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<date value='1852-04-05'>Monday,
April 5, 1852.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>In preparation for the upcoming term of the Tazewell County
Circuit Court, Lincoln writes and mails a notice of motion to Alexander
McNaghton and William Cromwell, the plaintiffs in the Tazewell County Circuit
Court case of <name type='case' key='L01225'>Cromwell & McNaghton v. Baker
and Tazewell County, Illinois</name>. Lincoln represents defendant Edward D.
Baker in the case regarding a mortgage foreclosure. <bibl default='NO'>Notice of Motion
(copy), 5 April 1852, <ital>Cromwell & McNaghton v. Baker and Tazewell
County, Illinois</ital>, copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-06'>Tuesday, April 6, 1852.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln buys "1¾ yds. Paper Cambric @ .15" at John Williams' store.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 145.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-07'>Wednesday, April 7, 1852.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place> and <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to <place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>[A Springfield paper prints Lincoln's name, along with the names of approximately 200 other
Whigs, called to attend a meeting "at the court house...this evening at 7 o'clock to nominate
candidates for the coming city election." The attendees nominate a Whig slate of candidates, and
they also adopt a resolution asking Ninian W. Edwards "to resign his seat as the representative
of the county of Sangamon in the State Legislature." Edwards's fellow Sangamon County Whig
members pass the resolution because they feel that Edwards has "abandoned the party who elevated
him to office and the principles he professed when canvassing for the seat." Even though
Lincoln's name appears in the newspaper notice as one of the local Whigs requested to attend the
meeting, it is unclear whether or not he is at the meeting. He is likely on his way to Pekin,
Illinois, to participate in the spring term of court taking place there. <bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois
Daily Journal</title> (Springfield), 7 April 1852, 2:1; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A191' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Call for a Whig Meeting</xref>, 7 April 1852, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>,
2:120; <title>Illinois Daily Journal</title> (Springfield), 9 April 1852, 2:1.</bibl>
</p>
<p> The spring term of the Tazewell County Circuit Court begins in Pekin. <bibl default='NO'>Judge's Docket
Entries, April 1852 term, Judge's Docket, Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell County
Courthouse, Pekin, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-08'>Thursday, April 8, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>Lincoln arrives in Pekin on the second day of the Tazewell County Circuit Court in time to
participate in several cases in which he represents Gideon Hawley. In a criminal case for
obstructing a road, <name type='case' key='L01119'>People v. Hawley</name>, Lincoln defends
Hawley. The jury cannot agree on a verdict, and Judge Davis discharges the jury and sets the
case aside for a rehearing. In <name type='case' key='L04970'>Gibson et al. v. Hawley</name>,
the court rules in favor of Hawley by arresting an earlier judgment against him. The plaintiffs
in <name type='case' key='L04972'>Cullom et al. v. Hawley</name> and in <name type='case' key='L04971'>Gibson et al. v. Hawley</name> dismiss their cases against Hawley. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 8
April 1852, <ital>People v. Hawley</ital>, General Record F, 352; Judgment, 8 April 1852,
<ital>Gibson et al. v. Hawley</ital>, General Record F, 353; Judgment, 8 April
1852,<ital>Cullom et al. v. Hawley</ital>, General Record F, 353; Judgment, 8 April
1852,<ital>Gibson et al. v. Hawley</ital>, General Record F, 355, all in Tazewell County
Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-09'>Friday, April 9, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the Tazewell County Circuit Court, Judge David Davis hears the testimony and the evidence
in the case of <name type='case' key='L01132'>Tremont Female Seminary Trustees v.
