<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-02'>Friday, February 2, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L03468'>Lockridge v. Foster et al.</name> (SC) and
               <name type='case' key='L03827'>Lazell v. Francis (SC)</name> are
            argued by Robbins for plaintiffs and Lincoln for defendants.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> (Logan and Lincoln win <name type='case' key='L03468'>Lockridge v. Foster et al.</name> when court affirms judgment of lower court
            February 10, 1844. <bibl default='NO'>5 Ill. 569.</bibl>) Lincoln's
            account is debited 34&#162; for 5&#189; yards calico, and $1.47 for
               merchandise.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Irwin Ledger and Journal</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-03'>Saturday, February 3, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Wells Colton and Baker for plaintiffs and Lincoln for defendant argue case
            of <name type='case' key='L01640'>Davis v. Harkness et al.</name> before
            Supreme Court. Case is submitted.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln deposits $61.50, and borrows $588 from Robert Irwin &amp; Co.,
            signing note for that sum in principal and interest, which is credited to his
               account.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-05'>Monday, February 5, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln makes payment of $750 under contract of January 16, 1844 with
            Charles Dresser. Sum is to draw 12 per cent interest until Dresser fulfills
               contract.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Money comes from Lincoln's account; he writes order to seller for
               $750.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-06'>Tuesday, February 6, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Supreme Court affirms judgment of justice of peace court in <name type='case' key='L03827'>Lazell v. Francis</name>, argued by Robbins
            for appellant and Lincoln for appellee on February 2, 1844.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> J. S. Martin pays $9.25 into Lincoln's account.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-07'>Wednesday, February 7, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L02088'>Warner &amp; Craig v. Helm et
            al.</name> (SC), from Madison County, is argued by Strong for plaintiffs. <name type='case' key='L00570'>Johnstone v. Weedman</name> (SC), action of
            trover from DeWitt County, is submitted on briefs and abstracts, by Colton for plaintiff
            and Lincoln for defendant. Lincoln wins case when two days later judgment of lower court
            is affirmed.<bibl default='NO'>Record; 5 Ill. 495.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-08'>Thursday, February 8, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Argument begun yesterday in <name type='case' key='L02088'>Warner &amp; Craig v. Helm et al.</name> is continued by Edwards, Stuart, and
            Martin for defendants and concluded by Lincoln for plaintiffs.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1844-02-09'>Friday,
  February 9, 1844.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Robbins, attorney for plaintiff in 
  <name type='case' key='L03827'>Lazell v. Francis</name>, argues
  motion to have case remanded to lower court. Judgment of justice of peace court
  had been affirmed February 6, 1844. Lincoln represents defendant.
  <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln
  buys 25&#162; worth of merchandise.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin
  Ledger.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-10'>Saturday, February 10, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Logan resists motion made yesterday in <name type='case'>Lazell v. Francis</name>. Court refuses remand, and overrules Logan's motion to
            amend judgment in relation to costs in <name type='case'>Spear v.
               Campbell (SC)</name>. <name type='case'>McDonald v. Fithian et
            al.</name>, and <name type='case'>Davis v. Harkness</name>, are taken
            under advisement. Decree of lower court is later affirmed in both cases.<bibl default='NO'>Record; 6 Ill. 173-269.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-12'>Monday, February 12, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln buys pair of socks for Robert, aged six months, for 13&#162;.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Logan &amp; Lincoln, for plaintiffs in <name type='case'>Klein
     v. Irwin et al.</name>, and <name type='case'>Irwin et al. v. Bell et
    al.</name>, file petitions for partition. Defendants are notified to appear at Mar. term of
    Sangamon Circuit Court.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 15 February 1844.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [Dr. A. G. Henry writes John J. Hardin in Washington: "We have had several Whig
    meetings in Springfield lately and they seem to have carried enthusiasm to its highest pitch. .
