<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-02'>Monday, May 2, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place> and <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place>.</dateline>
         <p>[By this date, Lincoln likely left Springfield for Marshall, Illinois, in time for
    his May 4 court date in the Clark County Circuit Court. In a letter to Joshua F. Speed dated
    July 4, 1842, Lincoln writes that he was on the circuit "five or six weeks" in the spring. <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%3A306' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed</xref>,
     4 July 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:288-90.</bibl>] </p>
         <p>[The Circuit Court of Livingston County convenes at Pontiac; the session lasts one
    day.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='New' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-05-04'>Wednesday, May 4, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.3833, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Marshall,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln participates in one case on the
  third day of the Clark County Circuit Court. In the debt case of 
  <name type='case' key='L00840'>January for use of Stettinius &amp; January v.
  Archer</name>, Lincoln represents Joseph Stettinius and Derrick A. January. The
  defendant William B. Archer defaults, and Judge William Wilson rules in favor
  of Stettinius &amp; January for the amount of the debt plus damages, a total of
  $6,277.33.<bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 4 May 1842, <ital>January for use of Stettinius &amp;
  January v. Archer</ital>, Circuit Court Record E, 287-88, Clark County Circuit
  Court, Clark County Courthouse, Marshall, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-05'>Thursday, May 5, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.3833, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Marshall, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>[In the De Witt County Circuit Court an unknown representative requests a
    continuance on Lincoln's behalf in the case of <name type='case' key='L00506'>Lincoln v. Turner &amp; Turner</name>. Lincoln is attempting to collect a $200 legal fee.
    The court continues the case on his motion.<bibl default='NO'>Order, 5 May 1842,
      <ital>Lincoln v. Turner &amp; Turner</ital>, Chancery Record 1 A, 88, De Witt County
     Circuit Court, De Witt County Courthouse, Clinton, IL.</bibl>] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-06'>Friday, May 6, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.1500, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Clinton, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln, for complainant in <name type='case' key='L00586'>Peter v. Martin et al.</name>, moves continuance with leave for commissioner to
            execute decree.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-09'>Monday, May 9, 1842.</date>
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En Route</place> to <place key='39.6000, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>
         </dateline>
         <p> [The Champaign County Circuit Court begins a two-day session. Lincoln had
    represented the plaintiffs in <name type='case' key='L01302'>Brownfield et al. v.
     Brownfield et al.</name>; however, the court record indicates that Brown appears as the
    plaintiffs' attorney at this term.<bibl default='NO'>Decree, 9 May 1842,
      <ital>Brownfield et al. v. Brownfield et al.</ital>, Circuit Court Record A, 50, Champaign
     County Circuit Court, Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL.</bibl>] </p>
         <p>[Lincoln is either on his way to or in Paris, Illinois, to attend the Edgar County
    Circuit Court which has begun a six-day term.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-10'>Tuesday, May 10, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.6000, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln participates in one case in the Edgar County Circuit Court. He represents
    defendant John Hunter in <name type='case' key='L00792'>Nolan v. Hunter</name>, a
    trespass suit. Lincoln writes and files a demurrer to the plaintiff's declaration, and the court
    takes the demurrer under advisement. <bibl default='NO'>Demurrer, 10 May 1842,
      <ital>Nolan v. Hunter</ital>, Lincoln Collection, University of Chicago Library, Department of
     Special Collections, Chicago, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-11'>Wednesday, May 11, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.6000, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln participates in one case in the Edgar County Circuit Court. The court
    overrules the demurrer that Lincoln filed the previous day for his client John Hunter in <name type='case' key='L00792'>Nolan v. Hunter</name>. Lincoln files a not guilty plea
    for Hunter, and the jury listens as the attorneys for both sides present their arguments. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 11 May 1842, <ital>Nolan v. Hunter</ital>, Order Book 2,
     169; Order, 11 May 1842, <ital>Nolan v. Hunter</ital>, Order Book 2, 180, both in Edgar County
     Circuit Court, Edgar County Courthouse, Paris, IL; Plea, 11 May 1842, <ital>Nolan v.
