<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-01'>Wednesday, June 1, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Someone, perhaps Lincoln, pays $80.08 to Siter Price &amp; Co. from Lincoln's
    account with a Springfield store/bank. Additionally, the merchant debits Lincoln's account in
    the amount of $10.92 for "Profit &amp; Loss." <bibl default='NO'>Account of
     Abraham Lincoln (copy), 1 June 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='1842-06-02'>Thursday, June 2, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Someone, perhaps Lincoln, purchases 37&#162; worth of merchandise from a
    Springfield store and charges it to Lincoln's account. <bibl default='NO'>Account
     of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 2 June 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='1842-06-03'>Friday, June 3, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Someone, perhaps Lincoln, deposits $120 cash into Lincoln's account at a
    Springfield store/bank.<bibl default='NO'>Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 3
     June 1842, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account Book, 282, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-04'>Saturday, June 4, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes the affidavit of defendant Philip Clark in <name type='case' key='L04483'>Shoup v. Clark</name>, a suit being appealed in the Sangamon County
    Circuit Court. In the affidavit, Clark states that he wishes to take the deposition of a
    material witness, Charles Trumbull of Madison County, and to submit Trumbull's deposition as
    evidence in the case.<bibl default='NO'>Affidavit, 4 June 1842, <ital>Shoup v.
      Clark</ital>, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-06'>Monday, June 6, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.5333, -89.2833' teiForm='name'>Taylorville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Judge Samuel H. Treat opens the three-day session of the Christian County Circuit
    Court with thirty-four cases on the docket; Lincoln participates in nine cases, all on June 6.
    Lincoln appears in court with his client Catharine Babbit for an appeal of her case, <name type='case' key='L01564'>People v. Babbit</name>. The state's attorney's failure to appear in
    court prompts Judge Treat to dismiss the suit against Babbit. In <name type='case' key='L01508'>Baker v. Addington et al.</name>, a suit dealing with a disputed land deed,
    Lincoln writes a report for commissioner Horatio M. Vandeveer, whom the court instructed to
    convey a deed to Lincoln's client James Baker. Lincoln appears in court and files a bill of
    interpleader for John Grigg in the case of <name type='case' key='L01530'>Masterson v. Northcutt et al.</name> In <name type='case' key='L01544'>Loudy v. Cagle and
     Richardson</name>, Lincoln represents plaintiff Jacob Loudy, who seeks the return of his
    carpenter's tools from the defendants. At Lincoln's request, Judge Treat approves a continuance.
     <bibl default='NO'>Judge's Docket Entries, June Term 1842, Docket Book 1;
     Judgment, 6 June 1842, <ital>People v. Babbit</ital>, General Record 1, 56, both in Christian
     County Circuit Court, Christian County Courthouse, Taylorville, IL; Commissioner's Report,
     filed 6 June 1842, <ital>Baker v. Addington et al.</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of
     Congress, Washington, DC; Bill of Interpleader, filed 6 June 1842, <ital>Masterson v. Northcutt
      et al.</ital>, Brown University, John Hay Library, Providence, RI; Order, 6 June 1842,
      <ital>Loudy v. Cagle and Richardson</ital>, General Record 1, 57, Christian County Circuit
     Court, Christian County Courthouse. </bibl>
         </p>
         <p>[Logan, for the firm of Logan &amp; Lincoln, represents bankruptcy petitioners
    in ten cases scheduled for a hearing in the U. S. District Court. <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 25 March 1842, 3:2; 1 April
     1842, 4:5; 15 April 1842, 3:3; 29 April 1842, 3:4; 6 May 1842, 1:5; 13 May 1842, 3:5, 3:7, 4:4;
     20 May 1842, 1:4.</bibl>] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-07'>Tuesday, June 7, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.5333, -89.2833' teiForm='name'>Taylorville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [In U.S. Circuit Court during June term, Logan &amp; Lincoln represent
            plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L02156'>January for use of Stettinius
               &amp; January v. Duncan</name>, action on note for $4,000 given by W. B. Archer
            to Joseph Duncan and assigned by him to plaintiff. Defendant's demurrer is sustained,
            but plaintiff is given leave to amend declaration.<bibl default='NO'>3
               McLean 19.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <dateRange from='1842-06-09' to='1842-06-11'>Thursday, June 9, 1842-Saturday, June 11, 1842.</dateRange>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Postville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>The Logan County Circuit Court convenes. Logan &amp; Lincoln represent
    plaintiff Samuel Goldsmith in <name type='case' key='L01043'>Goldsmith v.
     Cowardin et al.</name>, a chancery case that was probably tried during this court term.
