<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-04'>Thursday, July 4, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Fourth of July parade, of which Lincoln is assistant marshal, ends at state
            house where James C. Conkling delivers oration. Globe Tavern accommodates 100 at noonday
            dinner. Toasts are given by Dr. E. H. Merryman, Simeon Francis, Dr. F. A. McNeil, Milton
            Hay, E. D. Baker, and others.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 12 July 1839.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-06'>Saturday, July 6, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes answer of John D. Urquhart, guardian <ital>ad litem</ital>, filed
    in <name type='case' key='L03233'>Charles W. Hunter v. Pascal P. Enos et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-08'>Monday, July 8, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Summer term of Sangamon Circuit Court opens. Lincoln is appointed commissioner to
    convey land in <name type='case' key='L02888'>Butler v. Tilford et al.</name>
    Stuart &amp; Lincoln have one case dismissed, one continued, and Lincoln is appointed
    guardian <ital>ad litem</ital> for infant heirs of Thomas J. Musick, and commissioner to convey
    to John Houston 23 acres from V. A. Bogue. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes answer of Alexander P. Field in <name type='case' key='L03961'>McClernand v. Robert Irwin &amp; Co</name>. Douglas is for complainant,
    Lincoln for defendant. <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-09'>Tuesday, July 9, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Motion to continue made yesterday by Stuart &amp; Lincoln as attorneys
            for defendant, Joseph Bondurant, in <name type='case' key='L04185'>Patterson v. Bondurant</name>, debt case, is overruled and judgment for $200 is
            awarded plaintiff. Douglas and Urquhart appear for plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-10'>Wednesday, July 10, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln appear for plaintiff in four circuit court cases.
            In <name type='case' key='L03263'>Jacob Forsyth &amp; Co. v. May
               &amp; Truett</name>, and <name type='case' key='L04617'>Stewardson
               &amp; Shoemaker v. Douglas</name>, debt, defendant files plea. On their motion,
            sheriff is allowed to amend his return in <name type='case' key='L03233'>Hunter v. Enos et al.</name>, chancery. They lose <name type='case' key='L04869'>Williams v. Cabiness &amp; Cabiness</name> when jury finds for the
               defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-11'>Thursday, July 11, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln attends meeting of town board and is appointed with P. C. Canedy
            committee to report on proper width of side walks on Fourth Street.<bibl default='NO'>Clerk's Minutes.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln file defendant's plea, which Lincoln writes, in
            circuit court in <name type='case' key='L03710'>Johnson v.
            Wattles</name>, trespass. They appear with Logan and Baker for plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L02631'>Andrew v. Taylor</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-12'>Friday, July 12, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln have three cases called. On their motion, <name type='case' key='L03196'>Edwards v. Rush</name> is continued. In <name type='case' key='L02631'>Andrew v. Taylor</name>, appellant tenders
            bill of exceptions, which is made part of record. In <name type='case' key='L03254'>Fisk v. Lott et al.</name> they file replication, demurrer, and
            joinder to six pleas of defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-13'>Saturday, July 13, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln win three cases by default, getting judgments for
            $204.07 in <name type='case' key='L03606'>Hurst v. Smith &amp;
               Taggart</name>, $198.30 in <name type='case' key='L04012'>McGee v.
               Ransdell</name>, and $513.49 in <name type='case' key='L03748'>John
               &amp; Augustus Kerr &amp; Co. v. Prickett</name>. They file defendant's plea
            in <name type='case' key='L04385'>Ritchey v. Goodacre</name>, and
            printer's certificate in <name type='case' key='L04891'>Wood et al. v.
