<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-01'>Thursday, December 1, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In <name type='case' key='L04764'>Vail et al. v. Pratt</name>, Lincoln &amp; Herndon, for defendant, are allowed appeal to Supreme Court. In <name type='case' key='L03989'>Johnson et ux. v. Aldridge et ux.</name>, trespass and assault and battery, jury finds for plaintiffs, their clients, and awards them $97.50 damages. On their motion, petition to enforce mechanics lien, <name type='case' key='L04365'>Pilcher v. Cole et al.</name>, is taken for confessed.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-02'>Friday, December 2, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln &amp; Herndon are attorneys for plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L04873'>Williams v. Springfield Marine &amp; Fire Insurance Co.</name>, assumpsit suit. Jury is unable to agree and is discharged. They win chancery case, <name type='case' key='L03285'>Gaines v. Black et al.</name>, by default. Motions and pleas are filed in two other cases.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln writes to James F. Joy, Illinois Central attorney, regarding 
possible action in law case. "I think I can get the hearing of the 
case postponed to the beginning of February. Can you not be here by 
that time? Please write me."
<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%3A244' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to James F. Joy</xref>, 2 December 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:207.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-03'>Saturday, December 3, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln &amp; Herndon win two cases by default. The first, <name type='case' key='L03661'>Hazlett et ux. v. Drennan et al.</name>, is partition suit; second, <name type='case' key='L04007'>McDaniel et al. v. McDaniel</name>, involves dower right.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-05'>Monday, December 5, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In <name type='case' key='L02970'>Cassity v. Chicago &amp; Mississippi RR</name>, appeal, jury finds for plaintiff and awards $12 damages. Lincoln &amp; Herndon are attorneys for railroad. Pleadings are filed in two other cases.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1853-12-06'>Tuesday, December 6, 1853.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln &amp; Herndon enter nonsuit in 
  <name type='case' key='L03702'>Johnson v. McMullen</name>. In 
  <name type='case' key='L04296'>Popper v. Patton et al.</name> they secure
  change of venue to McLean County. They lose appeal, 
  <name type='case' key='L04026'>McGlasson v. Power et al.</name>, when court
  affirms decision of lower court awarding plaintiff $32.50 damages. In 
  <name type='case' key='L03009'>Cantrall, conservator of Cantrall v. Cantrall et
  al.</name>, before court November 23, 1853, their client is permitted to sell
  lands of his lunatic son. Pleadings are filed in five other cases. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-07'>Wednesday, December 7, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Defendant in <name type='case' key='L02621'>Amos v. Ransom</name>, mechanics lien, is ordered to pay Lincoln &amp; Herndon's client $23. In <name type='case' key='L04546'>Spear v. Hay</name>, ejectment suit, jury finds their client, John Hay, defendant, not guilty. Lincoln writes instructions to jury. Agreed verdict with leave to appeal to Supreme Court is entered in <name type='case' key='L03095'>Coffin et al. v. Springfield, Illinois</name>. Lincoln &amp; Herndon represent complainant. They have four other cases which do not come to trial.
<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='1853-12-09'>Friday, December 9, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
State's attorney drops prosecution of two cases of <name type='case'>People v. Williams</name>, indictments for murder and assault. Lincoln &amp; Herndon are Williams' attorneys. They dismiss 
<name type='case' key='L03938'>Martin v. Martin</name>, chancery, and agree to submit <name type='case' key='L04540'>Snow &amp; Keys for use of Keys v. DeCamp</name>, assumpsit, to arbitrators. They file demurrer to defendant's cross-bill in <name type='case' key='L04527'>Shoup v. Owens</name>, and amended bills in <name type='case' key='L04014'>McGraw v. Adams et al.</name>, and <name type='case' key='L04558'>Sperry v. Sperry</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-10'>Saturday, December 10, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln &amp; Herndon's demurrer in <name type='case' key='L04527'>Shoup v. Owens</name> is sustained, and after argument, complainant is ordered to recover $581.92. In <name type='case' key='L02702'>Blackford et al. v. People</name>, defendants are enjoined from collecting part of judgment, and by agreement are allowed appeal to Supreme Court. Lincoln writes court order. Lincoln &amp; Herndon are attorneys for complainant. They win two other cases, are granted new trial in third, and file pleas in four more.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-12'>Monday, December 12, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Supreme Court meets but adjourns from day to day until January 4, 1854.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-13'>Tuesday, December 13, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln receives letter from T. J. Turner together with depositions 
to be used in Adams case, which is docketed for approaching session 
of federal courts.
<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%3A245' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Turner</xref>, 14 December 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:207-8.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-14'>Wednesday, December 14, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln replies to Turner's letter: "By my agreement with Logan, made 
when I filed the Bill last summer, he has the option to continue the 
cause over this ensuing term, and now elects to do so. This dispenses 
with your coming <uLine>now</uLine>, even if you should attend the 
trial when it does come off, which I think you need not do at any 
sacrifice."
<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%3A245' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Turner</xref>, 14 December 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:207-8.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-20'>Tuesday, December 20, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
"The United States' District and Circuit Court opened in this city on 
Tuesday&#8212;Judge Drummond present, and all the officers. . . . It 
is said the docket is quite large, and that the term is likely to be 
interesting."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Illinois Journal</title>, 22 December 1853.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-21'>Wednesday, December 21, 1853.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes to T. J. Turner:
  "We <uLine>can</uLine> use Bradshaw as a witness, and we ought, by all means,
  to do it, if we can have any assurance that he will testify fairly. . . . He
  can make the matter entirely plain, on all the points, and no one else can. If
  you conclude to trust him, write me, and I will, at this term, get an order of
  court to examine him." <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%3A246' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Thomas J. Turner</xref>, 21 December 1853,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:208.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-23'>Friday, December 23, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln and Bowman, representing plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L02158'>Jones v. McLean</name> in U.S. Circuit Court, secure verdict for their client in amount of $34.44 and costs.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-24'>Saturday, December 24, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Complainant in <name type='case'>Bank of Missouri v. Caldwell et 
al.</name>, before U.S. Circuit Court November 4, 1852, dismisses his 
bill against alleged debtors of bank.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-26'>Monday, December 26, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes to H. E. Dummer: "Butler has just shown me your letter 
to him concerning the Grubb debt; and, in relation to your intimation 
that you might be induced to sell it, he desires me to say to you 
that, in a few daysover three months he is <uLine>sure</uLine> to get 
the principal of the debt (without interest) and that . . . he will 
entertain any proposition you may make, to sell."
<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%3A247' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Henry E. Dummer</xref>, 26 December 1853, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:209.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-27'>Tuesday, December 27, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Williams and Lawrence for plaintiff and Browning, Bushnell, and Lincoln for defendant try <name type='case' key='L02308'>Northrup v. Wallen et al.</name>, ejectment suit.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-28'>Wednesday, December 28, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In <name type='case' key='L02309'>Northrup v. Brown</name>, before U.S. Circuit Court January 28, 1853, jury is waived and court finds for plaintiff with one cent damages. Case is ejectment suit. Browning, Bushnell, and Lincoln are counsel for defendant. Court also finds for plaintiff 
with same damages in <name type='case'>Northrup v. Wallen et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1853-12-31'>Saturday, December 31, 1853.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln deposits $2.06 cash in his account at Irwin's store, and is 
credited with $3.31 on year-end balance.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Irwin Ledger and Journal</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>