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Monday, August 29, 1853. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	First sale of lots takes place in new town. Ninety are sold at prices ranging from $40 to $150. [According to tradition Lincoln is present. At noon he purchases two watermelons and carries one under each arm to public square. There he invites Latham, Hickox, and Gillette, proprietors, to join him, saying, "Now we'll christen the new town."] Lawrence B. Stringer, ed., History of Logan County, 2 vols. (Chicago: Pioneer Publishing Co., 1911), 1:568-69.
Wednesday, April 5, 1854. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Parks, Logan, Lincoln & Herndon, representing defendant, file their answer in Turley et al. v. Logan County, Illinois. (This case, originally filed December 5, 1853, was brought by principal property owners of town of Mt. Pulaski, who claimed that county seat had been illegally moved to Lincoln.) In their answer, defendant's attorneys claim location act was regularly passed. Copy of Record, Sup. Ct. Files.
Thursday, April 6, 1854. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	In Turley et al. v. Logan County, Illinois, defendant files affidavit of Isaac R. Diller, clerk of House of Representatives. Copy of Record, Sup. Ct. Files.
Friday, April 7, 1854. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Turley et al. v. Logan County, Illinois is again before court. Defendant's attorneys move that injunction, granted when case was first filed, be dissolved, and court so orders. Complainants file their replication to answer of defendants, and case is continued. Copy of Record, Sup. Ct. Files. Lincoln writes and signs receipt to Mrs. Lucy Scroggin for $50, paying all fees due to date. John T. Stuart also signs. Photocopy.
Monday, April 2, 1855. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	[No Logan Circuit Court records for this term are known to exist, but Lincoln's presence at spring term is shown by his letters of March 16, 1855 and July 27, 1855 to A. L. Brewer. Abraham Lincoln to Anson L. Brewer, 16 March 1855, CW, 2:308-9; Abraham Lincoln to Anson L. Brewer, 27 July 1855, CW, 2:315-16.]
Monday, September 3, 1855. [Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Logan Circuit Court convenes.]
Tuesday, September 4, 1855. [Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	[Sometime during week Lincoln tries Kelly v. Evans, in regard to which he wrote A. L. Brewer March 11, 1855. Defendant contests case, but Lincoln obtains judgment for his client for full amount. Abraham Lincoln to Anson L. Brewer, 5 November 1855, CW, 2:327.]
Wednesday, September 5, 1855. [Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln attends sheriff's sale resulting from Stigleman et al. v. Bruce. He writes memorandum of sales. Photocopy.
Wednesday, April 2, 1856. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	For plaintiff in Lander v. Loreme, Lincoln has defendant ruled to answer by July 1, 1856. Record.
Thursday, April 3, 1856. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Patterson v. Stenett, Lincoln for defense, is tried by court, which finds for plaintiff with $322.66 judgment. Record.
Saturday, April 5, 1856. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln draws up arbitration award in Webster v. Rhodes & Angell, which Judge Davis and John T. Stuart sign. Photocopy.
Tuesday, September 2, 1856. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Republican meeting, attended by large delegation from Atlanta, is held during evening. "Mr. Lincoln made a speech most triumphantly vindicating the nationality [patriotism] of the supporters of Col. Fremont." Illinois State Journal, 4 September 1856. Lincoln has new shaft bar put on his buggy ($1.75). Obed Lewis Account Books.
Wednesday, September 3, 1856. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	[Mrs. Lincoln charges bonnet, ribbon, silk, shoes, slippers, and combs to her husband's account ($8.77) at John Williams & Co. Pratt, Personal Finances, 148.]
Monday, March 16, 1857. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Logan Circuit Court convenes for two-week term at Lincoln. Record. Lincoln draws up petition for pardon of John Hibbs, Logan County citizen sentenced to two years for manslaughter in 1856, and collects signatures. Petition to William H. Bissell, [8 May 1857], CW, 2:394; Endorsement: David Davis to William H. Bissell, [c. 8 May 1857], CW, 2:394-95.
