<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-01'>Friday, October 1, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In <name type='case' key='L01632'>Brown et al. v. Sanford &amp; Booth</name>, decided September 27, 1852, court orders that plaintiffs recover debts of $26 and $135 owed to defendant Booth.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Lincoln subscribes to projected Illinois State University one 
scholarship ($300). He later pays $18 interest per year rather than 
pay pledge.
<bibl default='NO'>IHi&#8212;<title>Journal</title>, XXXI, 58-59.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-02'>Saturday, October 2, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Jurors are sworn in <name type='case' key='L01664'>Hawks, Osborn &amp; Co. v. Major</name>, remanded from Supreme Court January 27, 1851 and continued April 23, 1852. Gridley, attorney for defense, presents affidavit for continuance, which is granted. Lincoln and Holmes appear for 
plaintiff.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-04'>Monday, October 4, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount Pulaski, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Logan Circuit Court begins session. [On October 27, 1852, Lincoln 
writes to L. M. Hays regarding case in this court, which shows he 
attended.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A201' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Lewis M. Hays</xref>, 27 October 1852, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:160.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1852-10-06'>Wednesday, October 6, 1852.</date> 
            <place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount
  Pulaski, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> [In Nov. Lincoln, in reply to inquiry from
  A. L. Brewer, states that last spring he entered suit in <name type='case'>Kelley v. estate of Blackledge</name> in Logan Circuit Court. When
  Oct. term arrived, "behold, the Sheriff had not served the process. I ordered
  an alias for the next April term. It was all I could do." <bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A203' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Endorsement:
  Anson L. Brewer to Lincoln</xref>, [c. 17 November 1852],
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:161.</bibl>] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-07'>Thursday, October 7, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.1500, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Clinton, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
DeWitt Circuit Court convenes. On motion of Gridley and Lincoln, attorneys for complainant, leaveis given to open depositions in chancery case of <name type='case' key='L00655'>Harrold v. Montgomery et al</name>. (See May 21, 1853.)
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-08'>Friday, October 8, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.1500, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Clinton, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln enters appearance of defendants in <name type='case' key='L00505'>Hickox v. Waller et ux.</name> and consents to foreclosure decree. In <name type='case' key='L00645'>Shields v. Sampson</name>, court finds for plaintiff, Lincoln's client, in sum of $80.53. Lincoln defends Moses Loe on charge of murder. On his motion and affidavit, case is continued. Loe is to be kept in Sangamon County jail until trial. Lincoln writes affidavit of accused, and of E. D. Meacham, prosecution witness, and writes continuance in court record. <name type='case' key='L00527'>Campbell v. Warner</name>, ejectment, Lincoln and Moore for defense, is also continued, by consent, at plaintiff's cost. (See May 19, 1853.)
<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-11'>Monday, October 11, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.0167, -88.5667' teiForm='name'>Monticello, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Change of venue to Menard County is granted <name type='case' key='L00379'>Thorpe v. Thorpe</name>. Entry in record is in Lincoln's handwriting. He and Emerson are attorneys for complainant. On Lincoln's motion the court continues three cases of <name type='case' key='L01712'/>
            <name type='case' key='L01713'/>
            <name type='case' key='L01714'>People v. Hollingsworth</name> for selling liquor and one case of <name type='case' key='L01715'>People v. Hollingsworth</name> for assault with a deadly weapon. Record in assault case is also in his handwriting.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln writes and files defendant's affidavit in <name type='case' key='L01704'>Ford v. Thorpe</name>, involving alleged castration of bull, "change of condition," as Lincoln puts it, "by which he ceased to be a bull."
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-12'>Tuesday, October 12, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.0167, -88.5667' teiForm='name'>Monticello, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes second affidavit for Moses Thorpe, plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L01717'> Rice v. Thorpe</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='1852-10-13'>Wednesday, October 13, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Williams and Lincoln lose assumpsit suit, <name type='case' key='L01285'>Barnett v. Bishop</name>, when jury finds for defendant. Their motion for new trial is rejected. <name type='case' key='L01395'>Matheny v. McKee</name>, appeal, is dismissed by agreement between Somers for plaintiff and Lincoln for defendant. <name type='case' key='L01482'>Ligget v. Frazier</name>, trespass, change of venue from Vermilion, Lincoln for defense, is tried by jury, which fails to agree and case is continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-14'>Thursday, October 14, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
["From a correspondent at Pekin, who has traveled over every county 
of the 4th District," reports Journal, "we have received a letter 
which states that Knox's prospects are highly flattering, and adds, 
'The hope is entertained in this section, that Illinois may be 
carried for Scott. Bebb has performed wonders.&#8212;Linder, Lincoln 
and Knox, have done good service. The question, however, is asked, 
<uLine>'What of the South?'</uLine>"]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1852-10-15'>Friday, October 15, 1852.</date> 
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Somers and Murphy sign and file plaintiff's
  replication in <name type='case' key='L01305'>Burt v. Jennings</name>.
