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<date value='1846-11-02'>Monday, November 2, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.5333, -89.2833' teiForm='name'>Taylorville, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Christian Circuit Court holds one-day session. Lincoln draws up separate
answer of Ezekiel S. Young to chancery bill in <name type='case'>Gulliford v. Young</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-04'>Wednesday, November 4, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln buys 3/16 yard "Muslin de Lain" for 13¢.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Irwin Ledger and Journal</title>.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-05'>Thursday, November 5, 1846.</date>
<place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Camden (Postville), IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln & Herndon represent complainant in divorce case, <name type='case'>Paranteau v. Paranteau</name>, in Logan CircuitCourt some
time during this term.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 27 August 1846.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-07'>Saturday, November 7, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes and signs petition to review in <name type='case'>Hawks v. Landes</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik
Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-09'>Monday, November 9, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Sangamon Circuit Court convenes and remains in session until November 23,
1846. Lincoln & Herndon get judgment for $107.75 and costs in<name type='case'>Wallace and Diller v. Merryman</name>. They appear for complainant in
<name type='case'>Hampton v. Hall</name> and get judgment for land.
They represent plaintiff in <name type='case'>Hampton v. Wadkins</name>.
<name type='case'>Duryee v. Dykeman</name>, trespass, in which they
represent defendant, is continued. Lincoln wins by default <name type='case'>Pius v. Carrigan</name>, debt action, when plaintiff's attorney
reports his client deceased.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-10'>Tuesday, November 10, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln & Herndon get jury verdict of $84 for plaintiff in <name type='case'>Hagardine v. Shaw</name>. Lincoln files report as guardian <ital>ad
litem</ital> in <name type='case'>Tinsley & Co. v. Smedley and
Campbell</name>. Defendant defaults in <name type='case'>Johnson and Bradford v.
Prentiss</name>, and writ of inquiry is awarded. Lincoln & Herndon appear for
plaintiffs. <name type='case'>People v. Sudduth</name>, Lincoln for defendant, is
continued. In <name type='case'>Lockridge v. Gatton and Gatton</name>, Lincoln
writes answer of his client Charles Gatton, and signs Gatton's name, who makes his mark.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington,
DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-11'>Wednesday, November 11, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Leave is given to open depositions in <name type='case'>Hampton v. Wadkins</name>, appeal. <name type='case'>Williams and
Loose v. Spottswood</name> is continued by agreement. Lincoln & Herndon
represent appellant in first case and Lincoln defendant in second.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-12'>Thursday, November 12, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Jury is called in <name type='case'>Law v. Keedy</name>,
assumpsit; plaintiff takes nonsuit. Lincoln & Herndon appear for plaintiff in
this case and in <name type='case'>Hampton v. Wadkins</name>. In this
case jury, unable to agree, is discharged. Robbins and Lincoln lose <name type='case'>Merrill v. Jewett and Hitchcock</name>, appeal in which they appear
for appellant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<p> Lincoln writes bill in <name type='case'>Cooper v. Crosby
and Robbins</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-13'>Friday,
November 13, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Grand jury returns indictment for
assault in <name type='case'>People v. William Vigal</name>.
Lincoln is attorney for defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<p> Lincoln draws up bill of
particulars and exceptions to answer filed in <name type='case'>John Calhoun v. John Warner and Lawrence Gros</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-14'>Saturday, November 14, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln & Herndon enter motion to vacate sale made in <name type='case'>Cooper v. Crosby and Robbins</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-16'>Monday, November 16, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Plaintiff's demurrer to defendant's plea is argued and overruled in<name type='case'>Backenstos v. Freeman</name>. Welles appears for plaintiff
and Lincoln for defendant. Lincoln & Herndon for complainant in <name type='case'>Cooper v. Crosby and Robbins</name> move court set aside
sale of real estate and order resale. Lincoln & Herndon win <name type='case'>Cook v. Chatterton</name>, assumpsit, when Logan, defendant's
attorney, defaults. Clerk assesses damages at $149.58.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-17'>Tuesday, November 17, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln draws up affidavits of defendants in <name type='case'>People v. Lane et al.</name>, and <name type='case'>People v. Merrill</name>, praying that venue be changed.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-18'>Wednesday, November 18, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> In <name type='case'>Fletcher v. Fletcher</name>, court
orders land divided according to petition for partition. Lincoln & Herndon
represent petitioner. <name type='case'>People v. John Smith</name>,
forgery case, is continued—defendant, Lincoln's client, to give bond of
$300.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-19'>Thursday, November 19, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
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<name type='case'>People v. Vigal</name>, indictment for assault, is
continued with defendant, Lincoln's client, giving bail for $200. In<name type='case'>Thompson and wife v. Broadwell et al.</name> plaintiffs are awarded
judgment by default. Robbins is attorney for plaintiffs and Logan, Lincoln &
Herndon for defendants.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-20'>Friday, November 20, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> By agreement in <name type='case'>Campbell v.
Trumbull</name>, assumpsit suit, plaintiff is awarded $200, and appeal to Supreme Court.
Logan appears for plaintiff and Lincoln, Herndon, and Peck for defendant. In <name type='case'>Lamb v. Hickox</name>, court orders bill dismissed and
complainant to pay costs. Lincoln & Herndon appear for defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1846-11-23'>Monday, November 23, 1846.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> In Sangamon Circuit Court, in chancery case of <name type='case'>Cooper v. Crosby and Robbins</name>, court denies motion to set aside
sale, to which complainant's attorneys, Lincoln & Herndon, except. They also
take exception to court's approval of report of sale by master in chancery. Lincoln
& Herndon have nine cases continued.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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