     Hunter</ital>, Lincoln Collection, University of Chicago Library, Department of Special
     Collections, Chicago, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='New' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-05-12'>Thursday,
  May 12, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.6000, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln participates in two cases in the Edgar County Circuit
  Court. In the case <name type='case' key='L00792'>Nolan v. Hunter</name>, the
  jury finds Lincoln's client John Hunter not guilty, and Judge Wilson orders
  plaintiff Samuel Nolan to pay the court costs. Lincoln and fellow attorney
  Justin Harlan file a plea for their client Elvis P. Shaw in 
  <name type='case' key='L00752'>Paine v. Shaw</name>, a replevin case. Plaintiff
  Amasa R. Paine files a demurrer to the plea, and Judge Wilson overrules the
  demurrer. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 12 May 1842, <ital>Nolan v. Hunter</ital>, Order Book
  2, 181; Plea, filed 12 May 1842, <ital>Paine v. Shaw</ital>, case file, box 10;
  Order, 12 May 1842, <ital>Paine v. Shaw</ital>, Order Book 2, 181, all in Edgar
  County Circuit Court, Edgar County Courthouse, Paris, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-13'>Friday, May 13, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.6000, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln participates in one case in the Edgar County Circuit Court. Along with
    Garland B. Shelledy, Justin Harlan, and Usher F. Linder, Lincoln represents plaintiff John W.
    Barber in the debt case of <name type='case' key='L05808'>People for use of
     Barber v. Stanfield et al.</name> John Pearson, Josiah McRoberts, and Augustus C. French
    represent the defendants. Lincoln makes the closing argument for Barber before the jury retires
    to deliberate. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 13 May 1842, <ital>People for use of
      Barber v. Stanfield et al.</ital>, Order Book 2, 191, Edgar County Circuit Court, Edgar County
     Courthouse, Paris, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [A newspaper article reports that The Springfield Washington Temperance Society,
    to which Lincoln belongs, has 700 members. <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 13 May 1842, 1:6;
      <title>Illinois State Register</title> (Springfield), 11 March 1842, 2:6.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-14'>Saturday, May 14, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.6000, -87.6833' teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln participates in two cases on the final day of the Edgar County Circuit
    Court. Judge Wilson calls a jury to hear the arguments in the case of <name type='case' key='L00752'>Paine v. Shaw</name>, in which Lincoln and Justin Harlan represent
    defendant Elvis P. Shaw. Judge Wilson discharges the jury and continues the case until the next
    term. The jury in the case of <name type='case' key='L05808'>People for use of Barber v.
     Stanfield et al.</name> returns a verdict in favor of Lincoln's client John W. Barber, to whom
    the court awards $512.92 1/4 in damages plus the court costs. The defendants' attorneys request
    a new trial and file a bill of exceptions, which includes a case summary written by Lincoln.
     <bibl default='NO'>Order, 14 May 1842, <ital>Paine v. Shaw</ital>, Order Book 2,
     200; Judgment, 14 May 1842, <ital>People for use or Barber v. Stanfield et al.</ital>, Order
     Book 2, 195; Bill of Exceptions, 14 May 1842, <ital>People for use of Barber v. Stanfield et
      al.</ital>, case file, box 9, all in Edgar County Circuit Court, Edgar County Courthouse,
     Paris, IL; Bill of Exceptions, 14 May 1842, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield,
     IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-16'>Monday, May 16, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln represents defendant William Fithian in <name type='case' key='L01884'>Cunningham v. Fithian &amp; Juneau</name> and in <name key='L01972'>McDonald
     v. Fithian &amp; Juneau</name> and asks the court to open the depositions filed in each
    case. The court grants Lincoln's requests.<bibl default='NO'>Decree, 16 May 1842,
      <ital>Cunningham v. Fithian &amp; Juneau</ital>, Circuit Court Record B, 321; Decree 16
     May 1842, <ital>McDonald v. Fithian &amp; Juneau</ital>, Circuit Court Record B, 321, both
     in Vermilion County Circuit Court, Vermilion County Courthouse, Danville, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-17'>Tuesday, May 17, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In the debt case of <name type='case' key='L01870'>Cast v.
