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<date value='1842-04-01'>Friday, April 1, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Logan & Lincoln participate in five cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiff Jesse M. McCutchen in <name type='case' key='L03987'>McCutchen v. Allen</name> and reach an agreement with the
defendant's attorneys, Edward D. Baker and Albert T. Bledsoe. The court dismisses the suit and
orders the defendant to pay the court costs. Logan & Lincoln, as attorneys for
defendants Thomas P. January and James Dunlap, reach a settlement in the case of <name type='case' key='L03380'>Francis & Sanford v. January &
Dunlap</name>. The court dismisses the case and orders the defendants to pay the court costs.
<bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 1 April 1842, <ital>McCutchen v. Allen</ital>,
Record G, 333; Judgment, 1 April 1842, <ital>Francis & Sandford v. January &
Dunlap</ital>, Record G, 335, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional
Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-02'>Saturday, April 2, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>Logan & Lincoln participate in four cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. In the case of <name type='case' key='L04861'>Wagoner v. Porter et
al.</name>, Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiff George Wagoner and ask the court's
permission to take the deposition of William Porter, a defendant; the court grants their
request. Logan & Lincoln represent the petitioner, Henry Dishon of Union County, in a
bankruptcy case, <name type='case' key='L02386'>In re Dishon</name>, scheduled for a hearing
before the U. S. District Court. <bibl default='NO'>Decree, 2 April 1842,
<ital>Wagoner v. Porter et al.</ital>, Record G, 340, Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois
Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; <title>Sangamo
Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 18 March 1842, 4:7.</bibl>
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<p> Lincoln writes a petition to Illinois governor Thomas Carlin, requesting clemency
for Michael Hill of Sangamon County, who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Hill's
neighbor, Mr. Lewis. Lincoln, along with 158 others, including all of the jurors from the case,
sign the petition. In the petition, Lincoln describes Hill as "an elderly, respectable, and
peaceful citizen, with a large and respected family." <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%3A299' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Petition for Pardon of Michael
Hill</xref>, 2 April 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:283-84;
<title>Illinois Register</title> (Springfield), 22 October 1841, 2:1.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-04'> Monday, April 4, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Logan & Lincoln participate in four cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. In the slander case of <name type='case' key='L04660'>Thurman v.
Taylor</name>, the court permits Logan & Lincoln, as attorneys for plaintiff Charles
Thurman, to amend a previously filed declaration. The court convenes a jury to hear the evidence
in the case, and Logan & Lincoln call four witnesses before the jury retires to
deliberate. In the case of <name type='case' key='L04681'>Trailor & Myer
v. Saunders</name>, the court orders the garnishment to proceed. Logan & Lincoln
represent plaintiffs Archibald Trailor and Friedrick Myer. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 4 April 1842, <ital>Thurman v. Taylor</ital>, Record G, 343, 345; Fee Book Entry, March
Term 1842, <ital>Thurman v. Taylor</ital>, Fee Book I, 456; Order, 4 April 1842, <ital>Trailor
& Myer v. Saunders</ital>, Record G, 344, all in Sangamon County Circuit Court,
Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.</bibl>
</p>
<p>[In the evening, the Whigs of the Springfield Precinct meet at the <title>Sangamo
Journal</title> newspaper reading room and elect delegates to the county convention.
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Sangamo Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 8 April 1842, 3:1.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1842-04-05'>Tuesday, April 5, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Logan & Lincoln participate in four cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. The jury in the <name type='case' key='L04660'>Thurman v. Taylor</name>
case rules against Logan & Lincoln's client, Charles Thurman, and the court orders
Thurman to pay all the costs of the suit. The court grants a divorce to Logan &
Lincoln's client, Ann McDaniel, in the case of <name type='case' key='L04006'>McDaniel v.
McDaniel</name>. In addition, the court awards custody of the couple's three daughters to Ann
McDaniel. Logan & Lincoln had established that defendant Patrick McDaniel had taken his
wife's "earnings, and spent it in reveling and drunkenness." Logan & Lincoln represent
defendant Leroy L. Hill in <name type='case' key='L04727'>Trailor v. Hill</name>
; Lincoln writes and files an answer in the case. In the case of <name type='case' key='L03426'>Henry v. Whitwell & Whitwell</name>, Logan & Lincoln file a
petition for their client, plaintiff Anson G. Henry. They represent Edmund G. Johns in the U.S.