    . . At these `Clay Clubs' we sing old songs for `gallant Harry' and this with eloquent speaking
    from Logan, Lincoln and Baker you may well imagine the effect. We have a meeting once or twice a
    week and we intend to keep them up till November. I know that if you were in Morgan all would go
    well but I fear that the people of Morgan have lost what they are not able to replace. I know
    how this goes if Baker or Lincoln is missing at our meetings. It seems that something is
     lost."<bibl default='NO'>John J. Hardin Papers, Chicago History Museum, Chicago,
     IL.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-13'>Tuesday, February 13, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes and files petition in <name type='case'>Klein
               v. Irwin et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-14'>Wednesday, February 14, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes Richard S. Thomas of Virginia that he can find only one copy
            of President's message in town and that in state library. "If alive and well, I am sure
            to be with you on the 22nd. I will meet the <uLine>trio</uLine> of mighty
            adversaries you mention, in the best manner I can."<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%3A346' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Richard S.
                  Thomas</xref>, 14 February 1844, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:332.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-15'>Thursday, February 15, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> "Mrs. Mosley" buys dollar's worth of nails and charges to Lincoln's
               account.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Irwin Ledger and Journal</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1844-02-16'>Friday,
  February 16, 1844.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes Simeon Ryder about his
  chancery suit against Daniel Stringer and heirs of Edward Mitchell. On November
  30, 1843, Logan &amp; Lincoln obtained decree against Stringer in favor of
  Ryder for former's debt of $300 with interest at 7 per cent from January 1,
  1836.<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%3A347' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Simeon
  Ryder</xref>, 16 February 1844, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:332.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> [Illustrative of
  feeling between Whigs and Democrats in Springfield are these lines from
  Register: "Lincoln, another member of the Junto . . . is our jester and
  mountebank. . . . We have had him appointed a candidate for Clay elector. This
  we hope will buy him off from being a candidate for Congress. . . . We intend
  to send Lincoln to Linder's county (Coles) to make speeches. Lincoln is a
  long-legged varmint, and great at jumping . . . out of the windows of the State
  House. . . . He can make a speech which is all length and height like himself,
  and no breadth or thickness."]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-17'>Saturday, February 17, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln draws $15 cash from his account for pocket money.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-20'>Tuesday, February 20, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln buys $100 bond of city of Springfield to finance payment of state
            house subscription.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Bond Record Book</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-21'>Wednesday, February 21, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> "Baker, Lincoln, Logan and Stuart are making speeches every night at some one of
    the precincts in our County to crowded houses; we confidently expect to give 1000 majority in
    Sangamon County for Clay. . . . Logan and Lincoln address a meeting at Virginia tomorrow."<bibl default='NO'>William Butler to Hardin, John J. Hardin Papers, Chicago History
     Museum, Chicago, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-22'>Thursday, February 22, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.9500, -90.2000' teiForm='name'>Virginia, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Whig meeting is held in court house in afternoon. Lincoln's speech in reply
            to Judge Pearson, dealing mainly with currency and bank issues, is applauded. Lincoln
            probably attends another meeting in evening.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 28 March 1844; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A348' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Speeches in Virginia,
               Illinois</xref>, 22 February 1844, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:332-33.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> A Virginia Van Buren man described Lincoln's speech in letter to
            "Register": " `Aunt Becky' felt it her duty to deliver herself of a soul stirring
            harangue. She opened her wise head&#8212;`broke up the fountains of the great deep'
            of natal depravity; and rained `a horrible tempest' of billingsgate, and vulgar party
            vituperation on the devoted head of Van Buren." After another speech, " `Aunt Becky'
            [Lincoln's 1842 <uLine>nom de plume</uLine>] kindly dismissed the coons
            till 9 o'clock next morning, when&#8212;dear old pious soul&#8212;she would like
            to hold a sort of love feast with them."<bibl default='NO'>Register, 15
               March 1844.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-23'>Friday, February 23, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.9500, -90.2000' teiForm='name'>Virginia, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> "On the morning of the 23rd, addresses were received from Mr. Killpatrick
            and Mr. Lincoln. They portrayed the absurdities of locoism and the soundness of Whig
               principles."<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 28 March 1844.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-24'>Saturday, February 24, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln has trunk rack of his buggy repaired ($1) at carriage shop.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Obed Lewis Account Books</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1844-02-28'>Wednesday, February 28, 1844.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes praecipe and bond filed in <name type='case'>Johnson v. Wickersham</name>, acting for plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>