     Vanmeter</name>, Lincoln files a plea for his client Ambrose D. Vanmeter.<bibl default='NO'>Plea, 17 May 1842, <ital>Cast v. Vanmeter</ital>, Alfred Whital Stern
     Collection, Library of Congress, Washington DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-18'>Wednesday, May 18, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln files answers for Elijah Williams, George Spurrier, Barnet Starr, John
    Williams, Samuel Williams Jr., John Jordan, and William Williams in <name type='case' key='L01865'>A. Cameron &amp; Company v. Williams et al.</name>, a chancery
    case. Lincoln also writes Elijah Williams's affidavit. The court continues the case to the next
    term. <bibl default='NO'>Separate Answer of Elijah Williams, filed 18 May 1842,
      <ital>A. Cameron &amp; Company v. Williams et al.</ital>; Answer of Samuel J. Williams Jr.
     and John Williams, 18 May 1842, <ital>A. Cameron &amp; Company v. Williams et al.</ital>;
     Answer of William Williams, 18 May 1842, <ital>A. Cameron &amp; Company v. Williams et
     al.</ital>; Affidavit of Elijah Williams, 18 May 1842, <ital>A. Cameron &amp; Company v.
      Williams et al.</ital>, all in Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Library of Congress,
     Washington, DC; Separate Answer of John Jordan, Barnet Starr, and George Spurrier, filed 18 May
     1842, <ital>A. Cameron &amp; Company v. Williams et al.</ital>, Lincoln Collection, Tokyo
     Lincoln Center, Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-19'>Thursday, May 19, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln, along with attorneys John J. Brown and Joseph Peters, represents
    Vermilion County sheriff Samuel Frazier Jr., in <name type='case' key='L02061'>Wilson v. Frazier</name>. The attorneys for plaintiff John M. Wilson file an affidavit
    regarding the absence of a material witness and ask the court to continue the case. The court
    continues the case until the next term. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 19 May 1842,
      <ital>Wilson v. Frazier</ital>, Circuit Court Record B, 345, Vermilion County Circuit Court,
     Vermilion County Courthouse, Danville, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-20'>Friday, May 20, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln attends court to watch the proceedings in the case of <name type='case' key='L02456'>Frazier and Frazier v. Payne and Alexander</name>. In the debt case of <name type='case' key='L01895'>Fithian v. Walker</name>, Lincoln represents plaintiff
    William Fithian. Lincoln and defendant Isaac P. Walker reach an agreement and file it with the
    court. The agreement requires Walker to pay Fithian $100 and the court costs but allows Walker
    six months to pay the remainder of his debt to Fithian. Neither Lincoln nor his client Ambrose
    D. Vanmeter appear when the court calls the case of <name type='case' key='L01870'>Cast v. Vanmeter</name>. The court rules in favor of the plaintiff and orders
    Vanmeter to pay the debt of $804, the court costs, and $87.10 in damages. <bibl default='NO'>H. W. Beckwith, <title>History of Vermilion County</title> (Chicago: H. H. Hill,
     1879; reprint, Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1975), 614-15; Judgment, 20 May 1842, <ital>Fithian
      v. Walker</ital>, Circuit Court Record B, 355-56; Order, 20 May 1842, <ital>Cast v.
     Vanmeter</ital>, Circuit Court Record B, 357, both in Vermilion County Circuit Court, Vermilion
     County Courthouse, Danville, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-21'>Saturday, May 21, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>On the final day of the Vermilion County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents
    defendant William Fithian in two cases. In <name type='case' key='L01884'>Cunningham v. Fithian &amp; Juneau</name>, Lincoln writes a decree and files it with the
    court. In the case of <name type='case' key='L01972'>McDonald v. Fithian
     &amp; Juneau</name>, the plaintiff files an affidavit. The court continues both cases to
    the next term.<bibl default='NO'>Decree, 21 May 1842, <ital>Cunningham v. Fithian
      &amp; Juneau</ital>, copy files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield, IL;
     Decree, 21 May 1842, <ital>McDonald v. Fithian &amp; Juneau</ital>, Circuit Court Record B,
     364, Vermilion County Circuit Court, Vermilion County Courthouse, Danville, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Someone purchases $2 worth of merchandise from a Springfield store and charges
    it to Abraham Lincoln's account . <bibl default='NO'>Account of Abraham Lincoln
     (copy), 21 May 1842, 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='1842-05-23'>Monday, May 23, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>
         </dateline>
         <p>Judge William Wilson opens the Coles County Circuit Court with approximately 240
    cases on the docket. During the six-day term, Lincoln participates in seven of those cases.
     <bibl default='NO'>Orders and Decrees, 23-28 May 1842, Court Record 1, 408-88 passim, Coles County Circuit
     Court, Coles County Courthouse, Charleston, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-05-24'>Tuesday,
  May 24, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In the Coles County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents defendant
  William Goodman in <name type='case' key='L00704'>Ewing v.
