<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-01'>Thursday, April 1, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case'>Capps v. Moore</name>, <name type='case' key='L04553'>Spear et al. v. Newton &amp; Newton</name>, and <name type='case' key='L04840'>Whaley v. McElyea et al.</name> are continued. On
            Lincoln's motion, <name type='case' key='L03123'>Diamond v. Wiles's
            Heirs</name> heirs is stricken from docket. In <name type='case' key='L03268'>Fowler v. Kirkpatrick</name>, defendant's motion to dissolve
            injunction is sustained. Stuart &amp; Lincoln are for plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-02'>Friday, April 2, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L03205'>Edmunds v. Simpson et al.</name>, trespass
            case in which Lincoln represents plaintiff, is continued. Logan &amp; Lincoln get
            judgment by default in <name type='case' key='L02984'>Chamberlin v. Allen
               &amp; Stone</name>. Defendant in <name type='case' key='L03587'>Hornsby v. Ragsdale et al.</name> is ordered to deliver possession of real estate in
            Springfield to Lincoln's client by April 18, 1841, or attachment for contempt of court
            will be issued.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes and swears Joseph Hornsby's affidavit in <name type='case' key='L03587'>Hornsby v. Ragsdale et al.</name>, and writes James
            Baker's affidavit in <name type='case' key='L01508'>Baker v. Addington et
               al.</name>, Christian County case.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik
               Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-03'>Saturday, April 3, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On last day of term Lincoln appears with Scammon and Logan for plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L03286'>Funk &amp; Funk v. Taylor et al.</name>, impleaded
    with Breese and Vance, action in debt. Court awards plaintiff $800. In <name type='case' key='L03071'>Crane v. Grubb</name>, chancery case, Lincoln represents complainant
    and Shields defendant. Crane is awarded lien on land involved. He gets judgment for $584.38 for
    complainant in <name type='case'>Wright v. Hewett and Baker</name>, and writes
    court decree. Lincoln buys $1 worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington,
     DC; Account, (copy), 3 April 1841, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi,
     Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-04'>Sunday, April 4, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [President William H. Harrison dies in Washington. This ends Lincoln's
            chance to be appointed charg&#233; at Bogota, or to any other federal post, for new
            President is John Tyler of Virginia, anti-Jackson Democrat.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-06'>Tuesday, April 6, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes narration and praecipe in <name type='case' key='L03205'>Edmunds v. Simpson 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='1841-04-14'>Wednesday, April 14, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Herndon, in his Life of Lincoln, 209, says Stuart &amp; Lincoln,
            formed in April 1837, is dissolved by mutual consent. Partnership with Stephen T. Logan
            is said to have begun today, although Logan and Lincoln have been trying cases together
            for weeks.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-15'>Thursday, April 15, 1841.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Tazewell County Circuit Court opens at Tremont, and remains in session
            until April 23, 1841.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1841-04-16'>Friday,
  April 16, 1841.</date> 
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> 
            <name type='case' key='L01234'>Kellogg v.
  Crain</name>, action in debt, reinstated September 30, 1840, comes up for
  trial. Jury is called and then dismissed, and case is tried by court. Court
  awards plaintiff, Lincoln's client, $16,000 debt and $58.02 damages, largest
  judgment obtained by Lincoln to this date.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-21'>Wednesday, April 21, 1841.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L01059'>Field v. Averill &amp; Lowell</name>,
            assumpsit to collect $300 on note and $500 damages, Holmes and Edward Jones for
            plaintiff, Lincoln for defendants, is argued. Plaintiff files demurrer to defendants'
            plea, demurrer is sustained, and Lincoln wins agreement for continuance.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-26'>Monday, April 26, 1841.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [McLean County Circuit Court opens its spring term, which closes May 1,
            1841.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-27'>Tuesday, April 27, 1841.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln, for defendant, William Rhodes, indicted October 6, 1840 for
            assault with intent to kill, files demurrer in <name type='case' key='L01674'>People v. Rhodes</name>. Demurrer is sustained, and his client goes
               free.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1841-04-28'>Wednesday, April 28, 1841.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln collects $25 from Ebenezer Rhodes, and gives receipt for "full of
            our fee. . . . People against William Rhodes. Logan &amp; Lincoln."<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>