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Court tries Partlow v. Partlow, petition for partition, and finds for plaintiff. Record.



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Lincoln writes and files replication in Clark v. Hoxworth et al. Photocopy.



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Lincoln, Judge David Davis, and attorney Henry C. Whitney check in at a hotel in Urbana. American House Hotel Register, 3 June 1855, Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL.



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From Nathaniel Hay of Springfield Lincoln buys 2,000 bricks for foundation of fence. Hay's bill is $16. Files of Hay Estate, Probate Court.

Election to fill vacancy on Supreme Court, and on "Maine Law" prohibiting sale of intoxicants is held. Returns are not available, but there can be little question that Lincoln voted.



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Lincoln writes Henry C. Whitney: "Logan is worse beaten than any other man ever was since elections were invented—beaten more than 1200 in this county. It is conceded on all hands that the Prohibitory law is also beaten." Abraham Lincoln to Henry C. Whitney, 7 June 1855, CW, 2:313.



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Summer term of Sangamon Circuit Court opens with Judge Emerson on bench in place of David Davis. Lincoln & Herndon have 20 cases, 11 of which are dismissed or continued. In most others defendants default, and Lincoln & Herndon secure judgments for their clients. Four of these are for Jacob Bunn, Springfield grocer, and one—$190 in amount—is for Herndon himself. Record.

Lincoln writes agreement filed in Correll et al. v. McDaniel et al. He and Herndon are for defendant. Photocopy.



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Bunn v. Jackson, in which Lincoln & Herndon represent plaintiff, is tried by court, which finds for plaintiff and awards damages of $451.25. Among their other cases are two criminal actions. In first—indictment for selling whiskey without license—their clients default and their bond is declared forfeit. In second—manslaughter—they file affidavit for continuance, which is allowed. Record.



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Only one of Lincoln & Herndon's eight cases comes to trial. That is Booth & Allen for use of Booth v. Vandeusen, appeal from justice of peace. Court tries case, and affirms judgment of Justice of Peace Court in sum of $44.10. Lincoln & Herndon represent plaintiff. Record.



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Lincoln & Herndon file pleas in two cases. In third, Robbins et ux. v. Taylor, they argue demurrer. Court takes matter under advisement. Record.



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Court overrules Lincoln & Herndon's demurrer in part and sustains it in part. Aside from this, their court work is limited to securing continuances in two cases. Record.



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Robbins et ux. v. Taylor is settled by agreement, judgment for $110 and costs entered against defendant, Lincoln's client. Rusk v. Shoup, appeal from justice of peace, is tried by jury of six, which returns verdict for defendant, whom Lincoln & Herndon represent. Pleas are filed in several other cases. Record.



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Lincoln's court work takes little time. In one case agreement to refer question to master in chancery is made; in second suit master files his report. Record.



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Lincoln is one of defendants' solicitors in Correll et al. v. McDaniel et al., suit to break will. Jury tries case, but is unable to agree and is dismissed (see November 30, 1855). Another case, in which Lincoln & Herndon appear for plaintiff, is settled by agreement, defendant paying $35 and costs. Organ and Kessler, defendants in liquor case who defaulted on June 12, 1855, put up $100 for their appearance next term. Record.



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One chancery suit, Smith et al. v. Westenberger, is Lincoln & Herndon's court work for day. As solicitors for complainants they file amended bill. Respondent makes no defense, and is ordered to pay complainants $126, and to execute deed for land. Record.



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Lincoln & Herndon file pleas and enter motions in six cases. In seventh, Hall v. Crouch, they argue demurrer which defendant's attorneys filed. Demurrer is overruled, and defendant is given leave to plead. Record.



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Ten of Lincoln & Herndon's 12 cases are continued. Two are tried by court. In C. Freeman & Co. v. Tenney & Armington, defendants, whom they represent, are ordered to pay plaintiff $77.93. In Noble v. Gaines, appeal from justice's court, court finds for defendant, their client. Record.

Z. A. Enos, Sangamon County surveyor, completes survey of 36-acre tract near northwest Springfield which Lincoln is handling for Mrs. Maria L. Bullock of Lexington, Ky., Mrs. Lincoln's aunt. Surveyor's Record B, 172.



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Lincoln, acting for Mrs. Maria Bullock, sells farm land at public auction for sums aggregating $1,427.92¼. Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock, 31 August 1855, CW, 2:323-25.