      <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 11 March 1842, 1:4.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-06-13'>Monday,
  June 13, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On the first day of the Menard County Circuit Court, Lincoln
  represents Andrew Charles in the adultery case of 
  <name type='case' key='L04211'>People v. Charles</name>, on a change of venue
  from the Sangamon County Circuit Court. Charles changes his plea to guilty, and
  Judge Samuel H. Treat orders him to pay a $50 fine and the court costs. The
  state's attorney decides not to prosecute Charles in two other
  indictments&#8212; <name type='case' key='L04210'>People v. Charles and
  Busey</name> (larceny) and <name type='case' key='L04209'>People v. Charles and
  Busey</name> (burglary). In <name type='case' key='L00122'>Cleaveland v. Meadows</name>, John P. Urquhart, the attorney for
  appellee Asa Cleaveland, asks the court to dismiss the appeal of Lincoln's
  client James Meadows. Edward D. Baker and Jesse B. Thomas Jr., attorneys for
  defendant Samuel Hill, file a plea in 
  <name type='case' key='L00150'>Allen v. Hill</name>, and Lincoln
  writes a joinder to the plea for his client John Allen. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Judgments, 13 June 1842, <ital>People v.
  Charles</ital>, General Record A, 113; Order, 13 June 1842, <ital>Cleaveland v.
  Meadows</ital>, Court Record A, 111; Order, 13 June 1842, <ital>Allen v.
  Hill</ital>, General Record A, 116, all in Menard County Circuit Court, Menard
  County Courthouse, Petersburg, IL; Plea, 13 June 1842, <ital>Allen v.
  Hill</ital>, copy files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield,
  IL.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-06-14'>Tuesday,
  June 14, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>In the Menard County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents John
  Allen in the case of <name type='case' key='L00150'>Allen v.
  Hill</name>. After hearing the testimony and the attorneys' arguments, the jury
  finds Hill guilty of assault and battery and assesses $20 in damages plus the
  court costs. In <name type='case' key='L00208'>Plummer &amp; Wilson v. Hoey
  &amp; Hoey</name>, Lincoln represents plaintiffs John G. Wilson and William F.
  Plummer. The parties agree to ask the court to dismiss the case. Judge Treat
  dismisses the case and orders the Hoeys to pay the court costs. The court
  dismisses the appeal case of <name type='case' key='L00122'>Cleaveland v. Meadows</name> and orders Lincoln's client James
  Meadows to pay the court costs. The jury finds in favor of Isaac Cogdal,
  Lincoln's client, in the appeal case of 
  <name type='case' key='L00162'>Barnett v. Cogdal</name>. The
  court orders appellee Clardy Barnett to pay the court costs. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 14 June 1842, <ital>Allen v.
  Hill</ital>, General Record A, 121; Judgment, 14 June 1842, <ital>Plummer &amp;
  Wilson v. Hoey &amp; Hoey</ital>, Record A, 118; Judgment, 14 June 1842,
  <ital>Cleaveland v. Meadows</ital>, General Record A, 119; Judgment, 14 June
  1842, <ital>Barnett v. Cogdal</ital>, General Record A, 119, all in Menard
  County Circuit Court, Menard County Courthouse, Petersburg, IL.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-06-15'>Wednesday, June 15, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>In the Menard
  County Circuit Court, Lincoln, as attorney for appellants George U. Miles and
  James P. McCoy, files his clients' affidavit and an account of the goods
  purchased by appellee David B. Miles in the appeal case of 
  <name type='case' key='L00249'>Miles &amp; McCoy v.
  Miles</name>. Judge Samuel H. Treat rules in favor of Miles &amp; McCoy and
  orders David B. Miles to pay them $26.27 and the court costs. Lincoln
  represents John Eaton in <name type='case' key='L00241'>Taylor
  v. Eaton</name>. Elijah Taylor's attorneys Thomas L. Harris and George O.
  Bachman ask the court to continue the case, and the court grants their request.
  In the replevin case of <name type='case' key='L00297'>Purkapile
  v. Hornbuckle</name>, a jury hears the testimony and the arguments of the
  parties and decides in favor of Hornbuckle. The court orders Lincoln's client
  John Purkapile to pay the court costs and orders the sheriff to return the
  property in question to Hornbuckle. Lincoln, representing W. W. Bennett and
  John Bennett, files a demurrer in <name type='case' key='L00258'>Pillsbury v. Bennett &amp; Bennett</name> and requests a
  continuance. The court grants Lincoln's request. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Affidavit, filed 15 June 1842, <ital>Miles
  &amp; McCoy v. Miles</ital>, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, Library of
  Congress, Washington, DC; Account, 15 June 1842, <ital>Miles &amp; McCoy v.