Hamilton</name>. He reverses a lower court decision and rules in favor of Lincoln's and
Alexander H. Saltonstall's client Lorenzo D. Hamilton. Lincoln takes the affidavit of defendant
Remington K. Webster and files a plea for him in the case of <name type='case' key='L01076'>Gill
& Rupert v. Webster</name>. Lincoln and Halsey O. Merriman represent defendant William
B. Doolittle in the appeal case, <name type='case' key='L01264'>Doolittle v. Doolittle</name>.
Doolittle is the administrator of his brother Irwin Doolittle's estate, and Irwin's widow Anne
Maria Doolittle is suing William Doolittle to stop the sale of property to pay Irwin Doolittle's
debts. Lincoln and Merriman make a motion to dismiss the appeal. The court takes the motion into
consideration and continues the case. Lincoln serves as a juror to hear the petition of Mary
Fitting in <name>Ex Parte Mary Fitting</name>. Mary Fitting's attorney presents evidence
regarding the mental state of Fitting's husband John Fitting. The jury determines that John
Fitting is a "distracted" person, and Judge Davis appoints Alexander Robinson as a conservator
to oversee John Fitting's estate. Lincoln files a notice to the plaintiffs that he intends to
ask the court "to enter satisfaction of said Decree" in the case of <name type='case' key='L01225'>Cromwell and McNaghton v. Baker and Tazewell County, Illinois</name>. Logan
& Lincoln represent Edward D. Baker in a dispute over money the plaintiffs claim that
Baker owes to the estate of Nathan Cromwell.<bibl default='NO'>Order, 9 April 1852, <ital>Tremont Female
Seminary Trustees v. Hamilton</ital>, General Record F, 371-72, Tazewell County Circuit Court,
Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin IL; Affidavit, 9 April 1852, <ital>Gill & Rupert v.
Webster</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Plea, 9 April
1852, <ital>Gill & Rupert v. Webster</ital>, New York Public Library, New York, NY;
Motion to Dismiss, 9 April 1852, <ital>Doolittle v. Doolittle</ital>, case file, box 78;
Decree, 9 April 1852, <ital>Doolittle v. Doolittle</ital>, General Record F, 361; Judgment, 9
April 1852, <ital>Ex Parte Mary Fitting</ital>, General Record F, 374, all in Tazewell County
Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL; Notice of Motion (copy), filed 9 April
1852, <ital>Cromwell and McNaghton v. Baker and Tazewell County, Illinois</ital>, copy files,
Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield, IL .</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-10'>Saturday, April 10, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the Tazewell County Circuit Court, Lincoln and William B. Parker represent attorney Edward
Jones, who seeks $5,000 in damages from Dr. Joseph S. Maus in the case of <name type='case' key='L01065'>Jones v. Maus</name>. Jones claims that Maus caused injury to Jones's eyesight
during a fight the two men had after Jones questioned Maus's medical training. The parties file
an agreement which stipulates that Maus will pay all of the court costs. The court hears
arguments in the case of <name type='case' key='L01076'>Gill and Rupert v. Webster</name>, in
which Lincoln represents defendant Remington K. Webster, and James Haines represents plaintiffs
Thomas Gill and Columbus J. D. Rupert. Lincoln and Haines sign an agreement for Webster to pay
the money he owes to the plaintiffs. As part of the agreement, the attorneys also sign an award
to credit Webster $4 for twenty gallons of peach liquor that Gill and Rupert had in their
possession. Judge David Davis enters the judgment against Webster for the agreed amount of
$437.55 and court costs. Lincoln files a bond for costs in the case of <name type='case' key='L01252'>Harris Lime Rock Company v. Harris</name>. Lincoln represents the Harris Lime Rock
Company, which is suing Samuel B. Harris for the money it claims Harris illegally took from the
company. <bibl default='NO'>Affidavit of Edward Jones, 24 July 1851, <ital>Jones v. Maus</ital>, case file,
box 32; Judgment, 10 April 1852, <ital>Jones v. Maus</ital>, General Record F, 379, both in
Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL; Agreement, filed 10 April
1852, <ital>Gill and Rupert v. Webster</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC; Plea, 9 April 1852, <ital>Gill and Rupert v. Webster</ital>, New York Public
Library, New York, NY; Judgment, 10 April 1852, <ital>Gill and Rupert v. Webster</ital>,
General Record F, 379-80, Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL;
Bond for Costs, <ital>Harris Lime Rock Company v. Harris</ital>, Tazewell County Circuit Court,
Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-12'>Monday, April 12, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the Tazewell County Circuit Court, Lincoln and Clifton H. Moore, attorneys for the
defendants in <name type='case' key='L01191'>Wisner v. T. E. Sawyer & Company</name>,
ask for a continuance, and the court continues the case until the next term. Lincoln enters a
motion for plaintiff Stacy B. Opdycke in the case of <name type='case' key='L01157'>Opdycke v.
