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<date value='1853-01-03'>Monday, January 3, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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[Legislature convenes for regular session.]
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<date value='1853-01-05'>Wednesday, January 5, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln and Doughty withdraw their plea in <name type='case' key='L02187'>Norton v. Gorden</name>, before U.S. Circuit Court July 8, 1852, and defendant defaults. Plaintiff is awarded $1,068.39 debt and $641.92 damages. Logan is attorney for plaintiff. In Supreme Court, <name type='case' key='L00490'>Casey v. Casey</name>, appeal from Jefferson County, is set for hearing tomorrow.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-06'>Thursday, January 6, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Scates commences argument for plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L00490'>Casey v. Casey</name>, bill in chancery to set aside transfer of inheritance on ground of fraud. Lower court entered decree in accordance with bill. Scates, Logan, and Lincoln represent plaintiff, Nelson
defendant.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-07'>Friday, January 7, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Scates continues his argument in <name type='case' key='L00490'>Casey v. Casey</name>. He is followed by Nelson for defendant.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<p>
Lincoln and Johnston submit report of investigation of Illinois and
Michigan Canal claims to legislature. Lincoln also presents his
account—$65 for travel and four dollars a day for 21 days
service.
<bibl default='NO'>Illinois Reports, 1853, No. 9; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A208' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Report of Commissioners Appointed to Investigate the Illinois and Michigan Canal Claims</xref>, 7 January 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:162-87.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-08'>Saturday, January 8, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Nelson concludes argument for defense in <name type='case' key='L00490'>Casey v. Casey</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-10'>Monday, January 10, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> Lincoln concludes for plaintiff in
<name type='case' key='L00490'>Casey v. Casey</name>. Lincoln writes Gov.
Matteson recommending pardon for William D. Davis, sentenced to three years for
manslaughter in July 1850, and whom Lincoln then defended (see July 1, 1850).
<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%3A209' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
Lincoln to Joel A. Matteson</xref>, 10 January 1853,
<title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:187-88.</bibl>
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<p> In
afternoon Gov. Matteson is inaugurated. At night Ralph Waldo Emerson speaks on
"The Anglo-Saxon" in House of Representatives. <bibl default='NO'>Browning,
<title corresp='books_Browning'>Diary</title>.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-11'>Tuesday, January 11, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
[Emerson speaks on "Power." After his address ladies of First
Presbyterian Church give supper in Senate Chamber. Lincoln is
probably present.
<bibl default='NO'>Browning, <title corresp='books_Browning'>Diary</title>.</bibl>]
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<date value='1853-01-12'>Wednesday, January 12, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
[Members of legislature go in body to Alton on railroad. Lincoln may
have gone along, although U.S. Court remains in session. Emerson
delivers third lecture.
<bibl default='NO'>Browning, <title corresp='books_Browning'>Diary</title>.</bibl>]
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<date value='1853-01-14'>Friday, January 14, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln is counsel for appellants in two related cases—<name type='case' key='L00895'>Ross v. Irving</name>, and <name type='case' key='L00894'>Pryor v. Irving</name>—before Supreme Court. Cases involve constitutionality of "occupying claimants' law," pertaining to manner of assessing value of improvements on land. Williams argues for appellants, Blackwell and Grimshaw for appellees.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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Lincoln writes and signs rejoinder in <name type='case' key='L04851'>Wallace v. Witmer & Langford</name>, Sangamon Circuit Court case.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-15'>Saturday, January 15, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln concludes for appellants in <name type='case' key='L00895'>Ross v. Irving</name>, and <name type='case' key='L00894'>Pryor v. Irving</name>. On February 2, 1853, Supreme Court decides that method of determining value of improvements by commissioners is unconstitutional, thus reversing Pike Circuit Court.
<bibl default='NO'>14 Ill. 171-83.</bibl>
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Lincoln writes to N. W. Edwards: "Please pay N. W. Edwards & Co,
eighty dollars, which will be in full of interest on your note till
1st May 1853."
<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%3A210' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Ninian W. Edwards</xref>, 15 January 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:188.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-17'>Monday,
January 17, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
IL</place>.</dateline>
<p>[The legislature passes a law
appropriating funds to pay Lincoln and two others for "services rendered to the
state." Lincoln receives $149 for serving on a commission formed "to take
evidence in relation to certain claims." <bibl default='NO'>"An Act to Pay Certain Persons
Therein for Services Rendered to the State," 17 January 1853, <title>General
Laws of the State of Illinois</title> (1853), 448.]</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-19'>Wednesday, January 19, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln writes and signs petition for Supreme Court review of <name type='case' key='L02617'>Alton & Sangamon RR v. Carpenter</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-21'>Friday, January 21, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln writes and signs assignment of errors and writes part of transcript of instructions to jury in <name type='case' key='L02615'>Alton & Sangamon RR v. Baugh</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-23'>Sunday, January 23, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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<p>
Lincoln attends temperance lecture by Rev. James Smith, D.D., pastor
of First Presbyterian Church.
<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%3A211' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to James Smith</xref>, 24 January 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:188.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-24'>Monday, January 24, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln and 38 others write to Dr. Smith: "The undersigned having
listened with great satisfaction to the discourse, on the subject of
temperance, delivered by you on last evening, and believing, that, if
published and circulated among the people, it would be productive of
good; would respectfully request a copy thereof for publication."
<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%3A211' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to James Smith</xref>, 24 January 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:188.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-25'>Tuesday, January 25, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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"Commenced trial of case of <name type='case' key='L02300'>Holloway v. Frink, Walker & Co.</name>, in the U.S. Court," records Browning in his Diary. "Lincoln & self for Pltf, Logan & Edwards for Deft— Weather has been cool & dry for several days. Quite cold tonight." <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> buys and charges $8.80 worth of "Goods"
at John Williams' store.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 146.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-26'>Wednesday, January 26, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> "About as cold a day as we have
had this season," Browning writes. "Concluded the trial of
<name type='case' key='L02300'>Holloway v. Frink, Walker & Co.</name>"
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>,
146.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-27'>Thursday, January 27, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln appears for appellant in <name type='case' key='L02615'>Alton & Sangamon RR v. Baugh</name>. He writes bill of exceptions, which T. L. Dickey signs. On February 2, 1853, Supreme Court decides that company, after payment of damages for right of way, is not bound to construct fences along its road and that proprietors of land cannot place obstructions or cattle guards along it. Decision affirms judgment of Sangamon Circuit Court.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; 14 Ill. 211; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-28'>Friday, January 28, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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By agreement defendant in <name type='case'>Northup v. Brown</name>
is given leave to file his plea in U.S. Circuit Court. Williams and
Lawrence are attorneys for plaintiff, Browning, Bushnell and Lincoln
for defendant.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-29'>Saturday, January 29, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln for plaintiff and Logan and Edwards for defendant try <name type='case' key='L02617'>Alton & Sangamon RR v. Carpenter</name> before Supreme Court. Issue is whether benefit to adjoining land from construction of railroad should be deducted in determining value of right of way. On February 2, 1853, court decides in affirmative, reversing Sangamon Circuit Court.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; 14 Ill. 190-93.</bibl>
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Lincoln buys boys' cap and "1⅝ yds. Jaconet" at John Williams' store.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 146.</bibl>
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<date value='1853-01-31'>Monday, January 31, 1853.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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About this date Lincoln receives letter from John A. Rockwell who
solicits his aid in obtaining coal mining charter from legislature.
"Being very busy in the Courts when your letter reached me," Lincoln
later explains, "I let a few days slip before attending to it."
<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%3A214' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to John A. Rockwell</xref>, 15 February 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:190-91.</bibl>
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