Wednesday, March 25, 1857. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Johnson v. Beam & Turley, Lincoln & Herndon for plaintiff, is dismissed at defendant's costs. Webster v. Rhodes & Angell, Lincoln, Herndon, and Parks for plaintiff, is also dismissed, each party paying his costs. Record. [Filed in Danville is bill in Davenport v. Sconce & DonCarlos, which Lincoln corrected and evidently mailed. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]
Saturday, March 28, 1857. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln & Herndon represent plaintiff in Lanham v. Lorence, chancery. Record.
Thursday, March 18, 1858. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month Revised Entry	In the Logan County Circuit Court, Lincoln and Charles H. Goodrich represent defendants Lorenzo D. Hamilton and Jefferson L. Dugger in the case of Hickey v. Hamilton & Dugger. Lincoln files a plea for the defendants, signing it "Goodrich & Lincoln." The plaintiff, John W. Hickey, is suing Hamilton and Dugger for breach of contract related to the sale of some hogs. Plea, filed 18 March 1858, Hickey v. Hamilton & Dugger, IHi, Springfield, IL; Testimony, March 1858 Term, Hickey v. Hamilton & Dugger, case file, Logan County Circuit Court, Logan County Courthouse, Lincoln, IL.
Monday, March 22, 1858. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month Revised Entry	Lincoln writes to Illinois Governor William H. Bissell to seek clemency for Samuel Jones and James Jones. A Logan County Circuit Court jury "found [them] guilty of stealing five . . . small hogs." Lincoln explains, "I was not concerned in the trial . . . I have been appealed to, to say something in favor of their being pardoned. They are father and son. . . . [Samuel Jones] is an old citizen . . . and his neighbors appear more anxious that he and his son should be pardoned, than I have known in any other case." Indictment, filed 15 March 1858, People v. Jones & Jones, case file; Jury Verdict, filed 18 March 1858, People v. Jones & Jones, case file; Order, 18 March 1858, People v. Jones & Jones, Record 1, 571-572, all in Logan County Circuit Court, Logan County Courthouse, Lincoln, IL; Abraham Lincoln to William H. Bissell, 22 March 1858, CW, 2:436.
Wednesday, March 24, 1858. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month Revised Entry	Lincoln writes on politics to O. M. Hatch, secretary of state, Springfield, suggesting state Republican convention. Photocopy.
Friday, March 26, 1858. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month Revised Entry	In the Logan County Circuit Court, Judge David Davis continues the case of Hildreth v. Gill. Lincoln and Lionel P. Lacey represent defendant Thomas N. Gill, whom McCarty Hildreth is suing over the sale of 1,231 hogs. Order, 26 March 1858, Hildreth v. Gill, Circuit Court Record 1, 50; Declaration, filed 3 March 1858, Hildreth v. Gill, case file, both in Logan County Circuit Court, Logan County Courthouse, Lincoln, IL.
Saturday, March 27, 1858. Lincoln, IL and Springfield, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln and Goodrich represent defendants in Bruner et al. v. Bruner et al., bill to correct mortgage deed. Report submitted is approved and ordered recorded. Record. In Springfield, Lincoln finds among his mail letter from Jonathan Haines of Pekin, client in reaper patent litigation, and one from Alfred Hyde, convict. He writes to Haines about two law suits, one pending, another prospective. "I really can not find time to prepare such a suit, until the Spring courts are over." Abraham Lincoln to Jonathan Haines, 27 March 1858, CW, 2:436-37. Hyde reminds Lincoln of seeing him on train March 4, 1857, and asks his assistance in seeking pardon. Lincoln files Hyde's letter until Aug., when he writes Daniel Dickinson of New York about him. Hyde to Lincoln, 25 March 1858, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Daniel S. Dickinson, 3 August 1858, CW, 2:535.