Opdycke & Opdycke</name>. Stacy B. Opdycke requests more time to sell the land that his
children, Thomas G. Opdycke and Charlotte P. Opdycke, inherited upon their mother's death. The
court had previously approved Stacy B. Opdycke's request to sell some of the land and had
ordered him to reinvest the profits for the children's benefit. Lincoln writes and files the
affidavit of defendant James West in preparation for West's arraignment in the forgery case,
<name type='case' key='L01141'>People v. West</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 12 April 1852, <ital>Wisner
v. T. E. Sawyer & Company</ital>, General Record F, 384, Tazewell County Circuit
Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL; Decree, 12 April 1852, <ital>Opdycke v. Opdycke
and Opdycke</ital>, Tazewell County Circuit Court, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL;
Decree, 24 September 1851, <ital>Opdycke v. Opdycke and Opdycke</ital>, General Record F, 321,
Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL; Affidavit of James West,
filed 12 April 1852, <ital>People v. West</ital>, Tazewell County Circuit Court, Illinois State
Archives, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<p> [<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mary Lincoln</person> buys a piece of "carpet binding" for
40¢ from John Williams & Company in Springfield. <bibl default='NO'>Harry E. Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>The Personal Finances of Abraham Lincoln</title> (Springfield, IL:
Abraham Lincoln Association, 1943), 145.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-13'> Tuesday, April 13, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the Tazewell County Circuit Court, Lincoln makes a motion to quash the indictment of
defendant James West in the criminal case of <name type='case' key='L01141'>People v.
West</name>. West had been indicted by the state's attorney for allegedly passing a $20 "forged
bank note." The court apparently denies the motion, and West pleads not guilty to the charge.
Later in the day, the court approves Lincoln's request for a continuance and requires West to
file a recognizance bond for $300. In the appeal case of <name type='case' key='L01082'>Hall v.
Tyler</name>, Lincoln represents plaintiff Ira B. Hall. The justice of the peace court had
earlier ruled in Hall's favor in his suit to recover $17.66 from Benoni Tyler. Lincoln argues
before the court and presents evidence from four witnesses. Judge David Davis rules in favor of
Hall, approves the lower court's award, and orders Tyler to pay all the court costs.
<bibl default='NO'>Order, 13 April 1852, <ital>People v. West</ital>, General Record F, 393, Tazewell County
Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL; Order, 10 April 1852, <ital>People v.
West</ital>, Tazewell County Circuit Court, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Order,
13 April 1852, <ital>People v. West</ital>, General Record F, 395-96; Justice of the Peace
Transcript, 13 February 1852, <ital>Hall v. Tyler</ital>, case file, box 27; Judgment, 13 April
1852 <ital>Hall v. Tyler</ital>, General Record F, 397; Fee Book Entry, 24 September 1852,
<ital>Hall v. Tyler</ital>, Fee Book, 617, all in Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell
County Courthouse, Pekin, IL.</bibl>
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<p> [In Springfield, <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mary Lincoln</person> joins the First Presbyterian
Church. <bibl default='NO'>Church Meeting Minutes Entry, 13 April 1852, <title>Session Minutes,
1828-1862</title>, 89, First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-14'>Wednesday, April 14, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> In the Tazewell County Circuit Court, Lincoln defends John Bennett in the case of <name type='case' key='L01163'>Rorebeck v. Bennett</name>, a land dispute between Bennett and his
son-in-law John Rorebeck. Judge David Davis dismisses the case, and the court orders Rorebeck to
pay the court costs. Lincoln represents plaintiff James Shoaff in the case of <name type='case' key='L01174'>Shoaff v. Thompson</name>. Judge Davis dissolves an injunction in the case after
the litigants reach an agreement. Lincoln and local attorney Benjamin S. Prettyman represent
John A. Crain in the case of <name type='case' key='L01218'>Crain v. Mattox et al.</name> The
longstanding suit concerns the title claims to a steam distillery, a gristmill, and the
twelve-acre lot on which they are located in Pekin. Judge Davis hears the arguments of the
attorneys and considers the evidence. The court rules in favor of Crain, and orders the
administrator of the Mattox estate, Middleton Tackaberry, to pay Crain $250 for the "value of
the property taken from the premises." The court also orders Tackaberry to pay Crain $135 in
interest. Lincoln writes the court decree, and Judge Davis approves it. The court continues two
cases in which Lincoln represents the plaintiffs: <name type='case' key='L01181'>Atchison for
use of Allen v. Pekin, Illinois</name>, and <name type='case' key='L01259'>Hamilton v. Pekin,
Illinois</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Bill of Complaint, filed 5 September 1851, <ital>Rorebeck v.
