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<date value='1843-06-01'>Thursday, June 1, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.5333, -89.2833' teiForm='name'>Taylorville, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln buys merchandise (75¢).<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Irwin Ledger and Journal</title>.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-05'>Monday,
June 5, 1843.</date>
<place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Menard Circuit Court opens two-day term. Lincoln, attorney for
defendants, moves to dismiss appeal in
<name type='case' key='L00219'>Bale for use of Hurd v. Beekman
& Spears</name>, and <name type='case' key='L00310'>Short
for use of Short v. Short</name>, and similar motion for plaintiff in
<name type='case' key='L00314'>Walker v. Estill</name>.
<name type='case'>Waggoner et al. v. Eastep</name> is continued.
In <name type='case' key='L03843'>Lesure & Bliss v. Menard
County, Illinois</name>, change of venue to Sangamon is granted. Lincoln
appears for plaintiff in former and for defendant in latter.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-06'>Tuesday, June 6, 1843.</date>
<place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln's motion of yesterday in <name type='case' key='L00219'>Bale for use of Hurd v. Beekman & Spears</name> is overruled.
Beekman turns bay mare over to plaintiff and Lincoln draws up agreement to call off
suit. His motion of yesterday in <name type='case' key='L00310'>Short for
use of Short v. Short</name> is sustained. Defendant is to have his costs in both
courts. <name type='case' key='L00314'>Walker v. Estill</name> is
dismissed by mutual agreement. He loses appeal case, <name type='case' key='L00165'>Lukins v. Moon</name>, and wins <name type='case'>Pollard v. Backinstos et al.</name>
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<p> In <name type='case' key='L00387'>Plunkett & Combs
v. Combs et al.</name>, Lincoln writes and signs petition, answer of guardian, and
court decree. He acts for plaintiff, with Harris, in <name type='case' key='L00158'>Cabot v. Regnier</name>, which is continued.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-08'>Thursday, June 8, 1843.</date>
<place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> [Mason County Circuit Court convenes at Havana for two-day term.]</p>
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<date value='1843-06-09'>Friday, June 9, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Meeting of Whigs from all over state is held in evening in state house.
Capt. H. H. Gear of Galena is chairman, and James H. Matheny of Springfield secretary.
Meeting is addressed by Baker, Hardin, and J. H. Brown of Vermilion County.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 15 June 1843.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-10'>Saturday, June 10, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Whig convention continues. Lincoln speaks "in his usual forcible manner"
and concludes by offering four resolutions, which are adopted. One resolution calls for
state Whig convention, to be held in Springfield in Dec. to choose Whig electoral ticket
for 1844. Other important resolution challenges Democrats to nightly debate in state
house.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 15 June 1843.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-12'>Monday, June 12, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> U.S. Circuit Court convenes for summer term, Justices McLean and Pope on
bench. <name type='case' key='L02178'>Moore v. Nelson &
Ashworth</name>, in which Logan & Lincoln appear for plaintiff, is
continued.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 15 June 1843; Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-16'>Friday, June 16, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes brief, bill in chancery, and bond for his father-in-law in
<name type='case' key='L04845'>Todd v. Ware</name>, suit to compel
defendant to accept Bank of Illinois money in payment of notes.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-17'>Saturday, June 17, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln draws up motion to amend his return on execution in case of <name type='case' key='L04945'>Gould et al. v. Allen</name> in Sangamon
Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-19'>Monday, June 19, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Samuel Wyckoff and Dennis Forrest, owners of adjoining tracts of land in
Sangamon County, dispute small strip. They submit question to Lincoln and sign
agreement, which he draws up, to abide by his decision.<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%3A335' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Arbitration Award to Samuel
Wyckoff</xref>, 3 July 1843, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:326-27.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-21'>Wednesday, June 21, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln deposits $175 in his bank account.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-23'>Friday,
June 23, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes and signs declaration in
<name type='case' key='L02590'>Ball v. Field</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1843-06-24'>Saturday, June 24, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes petition in <name type='case'>Chandler v.
Williams</name>. Logan & Lincoln, for defendants in <name type='case' key='L02806'>Bryan & Bryan v. Wash et al.</name>, chancery, are
ordered by court to take depositions on and after June 24, 1843, at office of
complainants' attorney. Lincoln writes and signs deposition notice. He writes another
such notice in <name type='case' key='L03669'>Jackson v.
Applegate</name>, and signs for plaintiff, Thomas E. Jackson. Logan & Lincoln's
petition for partition in <name type='case' key='L04787'>Vanderen et al.
v. Vanderen et al.</name> is filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
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<p> [Lincoln enters himself as security for costs in <name type='case'>Chandler v. Williams</name> in Christian Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1843-06-27'>Tuesday, June 27, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> [Lincoln's petition in <name type='case'>Chandler v.
Williams</name> is filed.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1843-06-30'>Friday, June 30, 1843.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> In the bankruptcy case <name type='case' key='L02406'>In re
Legier</name>, Logan & Lincoln file a notice to the creditors of George
Legier of Wabash County to appear before the U.S. District Court at Kaskaskia on
September 21, 1843, to show cause why the court should not grant Legier a certificate
discharging him from his debts.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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