District Court in his bankruptcy case, <name type='case' key='L02400'>In re
Johns</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 5 April 1842, <ital>Thurman v.
Taylor</ital>, Record G, 346; Judgment, 5 April 1842, <ital>McDaniel v. McDaniel</ital>, Record
G, 347, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository,
University of Illinois at Springfield; Bill for Divorce, 5 January 1842, <ital>McDaniel v.
McDaniel</ital>, copy files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi; Answer, 5 April 1842,
<ital>Trailor v. Hill</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC;
Petition to Sell Real Estate, filed 5 April 1842, <ital>Henry v. Whitwell &
Whitwell</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Order, 5 April
1842, <ital>In re Johns</ital>, in General Bankruptcy 2, 563, U. S. District Court of Illinois,
RG 21, National Archives, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL; <title>Sangamo Journal</title>
(Springfield, IL), 8 April 1842, 3:3.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-06'>Wednesday, April 6, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>Logan & Lincoln participate in two cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. In a garnishment hearing in the case of <name type='case' key='L04681'>Trailor & Myer v. Saunders</name>, Logan & Lincoln file an answer on behalf of
their clients Archibald Trailor and Friedrick Myer. In the case of <name type='case' key='L03324'>C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff & Company</name>,
the court denies the defendants' request to set aside the judgment against them. Logan &
Lincoln represent plaintiffs Harrison Goodell and Calvin Goodell. Logan & Lincoln
represent Samuel Gunn of Richland County in the bankruptcy case of <name type='case' key='L02393'>In re Gunn</name> before Judge Nathaniel Pope in the U.S. District
Court. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 6 April 1842, <ital>Trailor & Myer v.
Saunders</ital>, Record G, 349; Order, 6 April 1842, <ital>C. Goodell & Company v.
John Duff & Company</ital>, Record G, 349, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court,
Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; <title>Sangamo
Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 18 March 1842, 3:7.</bibl>
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<p>Someone, perhaps Lincoln, withdraws $6 in cash from Lincoln's account with a
Springfield store/bank. <bibl default='NO'>Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 6
April 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-07'>Thursday, April 7, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Logan & Lincoln participate in five cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. In the case, <name type='case' key='L03324'>C. Goodell & Company
v. John Duff & Company</name>, the court empanels a jury to assess the debt and damages
due to the plaintiffs, Harrison Goodell and Calvin Goodell, represented by Logan &
Lincoln. Lincoln provides the jury with a calculation of the outstanding debt. The jury awards
the Goodells $573.92 for the debt and $0.01 in damages. In the ejectment case of <name type='case' key='L04542'>Sparks v. Bird & Bird</name>, the defendants
enter their plea, and the court continues the suit until the next term. Logan & Lincoln
represent plaintiff Thomas W. Sparks. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 7 April 1842,
<ital>C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff & Company</ital>, Record G, 354-55,
Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at
Springfield; Jury Verdict, filed 7 April 1842, <ital>C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff
& Company</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Order,
7 April 1842, <ital>Sparks v. Bird & Bird</ital>, Record G, 354, Sangamon County
Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at
Springfield.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-08'>Friday, April 8, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>Logan & Lincoln participate in six cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. In the case of <name type='case' key='L03516'>Herndon v. Cutter</name>,
the jury rules in favor of their client John R. Herndon, and the court awards Herndon court
costs and $475 in damages. Logan & Lincoln, along with attorneys Edward D. Baker and
Albert T. Bledsoe, represent plaintiffs Clement D. March and Augustus V. Schemerhorn in the case
of <name type='case' key='L04501'>Schemerhorn & March v. Taylor</name>.