Bennett</ital>, box 96; Judgment, 14 April 1852, <ital>Rorebeck v. Bennett</ital>, General
Record F, 398; Judgment, 14 April 1852, <ital>Shoaff v. Thompson</ital>, General Record F, 424,
all in Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, IL; Attorney's Notes
(copy), 14 April 1852, <ital>Crain v. Mattox et al.</ital>, copy files; Judgment (copy), filed
14 April 1852, <ital>Crain v. Mattox et al.</ital>, copy files, both in Henry Horner Lincoln
Collection, IHi, Springfield, IL; Order, 14 April 1852, <ital>Atchison for use of Allen v.
Pekin, Illinois</ital>, General Record F, 403; Order, 14 April 1852, <ital>Hamilton v. Pekin,
Illinois</ital>, General Record F, 403, both in Tazewell County Circuit Court, Tazewell County
Courthouse, Pekin, IL .</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-15'>Thursday, April 15, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.7833, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Metamora, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the Woodford County Circuit Court, State's Attorney David B. Campbell enters a motion of
<ital>nolle prosequi</ital> in the case of <name type='case' key='L01805'>People v. Snyder et
al.</name> Campbell's motion ends the state's prosecution of Lincoln's clients Isaac Snyder,
John Johnson, Aaron Burt, and Dempsey Hawkins, who were indicted for "gaming." In the chancery
case of <name type='case' key='L01758'>Dressler v. Dressler et al.</name>, Lincoln files an
answer for the minor heirs of Abraham Dressler: Levi Dressler, Jane Dressler, and Hannah
Dressler. Lincoln is the guardian <ital>ad litem</ital> for the children in the land partition
case. In the case of <name type='case' key='L01818'>Rogers v. Rogers et al.</name>, another
chancery case involving the partition of land, Lincoln files a guardian <ital>ad litem</ital>'s
answer for minor heirs Susan F. Morton, John W. Morton, Tabitha Ann Morton, Elizabeth Morton,
Jeremiah R. Morton, and John A. Halderman. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 15 April 1852, <ital>People v. Snyder et
al.</ital>, Common Law Record A, 230; Decree, 15 April 1852, <ital>Dressler v. Dressler et
al.</ital>, Chancery Record A, 109-10, both in Woodford County Circuit Court, Woodford County
Courthouse, Eureka, IL; Guardian Ad Litem's Answer (copy), 15 April 1852, <ital>Dressler v.
Dressler et al.</ital>, copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL; Decree, 15 April 1852, <ital>Rogers
v. Rogers et al.</ital>, Chancery Record A, 114-16, Woodford County Circuit Court, Woodford
County Courthouse, Eureka, IL; Guardian Ad Litem's Answer (copy), filed 15 April 1852,
<ital>Rogers v. Rogers et al.</ital>, copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-16'>Friday, April 16, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.7833, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Metamora, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the Woodford County Circuit Court, Lincoln and Asahel Gridley defend Joseph K. Johnson in
the case of <name type='case' key='L01802'>People v. Johnson</name>. Johnson, accused of
committing perjury, pleads not guilty to the charge, and a jury hears the case against him.
