One page, oblong 8vo (114 x 191 mm), old horizontal fold, one corner missing, laid on rice paper.

In full: "If the whole unsatisfied balance of the payment including cont. interest and everything in the case David Stafford vs Whitney & Whitney does not exceed thirty dollars, this authorizes the Sheriff or clerk or both to enter the same satisfied in full. Nov 26 1842. A. Lincoln, Attorney for Stafford."

The case of Stafford v. Whitney & Whitney was filed in early 1841 over two unpaid promissory notes issued to David Stafford by Jonas and Dewey Whitney totaling $170.82. After Whitney and Whitney failed to appear in court, a judgment was issued in Stafford's favor with an additional $196.22 in damages. Five lots owned by the Whitneys were seized and sold for $222, thus satisfying the judgment.