<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform' type='Revised'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1845-08-01'>Friday,
  August 1, 1845.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>In the Sangamon County Circuit Court,
  Lincoln files the affidavit of Jonathan Miller. Lincoln, William Herndon, and
  Stephen T. Logan are defending Miller and his wife Susan in the slander case of
  <name type='case' key='L02643'>Beatty et ux. v. Miller et
  ux.</name> The plaintiffs William Beatty and Martha Beatty are suing the
  Millers regarding some damaging remarks that Susan Miller allegedly made about
  Martha Beatty and a Dr. Sullivan. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 1 August 1845, <ital>Beatty et
  ux. v. Miller et ux.</ital>, Record I &amp; J, 39, Sangamon County Circuit
  Court, Illinois State Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at
  Springfield, Springfield, IL; Pleas, filed 30 July 1845, <ital>Beatty et ux. v.
  Miller et ux.</ital>, Lincoln Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University,
  Providence, RI.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln loses 
  <name type='case'>Foster v. Hill</name> when jury awards
  property to complainant.</p>
         <p> Baker files demurrer in 
  <name type='case'>Yocum v. Newsom</name>, slander case. Logan,
  Lincoln, and Herndon appear for plaintiff.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-02'>Saturday, August 2, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln, attorney for complainant in <name type='case'>Calhoun v. Warner and Gros</name>, files bill of complaint praying injunction
            enjoining defendant from further prosecution of suits pending. Logan resists motion and
            court orders motion overruled and case continued.<name type='case'>Merriman v. Lake</name> is postponed to August 7, 1845.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-04'>Monday, August 4, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln has his buggy repaired ($2.88).<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Obed Lewis Account Books</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-05'>Tuesday, August 5, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln files answer as guardian <ital>ad litem</ital> in <name type='case'>Latham v. Latham et al.</name> He wins <name type='case'>Withrow
     v. Hill</name> when court affirms lower court decision. With Herndon, he appears for appellant
    in <name type='case'>Short v. Ray</name>; they lose when court finds for
    defendant. Lincoln appears for appellants in <name type='case'>Vanhoff and Lewis
     v. Broadwell</name>. Judgment of lower court is affirmed for $11.17, Logan for appellee. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-06'>Wednesday, August 6, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Jury finds defendant guilty in <name type='case'>Beaty and
               wife v. Miller and wife</name>, and assesses plaintiff's damages at $45.<name type='case'>Yocum v. Newsom</name> is argued before jury. Lincoln
            &amp; Herndon appear for defendant in first case, and with Logan for plaintiff in
            second. On Lincoln's motion, decree of last term is vacated in <name type='case'>Miller v. Freeman and Freeman</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-07'>Thursday, August 7, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Jury fails to agree in <name type='case'>Yocum v.
            Newsom</name>. They are discharged and case continued. Lincoln loses <name type='case'>Withrow v. Hill</name> when court finds for complainant. He files
            notice of publication in <name type='case'>Hay v. Bryan et al.</name> On
            defendant's motion, new trial is granted in <name type='case'>Beerup v.
               Lewis</name>, involving ownership of stud horse named Cherokee, judgment to stand as
            to other property. Lincoln is for defendant. Lincoln wins <name type='case'>Merriman v. Lake</name>, assumpsit, despite defendant's plea and
            affidavit when jury finds for plaintiff and awards $369.34 damages.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-08'>Friday, August 8, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Reports are filed and approved in three chancery cases in which Logan
            &amp; Lincoln represent complainant: <name type='case'>Hill v.
               McCondy</name>; <name type='case'>Rhea v. Rhea heirs</name>; A. G.
            Henry, administrator of Isaac C. Whitwell.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1845-08-09'>Saturday,
  August 9, 1845.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Leave is given complainant to amend
  declaration and account in <name type='case'>Thayer v.
  Farrell</name>. Logan &amp; Lincoln appear for plaintiff and Baker and Matheny
  for defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes J. McDowell of Mount Carmel, giving him, gratis,
  complicated legal opinion on ownership of inherited property.
  <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%3A371' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to J.
  McDowell</xref>, 8 August 1845, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:345-46.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-11'>Monday, August 11, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On last day of summer term of Sangamon Circuit Court, Logan &amp;
            Lincoln file their replication to defendants' answer in <name type='case'>Fortune v. Garvey et al.</name> Motion of defendants to dissolve injunction is
            denied in <name type='case'>Brown et al. v. Harlan et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-20'>Wednesday, August 20, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln buys merchandise, 87&#162;.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1845-08-30'>Saturday, August 30, 1845.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln buys 87&#162; cloth brush.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin Ledger.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>