Logan & Lincoln represent bankruptcy petitioners in three cases scheduled for a hearing before the U. S. District Court.Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 27 May 1842, 3:6.

Lincoln goes with reception committee, composed largely of Democrats, to Rochester, five miles east of Springfield, to meet ex-President Martin Van Buren. Evening is spent in Rochester at home of Mr. Doty. Lincoln's humorous stories entertain Van Buren. Register, 24 January 1842.