Saturday, October 16, 1858. Springfield, IL and Lincoln, IL. Browse Month Revised Entry	Lincoln travels by train to Lincoln, Illinois. A newspaper reports that the train's cars "were completely filled inside, and covered with passengers on top, before reaching Lincoln." Lincoln arrives at about noon and "partak[es] of some refreshments." At approximately two o'clock, after local attorney Samuel C. Parks introduces him, Lincoln begins a two-hour speech. He delivers the remarks from "the stand, erected near the west front of the Court House" before approximately 5,000 people. A newspaper reports, "Mr. Lincoln made an eloquent speech, and showed up [Stephen A.] Douglas' inconsistencies in fine style." Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL), 18 October 1858, 2:2; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 18 October 1858, 2:3; Chicago Daily Press and Tribune (IL), 21 October 1858, 2:3. Someone, perhaps Lincoln, purchases nine pounds of sugar and five pounds of "Java" coffee from the John Williams & Co. store and charges the total cost of two dollars to Lincoln's account. Harry E. Pratt, The Personal Finances of Abraham Lincoln (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1943), 145-49.
Monday, March 21, 1859. Springfield, IL and Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln deposits $112.50 at Marine & Fire Insurance Co., and writes $6 check to "Woods & Henkle," tailors. Marine Bank Ledger; DLC—Original. He then boards train to Lincoln, where, in Logan Circuit Court, he writes and files defendant's answer in Engle et al. v. Reed. Photocopy. [Mrs. Lincoln buys two pairs of boots, yard goods and shirt at Smith's store ($17.63). Pratt, Personal Finances, 154-55.]
Tuesday, March 22, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln draws bill in chancery in Day v. Skinner & Turley He also draws affidavit, which Joshua Day signs. Photocopy. In court Lincoln and Dugger represent defendant in Bell v. McPheeter, which is dismissed at plaintiff's costs. Record.
Wednesday, March 23, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln writes and files pleas in Critz v. Deskins, in which he and Parks act for defendant. He writes affidavit of William Oliver filed in Mershon v. Oliver & Milner. Photocopy.
Thursday, March 24, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln is attorney for Abraham Nash, alias Yankee Sullivan, charged with assault with intent to kill. By agreement bail is increased to $1,000, and change of venue to Sangamon County granted. Record. He writes and files pleas for defendants in Lacey v. Beverly et al., and in Closson v. McFarland. In first case he acts with Parks, in second with Estabrook. Photocopy. [Mrs. Lincoln buys more yard goods ($2.75) at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]
Saturday, March 26, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month Revised Entry	Lincoln writes to William A. Ross, of Washington, Illinois, in response to Ross's proposal to publish a book of the debates between Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln expresses a keen interest in the project and recommends a layout and a title, "Illinois political canvass of 1858." Lincoln suggests that Ross "include the correspondence between Judge Douglas and myself which led to the joint discussions." In the interest of fairness, Lincoln proposes using debate reprints from two different Chicago newspapers, one favorable to Douglas, and the other favorable to Lincoln. William A. Ross to Abraham Lincoln, 18 March 1859, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to William A. Ross, 26 March 1859, CW, 3:372-74. In court Lincoln files power of attorney from defendants and confesses judgment against them in Blong v. W. C. Taylor & Co. for $8,428.77, amount of note sued on and interest. Photocopy. [Robert buys shoes, yard goods, and sewing materials for his mother at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]
Tuesday, March 29, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln files separate answer of J. T. McCoy in Campbell v. McCoy & Blatchford in Logan Circuit Court. Files. He writes and files affidavit and motion for new trial for defendant in Howser v. Palmer, "mule replevin case." Photocopy. [Mrs. Lincoln buys sewing materials at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]
Wednesday, March 30, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month Revised Entry	In Gleeson v. Jones et al. Lincoln writes answer of James H. Matheny, guardian ad litem, replication, and court decree. Photocopy. [Mrs. Lincoln buys more sewing materials at Smith's and boys hat and pair of shoes ($4.59). Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]
Thursday, March 31, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln files bill and affidavit in Day v. Skinner & Turley which he drew March 22, 1859. He also writes and files order of court by which case is continued. Files. He writes and files demurrer in Smith v. Bowman & Sewell, in which he and Parks are for plaintiff. Photocopy.