Lincoln questions one defense witness, makes his closing arguments, and proposes a set of
instructions for the judge to give to the jury. The jury finds Johnson not guilty. Lincoln and
Asahel Gridley represent Jesse Dale in the case of <name type='case' key='L01808'>People for the
use of Woodford County, Illinois v. Dale</name>. The county alleges that Dale had withheld some
money he had collected while serving as county treasurer. Lincoln and Gridley submit several
pleas on behalf of Dale. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 16 April 1852, <ital>People v. Johnson</ital>, Common
Law Record A, 236, Woodford County Circuit Court, Woodford County Courthouse, Eureka, IL; Jury
Instructions, 16 April 1852, <ital>People v. Johnson</ital>, Private Collection; Pleas (copy),
16 April 1852, <ital>People for the use of Woodford County, Illinois v. Dale</ital>, copy
files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
</p>
<p> [Under act of Congress of 1850 warrant for 40 acres of land is issued to Lincoln for services
in Black Hawk War. <bibl default='NO'>Paul M. Angle, <title>Lincoln 1854-1861: Being the Day-By-Day
Activities of Abraham Lincoln</title> (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1933),
313.</bibl>] </p>
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<date value='1852-04-17'>Saturday, April 17, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.7833, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Metamora, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the Woodford County Circuit Court, a jury decides against Abner A. Wolf in the case of
<name type='case' key='L01813'>Ramsey and Welsh v. Wolf</name>. Lincoln takes the affidavit of
Samuel L. Fleming, Wolf's attorney. Later in the day, Fleming asks the court to set aside the
verdict, and he files the affidavit in which he argues for a new trial. Judge David Davis
continues the case until the fall term. In the case of <name type='case' key='L01828'>Taylor v.
Sands et al.</name>, involving an incomplete land sale, Lincoln and Asahel Gridley represent
plaintiff Sylvenus Taylor. Lincoln writes a replication to the defendants' answers, and the
parties agree to continue the case until the next term. <bibl default='NO'>Affidavit, 17 April 1852,
<ital>Ramsey and Welsh v. Wolf</ital>, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield, IL;
Order, 17 April 1852, <ital>Ramsey and Welsh v. Wolf</ital>, Common Law Record A, 241, Woodford
County Circuit Court, Woodford County Courthouse, Eureka, IL; Replication (copy), 17 April
1852, <ital>Taylor v. Sands et al.</ital>, copy files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi,
Springfield, IL; Decree, c. April 1852, <ital>Taylor v. Sands et al.</ital>, Chancery Record A,
117, Woodford County Circuit Court, Woodford County Courthouse, Eureka, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-19'>Monday, April 19, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>The McLean County Circuit Court begins its Spring session and a Bloomington newspaper reports
that Lincoln and John T. Stuart are "in attendance." <bibl default='NO'>
<title>The Bloomington
Intelligencer</title> (IL), 28 April 1852, 2:1.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-20'>Tuesday, April 20, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the McLean County Circuit Court, Lincoln defends Samuel Beaver in a suit of trespass on the
case in <name type='case' key='L01658'>Lash v. Beaver</name>. Plaintiff Isaac Lash is suing
Beaver for $300 in damages. Both sides present their arguments to the jury. The jury finds in
favor of Lash but awards him only $2.20 in damages. The court also orders Beaver to pay the
court costs. Lincoln files pleas for his clients Benjamin Martin and Wilder Gurnsey in the case
of <name type='case' key='L01645'>Flagg & Ewing v. Martin and Gurnsey</name>. William F.
Flagg and John W. Ewing of the firm of Flagg & Ewing are suing Martin and Gurnsey for
$300 in damages for a debt involving the purchase of a reaper. In the ejectment suit of <name type='case' key='L01642'>Fell v. McIntire</name>, Lincoln represents plaintiff Kersey H. Fell.
The parties agree to continue the case until the next term, and the court allows the
continuance. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 20 April 1852, <ital>Lash v. Beaver</ital>, Common Law Record 4,
259, McLean County Circuit Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL; Plea, filed 20
April 1852, <ital>Flagg & Ewing v. Martin and Gurnsey</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Order, 20 April, <ital>Fell v. McIntire</ital>, Common Law
Record 4, 258, McLean County Circuit Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-21'>Wednesday, April 21, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> In the McLean County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents defendants Benjamin Martin and Wilder
Gurnsey in the case of <name type='case' key='L01645'>Flagg & Ewing v. Martin and
Gurnsey</name>. Flagg and Ewing agree to dismiss their suit, and both sides agree to pay their
own court costs. In the slander suit of <name type='case' key='L01689'>Thompson v.