  Replication is in handwriting of Lincoln, attorney for defendant. Defendant is
  accused of attacking plaintiff with knife, cutting him and impairing his sight.
  Jury awards plaintiff five cents damages. Lincoln also writes and files
  defendant's answer in <name type='case'>Burt v. Owings</name>. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-16'>Saturday, October 16, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes and files cross bill for defendants in <name type='case' key='L01327'>Rhoades, conservator of Moss v. Corray</name>, and writes court order.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-18'>Monday, October 18, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Vermilion Circuit Court begins. In <name type='case' key='L01981'>People v. Bailey</name>, indictment for selling whiskey, continued from last term, leave is given to open depositions. Lincoln, Lamon and Davis are conducting defense.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-19'>Tuesday, October 19, 1852.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln and Peters win appeal, <name type='case' key='L02035'>Simpson v. McCormack</name>, when court finds for plaintiff in amount of $45. Lamon is attorney for defense. <name type='case' key='L01898'>Frazier v. Davis</name>, assumpsit, is dismissed by agreement at defendant's costs. Attorneys are Murphy for plaintiff, Lincoln and Peters for defendant. Four other cases are continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln writes, and Judge Davis signs, court decree in <name type='case' key='L01883'>Courtney v. Crable</name>. In <name type='case' key='L02059'>Williams v. Piper et al.</name>, Lincoln writes and files separate answer of John Piper, defendant.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-27'>Wednesday, October 27, 1852.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes to L. M. Hays: "At our [Logan] court, just past; I 
could have got a judgment against Turley, if I had pressed to the 
utmost; but I am really sorry for him&#8212;<uLine>poor</uLine> and a 
<uLine>cripple</uLine> as he is. He begged time to try to find 
evidence to prove that the deceased on his death bed, ordered the 
note to be given up to him or destroyed. I do not suppose he will get 
any such evidence, but I allowed him till next court to try."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A201' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Lewis M. Hays</xref>, 27 October 1852, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:160.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln pays $94 cash on his bill at Obed Lewis' carriage shop.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Obed Lewis Account Books</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-28'>Thursday, October 28, 1852.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Logan, Lincoln, and Williams file complainant's amended bill in <name type='case' key='L02286'>Bank of Missouri v. Ryan et al.</name> in U.S. Circuit Court, alleging that bank loaned Shawneetown officials money in 1837 to improve river bank, secured by mortgages on lots. Principal and interest of $38,311.29 is allegedly owed bank, and complainant asks lot owners to pay. This hopeless case has long been in courts, without Lincoln's assistance.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
At state house Judge Robbins and Lincoln reply to speech made by 
Douglas in afternoon. Democrats try "to disturb the meeting by 
hallooing at the door and firing crackers in the hall." But Robbins 
"did his part up effectually. Lincoln put in a few good licks. The 
meeting adjourned till the next night, with three cheers for Scott, . 
. . Graham, and . . . Dick Yates!"
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Illinois Journal</title>, 30 October 1852.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1852-10-29'>Friday, October 29, 1852.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Leonard Swett, Whig presidential elector, speaks at
  courthouse. "He was fully posted up on the topics of the day, and secured the
  attention of the densely crowded room for more than three hours." <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Illinois Journal</title>, 1 November 1852.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Lincoln is
  probably present. </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1852-10-30'>Saturday, October 30, 1852.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln replies more fully to Douglas' speech. "We might go on in a 
further examination of the speech of Judge Douglas," says Illinois 
Journal in announcing meeting. "But that matter is in abler hands. . 
. . A full post mortem examination will take place to-night, at the 
Court House, under the hands of that skillful operator, ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN."
</p>
      </div2>