Friday, April 1, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Campbell v. McCoy & Blatchford is tried by jury, which finds for plaintiffs in sum of $1,155.55. Lincoln and Lacey represent defendants. Lincoln files praecipe and declaration in Foster v. Cosby. Record; Files. He writes and files, for defendants, pleas in Goltra v. Ewing et al. and Davis & Co. v. Burt, acting with Parks. Photocopy. [On unspecified day this month Lincoln pays $5 by check to "Dr. P. Moran." DLC—Original.]
Saturday, April 2, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Goltra v. Ewing et al. is continued. Thompson v. Crane, Lincoln and Lacey for plaintiff, is tried by jury, which awards their client $45.80 plus part of costs. Lincoln also sits as judge on 33 cases. Record; Photocopy. [Mrs. Lincoln buys another boy's hat. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]
Thursday, September 22, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln writes instructions to jury in Fairchild v. Capps & St. Clair. Photocopy. [Mrs. Lincoln buys two pairs boys' boots at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 159.]
Saturday, September 24, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	For plaintiff in Day v. Skinner & Turley, Lincoln files bond. Record.
Tuesday, September 27, 1859. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln writes and files bond of Joshua Day and James Wiley in case of Day v. Skinner & Turley. Photocopy. [Mrs. Lincoln buys yard of linen at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 159.]
Wednesday, September 28, 1859. Lincoln, IL and Chicago, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln starts for Milwaukee, where he is to deliver annual oration at Wisconsin State Fair. In Chicago he registers at Tremont House. Illinois State Journal, 28 September 1859; Chicago Journal, 29 September 1859.
Monday, March 19, 1860. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Acting for defendant, Lincoln writes, signs, and files demurrer in Henrichsen v. Laughery in Logan Circuit Court. He writes agreement as to issue in Musick for use of Johnson v. Baughn & Jackson, which Young for defendant and Parks for plaintiff sign. Photocopy.
Tuesday, March 20, 1860. Lincoln, IL. Browse Month	Lincoln writes indictment in People v. Musick et al. Files.

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First sale of lots takes place in new town. Ninety are sold at prices 
ranging from $40 to $150. [According to tradition Lincoln is present. 
At noon he purchases two watermelons and carries one under each arm 
to public square. There he invites Latham, Hickox, and Gillette, 
proprietors, to join him, saying, "Now we'll christen the new town."]
<bibl default='NO'>Lawrence B. Stringer, ed., <title>History of Logan County</title>, 2 vols. (Chicago: Pioneer Publishing Co., 1911), 1:568-69.</bibl>
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            <date value='1854-04-05'>Wednesday, April 5, 1854.</date>
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Parks, Logan, Lincoln &amp; Herndon, representing defendant, file their answer in <name type='case' key='L00965'>Turley et al. v. Logan County, Illinois</name>. (This case, originally filed December 5, 1853, was brought by principal property owners of town of Mt. Pulaski, who 
claimed that county seat had been illegally moved to Lincoln.) In their answer, defendant's attorneys claim location act was regularly passed.
<bibl default='NO'>Copy of Record, Sup. Ct. Files.</bibl>
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            <date value='1854-04-06'>Thursday, April 6, 1854.</date>
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In <name type='case' key='L00965'>Turley et al. v. Logan County, Illinois</name>, defendant files affidavit of Isaac R. Diller, clerk of House of Representatives.
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         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L00965'>Turley et al. v. Logan County, Illinois</name> is again before court. Defendant's attorneys move that injunction, granted when case was first filed, be dissolved, and court so orders. Complainants file their replication to answer of defendants, and case is continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Copy of Record, Sup. Ct. Files.</bibl>
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         <p>
Lincoln writes and signs receipt to Mrs. Lucy Scroggin for $50, 
paying all fees due to date. John T. Stuart also signs.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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            <date value='1855-04-02'>Monday, April 2, 1855.</date>
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         <p>
[No Logan Circuit Court records for this term are known to exist, but 
Lincoln's presence at spring term is shown by his letters of March 
16, 1855 and July 27, 1855 to A. L. Brewer.
