<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-02'>Wednesday, November 2, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes James S. Irwin that "Logan &amp; myself are willing to
            attend to any business in the Supreme Court you may send us. As to fees . . . we believe
            we are never accused of being very unreasonable in this particular."<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%3A317' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to James S.
                  Irwin</xref>, 2 November 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:304.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-03'>Thursday, November 3, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln, attorneys for complainant in <name type='case' key='L02524'>Ainslee v. Sattley et al.</name>, file bill for conveyance
            of land from heirs of Robert Sattley to complainant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-11-04'>Friday,
  November 4, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln and<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mary Todd</person> are married in evening at home
  of Ninian W. Edwards. Rev. Charles Dresser, minister of Episcopal Church,
  performs ceremony.<bibl default='NO'>Beveridge,
  <title corresp='Beveridge'>Abraham Lincoln</title>, 1:355;
  <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 11 November 1842.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-05'>Saturday, November 5, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln take up residence at Globe Tavern, paying $4 a week
            for board and room.<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%3A333' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F.
                  Speed</xref>, 18 May 1843, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:323-25.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-07'>Monday, November 7, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.5333, -89.2833' teiForm='name'>Taylorville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln have nine cases called in one-day term of Christian
            County Court. Five cases are dismissed, two continued, and they obtain small judgments
            in two others. Rountree and Lincoln defend Jesse Langley and others in two indictments
            for riot. On motion of State's Attorney Conkling, capias is awarded to next term and
            sheriff takes bail of defendants for $100 each.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-09'>Wednesday, November 9, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln is busy in his office. He signs bond of John Calhoun in <name type='case' key='L04500'>Schemerhorn &amp; March v. Taylor</name>,
            and agrees to pay all costs in <name type='case' key='L04811'>Weber for
               use of Lane &amp; Webb v. Weber</name>, suit involving collection of note for
            $250, and writes petition asking judgment for debt and damages in <name type='case' key='L04374'>Richardson v. Constant &amp; White</name>. Logan
            &amp; Lincoln got judgment for plaintiff for amount of note and $102.16 damages
            November 24, 1841.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy; Herndon-Weik Collection,
               Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-10'>Thursday, November 10, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Logan Circuit Court convenes.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-11'>Friday, November 11, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes Samuel D. Marshall: "I have looked into the Dorman &amp;
            Lane case, till I believe I understand the facts of it; and I also believe we can
            reverse it." (Supreme Court later reverses lower court.) He closes with: "Nothing new
            here, except my marrying, which to me, is matter of profound wonder."<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%3A319' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Samuel D.
                  Marshall</xref>, 11 November 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:304-5.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> He fills out numerous legal papers in <name type='case' key='L03219'>Condell, Jones &amp; Co. v. State Bank of Illinois</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-14'>Monday, November 14, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Menard Circuit Court opens two-day term. Lincoln loses <name type='case' key='L00241'>Taylor v. Eaton</name> when court awards plaintiff
            $220.40. On his motion, two cases are continued and one dismissed. Strong and Lincoln
            file their replication to defendant's answer in <name type='case' key='L00366'>Dresser v. Miles</name>. In the bankruptcy case <name type='case' key='L02372'>In re Arnold</name>, Logan &amp; Lincoln file petition
            for bankruptcy, inventory, and list of creditors of Henry Arnold of Newton, Illinois, in
            the U.S. District Court. He writes and files, for defendant, plea and demurrer in <name type='case' key='L00286'>Gains v. West</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-15'>Tuesday, November 15, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Bledsoe and Lincoln win <name type='case' key='L00366'>Dresser v. Miles</name> when jury awards plaintiff $348.80. Appeal to Supreme Court
            is granted. Lincoln confesses judgment against George U. Miles and court awards
            plaintiff $103.37 in <name type='case' key='L00349'>Chouteau &amp;
               Valle v. Miles &amp; McCoy</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-18'>Friday, November 18, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Mason Circuit Court opens for two-day term.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-19'>Saturday, November 19, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln file a notice to the creditors of Henry Arnold of a
            preliminary hearing on December 9, 1842, in the bankruptcy case <name type='case' key='L02372'>In re Arnold</name>, before Judge Pope in the U.S.
            District Court.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-11-21'>Monday,
  November 21, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Circuit Court opens for 11-day term.
  Eight cases of Logan &amp; Lincoln are called on opening day. One is continued
  and four dismissed. <name type='case' key='L04542'>Sparks v.
  Bird &amp; Bird</name> is set for hearing Thursday. They file defendant's plea
  in <name type='case' key='L03827'>Lazell v. Francis</name>.