They ask the court to dismiss the suit, and the court grants the dismissal. In the case of <name type='case' key='L04421'>Roll v. Hill</name>, Logan & Lincoln, as
attorneys for plaintiff Jacob C. Roll, argue against the defendant's motion to dissolve an
injunction. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiffs John G. Bassett and Darius North in the
case of <name type='case' key='L04155'>North & Bassett v. State Bank of
Illinois</name>. The attorneys for the State Bank file a plea, and Logan & Lincoln
withdraw the first count of their declaration. In the U. S. District Court, Logan &
Lincoln represent Henry Dishon in his bankruptcy case, <name type='case' key='L02386'>In re Dishon</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 8 April 1842,
<ital>Herndon v. Cutter</ital>, Record G, 362; Judgment, 8 April 1842, <ital>Schemerhorn
& March v. Taylor</ital>, Record G, 362; Judgment, 8 April 1842, <ital>Roll v.
Hill</ital>, Record G, 363; Judge's Docket Entry, March Term 1842, <ital>North &
Bassett v. State Bank of Illinois</ital>, Docket Book C; Order, 8 April 1842, <ital>North
& Bassett v. State Bank of Illinois</ital>, Record G, 360, all in Sangamon County
Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield;
Order, 8 April 1842, <ital>In re Dishon</ital>, in General Bankruptcy Record 2, 506, U. S.
District Court of Illinois, RG 21, National Archives, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-09'>Saturday, April 9, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>Logan & Lincoln participate in four cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiff Richard F. Barret in the replevin case of
<name type='case' key='L02607'>Barret v. Saunders</name>. A panel of six jurors
hears the evidence and renders a judgment in Barret's favor. The court orders the defendant to
return Barret's possessions and assesses $0.01 in damages. In the case of <name type='case' key='L03673'>Jackson v. Stafford</name>, the jury decides in favor of Logan
& Lincoln's client, plaintiff Caleb Jackson. Lincoln writes the court order instructing
the defendant to pay $164.70 to Jackson in addition to the court costs. On Lincoln's motion, the
court appoints Jesse B. Thomas as the guardian for an insane heir of Robert Crow in the case of
<name type='case' key='L03098'>Crow and Crow v. Crow et al</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 9 April 1842, <ital>Barret v. Saunders</ital>, Record G, 366, Sangamon
County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at
Springfield; Judgment, filed 9 April 1842, <ital>Jackson v. Stafford</ital>, Herndon-Weik
Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Decree, 9 April 1842, <ital>Crow and Crow v.
Crow et al.</ital>, Record G, 367, Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives
Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield. </bibl>
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<p>[Delegates representing the Whig party of Sangamon County hold a convention at the
Christian Church in Springfield for the purpose of nominating candidates to run for the state
legislature and for several county offices. Lincoln's law partner Stephen T. Logan is one of the
four nominees for the Illinois General Assembly. <bibl default='NO'>
<title>Sangamo Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 15 April 1842, 2:6.</bibl>]
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<date value='1842-04-11'>Monday, April 11, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>Logan & Lincoln participate in twelve cases in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. In the case of <name type='case' key='L03519'>Herndon v. Elkin et
al.</name>, a land sale dispute, Logan & Lincoln represent Archer G. Herndon, the father
of William H. Herndon, who became Lincoln's law partner in 1844. The court orders the defendants
to pay Herndon $539.55. Logan & Lincoln, as attorneys for plaintiffs John G. Bassett and
Darius North in <name type='case' key='L04155'>North & Bassett v. State
Bank of Illinois</name>, present evidence to the jury. Before the jury can render a verdict,
Logan & Lincoln agree to a judgment against their clients for the court costs. The
parties involved in the case of <name type='case' key='L03118'>Darling v. Reeves et al.</name>
agree to a change of venue from Sangamon County to Cass County. Lincoln serves as an attorney
for the defense and opposes his law partner Stephen T. Logan, who represented the plaintiffs
prior to forming a partnership with Lincoln. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiffs Edward
Crow and William D. Crow in <name type='case' key='L03098'>Crow & Crow v.