Henline</name>, Lincoln represents plaintiff David L. Thompson who seeks $3,000 in damages from
George W. Henline. Thompson claims that Henline maligned him when Henline publicly declared that
Thompson had committed bestiality. The parties make their arguments and present evidence before
a jury. The members of the jury cannot agree on a verdict, and Judge David Davis discharges
them. The parties reach an agreement, and the court dismisses the case. The court dismisses a
bill for discovery in the debt case of <name type='case' key='L01664'>Hawks, Osborn &
Company v. Major</name>, a suit that the Illinois Supreme Court had remanded back to the
circuit court. Lincoln, William H. Holmes, and John M. Scott represent plaintiffs/business
partners Matthew H. Hawks, James T. Walton, and Harmon Osborn. <bibl default='NO'>Judgment, 21 April 1852,
<ital>Flagg & Ewing v. Martin and Gurnsey</ital>, Common Law Record 4, 262, McLean
County Circuit Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL; Plea, Replication, 3 October
1851, <ital>Thompson v. Henline</ital>, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC; Judgment, 21 April 1852, <ital>Thompson v. Henline</ital>, Common Law Record 4,
265, McLean County Circuit Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL; Opinion, 17
January 1851, <ital>Major v. Hawks, Osborn & Company</ital>, Illinois Supreme Court,
Journal & Opinion Record CGD, 390, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Order, 21
April 1852, <ital>Hawks, Osborn & Company v. Major</ital>, Common Law Record 4, 260,
McLean County Circuit Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL.</bibl>
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<date value='1852-04-22'>Thursday, April 22, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the McLean County Circuit Court, Lincoln represents plaintiff David L. Thompson, who seeks
$3,000 in damages from William W. Patton in the slander suit, <name type='case' key='L01691'>Thompson v. Patton</name>. Thompson charges that Patton publicly declared that Thompson had
committed bestiality. The previous day, after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict in a
related but separate case, <name type='case' key='L01689'>Thompson v. Henline</name>, the
parties in that case reached an agreement, and the court dismissed the case. Thompson and Patton
agree to dismiss their case as well. Lincoln defends David M. Pantier in the case of <name type='case' key='L01646'>Flagg & Ewing v. Pantier</name>. Pantier knew Lincoln when he
lived in New Salem, Illinois, and Pantier served in Lincoln's company during the Black Hawk War.
Flagg & Ewing are suing Pantier for his failure to pay for a reaper he had purchased
from them. Lincoln files a plea for Pantier and asks Judge David Davis to give the litigants
until the next term to work out an amicable agreement. Judge Davis continues the case until the
following term. <bibl default='NO'>Plea, Replication, October 1851, <ital>Thompson v. Patton</ital>,
Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Judgment, 21 April 1852,
<ital>Thompson v. Henline</ital>, Common Law Record 4, 265; Judgment, 22 April 1852,
<ital>Thompson v. Patton</ital>, Common Law Record 4, 276, both in McLean County Circuit
Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL; Benjamin P. Thomas, <title>Lincoln's New
Salem</title> (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1934; reprint, Chicago: Lakeside
Press, 1947), 54; Plea, 22 April 1852, <ital>Flagg & Ewing v. Pantier</ital>,
Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Order, 22 April 1852, <ital>Flagg
& Ewing v. Pantier</ital>, Common Law Record 4, 276, McLean County Circuit Court,
McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL.</bibl>
</p>
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<dateline>
<date value='1852-04-23'>Friday, April 23, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> In the McLean County Circuit Court, Lincoln and his co-counsel William H. Holmes reintroduce
their case, <name type='case' key='L01664'>Hawks, Osborn & Company v. Major</name>, a
suit which the Illinois Supreme Court had remanded to McLean County. Lincoln and Holmes
represent plaintiffs Matthew H. Hawks, James T. Walton, and Harmon Osborn. The litigants agree
to continue the case until the next term, and Judge David Davis orders the continuance. Lincoln
represents defendant Augustus R. Burbank in the case of <name type='case' key='L01650'>Gridley