  Goodman</name>, an assault and battery suit. The parties reach an agreement,
  and the court dismisses the case and orders Goodman to pay the court costs.
  Lincoln files a plea for his clients Byrd Monroe and John M. Eastin in the debt
  case of <name type='case' key='L00740'>Pearson &amp; Anderson v.
  Monroe &amp; Eastin</name>. In <name type='case' key='L00745'>People v.
  Patterson</name>, Lincoln requests a continuance and files an affidavit for his
  client Allen Patterson indicted for assault with intent to murder. The court
  grants a continuance until the next term. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 24 May 1842, <ital>Ewing v. Goodman</ital>, Court Record
  1, 414, Coles County Circuit Court, Coles County Courthouse; Plea, filed 24 May
  1842, <ital>Pearson &amp; Anderson v. Monroe &amp; Eastin</ital>, Herndon-Weik
  Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Affidavit, 24 May 1842,
  <ital>People v. Patterson</ital>, Coles County Circuit Court, Illinois State
  Archives, Springfield, IL; Order, 24 May 1842, <ital>People v.
  Patterson</ital>, Court Record 1, 409, Coles County Circuit Court, Coles County
  Courthouse, Charleston, IL.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-05-25'>Wednesday, May 25, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>In the Coles
  County Circuit Court case of <name type='case' key='L00737'>Patterson v. Winkler</name>, Lincoln writes a bond, and his
  client Young E. Winkler and Winkler's surety sign the bond in court. Winkler,
  who was not married to plaintiff Anne Patterson, had earlier admitted to the
  court that he was the father of her child. In the bond, Winkler agrees to pay
  Patterson support for the maintenance of the child. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Bond, 25 May 1842, Herndon-Weik Collection,
  Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-05-26'>Thursday,
  May 26, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In the Coles County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents William
  B. White in <name type='case' key='L00719'>Moore v.
  White</name>. The plaintiff James V. Moore asks the court to continue the case
  until the next term, and the court grants the continuance. At Lincoln's
  request, the court orders Moore to provide a bond for costs. Order, 26 May
  1842, <ital>Moore v. White</ital>, Court Record 1, 430, Coles County Circuit
  Court, Coles County Courthouse, Charleston, IL. </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-05-27'>Friday,
  May 27, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>In the Coles County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents defendants
  Byrd Monroe and John M. Eastin in <name type='case' key='L00740'>Pearson &amp; Anderson v. Monroe &amp; Eastin</name>, a debt
  case. The court hears the evidence as presented by the parties, takes the
  matter into consideration, and continues the suit until the next term.
  <bibl default='NO'>Order, 27 May 1842, Court Record 1, 454,
  Coles County Circuit Court, Coles County Courthouse, Charleston, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-28'>Saturday, May 28, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>On the final day of the Coles County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents plaintiff
    John Morris in <name type='case' key='L00727'>Morris for use of R. &amp; E.
     W. Taylor &amp; Company v. Jones et al.</name> The parties agree to proceed without a jury
    and to allow Judge William Wilson to make the final judgment. After the attorneys present the
    evidence and argue their case before the court, Judge Wilson rules for Morris and orders Jones
    and others to pay $290.40 and the court costs. In the slander case of <name type='case' key='L00731'>Turney v. Craig</name>, Lincoln represents plaintiff Benjamin D.
    Turney. Usher F. Linder, the attorney for defendant Archalaus Craig, asks the court to continue
    the case until the next term; the court grants Linder's request.<bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 28 May 1842, <ital>Morris for use of R. &amp; E. W. Taylor
      &amp; Company v. Jones et al.</ital>, Court Record 1, 468; Order, 28 May 1842,
      <ital>Turney v. Craig</ital>, Court Record 1, 466, both in Coles County Circuit Court, Coles
     County Courthouse, Charleston, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-05-30'>Monday, May 30, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln publish a notice regarding the case of <name type='case' key='L03451'>A. Harper &amp; Company v. J. Varian &amp; Company.</name>
    The notice informs the defendants that they are to appear at the July term of the Sangamon
    County Circuit Court. Logan &amp; Lincoln represent the plaintiffs who seek to recover
    $1,500 from the defendants. <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 3 June 1842, 3:2.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>