In court, defendants in two chancery suits default, and Lincoln & Herndon secure orders for partition. As complainant's solicitors they dismiss third case, while fourth—their last—is continued. This is final day of summer term. Record.



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Lincoln receives $143.68 in cash from purchasers of Bullock land. Acting as attorney for Mrs. Bullock, he deeds two tracts to purchasers, John Connelley and Nathaniel Hay, taking their notes in payment. Out of cash he pays costs of sale, which aggregate $42.70. Notes Drawn for Nathaniel and John Hay, 25 June 1855, CW, 2:313; Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock, 31 August 1855, CW, 2:323-25.



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Lincoln sends Mrs. Bullock certificate of deposit at Clark's Exchange Bank for $101, balance of cash collected Monday. Notes Drawn for Nathaniel and John Hay, 25 June 1855, CW, 2:313; Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock, 31 August 1855, CW, 2:323-25.



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Lincoln registers at Matteson House. Bloomington National Flag, 6 July 1855.

[Matteson House was shortly afterward called Pike House. Lincoln is probably on his way to Chicago, and stops off in Bloomington. Lincoln's account at Corneau & Diller, drugs, is charged 25¢ for bottle of vermifuge. Pratt, Personal Finances, 151.]


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            <date value='1855-06-01'>Friday, June 1, 1855.</date>
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         <p>
Court tries <name type='case'>Partlow v. Partlow</name>, petition for 
partition, and finds for plaintiff.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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            <date value='1855-06-02'>Saturday, June 2, 1855.</date>
            <place key='40.1167, -87.6167' teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.
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         <p>
Lincoln writes and files replication in <name type='case' key='L01876'>Clark v. Hoxworth et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
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         <dateline> 
            <date value='1855-06-03'>Sunday,
  June 3, 1855.</date> 
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p>Lincoln, Judge David Davis, and attorney Henry C. Whitney check
  in at a hotel in Urbana. <bibl default='NO'>American House Hotel Register, 3 June 1855,
  Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, Urbana,
  IL.</bibl>
         </p>
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            <date value='1855-06-04'>Monday, June 4, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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         <p>
 From Nathaniel Hay of Springfield Lincoln buys 2,000 bricks for 
foundation of fence. Hay's bill is $16.
<bibl default='NO'>Files of Hay Estate, Probate Court.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Election to fill vacancy on Supreme Court, and on "Maine Law" 
prohibiting sale of intoxicants is held. Returns are not available, 
but there can be little question that Lincoln voted.
</p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-07'>Thursday, June 7, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes Henry C. Whitney: "Logan is worse beaten than any other man ever 
was since elections were invented&#8212;beaten more than 1200 in this 
county. It is conceded on all hands that the Prohibitory law is also 
beaten."
<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%3A327' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Henry C. Whitney</xref>, 7 June 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:313.</bibl>
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      </div2>