  Defendant files plea in <name type='case'>Herndon v.
  Cutter</name>. Logan &amp; Lincoln appear for plaintiff.
  <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-22'>Tuesday, November 22, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln have 17 cases in court. On their motion, three are
            dismissed and five continued; in six cases they get judgments totaling $4,410.18. <name type='case' key='L04483'>Shoup v. Clark</name> is tried by jury. <name type='case' key='L04535'>Langford v. Johnston</name>, for which
            Lincoln writes narration, is referred to three arbitrators. Land described in
            complainant's bill in <name type='case' key='L02524'>Ainslee v. Sattley
               et al.</name> is awarded plaintiff, Lincoln's client; he writes court's order.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
               Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-23'>Wednesday, November 23, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln appear for defendant in <name type='case' key='L04483'>Shoup v. Clark</name> in which jury awards plaintiff $15.
            They obtain divorce for John Jackson from Maria Jackson; another suit is dismissed on
            their motion. Judgment for $260.51 is awarded plaintiff, their client, in <name type='case' key='L03641'>Robert Irwin &amp; Co. v. Penny</name>.
            Four other cases are called, in three of which they appear for plaintiff, and Bledsoe
            and Lincoln in fourth.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-24'>Thursday, November 24, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln have two cases dismissed and obtain judgment by
            default in five more. Defendants are ordered to file their answers tomorrow in <name type='case' key='L02651'>VanBergen for use of Speed v. Walters et
            al.</name>, in which they appear for Van Bergen. In <name type='case' key='L03827'>Lazell v. Francis</name>, attorney for plaintiff files demurrer to
            defendant's plea. After argument, court orders demurrer overruled.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-25'>Friday, November 25, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> By agreement of Logan &amp; Lincoln for plaintiff and Baker and Bledsoe
            for defendant, order of continuance in <name type='case' key='L04356'>Porter &amp; Co. v. Patterson</name> is set aside and case dismissed, each side
            paying half of costs. Logan &amp; Lincoln have three other cases. One is continued,
            in another they get verdict, and third is set for hearing Monday.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-26'>Saturday, November 26, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On Lincoln's motion, divorce suit of <name type='case' key='L03339'>Goss v. Goss</name> is continued; Lincoln is attorney for Robert Goss,
            plaintiff. Edwards, attorney for defendant, withdraws his plea in replevin suit, <name type='case' key='L03272'>C. Freeman &amp; Co. v. Miller</name>.
            Court then orders that plaintiff have one cent damages and costs. Logan &amp;
            Lincoln get judgment for $1,155 in <name type='case' key='L02651'>VanBergen for use of Speed v. Walters et al.</name>, and Lincoln writes court
               order.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-28'>Monday, November 28, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln's motion to amend record is granted in <name type='case' key='L03098'>Crow &amp; Crow v. Crow et al.</name>
            <name type='case' key='L04862'>School Commissioner for use of Inhabitants
               of Township 17N, Range 7W v. Masters et al.</name> is continued. Jury awards
            plaintiff, Lincoln's client, $286.68 in <name type='case' key='L03425'>Henry for use of Logan v. Spear</name>. Court awards plaintiff $8,200 in <name type='case' key='L03219'>Condell, Jones &amp; Co. v. State Bank of
               Illinois</name>. Bledsoe and Lincoln appear for plaintiff and Thomas for
               defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-11-29'>Tuesday,
  November 29, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On motion of Logan &amp; Lincoln,
  defendant in <name type='case'>McConnell et al. v. Rape</name>
  is ruled to file his answer in 50 days, and on filing replication, leave is
  granted either party to take depositions. Defendant files his plea in 
  <name type='case' key='L04155'>North &amp; Bassett v. State Bank
  of Illinois</name>. Logan &amp; Lincoln appear for plaintiffs and Thomas for
  defendant. They win <name type='case' key='L03827'>Lazell v.
  Francis</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik
  Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-11-30'>Wednesday, November 30, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L03623'>Irwin v. Ferguson et al.</name> and <name type='case' key='L04784'>VanBergen v. Witmer et al.</name> are
            continued. <name type='case' key='L04155'>North &amp; Bassett v.
               State Bank of Illinois</name> is tried by court and plaintiffs, Logan &amp;
            Lincoln's clients, are awarded $2,714.83 and costs. Appeal to Supreme Court is granted
            defendant. Lincoln files report of arbitrators awarding plaintiff, his client, $54.87 in
               <name type='case' key='L04535'>Langford v. Johnston</name>. In <name type='case' key='L04727'>Trailor v. Hill</name> Lincoln writes and
            files amended answer, which Hill swears and signs.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>