               Ross</name>. They get verdict in <name type='case' key='L04303'>Purviance v. James Bell &amp; Co</name>. and in <name type='case' key='L03710'>Johnson v. Wattles</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-14'>Sunday, July 14, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> James Adams, probate justice of peace, hands to Lincoln letters of
            guardianship in estate of A. McElyea.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-15'>Monday, July 15, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln obtain two judgments by default in <name type='case' key='L04742'>Trumbo v. George Power &amp; Roe</name>,
            and <name type='case' key='L03524'>Herndon v. Johns</name>. By agreement,
            their client, George Stewardson, is awarded $1,783.60 against Erskine Douglas. They lose
               <name type='case' key='L03382'>Fredenburg v. Hussey</name> when jury
            awards plaintiff $13.75. They file rejoinder to defendant's plea in <name type='case' key='L04623'>Stockton v. Tolly</name>, and have two cases
               dismissed.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1839-07-16'>Tuesday,
  July 16, 1839.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln get judgment for $898 in 
  <name type='case' key='L03263'>Jacob Forsyth &amp; Co. v. May
  &amp; Truett</name> and costs for defendants in 
  <name type='case' key='L04144'>Newton v. Henry &amp;
  Herndon</name>, state house commissioners. In 
  <name type='case' key='L02875'>Cannon v. Kenney</name>, case
  involving sorrel horse, which later goes to Illinois Supreme Court, motion to
  instruct as in nonsuit is sustained and defendant granted costs. Lincoln writes
  bill of exceptions in <name type='case' key='L02875'>Cannon v.
  Kenney</name>. In <name type='case' key='L02685'>Bevans v. Brown
  et al.</name> he writes answer of John D. Bevans, defendant. He writes and
  signs process in <name type='case' key='L04143'>Newsom v.
  Newton</name>, Stuart &amp; Lincoln for plaintiff, David Newsom.
  <bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy; Herndon-Weik Collection,
  Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-17'>Wednesday, July 17, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Plaintiff's bill of exceptions is filed by Stuart &amp; Lincoln in
               <name type='case' key='L02875'>Cannon v. Kenney</name>. Commissioners
            appointed (1838) in chancery case of <name type='case' key='L02765'>Sarah
               Broadwell v. John B. Broadwell et al.</name>, file report. On Lincoln's motion, costs
            are apportioned. He confesses judgment for $159 in <name type='case' key='L02657'>James Bell &amp; Co. v. Elkin</name>. Stuart is attorney for
               plaintiffs.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-18'>Thursday, July 18, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln is appointed commissioner to convey 50-acre tract awarded to
            complainant in <name type='case' key='L04521'>Joseph St. John v. W. D.
               Chilton et al.</name> In <name type='case' key='L04553'>Spear et al.
               v. Newton &amp; Newton</name>, time is given defendant to answer by September 1,
            1839. I. S. Britton is appointed auditor. Stuart &amp; Lincoln and Logan &amp;
            Baker appear for plaintiff, David Spear.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Judge Wm. Thomas presides for Judge Treat July 18, 1839, July 19, 1839,
            July 20, 1839.] Lincoln writes court decree for Johnson Whaley, plaintiff, to sell real
            estate in <name type='case' key='L04840'>Whaley v. McElyea et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
               Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-19'>Friday, July 19, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln get judgments for plaintiffs of $113.66 in <name type='case' key='L04478'>Sargent &amp; West v. Ragsdell</name>,
            and $1,177.81 in <name type='case' key='L03254'>Fisk v. Lott et
            al.</name> They represent complainant in two chancery cases of <name type='case' key='L04060'>Mills v. Temple et al.</name> One case is dismissed at
            defendant's cost and other continued. In <name type='case' key='L03233'>Hunter v. Enos et al.</name>, Stuart &amp; Lincoln, for plaintiff, file amended
               bill.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-20'>Saturday, July 20, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Stuart &amp; Lincoln lose <name type='case' key='L04168'>Orendorf et al. v. Stringfield et al.</name> when complainant's bill is dismissed.
            Three lawyers, Douglas, Stuart, and A. Campbell serve on jury which awards damages in
               <name type='case' key='L03996'>Lee &amp; Brady v. Crawford</name>.
            Thomas Moffett is appointed to settle <name type='case' key='L03116'>Darling v. Norred &amp; Baker</name>, in which Stuart &amp; Lincoln
            represent defendants.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-07-22'>Monday, July 22, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Affidavit of John Strode is filed by Stuart &amp; Lincoln in <name type='case' key='L04168'>Orendorf et al. v. Stringfield et al.</name>
            Their motion to set aside decree of Saturday is sustained, and case continued with
            complainants paying costs. They file Nancy Orendorff's replication. This is last day of
            July term.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>