<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-01'>Sunday, September 1, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes acknowledgement on back of summons in <name type='case' key='L02750'>Braucher v. Sayles et al.</name> Margaret and John
            Orendorff sign.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='New' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1839-09-04'>Wednesday, September 4, 1839.</date> 
            <place key='39.6000, -90.8000' teiForm='name'>Pittsfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln writes
  two affidavits for the criminal case of <name type='case' key='L00893'>People
  v. Edwards</name> in the Pike County Circuit Court. Lincoln defends William W.
  Edwards, who seeks a new trial after a jury found him guilty of resisting an
  officer. Edwards claimed that one of the jurors was not a U. S. citizen. In
  separate affidavits, Thomas S. Edwards and Thomas Simpkin, the juror in
  question, declare that Simpkin "was born a subject of the King of Great
  Britain, and that he has never been naturalized according to the laws of the
  United States." <bibl default='NO'>Affidavit of Thomas S. Edwards (copy), 4 September 1839,
  <ital>People v. Edwards</ital>, copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL; Affidavit of
  Thomas Simpkin, 4 September 1839, <ital>People v. Edwards</ital>, IHi,
  Springfield, IL.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='New' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1839-09-05'>Thursday,
  September 5, 1839.</date> 
            <place key='39.6000, -90.8000' teiForm='name'>Pittsfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln participates in two cases in the
  Pike County Circuit Court. In the debt case of <name type='case' key='L00981'>Hall v. Smith</name>, Lincoln writes the affidavit of his client,
  defendant Amasa Smith. Smith asserts that his son William E. Smith can verify
  that Amasa delivered lumber worth $125.50 to plaintiff Thomas L. Hall, thereby
  repaying his debt. Amasa Smith states that his son resides in Ohio, and
  therefore would be unable to appear as Amasa's "material witness" until the
  court's next term. In the case of <name type='case' key='L00893'>People v.
  Edwards</name>, Lincoln writes the affidavit of defendant William W. Edwards.
  Edwards claims that a person on the jury that found him guilty of resisting an
  officer is not a U. S. citizen. Edwards also states that he has asked the court
  to "arrest" the "judgment" against him. <bibl default='NO'>Affidavit of Amasa Smith, 5
  September 1839, <ital>Hall v. Smith</ital>, Private Collection; Affidavit of
  William W. Edwards (copy), 5 September 1839, <ital>People v. Edwards</ital>,
  copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL. </bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-11'>Wednesday, September 11, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.6000, -90.8000' teiForm='name'>Pittsfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case'>Argyle &amp; Hodgen v.
            Thomas</name> in Pike Circuit Court, Lincoln represents appellant, Manly Thomas, and
            William A. Grimshaw appellee. Case is tried by court. Judgment for amount of note and
            interest $60.96 is awarded appellee.<bibl default='NO'>Judge's
            Docket.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-12'>Thursday, September 12, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.6000, -90.8000' teiForm='name'>Pittsfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes two pleas which E. D. Baker signs in <name type='case' key='L00888'>Finch &amp; Finch v. Job Gardner</name>. Suit is to
            collect for horses, harness, and omnibus used on mail line between Columbus and
               Naples.<bibl default='NO'>Files.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-17'>Tuesday, September 17, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes deed for John Houston, who signs.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Deed Book O</title>, 632; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-20'>Friday, September 20, 1839.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln records receipt of note given by H. B. Truett &amp; Co. to
            Charles Harkness of Philadelphia. [Stuart &amp; Lincoln bring suit and get judgment
            in Sangamon Circuit Court November 23, 1839 for $234.50, amount of note, and $40.34
               damages.]<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Stuart &amp; Lincoln fee book</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1839-09-21'>Saturday,
  September 21, 1839.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes endorsements on
  promissory note of John W. Gray for $416.66&#8532; in 
  <name type='case' key='L03857'>Thomas Lewis v. Garret Elkin et
  al.</name> (filed July 16, 1841).<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik
  Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-23'>Monday, September 23, 1839.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Tazewell Circuit Court opens for two-week term. On docket are 23 criminal,
            78 chancery, and 229 common law cases. Court attracts 25 lawyers, including most of
            Peoria bar, and Stuart, Lincoln, Baker, Logan, Doremus, D. B. Campbell, and Urquhart
            from Springfield. Judge Wm. Thomas of first circuit exchanges circuits with Judge
               Treat.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-24'>Tuesday, September 24, 1839.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Defendant enters plea of not guilty in slander suit of <name type='case' key='L01055'>Bell v. Mitchell</name>, in which Stuart, Lincoln, and
            Frisby represent defendant, Benjamin Mitchell.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-25'>Wednesday, September 25, 1839.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Jury is called in <name type='case' key='L01055'>Bell v.
               Mitchell</name>, whereupon plaintiff takes nonsuit. In debt case of <name type='case' key='L01057'>Brooks &amp; Cogswell v. Dodge &amp;
               Dodge</name>, defendants default, but later in day enter motion to set aside default.
            Lincoln, Jones, Urquhart, and Frisby appear for plaintiffs.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Deed written by Lincoln for John Houston September 17, 1839 is sworn
            before William Butler, Sangamon Circuit clerk.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-26'>Thursday, September 26, 1839.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes and files affidavit, bond for costs, and petition for
            partition for David Bruner in <name type='case' key='L01215'>Bruner v.
               Bruner et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-27'>Friday, September 27, 1839.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case' key='L01057'>Brooks &amp; Cogswell
               v. Dodge &amp; Dodge</name>, plaintiffs are given leave to insert in declaration:
            "who sues for the use and benefit of Waterman Palmer." Jury is sworn, whereupon
            plaintiffs say they will no longer prosecute.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-28'>Saturday, September 28, 1839.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes part of bill of exceptions in <name type='case' key='L01213'>Cromwell &amp; McNaghton v. David Bailey</name>, slave girl case.
            Stuart writes rest of bill.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1839-09-30'>Monday, September 30, 1839.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes answer for Daniel M. Bailey, defendant, in <name type='case' key='L01148'>Power v. Bailey</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>