<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%3A318' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Anson L. Brewer</xref>, 16 March 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:308-9; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A333' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Anson L. Brewer</xref>, 27 July 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:315-16.</bibl>]
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            <date value='1855-09-03'>Monday, September 3, 1855.</date>
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Logan Circuit Court convenes.]
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            <date value='1855-09-04'>Tuesday, September 4, 1855.</date>
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[Sometime during week Lincoln tries <name type='case' key='L01011'>Kelly v. Evans</name>, in regard to which he wrote A. L. Brewer March 11, 1855. Defendant contests case, but Lincoln obtains judgment for his client for full amount.
<bibl default='NO'>
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            <date value='1855-09-05'>Wednesday, September 5, 1855.</date>
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Lincoln attends sheriff's sale resulting from <name type='case'>Stigleman et al. v. Bruce</name>. He writes memorandum of sales.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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            <date value='1856-04-02'>Wednesday, April 2, 1856.</date>
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For plaintiff in <name type='case'>Lander v. Loreme</name>, Lincoln has defendant ruled to answer by July 1, 1856.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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            <date value='1856-04-03'>Thursday, April 3, 1856.</date>
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         <p>
            <name type='case'>Patterson v. Stenett</name>, Lincoln for defense, 
is tried by court, which finds for plaintiff with $322.66 judgment.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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            <date value='1856-04-05'>Saturday, April 5, 1856.</date> 
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln draws up arbitration award in 
  <name type='case' key='L00982'>Webster v. Rhodes &amp; Angell</name>, which
  Judge Davis and John T. Stuart sign. <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl> 
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            <date value='1856-09-02'>Tuesday, September 2, 1856.</date>
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         <p>
Republican meeting, attended by large delegation from Atlanta, is 
held during evening. "Mr. Lincoln made a speech most triumphantly 
vindicating the nationality [patriotism] of the supporters of Col. 
Fremont."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Illinois State Journal</title>, 4 September 1856.</bibl>
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Lincoln has new shaft bar put on his buggy ($1.75).
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Obed Lewis Account Books</title>.</bibl>
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            <date value='1856-09-03'>Wednesday, September 3, 1856.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
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[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> charges bonnet, ribbon, silk, shoes, slippers, and 
combs to her husband's account ($8.77) at John Williams &amp; Co.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 148.</bibl>]
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            <date value='1857-03-16'>Monday, March 16, 1857.</date>
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         <p>
Logan Circuit Court convenes for two-week term at Lincoln.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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Lincoln draws up petition for pardon of John Hibbs, Logan County 
citizen sentenced to two years for manslaughter in 1856, and collects 
signatures.
<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%3A428' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Petition to William H. Bissell</xref>, [8 May 1857], <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:394; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A429' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Endorsement: David Davis to William H. Bissell</xref>, [c. 8 May 1857], <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:394-95.</bibl>
