<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-01'>Thursday, September 1, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Someone, perhaps Lincoln, withdraws $24.75 cash from Lincoln's account at a
    Springfield store/bank. <bibl default='NO'>Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 1
     September 1842, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account Book, 282, microfilm, IHi, Springfield,
    IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-02'>Friday, September 2, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Sangamo Journal publishes Lincoln's anonymous essay as "Letter From the
            Lost Townships."</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-03'>Saturday, September 3, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln and Rev. Francis A. McNeill are speakers at memorial service for
            Bowling Green, conducted by Springfield Masonic Lodge No. 4. July 18, 1842 committee of
            five&#8212;John Bennett, Martin S. Morris, John Uhler, Edward Jones, and John
            Zwisler&#8212;was appointed to make arrangements "for the day of procession."<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 20 August 1842, William H. Herndon
               Papers, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-07'>Wednesday, September 7, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes bill in chancery asking that land purchase contract be made
            null and void in <name type='case' key='L04279'>Pickrell &amp;
               Cantrall v. Smith et al.</name>, Sangamon Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-09-08'>Thursday,
  September 8, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Third and fourth of series of letters
  signed Rebecca, written in backwoods dialect, and poking fun at James Shields
  and Democrat policies are dated today, and appear in Sangamo Journal; September
  9, 1842.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-09'>Friday, September 9, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes list of all candidates for the legislature from time he
            first ran, to his last candidacy, with votes cast. This statement Lincoln has certified
            by Noah Matheny, clerk of County Commissioners' Court.<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%3A312' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Tabulation of Votes in
                  Sangamon County for State Representatives 1832-1836</xref>, [9 September 1842],
                  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:297-99.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-10'>Saturday, September 10, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln, complainant's solicitors in <name type='case' key='L04279'>Pickrell &amp; Cantrall v. Smith et al.</name>, file
            notice and ask clerk to issue summons to Nov. term of Sangamon Circuit Court. Several
            defendants live out of state.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 16 September 1842.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-15'>Thursday, September 15, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln buys $26.56 worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant.<bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 15 September 1842, Irwin &amp; Corneau Account
     Book, 282, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Tazewell County Circuit Court convenes for fall term lasting seven days. Docket
    does not show that Lincoln has any cases on first day.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-16'>Friday, September 16, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln win by default <name type='case' key='L01216'>James Bell &amp; Co. v. Hall</name>, in which they obtain judgment
            for $149.65. Defendant in <name type='case' key='L01064'>Justice
               &amp; Justice v. Garth</name> moves continuance. Court overrules motion and leave
            is granted plaintiff to amend title of suit in praecipe and writ. Lincoln writes
            defendant's plea in <name type='case' key='L01240'>Frink, Walker
               &amp; Co. v. Hall</name>, in which he is associated with William L. May, whose
            name he signs.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-17'>Saturday, September 17, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln get judgment for $277.35 in <name type='case' key='L01064'>Justice &amp; Justice v. Garth</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln receives note from James Shields who has come to Tremont to get
            satisfaction re "Rebecca" letters. Lincoln replies that Shields' note is too general.
            Shields' second note asks if Lincoln is author of article in "Journal" of September 2,
            1842, headed "The Lost Townships" and signed "Becca."<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%3A313' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to James
                  Shields</xref>, 17 September 1842, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:299-300.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-19'>Monday, September 19, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.5167, -89.4833' teiForm='name'>Tremont, IL</place> and <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
            IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln refuses to accept Shields' reply to his note until Shields
            withdraws his first note. Gen. Whiteside, Shields' second, and Dr. E. H. Merryman,
            Lincoln's second, fail to arrive at amicable settlement and duel is proposed. Lincoln,
            Whiteside, and Merryman return to Springfield.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 14 October 1842.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-20'>Tuesday, September 20, 1842.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place> and <place key='39.7333, -90.2167' teiForm='name'>Jacksonville,
            IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln draws up instructions for Merryman in case his opponent should wish
            to have matter settled. In case no settlement is made, he selects as weapons cavalry
            broadswords of largest size, and outlines other duel preliminaries. Fearing arrest,
            Lincoln leaves for Jacksonville early to await his second and friends.<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%3A314' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Memorandum of Duel
                  Instructions to Elias H. Merryman</xref>, [19 September 1842], <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:300-2.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1842-09-21'>Wednesday, September 21, 1842.</date> 
            <place key='39.7333, -90.2167' teiForm='name'>Jacksonville, IL</place> and <place key='' teiForm='name'>En
  route</place> to <place key='38.8833, -90.1833' teiForm='name'>Alton, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Merryman, Butler, and Bledsoe join Lincoln around midnight
  Tuesday. Broadswords are procured and party sets out for Alton.
  <bibl default='NO'> 
               <title>Sangamo
  Journal</title>, 14 October 1842.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-22'>Thursday, September 22, 1842.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -90.1833' teiForm='name'>Alton, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Arriving in Alton at 11 A.M., Lincoln and friends cross Mississippi to
            duelling ground. Shields and party follow. Without Shields' knowledge, "his friends
            withdraw his first note to Lincoln, whose friends then read Lincoln's apology, and the
            duel is called off."<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 14 October 1842; Beveridge, <title corresp='Beveridge'>Abraham Lincoln</title>, 1:352; Missouri
               Republican, 3 October 1842; Register, 4 November 1842.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-23'>Friday, September 23, 1842.</date>
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Woodford Circuit Court is in session today and tomorrow].</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-26'>Monday, September 26, 1842.</date>
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [McLean Circuit Court convenes at Bloomington for four-day term.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1842-09-28'>Wednesday, September 28, 1842.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L01640'>Harkness et al. v. Davis</name> is called.
            Defendant's demurrer is argued and sustained. Lincoln is given leave by court to file
            amended bill, and case continued.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>