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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-03'>Monday, May 3, 1847.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Menard County was dropped from Eighth Circuit at last session of
            legislature but Lincoln attends court, evidently to finish his pending cases. <name type='case'>Center v. Hall</name> is dismissed by agreement between
            Lincoln for plaintiff and Logan for defendant. In <name type='case'>People v. Miller</name>, indictment for larcency, jury returns verdict of not guilty
            for Lincoln's client. Lincoln &amp; Herndon file demurrer in third case.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-04'>Tuesday, May 4, 1847.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case'>People v. Lane et al.</name> jury finds
            defendants guilty of larceny. They are later sentenced to three months and fined $30
            each. Case is brought to Menard County on change of venue from Sangamon. Lincoln appears
            for defendants. Instructions to jury are in his handwriting. Stuart, attorney for
            plaintiff, dismisses <name type='case'>Shipley v. Thomas</name>. Lincoln
            and Logan represent defendant.<bibl default='NO'>Record;
            Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-05'>Wednesday, May 5, 1847.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln loses <name type='case'>Philbrick v.
            Philbrick</name> when complainant is awarded divorce. He writes and files plea and joins
            in plaintiff's demurrer in <name type='case'>Hill v. Master and
               Goodpasture</name>. Court awards plaintiff judgment for debt of $257. Lincoln
            &amp; Herndon file plea and affidavit for continuance in<name type='case'>Page v. Boyd and Boyd</name>.<bibl default='NO'>Record;
               Files.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-06'>Thursday, May 6, 1847.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Champaign Circuit Court began its session yesterday at Urbana.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-10'>Monday, May 10, 1847.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.8333' teiForm='name'>Petersburg, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Vermilion Circuit Court begins its session at Danville.]</p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-12'>Wednesday, May 12, 1847.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln and Murphy appear for plaintiff in <name type='case'>Fithian v. Cunningham</name>. Defendant defaults and their client is awarded
            judgment of $5,123 for debt and $3,474.76 damages.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-14'>Friday, May 14, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.4833, -88.1667' teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> On his way to Paris, Lincoln stops in Charleston to represent defendant in
               <name type='case'>Strader v. Harris</name>, replevin suit. Court takes
            case under advisement. Court later decrees that horse and cow belong to plaintiff and
            defendant respectively.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik
               Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> In <name type='case'>Leverick v. Eccles</name>, Lincoln
            writes defendant's affidavit, joinder in answer to plea, and annotates plea.<bibl default='NO'>Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
               Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline> 
            <date value='1847-05-16'>Sunday,
  May 16, 1847.</date> Middle Lick Creek, <place key='39.7667, -89.6500' teiForm='name'>Sangamon County,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Sometime during this month Lincoln and
  J. B. Weber address local temperance society. As regular time of meeting was
  third Sunday of month, it is probably on this date. Attendance is fair. Most of
  those present have already signed pledge, but three new converts are enrolled. 
  <bibl default='NO'>IHi&#8212;Minutes of Sangamon County
  Temperance Union.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-17'>Monday, May 17, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.2333, -88.1500' teiForm='name'>Greenup, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> In Cumberland County Court, Lincoln appears for defense in <name type='case'>People v. Sigler H. Lester</name>, manslaughter, change of
            venue from Coles County.<bibl default='NO'>ISLA&#8212;File.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-19'>Wednesday, May 19, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.2333, -88.1500' teiForm='name'>Greenup, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln's client Lester is found guilty, and he draws up petition for
               pardon.<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%3A414' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Petition for Pardon of Sigler
                  H. Lester</xref>, 19 May 1847, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:394.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-20'>Thursday, May 20, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln buys for $200 two shares of Alton &amp; Sangamon Railroad Co.
               stock.<bibl default='NO'>IHi&#8212;Original.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-22'>Saturday, May 22, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Meeting of citizens considers railroad from Springfield to Alton.
            Committee is appointed to prepare address showing advantages of project. Delegates are
            selected to attend River and Harbor Convention at Chicago July 5, 1847-July 7, 1847.
            Lincoln is not appointed delegate at this meeting, which indicates his probable absence.
            Later, having bought stock, he is added to delegate list and goes to Chicago.]</p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-24'>Monday, May 24, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [Shelby Circuit Court convenes at Shelbyville for spring term.]</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-26'>Wednesday, May 26, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln learns from sheriff of Warren County that William Trailor left no
            property to be sold at auction to pay legal fee granted Logan &amp; Lincoln November
            19, 1845.<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1847-05-31'>Monday, May 31, 1847.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> [At Sullivan, spring term of Moultrie Circuit Court begins.]</p>
      </div2>