<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-01'>Wednesday, December 1, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Shields and Conkling represent plaintiff and Logan &amp; Lincoln
            defendants in <name type='case' key='L03727'>Kane v. May &amp;
               Eastham</name>. Court orders plaintiff to have judgment for damages listed in
               declaration.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-02'>Thursday, December 2, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L02869'>Campbell &amp; Dabney v. Spear</name>
            is continued and <name type='case' key='L04553'>Spear et al. v. Newton
               &amp; Newton</name> is stricken from docket. Logan &amp; Lincoln represent
            plaintiffs in first case, and Stuart, Logan, and Lincoln plaintiff in latter.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1841-12-03'>Friday,
  December 3, 1841.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Six cases are won by default by Logan
  &amp; Lincoln on last day of term. 
  <name type='case' key='L04729'>Whitney v. Taylor et al.</name>
  comes up for fifth time this term. By agreement, injunction is made perpetual
  and defendant is to pay costs. Court awards Matthew Rogers, Lincoln's client,
  land in payment of notes held of Francis and Sandford in uncontested case of 
  <name type='case' key='L04459'>Rogers v. Francis et al.</name> 
            <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-06'>Monday, December 6, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan and Lincoln file declaration in <name type='case'>Walker and Hack v. McCoy</name> in U.S. Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln gives receipt to A. H. Kellar for $12.50&#8212;"for one half of
            which I am to account to Stuart."<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A287' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Receipt to A. H.
               Kellar</xref>, 6 December 1841, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:264.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-07'>Tuesday, December 7, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> N. H. Purple, attorney for defendant in <name type='case'>Walker and Hack v. McCoy</name>, assumpsit, files plea in U.S. Circuit Court. Logan
            &amp; Lincoln are attorneys for plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-08'>Wednesday, December 8, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln is handed by clerk of Sangamon Circuit Court execution directed to
    sheriff of Macoupin County, in <name type='case' key='L04689'>West &amp;
     Taylor v. Sharp &amp; Anderson</name>. Lincoln got judgment for $159.70 for plaintiff July
    29, 1841. Execution Docket, D. Lincoln withdraws $65 cash from his account with a Springfield
    merchant. <bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 8 December 1841, Irwin &amp;
     Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-09'>Thursday, December 9, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Someone, perhaps Lincoln, deposits $70 cash into Lincoln's account with a
    Springfield store/bank. <bibl default='NO'>Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 9
     December 1841, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield,
    IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-13'>Monday, December 13, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Urquhart, attorney for plaintiff in error in <name type='case' key='L00157'>England v. Clark</name> (SC), moves that defendant be ruled to join in error
    December 20, 1841. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln buys 38&#162; worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant. <bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 13 December 1841, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account
     Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-14'>Tuesday, December 14, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case' key='L00743'>People ex rel. Duncan v.
               Compton</name> (SC), Lincoln moves to discharge rule made July 16, 1841 that
            defendant, sheriff of Coles County, return certain fee bills and executions for costs.
            In U.S. Circuit Court Lincoln files his power of attorney and plea of confession in
               <name type='case' key='L02181'>Montelius &amp; Fuller v.
               Blankenship</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-15'>Wednesday, December 15, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln argues motion made Tuesday in <name type='case' key='L00743'>People ex rel. Duncan v. Compton</name>. Court takes time to
               consider.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> He does paper work on five cases: writing and signing reply to errors in
               <name type='case' key='L01245'>Hall v. Perkins</name>; bill of error
            in <name type='case' key='L03079'>Abrams &amp; Klein v. Camp</name>;
            reply to petition in <name type='case' key='L02351'>Ballentine et al. v.
               Beall</name>; reply to petition in <name type='case' key='L00578'>Benedict v. Dellehunt</name>; and files transcript in <name type='case' key='L01059'>Averill &amp; Lowell v. Field</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='1841-12-16'>Thursday, December 16, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln wins <name type='case' key='L00743'>People ex rel.