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            <date value='1855-06-11'>Monday, June 11, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Summer term of Sangamon Circuit Court opens with Judge Emerson on 
bench in place of David Davis. Lincoln &amp; Herndon have 20 cases, 
11 of which are dismissed or continued. In most others defendants 
default, and Lincoln &amp; Herndon secure judgments for their 
clients. Four of these are for Jacob Bunn, Springfield grocer, and 
one&#8212;$190 in amount&#8212;is for Herndon himself.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln writes agreement filed in <name type='case' key='L04005'>Correll et al. v. McDaniel et al.</name> He and Herndon are for defendant.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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            <date value='1855-06-12'>Tuesday, June 12, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L02823'>Bunn v. Jackson</name>, in which Lincoln &amp; Herndon represent plaintiff, is tried by court, which finds for plaintiff and awards damages of $451.25. Among their other cases are two criminal actions. In first&#8212;indictment for selling whiskey without license&#8212;their clients default and their bond is declared forfeit. In second&#8212;manslaughter&#8212;they file affidavit for continuance, which is allowed.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline> 
            <date value='1855-06-13'>Wednesday, June 13, 1855.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Only one of Lincoln &amp; Herndon's eight cases
  comes to trial. That is <name type='case' key='L02739'>Booth &amp; Allen for
  use of Booth v. Vandeusen</name>, appeal from justice of peace. Court tries
  case, and affirms judgment of Justice of Peace Court in sum of $44.10. Lincoln
  &amp; Herndon represent plaintiff. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-14'>Thursday, June 14, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln &amp; Herndon file pleas in two cases. In third, <name type='case' key='L04444'>Robbins et ux. v. Taylor</name>, they argue demurrer. Court takes matter under advisement.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-15'>Friday, June 15, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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         <p>
Court overrules Lincoln &amp; Herndon's demurrer in part and sustains 
it in part. Aside from this, their court work is limited to securing 
continuances in two cases.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-16'>Saturday, June 16, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L04444'>Robbins et ux. v. Taylor</name> is settled by agreement, judgment for $110 and costs entered against defendant, Lincoln's client. <name type='case' key='L04515'>Rusk v. Shoup</name>, appeal from justice of peace, is tried by jury of six, which returns verdict for defendant, whom Lincoln &amp; Herndon represent. Pleas are filed in several other cases.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-18'>Monday, June 18, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln's court work takes little time. In one case agreement to 
refer question to master in chancery is made; in second suit master 
files his report.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-19'>Tuesday, June 19, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln is one of defendants' solicitors in <name type='case'>Correll et al. v. McDaniel et al.</name>, suit to break will. Jury tries case, but is unable to agree and is dismissed (see November 30, 1855). Another case, in which Lincoln &amp; Herndon appear for plaintiff, is settled by agreement, defendant paying $35 and costs. Organ and Kessler, defendants in liquor case who defaulted on June 12, 1855, put up $100 for their appearance next term.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-20'>Wednesday, June 20, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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         <p>
One chancery suit, <name type='case' key='L04538'>Smith et al. v. Westenberger</name>, is Lincoln &amp; Herndon's court work for day. As solicitors for complainants they file amended bill. Respondent makes no defense, and is ordered to pay complainants $126, and to execute deed for land.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-21'>Thursday, June 21, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln &amp; Herndon file pleas and enter motions in six cases. In seventh, <name type='case' key='L03495'>Hall v. Crouch</name>, they argue demurrer which defendant's attorneys filed. Demurrer is overruled, and defendant is given leave to plead.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-22'>Friday, June 22, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Ten of Lincoln &amp; Herndon's 12 cases are continued. Two are tried by court. In <name type='case' key='L03273'>C. Freeman &amp; Co. v. Tenney &amp; Armington</name>, defendants, whom they represent, are ordered to pay plaintiff $77.93. In <name type='case' key='L04151'>Noble v. Gaines</name>, appeal from justice's court, court finds for defendant, their client.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Z. A. Enos, Sangamon County surveyor, completes survey of 36-acre 
tract near northwest Springfield which Lincoln is handling for Mrs. 
Maria L. Bullock of Lexington, Ky., <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person>'s aunt.
<bibl default='NO'>Surveyor's Record B, 172.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline> 
            <date value='1855-06-23'>Saturday, June 23, 1855.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln, acting for Mrs. Maria Bullock, sells farm
  land at public auction for sums aggregating $1,427.92&#188;. <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%3A340' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock</xref>, 31 August 1855,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:323-25.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> In court,
  defendants in two chancery suits default, and Lincoln &amp; Herndon secure
  orders for partition. As complainant's solicitors they dismiss third case,
  while fourth&#8212;their last&#8212;is continued. This is final day of summer
  term. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-25'>Monday, June 25, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln receives $143.68 in cash from purchasers of Bullock land. 
Acting as attorney for Mrs. Bullock, he deeds two tracts to 
purchasers, John Connelley and Nathaniel Hay, taking their notes in 
payment. Out of cash he pays costs of sale, which aggregate $42.70.
<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%3A328' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Notes Drawn for Nathaniel and John Hay</xref>, 25 June 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:313; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A340' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock</xref>, 31 August 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:323-25.</bibl>
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      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-27'>Wednesday, June 27, 1855.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln sends Mrs. Bullock certificate of deposit at Clark's Exchange 
Bank for $101, balance of cash collected Monday.
<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%3A328' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Notes Drawn for Nathaniel and John Hay</xref>, 25 June 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:313; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A340' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock</xref>, 31 August 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:323-25.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-06-29'>Friday, June 29, 1855.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln registers at Matteson House.
<bibl default='NO'>Bloomington National Flag, 6 July 1855.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Matteson House was shortly afterward called Pike House. Lincoln is 
probably on his way to Chicago, and stops off in Bloomington. 
Lincoln's account at Corneau &amp; Diller, drugs, is charged 25&#162; 
for bottle of vermifuge.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 151.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

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