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            <date value='1857-03-25'>Wednesday, March 25, 1857.</date>
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            <name type='case' key='L01009'>Johnson v. Beam &amp; Turley</name>, Lincoln &amp; Herndon for plaintiff, is dismissed at defendant's costs. <name type='case' key='L00983'>Webster v. Rhodes &amp; Angell</name>, Lincoln, Herndon, and Parks for plaintiff, is also dismissed, each party paying his costs.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
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[Filed in Danville is bill in <name type='case' key='L01886'>Davenport v. Sconce &amp; DonCarlos</name>, which Lincoln corrected and evidently mailed.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>]
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            <date value='1857-03-28'>Saturday, March 28, 1857.</date> 
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         <p> Lincoln &amp; Herndon represent plaintiff in 
  <name type='case' key='L00975'>Lanham v. Lorence</name>, chancery. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
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            <date value='1858-03-18'>Thursday, March 18, 1858.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> In the Logan County Circuit Court, Lincoln and Charles H. Goodrich represent defendants
    Lorenzo D. Hamilton and Jefferson L. Dugger in the case of <name type='case' key='L01049'>Hickey
     v. Hamilton &amp; Dugger</name>. Lincoln files a plea for the defendants, signing it
    "Goodrich &amp; Lincoln." The plaintiff, John W. Hickey, is suing Hamilton and Dugger for
    breach of contract related to the sale of some hogs. <bibl default='NO'>Plea, filed 18 March 1858,
      <ital>Hickey v. Hamilton &amp; Dugger</ital>, IHi, Springfield, IL; Testimony, March 1858
     Term, <ital>Hickey v. Hamilton &amp; Dugger</ital>, case file, Logan County Circuit Court,
     Logan County Courthouse, Lincoln, IL.</bibl>
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  <date value='1858-03-22'>Monday, March 22, 1858.</date> 
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  <p> Lincoln writes to Illinois Governor William H. Bissell to seek clemency for
  Samuel Jones and James Jones. A Logan County Circuit Court jury "found [them]
  guilty of stealing five . . . small hogs." Lincoln explains, "I was not
  concerned in the trial . . . I have been appealed to, to say something in favor
  of their being pardoned. They are father and son. . . . [Samuel Jones] is an
  old citizen . . . and his neighbors appear more anxious that he and his son
  should be pardoned, than I have known in any other case." <bibl default='NO'>
  Indictment, filed 15 March 1858, <title>People v. Jones &amp; Jones</title>,
  case file; Jury Verdict, filed 18 March 1858, <title>People v. Jones &amp;
  Jones</title>, case file; Order, 18 March 1858, <title>People v. Jones &amp;
  Jones</title>, Record 1, 571-572, all in Logan County Circuit Court, Logan
  County Courthouse, Lincoln, IL;
  <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A481' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William H.
  Bissell</xref>, 22 March 1858, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>,
  2:436.</bibl> </p> </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1858-03-24'>Wednesday, March 24,
  1858.</date> 
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes on
  politics to O. M. Hatch, secretary of state, Springfield, suggesting state
  Republican convention. <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1858-03-26'>Friday, March 26, 1858.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> In the Logan County Circuit Court, Judge David Davis continues the case of <name type='case' key='L01050'>Hildreth v. Gill</name>. Lincoln and Lionel P. Lacey represent defendant Thomas N.
    Gill, whom McCarty Hildreth is suing over the sale of 1,231 hogs.<bibl default='NO'>Order, 26 March 1858,
      <ital>Hildreth v. Gill</ital>, Circuit Court Record 1, 50; Declaration, filed 3 March 1858,
      <ital>Hildreth v. Gill</ital>, case file, both in Logan County Circuit Court, Logan County
     Courthouse, Lincoln, IL.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1858-03-27'>Saturday, March 27, 1858.</date> 
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln,
  IL</place> and <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln and
  Goodrich represent defendants in <name type='case' key='L00944'>Bruner et al.