               Duncan v. Compton</name> when court approves his motion of 14th. In U.S. Circuit
            Court in <name type='case' key='L02113'>Brown et al. v. Little</name>,
            plaintiff, Logan &amp; Lincoln's client, gets judgment for $2,196.54. Court awards
            plaintiff $604 in <name type='case' key='L02181'>Montelius &amp;
               Fuller v. Blankenship</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1841-12-17'>Friday,
  December 17, 1841.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln's motion to dismiss 
  <name type='case' key='L01229'>Dow v. Averill &amp;
  Lowell</name> (SC) for nonassignment of error is granted. Lincoln and Emmerson,
  attorneys for appellee, move to dismiss appeal in 
  <name type='case' key='L00578'>Benedict v. Dellehunt</name>. In 
  <name type='case' key='L01188'>Wilson v. Alexander</name>,
  record is filed and case placed on docket. Lincoln appears for plaintiff and
  Jesse B. Thomas for defendant in error.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-18'>Saturday, December 18, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Motion to dismiss appeal in <name type='case' key='L00578'>Benedict v. Dellehunt</name> is argued by Emmerson and resisted by Trumbull and
            Lamborn. Court considers. Appellant is ruled to assign errors by December 21, 1841 in
               <name type='case' key='L01059'>Averill &amp; Lowell v.
            Field</name>, assumpsit action from Tazewell County in which Logan &amp; Lincoln
            appear for appellant and Baker &amp; Bledsoe for appellee.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-20'>Monday, December 20, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Motion for supersedeas in <name type='case' key='L01245'>Hall v. Perkins</name> is argued by Bledsoe for appellant and resisted by Lincoln
            and J. B. Thomas. In <name type='case' key='L01059'>Averill &amp;
               Lowell v. Field</name>, Lincoln suggests diminution of record, files his affidavit,
            and moves writ of certiorari. Motion of Lincoln and Emmerson, attorneys for appellee in
               <name type='case'>Benedict v. Dellehunt</name>, made December 18,
            1841, is overruled.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-21'>Tuesday, December 21, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln argues his motion of yesterday for writ of certiorari in <name type='case' key='L01059'>Averill &amp; Lowell v. Field</name>.
            Court considers. Supersedeas is allowed in <name type='case' key='L01245'>Hall v. Perkins</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-22'>Wednesday, December 22, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln's motion for writ of certiorari is allowed in <name type='case' key='L01059'>Averill &amp; Lowell v. Field</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-27'>Monday, December 27, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L01733'>Holdridge v. Bayley</name> is set for argument
    December 29, 1841. Lincoln writes and files declaration in <name type='case' key='L01544'>Loudy v. Cagle &amp; Richardson</name>, replevin from Christian County
    involving alleged theft of carpenter's tools by Cagle. Case continued.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln buys $6 worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant.<bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 27 December 1841, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account
     Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-28'>Tuesday, December 28, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Urquhart concludes argument in <name type='case' key='L00157'>England v. Clark</name> and court considers. Lincoln and Urquhart
            appear for plaintiff and Edwards and Bledsoe for defendant in error.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-29'>Wednesday, December 29, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L01254'>Maus v. Worthing for use of McCann</name>
            is dismissed by consent of Logan for appellant and Lincoln for appellee with costs
            against appellant. Leave is given appellant to assign additional errors in <name type='case' key='L01245'>Hall v. Perkins</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-30'>Thursday, December 30, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes abstract and fills out certiorari form commanding transcript
            in <name type='case' key='L01059'>Averill &amp; Lowell v.
            Field</name>. Paper work boredom is relieved when Catherine Bobbit of Christian County
            repairs to his office. Mrs. Bobbit is under judgment for $100 and costs for assault on
            Elizabeth Berry, levied by justice court of Aquilla Council. Lincoln's client claims she
            was defending her daughter from attack. She has Lincoln write writ of certiorari
            appealing unjust judgment, and signs "Catherine Bobbit (her mark)." Lincoln has client
            certify before Mayor W. L. May. Judge Treat grants appeal.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC;
               Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-12-31'>Friday, December 31, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L01733'>Holdridge v. Bayley</name> is continued by
     consent.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>Lincoln has a year-end balance of $119.81 in his account with a Springfield merchant.
     <bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 31 December 1841, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm,
     IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>