<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-02'>Monday, March 2, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Sangamon County Whig convention meets. Nominations for county officers are
            made. Walter Davis, Z. A. Enos, J. M. Smith, J. A. Pickrell, E. Lewis, A. J. Vandegrift,
            B. F. Dickinson, and William Carson are appointed delegates to congressional convention
            and instructed to vote for Lincoln.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 5 March 1846.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-03'>Tuesday, March 3, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes to Samuel D. Marshall of Shawneetown, sending him plea in
               <name type='case'>Dorman et ux. v. Lane</name> by which he can compel
            Lane to pay costs to get record for proving replication.<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%3A395' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Samuel D.
                  Marshall</xref>, 3 March 1846, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:370-71.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-05'>Thursday, March 5, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes bill of divorce in <name type='case'>Wilson
               v. Wilson</name>, for Lincoln &amp; Herndon.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1846-03-07'>Saturday,
  March 7, 1846.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln votes for William M. Farnsworth, Whig candidate for
  justice of peace. James W. Keyes receives 262 votes to 162 for Farnsworth.
  Polling place is court room in new Sangamon County Court House, southeast
  corner of Sixth and Washington Streets.<bibl default='NO'>Election Returns.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-10'>Tuesday, March 10, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Edward Baker Lincoln, second child, is born to Abraham and <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mary Lincoln</person>.<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%3A318' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Family Record in Abraham
                  Lincoln's Bible</xref>, 4 November 1842 - 4 April 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:304.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-16'>Monday, March 16, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln has 12 cases called on first day of 12-day term of Sangamon Circuit
            Court. He confesses judgment for defendant in <name type='case'>Atwood et
               al. v. Crosby</name>. <name type='case'>People v. Tunison et
            al.</name>, rape case in which Lincoln &amp; Herndon represent defendants, is nolle
            prossed. Seven cases are continued, two dismissed, and one set for hearing later.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-17'>Tuesday, March 17, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Three appeal cases are dismissed, <name type='case'>Wood v.
               Jones</name>, <name type='case'>Brown v. Crafton</name>, and <name type='case'>Talbott v. Washburn</name>. Lincoln appears alone for
            appellant in first, with Herndon for appellee in second, and for appellant in
               third.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-18'>Wednesday, March 18, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case'>Yocum v. Newsom</name>, slander, is tried before jury
            by Logan, Lincoln &amp; Herndon for plaintiff and Baker for defendant. Jury finds
            defendant not guilty. In afternoon, court orders judgment entered in morning vacated and
            grants new trial in<name type='case'>Tabor v. Higginbotham</name>,
            ejectment suit. Lincoln and Merriman appear for defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-19'>Thursday, March 19, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On Lincoln's motion, <name type='case'>Preston v.
            Brassfield</name> is dismissed. He appears for plaintiff in <name type='case'>Miles v. Lawrence</name> and obtains leave to file replication to
            defendant's plea. This is assumpsit suit brought from Menard County on change of
               venue.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes answer of Josiah F. Fletcher in <name type='case'>Garvey v. Fortune and Garvey</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-20'>Friday, March 20, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln withdraws defendant's answer in <name type='case'>Kyle v. Kyle</name> and divorce is granted to Sarah Kyle, complainant. She is given
            custody of two children and $100. Lincoln writes court decree. Lincoln and Herndon file
            defendant's demurrer in <name type='case'>Lamb v. Hickox and
               Hickox</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik Collection,
               Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-21'>Saturday, March 21, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case'>Andrew J. Wilson v. Susan
            Wilson</name>, testimony is heard on petition and divorce granted. Lincoln &amp;
            Herndon appear for complainant.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-23'>Monday, March 23, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln &amp; Herndon file defendant's demurrer in <name type='case'>Newton, administrator v. Grubb and Ford</name>. On their motion, leave
            is given defendant in <name type='case'>Betts v. Frazier</name> to take
            deposition of N. B. Spotswood. Two cases are continued.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln, for plaintiff, writes answer in <name type='case'>Betts v. Frazier</name>, signing "Logan, Lincoln, &amp; Herndon." He writes
            report of Johnson Whaley, guardian, in <name type='case'>Whaley v. heirs
               of McElyea</name>, petition to sell real estate, which Whaley signs.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington,
               DC; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1846-03-24'>Tuesday,
  March 24, 1846.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> 
            <name type='case'>Wood v.
  Dormady</name>, assumpsit, is tried before jury. Jury awards $1,000 to
  plaintiff, client of Logan, Lincoln &amp; Herndon. Decree of foreclosure is
  granted in <name type='case'>Cooper v. Crosby and
  Robbins</name>. Lincoln &amp; Herndon appear for complainant. He writes decree
  of court.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes and swears affidavit of William M. Brown in 
  <name type='case'>Brown et al. v. Humphreys et al.</name> 
            <bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
  Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-25'>Wednesday, March 25, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case'>Brown et al. v. Harlan et al.</name> is submitted to
            court. In <name type='case'>Wood v. Dormady</name>, plaintiff files
            affidavit, and on his motion, court orders that execution issue forthwith. Lincoln
            appears for plaintiff with Jordan and Herndon in first case and Logan and Herndon in
               second.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-26'>Thursday, March 26, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln appears for his partner in petition of Herndon as administrator of
            James Bell, to sell real estate. Logan and Lincoln as attorneys for defendant consent to
            judgment of $100 against their client in City of <name type='case'>Springfield v. A. G. Herndon</name>. Court orders injunction dissolved and
            complainants' bill dismissed 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='1846-03-27'>Friday, March 27, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln files defendants' demurrer in <name type='case'>Lamb
               v. Hickox and Hickox</name>. Complainants file replications in <name type='case'>Benz v. Elliott</name> and <name type='case'>Betts v.
               Frazier</name>. Lincoln represents defendant alone in first case and with Logan and
            Herndon in latter.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln writes and swears affidavit of Nathaniel Hay in <name type='case'>Hay v. Bryan and Bryan</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-28'>Saturday, March 28, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Defendants' demurrer, filed by Lincoln March 23, 1846 in <name type='case'>Newton v. Grubb and Ford</name>, is sustained. Plaintiff is barred
            from acting against defendants. Eleven chancery cases of Lincoln and Herndon are
            continued and 18 stricken from docket.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-30'>Monday, March 30, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Leave is given complainants to withdraw bond filed in <name type='case'>Brown et al. v. Harlan et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> In <name type='case'>Lamb v. Hickox et al.</name>, Lincoln
            writes and signs separate answer of Addison Hickox.<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1846-03-31'>Tuesday, March 31, 1846.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Lincoln makes trip to Jacksonville between close of Sangamon court March
            30, 1846, and opening of Tazewell court April 9, 1846.<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%3A399' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to James
                  Berdan</xref>, 26 April 1846, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:380.</bibl>]</p>
      </div2>