<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-01'>Wednesday, July 1, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln files amended bill of complaint in <name type='case' key='L03587'>Hornsby v. Ragsdale et al.</name> in Sangamon Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> He writes declaration and praecipe in <name type='case' key='L04737'>Trotter v. Thomas</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='1840-07-02'>Thursday, July 2, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln files declaration in <name type='case' key='L03615'>Iles v. Lyman &amp; Lyman</name> in Sangamon Circuit Court. E. Iles is seeking
            to collect note for $120 given by Lyman to Eddin Lewis and taken over by Iles in January
            1840. Lincoln writes declarations in two other cases: <name type='case' key='L04479'>Short v. Ditson et al.</name>, and <name type='case' key='L04624'>Stockton v. Tolly</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy;
               Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Eleventh issue of "The Old Soldier" appears.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-13'>Monday, July 13, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Sangamon Circuit Court opens term of three weeks. On motion of Stuart
            &amp; Lincoln, attorneys for plaintiff, trespass case <name type='case' key='L03730'>Keedy v. Elkin</name> is dismissed.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-14'>Tuesday, July 14, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case' key='L03742'>Kendall v. Hardin
               &amp; Reagor</name>, continued from March, plaintiff is awarded $189.76 damages
            and costs when defendants default. Stuart &amp; Lincoln are attorneys for
               plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes declaration in <name type='case' key='L04335'>Peter v. Elkin &amp; Constant</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='1840-07-15'>Wednesday, July 15, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On motion of Stuart &amp; Lincoln, attorneys for plaintiff, <name type='case' key='L03730'>Keedy v. Elkin</name>, assumpsit, is
            dismissed at plaintiff's cost.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Twelfth issue of "The Old Soldier" is published.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-16'>Thursday, July 16, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case' key='L02750'>Braucher v. Sayles et
            al.</name>, petition for partition of real estate is granted and three commissioners
            appointed. Lincoln writes order of court. He writes and signs affidavit that Jemima
            Sales, a defendant, resides out of state. On motion of plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L04372'>Ransdell v. Calhoun</name>, writ of inquiry is awarded.
            Stuart &amp; Lincoln represent plaintiffs in both cases.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-17'>Friday, July 17, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Judgment by default is ordered in <name type='case' key='L04479'>Short v. Ditson et al.</name>, <name type='case' key='L03585'>Hornsby v. Elkin &amp; Spear</name>, <name type='case' key='L03135'>Ditson v. McMurry</name>, and <name type='case' key='L03161'>Dunham for use of Gray v. Lasswell</name>. Stuart
            &amp; Lincoln appear for plaintiffs in all four cases.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes praecipe in first, declarations in second and third
               cases.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> "Mr. Lincoln desires to address the people at the court house in this place
            on Monday next, at 1 o'clock P.M."<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 17 July 1840.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-18'>Saturday, July 18, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln asks that <name type='case' key='L04738'>Trotter v.
    Thomas</name> be continued for failure to serve process in time. He gets judgment by default for
    $200 in <name type='case' key='L04488'>Simpson v. Hesser</name>. In <name type='case' key='L04429'>Rucker v. Early et al.</name>, he is appointed guardian
     <ital>ad litem</ital> for George N. Early and Jacob M. Early, infant defendants.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-20'>Monday, July 20, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln in Circuit Court wins two cases by default, loses one, and in
            fourth case, court takes time.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> He writes Thomas Lasswell's affidavit, filed July 22, 1840, in <name type='case' key='L00394'>Mock v. Lasswell</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> In afternoon political debate takes place in court room between Lincoln and
            Jesse B. Thomas. Thomas charges Lincoln with authorship of series of letters criticizing
            Thomas' political activities that appeared in "Sangamo Journal" signed "A
               Conservative."<bibl default='NO'>Register, 24 July 1840.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-21'>Tuesday, July 21, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L04400'>Ransdell v. Lightfoot &amp;
            Lightfoot</name> is tried by court and judgment is awarded plaintiff, Lincoln's client.
            On his motion defendant is ruled to file answer in <name type='case' key='L03587'>Hornsby v. Ragsdale et al.</name> Court, in <name type='case' key='L04685'>Trotter v. Arnold &amp; Fairchild</name>, orders land
            described in complainant's bill sold to pay $20.65 debt.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln draws up answer of defendant, David Spear, in <name type='case' key='L03783'>Klein v. Spear</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-23'>Thursday, July 23, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln is appointed guardian <ital>ad litem</ital> for minor defendant, John
    Cook, in partition suit of <name type='case' key='L03197'>Edwards v. Cook</name>,
    and files answer as guardian. Defendant is 15-year-old son of Daniel Pope Cook, early
    congressman from Illinois. He is commissioned Brig.-Gen. by President Lincoln in 1862. Jury is
    called in <name type='case' key='L04372'>Ransdell v. Calhoun</name>, and awards
    plaintiff $245.95. Stuart &amp; Lincoln represent plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-25'>Saturday, July 25, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.2667, -89.8667' teiForm='name'>Carlinville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Whigs hold Log Cabin and Hard Cider rally, with visiting delegations.
            Lincoln was in Carlinville this summer, possibly at this time.<bibl default='NO'>Missouri Republican, 10 July 1840.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-26'>Sunday, July 26, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.2667, -89.8667' teiForm='name'>Carlinville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> ["The Old Soldier" issues extra number. "Old Hickory," its Democratic
            rival, accuses Whigs of failure to circulate "The Old Soldier" near Springfield "where
            its lies could have been branded."]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-27'>Monday, July 27, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On Lincoln's motion, leave is granted him by court to amend bill in <name type='case' key='L03587'>Hornsby v. Ragsdale et al.</name>, and case
            is continued.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-28'>Tuesday, July 28, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes plea and notice to prove account of defendant in <name type='case' key='L00394'>Mock v. Lasswell</name>, signing "Baker
            &amp; Strong."<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of
               Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Thirteenth number of "The Old Soldier" is published.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1840-07-29'>Wednesday, July 29, 1840.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln as guardian <ital>ad litem</ital> for infant defendants in <name type='case' key='L04429'>Rucker v. Early et al.</name> is present when
    deposition of Peter Rickard is taken. Rickard states that Early, dying, said land described in
    complainant's bill should be deeded back to Rucker. Rucker, moving to Iowa, had deeded land to
    Early to hold in trust until prices improved.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1840-07-31'>Friday,
  July 31, 1840.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case' key='L04553'>Spear et al.
  v. Newton &amp; Newton</name>, defendant files demurrer to supplemental bill of
  complainant. After hearing argument, court overrules demurrer. Logan, Lincoln,
  and Stuart are for complainant and Strong and Doremus for defendant.
  <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln
  writes report in <name type='case' key='L03758'>Keys &amp;
  Matheny v. Matheny et al.</name> 
            <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>