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March 21, 1854

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Tuesday, March 21, 1854.
 Jacksonville, IL.

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Leaving Sangamon work to Herndon, Lincoln goes to Jacksonville to participate in trial of much interest: Selby v. Dunlap. During preceding autumn Selby, editor of "Morgan Journal," printed communication reflecting on Dunlap. In retaliation Dunlap gave him severe horsewhipping. Selby sues for damages, and Lincoln is one of Dunlap's counsel. Frank J. Heinl, An Epitome of Jacksonville History (Jacksonville, IL: n.p., 1925), 19; Jacksonville Constitutionalist, 21 March 1854. 

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         <p> Leaving Sangamon work to Herndon, Lincoln goes to
  Jacksonville to participate in trial of much interest: 
  <name type='case' key='L00871'>Selby v. Dunlap</name>. During preceding autumn
  Selby, editor of "Morgan Journal," printed communication reflecting on Dunlap.
  In retaliation Dunlap gave him severe horsewhipping. Selby sues for damages,
  and Lincoln is one of Dunlap's counsel. <bibl default='NO'>Frank J. Heinl, <title>An Epitome
  of Jacksonville History</title> (Jacksonville, IL: n.p., 1925), 19;
  Jacksonville Constitutionalist, 21 March 1854.</bibl> 
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