I asked him what he charged me; told him I was poor.
He said, 'Why, Hannah, I shan't charge you a cent--never.

Anything I can do for you I will do willingly and without charges.' He wrote to me about some land which some men were trying to get from me, and said, 'Hannah, they can't get your land.

Let them try it in the Circuit Court, and then you appeal it.

Bring it to the Supreme Court, and Herndon and I will attend to it for nothing.'" Lincoln regarded himself not only as the legal adviser of unfortunate people, but as their friend and protector; and he would never press them for pay for his services.

A client named Cogdal was unfortunate in business, and gave Lincoln a note in payment of legal fees.