, 20 April 1859.

[Lincoln's account at Smith's store is charged 50¢ for tacks and peck of potatoes, Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]

In response to letter from T. J. Pickett, Rock Island editor, asking permission to propose his name as presidential candidate, Lincoln writes: "I must, in candor, say I do not think myself fit for the Presidency. I certainly am flattered, and gratified, that some partial friends think of me in that connection; but I really think it best for our cause that no concerted effort, such as you suggest, should be made." He writes Williams and Packard, Bloomington lawyers, about law case. Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Pickett, 16 April 1859, CW, 3:377-78; Abraham Lincoln to Robert E. Williams and Major W. Packard, 16 April 1859, CW, 2:378.

Mrs. Lincoln charges 16 yards silk at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155-56.

[Champaign Circuit Court convenes for spring term.]

Lincoln writes plaintiff's plea in Champaign County, Illinois v. West Urbana, Illinois that defendant be ruled to plead by April 25, 1859. Record.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys yard goods, buttons, thread, and comb at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155-56.]

Six cases in ejectment, in which Lincoln and firm of Coler, Sims, & Sheldon represent plaintiffs, are dismissed on motion of plaintiffs and at their costs. Record.

People v. Patterson, manslaughter, is tried by jury, which finds accused guilty. He is sentenced to three years. Lincoln and Swett act for defense. Record.

[Robert brings home sugar and cinnamon from Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 156.]

[Mrs. Lincoln buys tablecloth, two kinds of silk, and pins at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 156.]

Lincoln collects fee for services in Patterson case in form of note for $60 from William and Golden Patterson (paid February 1866 to Lincoln's estate). Lincoln Estate Inventory.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys more sewing materials and $5 silk hat at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 156.]

Lincoln calls on editor of "Central Illinois Gazette" in West Urbana (Champaign), who notes visit: "We had the pleasure of introducing to the hospitalities of our sanctum a few days since the Hon. Abraham Lincoln. Few men can make an hour pass away more agreeably." Central Illinois Gazette, in Illinois State Journal, 12 May 1859; J. W. Scroggs to Herndon, 3 October 1866, William H. Herndon Papers, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

In court Lincoln writes praecipe and answer of guardian ad litem in Mary Ann Hillman v. heirs of Oliver Hillman, petition for partition. Photocopy.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys more sewing materials at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 156.]

Lincoln argues attachment case, Pepper v. Shouse et al., in Circuit Court. With Coler, he represents defendants, while Somers and O. L. Davis appear for plaintiff. Court decides for plaintiff. Record.

Lincoln returns from circuit, and deposits $100 in Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Marine Bank Ledger.

In People v. Abraham Nash, alias Yankee Sullivan, change of venue from Logan County, Sangamon Circuit Court overrules motion of defendant's attorneys, made April 27, 1859, that case be stricken from docket. Defense then moves indictment be quashed. Record.