v. Burbank</name>. Plaintiff Asahel Gridley is suing Burbank for trespass on the case upon
promises, and he seeks $200 in damages. Lincoln appears in court for Burbank, but Burbank fails
to enter a plea. The court rules in favor of Gridley and orders Burbank to pay him $136.35 in
damages "by reason of the breach of promises." The court also orders Burbank to pay the court
costs. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 23 April 1852, <ital>Hawks, Osborn & Company v. Major</ital>, Common
Law Record 4, 282; Order, 23 April 1852, <ital>Gridley v. Burbank</ital>, Common Law Record 4,
282, both in McLean County Circuit Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL.</bibl>
</p>
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<dateline>
<date value='1852-04-24'>Saturday, April 24, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the McLean County Circuit Court, Lincoln and fellow attorney Kersey H. Fell ask the court
for time to amend a declaration they previously filed in the case of <name type='case' key='L01687'>Stern & Friedman v. Sawyer</name>. Lincoln and Fell represent plaintiffs
Samuel Stern and Isaac S. Friedman in the attachment suit. The court grants the plaintiffs'
request and continues the case until the next term. Lincoln represents the plaintiffs in the
chancery case of <name type='case' key='L01648'>Gibbs and Rogers v. Eckles</name>. The court
orders Gibbs and Rogers, the executors of William Gibbs's estate, to convey a land deed to
defendant Jacob P. Eckles. The court also orders the plaintiffs to pay the court costs.
<bibl default='NO'>Order, 24 April 1852, <ital>Stern & Friedman v. Sawyer</ital>, Common Law Record
4, 289; Decree, 24 April 1852, <ital>Gibbs and Rogers v. Eckles</ital>, Chancery Record 5,
124-25; Judgment and Execution Docket, 2 October 1852, <ital>Gibbs and Rogers v. Eckles</ital>,
Judgment & Execution Docket 3, 120-21, all in McLean County Circuit Court, McLean
County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL.</bibl>
</p>
<p> [In Springfield, delegates attending the Sangamon County Whig convention nominate James C.
Conkling to run for a seat in the state legislature made available by the resignation of Ninian
W. Edwards. <bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois Daily Journal</title> (Springfield), 27 April 1852, 2:1.</bibl>
</p>
<p>Someone, perhaps <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mary Lincoln</person>, buys wallpaper and "6 pieces
[of] border" for a total of $18.30 from John Williams and Company in Springfield and charges the
purchases to Lincoln's account. <bibl default='NO'>Harry E. Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>The Personal
Finances of Abraham Lincoln</title> (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1943),
145.</bibl>
</p>
<p>]</p>
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<dateline>
<dateRange from='1852-04-26' to='1852-04-28'>Monday, April 26, 1852-Wednesday,
April 28, 1852.</dateRange>
<place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount Pulaski, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In
the Logan County Circuit Court, Lincoln commences a suit against Jesse D.
Blackledge for plaintiff James Kelly in the debt case of
<name type='case' key='L05532'>Kelly v. Blackledge</name>. Kelly had won a
judgment in Ohio against Blackledge, but Blackledge moved to Logan County
before paying. Lincoln files a complaint and a certified copy of the Ohio
judgment and makes arrangements in the circuit clerk's office for the county
sheriff to serve a summons on Blackledge ordering him to appear at the fall
term of court. In another debt case, <name type='case' key='L01046'>Hays v.
Turley</name>, Lincoln sues George W. Turley on behalf of Lewis M. Hays, the
administrator of the estate of Thomas P. Taylor. Hays, an Indiana resident,
sent Lincoln a claim for $100 that Turley had owed Taylor since 1836. Lincoln
commenced a suit in the Logan County Circuit Court against Turley in April
1851. One or both sides requested a continuance during the October 1851 term
and again during this April 1852 term.<bibl default='NO'>Anson L. Brewer to Abraham Lincoln,
17 November 1852, <ital>Kelly v. Blackledge</ital>, Abraham Lincoln Collection,
John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, RI; Abraham Lincoln to Anson L.
Brewer, 16 March 1855, <ital>Kelly v. Blackledge</ital>, Private Collection;
Receipt, 7 September 1850, <ital>Hays v. Turley</ital>, Private Collection;
Abraham Lincoln to Lewis M. Hays (copy), 27 October 1852, <ital>Hays v.
