12.  Lincoln, I, 206.

13.  Nicolay, 73-74; N. and H., 1, 242; Lamon, 275-277.

14.  Lamon, 277-278; Herndon, 272-273; N. and H., 1, 245-249.

VI.  Unsatisfying recognition.

1.  N. and H., I, 28, 28&

2.  Tarbell, 1, 211.

3.  Ibid., 210-211.

4.  Herndon, 114.

5.  Lincoln, II, 28-48.

6.  Herndon, 306-308, 319; Newton, 4(141).

7.  Tarbell, I, 209-210.

8.  Herndon, 306.

9.  Lamon, 334; Herndon, 306; N. and H., I, 297.

VII.  The second start.

1.  Herndon, 307, 319.

2.  Herndon, 319-321.

3.  Herndon, 314-317.

4.  Herndon, 332-333.

5.  Herndon, 311-312.

6.  Herndon, 319.

7.  Lamon, 165.

8.  Herndon, 309.

9.  Herndon, 113-114; Stories, 18~

10.  Herndon, 338.

11.  Lamon, 324.

12.  Lincoln, 11, 142.

13.  Herndon, 347.

14.  Herndon, 363.

15.  Herndon, 362.

16.  Lincoln, II, 172.

17.  Lincoln, II, 207.

18.  Lincoln, II, 173.

19.  Lincoln, II, 165.

VIII.  A return to politics.

1.  Johnson, 234.

2.  I have permission to print the following letter from the Honorable John H. Marshall, Judge Fifth Judicial Circuit, Charleston, Illinois: 

“Your letter of the 24th inst. at hand referring to slave trial in which Lincoln was interested, referred to by Professor Henry Johnson.  Twenty-five years ago, while I was secretary of the Coles County Bar Association, a paper was read to the Association by the oldest member concerning the trial referred to, and his paper was filed with rue.  Some years ago I spoke of the matter to Professor Johnson, and at the time was unable to find the old manuscript, and decided that the same had been inadvertently destroyed.  However, quite recently I found this paper crumpled up under some old book records.  The author of this article is a reputable member of the bar of this country of very advanced age, and at that time quoted as his authority well-known and very substantial men of the county, who had taken an active interest in the litigation.  His paper referred to incidents occurring in 1847, and there is now no living person with any knowledge of it.  The story in brief is as follows: 

“In 1845, General Robert Matson, of Kentucky, being hard pressed financially, in order to keep them from being sold in payment of his debts, brought Jane Bryant, with her four small children to this county.  Her husband, Anthony Bryant, was a free negro, and a licensed exhorter in the Methodist Church of Kentucky.  But his wife and children were slaves of Matson.  In 1847, Matson, determined to take the Bryants back to Kentucky as his slaves, caused to be issued by a