  Miles</ital>, case file, box 7; Judgment Docket Entry, 16 September 1844,
  <ital>Miles &amp; McCoy v. Miles</ital>, Judgment Docket 1; Order, 15 June
  1842, <ital>Taylor v. Eaton</ital>, General Record A, 127; Judgment, 15 June
  1842, <ital>Purkapile v. Hornbuckle</ital>, Docket Book 1, 125; Order, 15 June
  1842, <ital>Pillsbury v. Bennett &amp; Bennett</ital>, Docket Book 1, 127, all
  in Menard County Circuit Court, Menard County Courthouse, Petersburg,
  IL.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-16'>Thursday, June 16, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place> and <place key='39.7333, -89.5167' teiForm='name'>Rochester, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln represent bankruptcy petitioners in three cases scheduled
    for a hearing before the U. S. District Court.<bibl default='NO'>
               <ital>Sangamo
      Journal</ital> (Springfield, IL), 27 May 1842, 3:6.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln goes with reception committee, composed largely of Democrats, to
    Rochester, five miles east of Springfield, to meet ex-President Martin Van Buren. Evening is
    spent in Rochester at home of Mr. Doty. Lincoln's humorous stories entertain Van Buren. <bibl default='NO'>Register, 24 January 1842.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-17'>Friday, June 17, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.7333, -89.5167' teiForm='name'>Rochester, IL</place> and <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
            IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln accompanies Van Buren to Springfield. Sangamon Guards, commanded by
            E. D. Baker, meet party mile east of town. Springfield Artillery fires salute of 13 guns
            and Mayor Campbell gives address of welcome at state house. Van Buren replies, and
            attends reception. Party in his honor is given in evening at American House.<bibl default='NO'>Register, 24 January 1842.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-18'>Saturday, June 18, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Van Buren's party makes tour of state house. <bibl default='NO'>Register, 24 January 1842.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> In the U.S. District Court, Logan &amp; Lincoln represent bankruptcy
    petitioner John C. Snider of McDonough County. Judge Pope declares Snider bankrupt and sets
    October 1, 1842, as the final hearing date for <name type='case' key='L02428'>In
     re Snider</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln buys $3.37 worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant. <bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 18 June 1842, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account Book,
     282, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-22'>Wednesday, June 22, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In the bankruptcy case of <name type='case' key='L02428'>In re Snider</name>,
    Logan &amp; Lincoln file a notice for John C. Snider of McDonough County, informing
    Snider's creditors of a hearing scheduled for October 1, 1842, in the U. S. District Court.
     <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title> (Springfield, IL), 1 July
     1842, 3:5.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform' type='New'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-06-23'>Thursday,
  June 23, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Only one document is known to exist for the case of 
  <name type='case' key='L05756'>Biggs v. Baker</name>, and it reveals little
  about the suit. It is clear that Lincoln, Stephen T. Logan, and Henry Eddy
  represent plaintiff Thompson H. Biggs, who is suing defendant Ezra Baker. On
  this day, Lincoln writes to Eddy and encloses a letter from Biggs. Lincoln
  informs Eddy that the attorneys are not sure whether or not "the process has
  been served as yet, on Dr. Baker." Lincoln concludes by asking Eddy to "write
  to Mr. Biggs and to us on any point that suggests itself to you as proper."
  Lincoln does not reveal the court in which the case is being tried, nor does he
  state the nature of the dispute. <bibl default='NO'>Abraham Lincoln to Henry Eddy (copy), 23
  June 1842, <title>Biggs v. Baker</title>, copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL; CW
  10:6-7.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-29'>Wednesday, June 29, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In the Sangamon County Circuit Court, Lincoln writes and files a petition for the
    partition of land in <name type='case' key='L03221'>Merriman et al. v. Merriman
     et al.</name> Logan &amp; Lincoln represent George B. Merriman, Isaac and Lucinda Constant,
    and Lavinia Jane and William T. Jones, in a dispute with other members of the Merriman family
    over land inherited from the estate of Reuben Merriman.<bibl default='NO'>Petition for Partition, filed 29 June 1842, <ital>Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al.</ital>,
     Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Complete Record, 29 June 1842,
      <ital>Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al.</ital>, Complete Record B, 328-29, Illinois Regional
     Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-06-30'>Thursday, June 30, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>In the appeal case of <name type='case' key='L00183'>Backenstos v. Pollard</name>
    in the Menard County Circuit Court, Lincoln writes a bill for injunction for his client Andrew
    M. Pollard. Judge Samuel H. Treat endorses the bill, and Lincoln mails it to Petersburg, where
    the court clerk files it. Lincoln, representing appellant Thomas Watkins, files a record and an
    assignment of errors with the clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court in the case of <name type='case' key='L04803'>Watkins v. White</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Bill for Injunction, filed 30 June 1842, <ital>Backenstos v. Pollard</ital>,
     Menard County Circuit Court, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Circuit Court
     Transcript, filed 30 June 1842, <ital>Watkins v. White</ital>, Illinois State Archives,
     Springfield, IL; Assignment of Errors, filed 30 June 1842, <ital>Watkins v. White</ital>,
     Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>