Lincoln credits another payment on A. & J. Haines notes, and deposits $50 in his bank account. IHi—Lincoln Estate Inventory; Marine Bank Ledger.

In Vermilion Circuit Court, which convened May 2, 1859, Lincoln writes and files plea and notice in French v. Courtney. He is for defendant, Michael Courtney. Files.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys and charges at Smith's three kinds of cloth ($14.05). Pratt, Personal Finances, 156.]

[Mrs. Lincoln buys sugar, candles, table linen, and male neckwear at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 156.]

Lincoln & Herndon present Nicholas H. Ridgely with fee bill for $450—"to services in the Gas Light Works and in defending the same at Law vs. Gibson." "We may want to draw on you to get the money in a day or two." Photocopy.

Robert buys 10 pounds of sugar at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 157.

Lincoln becomes owner of German newspaper and draws contract with Theodore Canisius for its management. Recognizing that "Illinois Staats-Anzeiger" of Springfield is Lincoln's property, contract grants Canisius free use of paper for publication purposes on condition that paper supports Republican party. Contract with Theodore Canisius, [30?] May 1859, CW, 3:383.