  v. Bruner et al.</name>, bill to correct mortgage deed. Report submitted is
  approved and ordered recorded. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> In Springfield,
  Lincoln finds among his mail letter from Jonathan Haines of Pekin, client in
  reaper patent litigation, and one from Alfred Hyde, convict. He writes to
  Haines about two law suits, one pending, another prospective. "I really can not
  find time to prepare such a suit, until the Spring courts are over." <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%3A482' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Jonathan Haines</xref>, 27 March 1858,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:436-37.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Hyde
  reminds Lincoln of seeing him on train March 4, 1857, and asks his assistance
  in seeking pardon. Lincoln files Hyde's letter until Aug., when he writes
  Daniel Dickinson of New York about him. <bibl default='NO'>Hyde to Lincoln, 25 March 1858,
  Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress,
  Washington, DC;
  <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A556' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Daniel S. Dickinson</xref>, 3 August 1858,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:535.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1858-10-16'>Saturday, October 16,
  1858.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place> and <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
  </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln travels by train to Lincoln, Illinois. A newspaper reports that the train's cars "were completely filled
  inside, and covered with passengers on top, before reaching Lincoln." Lincoln
  arrives at about noon and "partak[es] of some refreshments." At approximately two o'clock, after local attorney Samuel C. Parks introduces him, Lincoln begins a two-hour speech. He delivers the remarks from "the stand,
  erected near the west front of the Court House" before approximately
  5,000 people. A newspaper reports, "Mr. Lincoln made an eloquent speech,
  and showed up [Stephen A.] Douglas' inconsistencies in fine style." <bibl default='NO'> 
               <title>Daily
  Pantagraph</title> (Bloomington, IL), 18 October 1858, 2:2; <title>Daily
  Illinois State Journal</title> (Springfield), 18 October 1858, 2:3;
  <title>Chicago Daily Press and Tribune</title> (IL), 21 October 1858,
  2:3.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Someone, perhaps Lincoln, purchases nine pounds of sugar
  and five pounds of "Java" coffee from the John Williams &amp; Co. store and
  charges the total cost of two dollars 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),
  145-49.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1859-03-21'>Monday, March
  21, 1859.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place> and <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
  </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln deposits $112.50 at Marine &amp; Fire Insurance Co.,
  and writes $6 check to "Woods &amp; Henkle," tailors. <bibl default='NO'>Marine Bank Ledger;
  DLC&#8212;Original.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> He then boards train to Lincoln, where, in
  Logan Circuit Court, he writes and files defendant's answer in 
  <name type='case' key='L01000'>Engle et al. v. Reed</name>. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> [<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person>
  buys two pairs of boots, yard goods and shirt at Smith's store ($17.63). 
  <bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>,
  154-55.</bibl>] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-03-22'>Tuesday, March 22, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln draws bill in chancery in <name type='case' key='L00996'>Day v. Skinner &amp; Turley</name> He also draws affidavit, which Joshua Day signs.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
In court Lincoln and Dugger represent defendant in <name type='case' key='L00941'>Bell v. McPheeter</name>, which is dismissed at plaintiff's costs.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-03-23'>Wednesday, March 23, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes and files pleas in <name type='case' key='L00969'>Critz v. Deskins</name>, in which he and Parks act for defendant. He writes affidavit of William Oliver filed in <name type='case' key='L00958'>Mershon v. Oliver &amp; Milner</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-03-24'>Thursday, March 24, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln is attorney for Abraham Nash, alias Yankee Sullivan, charged 
with assault with intent to kill. By agreement bail is increased to 
$1,000, and change of venue to Sangamon County granted.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
He writes and files pleas for defendants in <name type='case' key='L00974'>Lacey v. Beverly et al.</name>, and in <name type='case' key='L00948'>Closson v. McFarland</name>. In first case he acts with Parks, in second with Estabrook.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> buys more yard goods ($2.75) at Smith's.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 155.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform' type='Revised'> <dateline> 
  <date value='1859-03-26'>Saturday, March 26, 1859.</date> 
  <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>. </dateline> 
  <p> Lincoln writes to William A. Ross, of Washington, Illinois, in response to
  Ross's proposal to publish a book of the debates between Lincoln and Stephen A.
  Douglas. Lincoln expresses a keen interest in the project and recommends a
  layout and a title, "Illinois political canvass of 1858." Lincoln suggests that
  Ross "include the correspondence between Judge Douglas and myself which led to
  the joint discussions." In the interest of fairness, Lincoln proposes using
  debate reprints from two different Chicago newspapers, one favorable to
  Douglas, and the other favorable to Lincoln. <bibl default='NO'> William A.
  Ross to Abraham Lincoln, 18 March 1859, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of
  Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln3;node=lincoln3%3A95' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William A. Ross</xref>,
  26 March 1859, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 3:372-74.</bibl> </p>
  <p> In court Lincoln files power of attorney from defendants and confesses
  judgment against them in <name type='case' key='L00942'>Blong v. W. C. Taylor
  &amp; Co.</name> for $8,428.77, amount of note sued on and interest. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl> </p> <p> [Robert buys shoes, yard goods,
  and sewing materials for his mother at Smith's store. <bibl default='NO'>Pratt,
  <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 155.</bibl>] </p>
  </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-03-29'>Tuesday, March 29, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln files separate answer of J. T. McCoy in <name type='case' key='L00967'>Campbell v. McCoy &amp; Blatchford</name> in Logan Circuit Court.