Crow et al.</name>, a dower and partition case. The court decrees that the partition and dower
assignments should proceed as presented by Logan & Lincoln. <bibl default='NO'>John Carroll Power,
<title>Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois</title> (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson,
1876; reprint, Springfield, IL: Phillips Brothers, 1970), 372-73; Judgment, 11 April 1842,
<ital>Herndon v. Elkin et al.</ital>, Record G, 380-81; Judgment, 11 April 1842, <ital>North
& Bassett v. State Bank of Illinois</ital>, Record G, 370; Decree, 11 April 1842,
<ital>Darling v. Reeves et al.</ital>, Record G, 371; Decree, 11 April 1842, <ital>Crow
& Crow v. Crow et al.</ital>, Record G, 375-76, all in Sangamon County Circuit Court,
Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.</bibl>
</p>
<p>Upon learning of Michael Hill's pardon by Governor Thomas Carlin, Judge Samuel H.
Treat orders the release of Hill, who had been convicted of manslaughter. Earlier in the court's
term, Lincoln wrote and signed a petition to Governor Carlin asking for Hill's release.
<bibl default='NO'>Order, 11 April 1842, <ital>People v. Hill</ital>, Record G, 378, Sangamon County Circuit
Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.</bibl>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A299' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Petition for Pardon of Michael Hill</xref>,
2 April 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:283-84. </p>
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<date value='1842-04-12'>Tuesday, April 12, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>Logan & Lincoln participate in five cases on the last day of the Sangamon
County Circuit Court. They represent plaintiffs James Campbell and Samuel H. Dabney in the case
of <name type='case' key='L02869'>Campbell & Dabney v. Spear</name>. The
court voids an earlier land conveyance and rules that the land is liable to be sold to satisfy
Campbell and Dabney's judgments against Isaac Spear. Logan & Lincoln represent William
R. Miller in <name type='case' key='L04056'>Miller v. Freeman &
Freeman</name>, another case involving the conveyance of land. The court orders the defendants
to convey the land to Miller, when Miller pays the defendants the $39.07 balance on a note and
$34.15 from an earlier judgment. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 12 April 1842,
<ital>Campbell & Dabney v. Spear</ital>, Record G, 389; Decree, 12 April 1842,
<ital>Miller v. Freeman & Freeman</ital>, Record G, 384; Judgment, 12 April 1842,
<ital>Miller v. Freeman & Freeman</ital>, Record G, 388, all in Sangamon County
Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at
Springfield.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-13'>Wednesday, April 13, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>Lincoln writes to Joshua F. Speed regarding several unpaid debts that Speed gave to Logan
& Lincoln to collect on his behalf. Lincoln also reports to Speed about the April 9
meeting of the Whig party of Sangamon County. He remarks, "Our ticket is very popular, and will
certainly succeed with great ease." <bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;cc=lincoln;type=simple;rgn=div1;q1=speed;view=text;subview=detail;sort=occur;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1:300' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed</xref>, 13 April 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:284-85.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-14'>Thursday, April 14, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> [While Lincoln stays in Springfield, Logan is likely in Tremont to attend to
Logan & Lincoln's cases in the Tazewell County Circuit Court, which convenes for a
seven-day term. In two cases involving unpaid debts, <name type='case' key='L01129'>Tharpe v. Hinman & Hinman</name> and <name type='case' key='L01130'>Tharpe v. Hinman et al.</name>, the court sustains the defendants' motion to
dismiss the case for lack of security to cover court costs. Logan represents Abraham Tharpe, and
Edward Jones and Benjamin F. James represent the Hinmans. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 14 April 1842, <ital>Tharpe v. Hinman & Hinman</ital>, General Record C,
498; Judgment, 14 April 1842, <ital>Tharpe v. Hinman et al.</ital>, General Record C, 498;
Judge's Docket Entry, April Term 1842, <ital>Tharpe v. Hinman & Hinman</ital>, Judge's
Docket; Judge's Docket Entry, April Term 1842, <ital>Tharpe v. Hinman et al.</ital>, Judge's
Docket, all in Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin,
IL.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1842-04-15'>Friday, April 15, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>In the bankruptcy case of <name type='case' key='L02400'>In re Johns</name>,
Lincoln and Elliot B. Herndon witness and sign a notice to out-of-town creditors warning them of
the upcoming final hearing of Edmund G. Johns's case in the United States District Court on July
9, 1842. <bibl default='NO'>Affidavit of Abraham Lincoln, 9 July 1842, <ital>In
re Johns</ital>, in Complete Record, General Bankruptcy Record 2, 565-66, United States
District Court of Illinois, RG 21, National Archives, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.</bibl>
</p>
<p>Someone, perhaps Lincoln, purchases $6.75 worth of merchandise from a Springfield
store and charges it to Abraham Lincoln's account. <bibl default='NO'>Account of
Abraham Lincoln (copy), 15 April 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm,
IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-18'>Monday, April 18, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln, signing the firm name of "Logan & Lincoln," writes to client
George W. Hawley of Lee County explaining what he has done in Hawley's bankruptcy case, <name type='case' key='L02395'> In re Hawley</name>. Lincoln explains how he spent $20
Hawley had forwarded Logan & Lincoln for expenses in the case.<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%3A301' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Logan & Lincoln to G. W.