Turley</ital>, copy files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield,
IL .</bibl>
</p>
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<dateline>
<date value='1852-04-27'>Tuesday, April 27, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount Pulaski, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>[In Lincoln's absence, someone, probably his co-counsel David A. Smith, files a public notice
in the Sangamon County Circuit Court case of <name type='case' key='L03414'>Gilman et al. v.
Hamilton et al.</name>, in which Lincoln and Smith represent plaintiffs Winthrop S. Gilman and
Grundy H. Blackburn. In the public notice, Lincoln and Smith explain to the case's non-resident
defendants that "an amended bill in Chancery has been this day exhibited and filed against
them." Lincoln and Smith state further that the defendants "are hereby notified to plead answer
or demur in the premises, or said amended bill will be taken pro confesso against them."
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois Daily Journal</title> (Springfield), 1 May 1852, 3:2; Decree, 3
September 1852, <ital>Gilman et al. v. Hamilton et al.</ital>, Record L, 535-36, Sangamon
County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at
Springfield, Springfield, IL .</bibl>
</p>
<p>]</p>
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<dateline>
<date value='1852-04-28'>Wednesday, April 28, 1852.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
<p>
Lincoln and Smith publish notice of pendency of <name type='case'>Gillman et al. v. Hamilton et al.</name>
<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Illinois Journal</title>.</bibl>
</p>
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<dateline>
<date value='1852-04-29'>Thursday, April 29, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.1500, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Clinton, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>[Judge David Davis opens the two-day De Witt County Circuit Court with forty-eight cases on
the docket. <bibl default='NO'>Orders and Decrees, 29-30 April 1852, Chancery Record 1A, 433-54, De Witt
County Circuit Court, De Witt County Courthouse, Clinton, IL.</bibl>] </p>
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<dateline>
<date value='1852-04-30'>Friday, April 30, 1852.</date>
<place key='40.1500, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Clinton, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the De Witt County Circuit Court, Lincoln and Clifton H. Moore represent defendant John
Warner in the case of <name type='case' key='L00527'>Campbell v. Warner</name>. Barzilla
Campbell is suing to remove Warner from land which Campbell claims to own. Lincoln and Moore
file a plea in which Warner states that "he is not guilty of unlawfully withholding the premises
claimed by the plaintiff." Judge David Davis continues the case until the next court term.
<bibl default='NO'>Plea, filed 30 April 1852, <ital>Campbell v. Warner</ital>, Henry Horner Lincoln
Collection, IHi, Springfield, IL; Order, 30 April 1852, <ital>Campbell v. Warner</ital>,
Chancery Record 1A, 445, De Witt County Circuit Court, De Witt County Courthouse, Clinton,
IL.</bibl>
</p>
<p>Lincoln writes a mortgage deed in which De Witt County residents James Mattlen and his wife
Susana Mattlen agree to sell their steam saw and flouring mill to John Billington of
Springfield, Illinois for $1,500. Lincoln also writes three promissory notes for James Mattlen
to sign. <bibl default='NO'>Mortgage Deed, 30 April 1852, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield,
IL; Declaration, filed 23 April 1853, <ital>Billington v. Mattlen</ital>, case file, De Witt
County Circuit Court, De Witt County Courthouse, Clinton, IL.</bibl>
</p>
<p> [In Lincoln's absence, his co-counsel files separate praecipes in two cases before the U.S.
Circuit Court in Springfield: <name type='case' key='L02179'>Moore for use of State Bank of
Indiana v. Tanquary</name> and <name type='case' key='L02180'>Moore for use of State Bank of
Indiana v. Buchanan and Vandermark</name>. <bibl default='NO'>Complete Record, 21 July 1853, <ital>Moore for
use of State Bank of Indiana v. Tanquary</ital>, Record Group 21, Complete Law Record, Volume
1b, 59-63; Complete Record, 10 February 1853, <ital>Moore for use of State Bank of Indiana v.
Buchanan & Vandermark</ital>, Record Group 21, Complete Law Record, Volume 1b, 80-6,
both in United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois, National Archives
and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.</bibl>] </p>
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