<bibl default='NO'>Files.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
He writes and files affidavit and motion for new trial for defendant in <name type='case' key='L01008'>Howser v. Palmer</name>, "mule replevin case."
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> buys sewing materials at Smith's store.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 155.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-03-30'>Wednesday, March 30, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case' key='L01042'>Gleeson v. Jones et al.</name> Lincoln writes answer of
    James H. Matheny, guardian <ital>ad litem</ital>, replication, and court decree.
     <bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> [<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> buys more sewing materials at Smith's and boys
    hat and pair of shoes ($4.59). <bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal
     Finances</title>, 155.</bibl>] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-03-31'>Thursday, March 31, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln files bill and affidavit in <name type='case' key='L00996'>Day v. Skinner &amp; Turley</name> which he drew March 22, 1859. He also writes and files order of court by which case is continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Files.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
He writes and files demurrer in <name type='case' key='L01031'>Smith v. Bowman &amp; Sewell</name>, in which he and Parks are for plaintiff.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-04-01'>Friday, April 1, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L00967'>Campbell v. McCoy &amp; Blatchford</name> is tried by jury, which finds for plaintiffs in sum of $1,155.55. Lincoln and Lacey represent defendants. Lincoln files praecipe and declaration in <name type='case' key='L01004'>Foster v. Cosby</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; Files.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
He writes and files, for defendants, pleas in <name type='case' key='L01044'>Goltra v. Ewing et al.</name> and <name type='case'>Davis &amp; Co. v. Burt</name>, acting with Parks.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[On unspecified day this month Lincoln pays $5 by check to "Dr. P. Moran."
<bibl default='NO'>DLC&#8212;Original.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-04-02'>Saturday, April 2, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L01044'>Goltra v. Ewing et al.</name> is continued. <name type='case' key='L00968'>Thompson v. Crane</name>, Lincoln and Lacey for plaintiff, is tried by jury, which awards their client $45.80 plus part of costs. Lincoln also sits as judge on 33 cases.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> buys another boy's hat.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 155.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-09-22'>Thursday, September 22, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes instructions to jury in <name type='case' key='L01002'>Fairchild v. Capps &amp; St. Clair</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> buys two pairs boys' boots at Smith's store.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 159.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-09-24'>Saturday, September 24, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
For plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L00996'>Day v. Skinner &amp; Turley</name>, Lincoln files bond.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-09-27'>Tuesday, September 27, 1859.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes and files bond of Joshua Day and James Wiley in case of <name type='case' key='L00996'>Day v. Skinner &amp; Turley</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> buys yard of linen at Smith's.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 159.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1859-09-28'>Wednesday, September 28, 1859.</date> 
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place> and <place key='41.8500, -87.6500' teiForm='name'>Chicago, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p>
  Lincoln starts for Milwaukee, where he is to deliver annual oration at
  Wisconsin State Fair. In Chicago he registers at Tremont House. <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Illinois State Journal</title>, 28 September 1859; <title>Chicago
  Journal</title>, 29 September 1859.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1860-03-19'>Monday, March 19, 1860.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Acting for defendant, Lincoln writes, signs, and files demurrer in <name type='case' key='L01047'>Henrichsen v. Laughery</name> in Logan Circuit Court. He writes agreement as to issue in <name type='case' key='L00956'>Musick for use of Johnson v. Baughn &amp; Jackson</name>, which Young for defendant and Parks for plaintiff sign.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1860-03-20'>Tuesday, March 20, 1860.</date>
            <place key='40.1333, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Lincoln, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes indictment in <name type='case' key='L04877'>People v. Musick et al.</name>
            <bibl default='NO'>Files.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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