Hawley</xref>, 18 April 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>,
1:285.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-19'>Tuesday, April 19, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Someone, perhaps Lincoln, withdraws $30 cash from Lincoln's account at a
Springfield store/bank. <bibl default='NO'>Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 19
April 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-21'>Thursday, April 21, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes to Frederick A. Thomas, a Lawrence County attorney, to discuss the
bankruptcy case of <name key='L02390'>In re Flanders</name>. Lincoln is Jonathan L. Flanders's
attorney in Springfield, where the case is scheduled to be heard in the U.S. District Court.
"The whole cost," he writes, "exclusive of lawyer's fees, will be, as we think, about $20. in
something at least as good as Shawnee." In a postscript he adds, "Tell J. K. Dubois he must come
to the Legislature again; that I am off the track, and that the wheels of government will
inevitably stop with out the aid of one of us." <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%3A302' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Frederick A.
Thomas</xref>, 21 April 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>,
1:285-86.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-22'>Friday, April 22, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> [The Woodford County Circuit Court is in session today and tomorrow.]</p>
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<date value='1842-04-23'>Saturday, April 23, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> [James Goldsby, the clerk of the Menard County Commissioner's Court, files a
delinquent tax list for 1841. Lincoln has not paid taxes on lot seven, block eleven, in the town
of Huron. The lot is valued at $2, and the tax due is 1¢.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois Register</title> (Springfield), 29 April 1842, 3:6.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1842-04-25'>Monday, April 25, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes a mortgage for Peter Rickard to William Butler and Philip C.
Latham. Lincoln also witnesses the promissory note of Rickard to Butler and Latham for $516, due
in 18 months, at 10 percent interest.<bibl default='NO'>Mortgage Deed, 25 April
1842, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Promissory Note, 25 April
1842, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<p> [The four-day term of the McLean County Circuit Court begins in Bloomington.]
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<date value='1842-04-26'>Tuesday, April 26, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>[Either Lincoln's partner, Stephen T. Logan, or Jesse Fell, their co-attorney in
<name type='case' key='L01640'>Harkness et al. v. Davis</name>, appear for the
complainants. The court orders the defendants to answer, and the case is continued.<bibl default='NO'>Bill of Complaint, 13 April 1842, Decree, 26 April 1842, both in
Circuit Court Transcript, 22 January 1844, <ital>Davis v. Harkness et al.</ital>, Illinois
Supreme Court case file 1564, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1842-04-27'>Wednesday, April 27, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>As part of a settlement in the bankruptcy case of <name type='case' key='L02431'>In re Torrey</name>, Lincoln draws up an agreement between F. L. King, Turner R. King, Thomas
Moffett, and William Butler for paying the debts of J. Torrey & Company.<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%3A303' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Document Drawn for Joseph Torrey and F. L.
King to William Butler and Thomas Moffett</xref>, 27 April 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:286-87.</bibl>
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<date value='1842-04-28'>Thursday, April 28, 1842.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> [Logan may have appeared in <name type='case' key='L01695'>Wood
& Abbott v. Thomas et al.</name>, tried before Judge Samuel H. Treat in the McLean
County Circuit Court. Lincoln pays the clerk's fee on September 20, 1843, but he is not at the
trial. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 28 April 1842, <ital>Wood & Abbott v.
Thomas et al.</ital>, Court Record 2, 351, McLean County Circuit Court, McLean County
Courthouse, Bloomington, IL.</bibl>]</p>
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