<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-01'>Saturday, January 1, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes affidavit for Solomon Goodman, who makes his mark, and swears it
    before William Lavely, justice of peace. He writes bill of divorce in <name type='case' key='L03329'>Goodman v. Goodman</name>. Lincoln deposits $15 cash into his
    account with a Springfield merchant, and the merchant debits Lincoln's account $2.50 for "Profit
    &amp; Loss." <bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
     Washington, DC; Account (copy), 1 January 1842, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account Book, 252,
     microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-03'>Monday, January 3, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes parting letter to Joshua F. Speed, who is about to move to
            Kentucky. Knowing that Speed is tormented by doubts about his coming marriage, Lincoln
            gives him encouragement and begs him to forget "reason" and let love have free rein.
            "Candidly," he writes, "were not those heavenly <uLine>black eyes</uLine>,
            the whole basis of all your early <uLine>reasoning</uLine> on the
               subject?"<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%3A288' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F.
                  Speed</xref>, [3? January 1842], <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:265-66.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-04'>Tuesday, January 4, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L02351'>Ballentine et al. v. Beall</name> (SC),
            creditor's bill in which Lincoln appears for appellant and E. B. Webb for appellee, is
            submitted on written briefs and argument and court considers. (In 4 Ill. 203, attorneys
            are shown on opposite sides to that of original court record.)<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-05'>Wednesday, January 5, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Appellant in <name type='case' key='L03071'>Grubb v.
            Crane</name> (SC), bill of review, is ruled to give security for costs by January 8,
            1842. Shields &amp; Conkling appear for appellant and Lincoln &amp; Logan for
            appellee. They lose case when court affirms lower court judgment.<bibl default='NO'>Record; 4 Ill. 203.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-08'>Saturday, January 8, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Jesse B. Thomas appears for plaintiff in error in <name type='case' key='L02359'>Bruce v. Truett</name> (SC). He files record and moves
            writ of error be made supersedeas. Court considers. Logan &amp; Lincoln are
            attorneys for defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-10'>Monday, January 10, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> At meeting of bar members in Supreme Court room, Lincoln announces death of
            William J. Gatewood. On his motion, Henry Eddy is chosen chairman. James Shields
            addresses meeting and offers resolutions of condolence. On motion of Lincoln, meeting
               adjourns.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 14 January 1842.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-11'>Tuesday, January 11, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Motion for supersedeas in <name type='case' key='L02359'>Bruce v. Truett</name> is denied.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-12'>Wednesday, January 12, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes and files complaint and praecipe in <name type='case' key='L02655'>James Bell &amp; Co. v. Walters</name>. Joshua Speed
            was partner in trading firm of Bell &amp; Co., plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-13'>Thursday, January 13, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln buys $6 worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant.<bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 13 January 1842, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account
     Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-14'>Friday, January 14, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On motion of Lincoln and Emmerson, attorneys for appellee in <name type='case' key='L00578'>Benedict v. Dellehunt (SC)</name>, plaintiff
            is ruled to file abstracts.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-01-15'>Saturday,
  January 15, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln &amp; Logan for plaintiff and
  Strong and Lamborn for defendant argue 
  <name type='case' key='L03079'>Abrams &amp; Klein v. Camp</name>
  (SC). On January 26, 1842 court reverses lower court judgment.
  <bibl default='NO'>Record; 4 Ill. 290.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-17'>Monday, January 17, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L00578'>Benedict v. Dellehunt</name> is argued by
            Lamborn for appellant and Lincoln for appellee. Court affirms judgment of lower court.
            In <name type='case' key='L01651'>Hawks v. Lands</name>, appeal from
            McLean, Jesse B. Thomas, attorney for defendant in error, moves appeal be dismissed,
            appellant having failed to file record. Lincoln appears for plaintiff in error.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-18'>Tuesday, January 18, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Supreme Court dismisses appeal in <name type='case' key='L01651'>Hawks v. Lands</name> and orders that procedendo issue to Circuit
            Court&#8212;appellee is to recover $20.95, which is 5 per cent damages on judgment
            appealed from, as well as costs.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-21'>Friday, January 21, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes for George Trotter assignment to Seth Weatherby of three
            judgments ($880.53) obtained in Sangamon Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-22'>Saturday, January 22, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes reply to petition in <name type='case' key='L00935'>Grable v. Margrave</name> (SC).<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform' type='Revised'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-01-24'>Monday,
  January 24, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes out a statement
  concerning the bank accounts of his former law partnership with John T. Stuart
  and of his current practice with attorney Stephen T. Logan. After transferring
  funds from the Stuart-Lincoln account into the Lincoln-Logan account, Lincoln
  cannot reconcile an $11.29 positive balance. Regarding the surplus, Lincoln
  writes that he does not know "exactly to whom it belongs." Lincoln notes that
  he has "put [the money] in my pocket, holding myself responsible to whomever
  may hereafter prove to be the owner." <bibl default='NO'>Memorandum, 24 January 1842, Private Collection;
  <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A289' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Memorandum Concerning Bank
  Account of Stuart &amp; Lincoln</xref>, 24 January 1842,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:267.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-25'>Tuesday, January 25, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes petition to review in <name type='case' key='L02458'>McGoon v. Little, Wann &amp; Co.</name> (SC).<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-01-26'>Wednesday, January 26, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L03071'>Grubb v. Crane</name>, argued January 17,
            1842, Shields for plaintiff and Logan for defendant, is taken under advisement by
            Supreme Court. (In opinion written by Douglas, lower court decree is affirmed March 3,
            1843.) Supreme Court adjourns.<bibl default='NO'>Record; 5 Ill.
            153.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>