Logan & Lincoln participate in five cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiff Jesse M. McCutchen in McCutchen v. Allen and reach an agreement with the defendant's attorneys, Edward D. Baker and Albert T. Bledsoe. The court dismisses the suit and orders the defendant to pay the court costs. Logan & Lincoln, as attorneys for defendants Thomas P. January and James Dunlap, reach a settlement in the case of Francis & Sanford v. January & Dunlap. The court dismisses the case and orders the defendants to pay the court costs. Judgment, 1 April 1842, McCutchen v. Allen, Record G, 333; Judgment, 1 April 1842, Francis & Sandford v. January & Dunlap, Record G, 335, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.

Logan & Lincoln participate in four cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. In the slander case of Thurman v. Taylor, the court permits Logan & Lincoln, as attorneys for plaintiff Charles Thurman, to amend a previously filed declaration. The court convenes a jury to hear the evidence in the case, and Logan & Lincoln call four witnesses before the jury retires to deliberate. In the case of Trailor & Myer v. Saunders, the court orders the garnishment to proceed. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiffs Archibald Trailor and Friedrick Myer. Order, 4 April 1842, Thurman v. Taylor, Record G, 343, 345; Fee Book Entry, March Term 1842, Thurman v. Taylor, Fee Book I, 456; Order, 4 April 1842, Trailor & Myer v. Saunders, Record G, 344, all in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.

[In the evening, the Whigs of the Springfield Precinct meet at the Sangamo Journal newspaper reading room and elect delegates to the county convention. Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 8 April 1842, 3:1.]

Logan & Lincoln participate in four cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. The jury in the Thurman v. Taylor case rules against Logan & Lincoln's client, Charles Thurman, and the court orders Thurman to pay all the costs of the suit. The court grants a divorce to Logan & Lincoln's client, Ann McDaniel, in the case of McDaniel v. McDaniel. In addition, the court awards custody of the couple's three daughters to Ann McDaniel. Logan & Lincoln had established that defendant Patrick McDaniel had taken his wife's "earnings, and spent it in reveling and drunkenness." Logan & Lincoln represent defendant Leroy L. Hill in Trailor v. Hill ; Lincoln writes and files an answer in the case. In the case of Henry v. Whitwell & Whitwell, Logan & Lincoln file a petition for their client, plaintiff Anson G. Henry. They represent Edmund G. Johns in the U.S. District Court in his bankruptcy case, In re Johns. Judgment, 5 April 1842, Thurman v. Taylor, Record G, 346; Judgment, 5 April 1842, McDaniel v. McDaniel, Record G, 347, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; Bill for Divorce, 5 January 1842, McDaniel v. McDaniel, copy files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi; Answer, 5 April 1842, Trailor v. Hill, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Petition to Sell Real Estate, filed 5 April 1842, Henry v. Whitwell & Whitwell, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Order, 5 April 1842, In re Johns, in General Bankruptcy 2, 563, U. S. District Court of Illinois, RG 21, National Archives, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 8 April 1842, 3:3.

Logan & Lincoln participate in two cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. In a garnishment hearing in the case of Trailor & Myer v. Saunders, Logan & Lincoln file an answer on behalf of their clients Archibald Trailor and Friedrick Myer. In the case of C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff & Company, the court denies the defendants' request to set aside the judgment against them. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiffs Harrison Goodell and Calvin Goodell. Logan & Lincoln represent Samuel Gunn of Richland County in the bankruptcy case of In re Gunn before Judge Nathaniel Pope in the U.S. District Court. Order, 6 April 1842, Trailor & Myer v. Saunders, Record G, 349; Order, 6 April 1842, C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff & Company, Record G, 349, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 18 March 1842, 3:7.

Someone, perhaps Lincoln, withdraws $6 in cash from Lincoln's account with a Springfield store/bank. Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 6 April 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

Logan & Lincoln participate in five cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. In the case, C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff & Company, the court empanels a jury to assess the debt and damages due to the plaintiffs, Harrison Goodell and Calvin Goodell, represented by Logan & Lincoln. Lincoln provides the jury with a calculation of the outstanding debt. The jury awards the Goodells $573.92 for the debt and $0.01 in damages. In the ejectment case of Sparks v. Bird & Bird, the defendants enter their plea, and the court continues the suit until the next term. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiff Thomas W. Sparks. Judgment, 7 April 1842, C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff & Company, Record G, 354-55, Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; Jury Verdict, filed 7 April 1842, C. Goodell & Company v. John Duff & Company, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Order, 7 April 1842, Sparks v. Bird & Bird, Record G, 354, Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.

Logan & Lincoln participate in six cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. In the case of Herndon v. Cutter, the jury rules in favor of their client John R. Herndon, and the court awards Herndon court costs and $475 in damages. Logan & Lincoln, along with attorneys Edward D. Baker and Albert T. Bledsoe, represent plaintiffs Clement D. March and Augustus V. Schemerhorn in the case of Schemerhorn & March v. Taylor. They ask the court to dismiss the suit, and the court grants the dismissal. In the case of Roll v. Hill, Logan & Lincoln, as attorneys for plaintiff Jacob C. Roll, argue against the defendant's motion to dissolve an injunction. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiffs John G. Bassett and Darius North in the case of North & Bassett v. State Bank of Illinois. The attorneys for the State Bank file a plea, and Logan & Lincoln withdraw the first count of their declaration. In the U. S. District Court, Logan & Lincoln represent Henry Dishon in his bankruptcy case, In re Dishon. Judgment, 8 April 1842, Herndon v. Cutter, Record G, 362; Judgment, 8 April 1842, Schemerhorn & March v. Taylor, Record G, 362; Judgment, 8 April 1842, Roll v. Hill, Record G, 363; Judge's Docket Entry, March Term 1842, North & Bassett v. State Bank of Illinois, Docket Book C; Order, 8 April 1842, North & Bassett v. State Bank of Illinois, Record G, 360, all in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; Order, 8 April 1842, In re Dishon, in General Bankruptcy Record 2, 506, U. S. District Court of Illinois, RG 21, National Archives, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.

Logan & Lincoln participate in four cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiff Richard F. Barret in the replevin case of Barret v. Saunders. A panel of six jurors hears the evidence and renders a judgment in Barret's favor. The court orders the defendant to return Barret's possessions and assesses $0.01 in damages. In the case of Jackson v. Stafford, the jury decides in favor of Logan & Lincoln's client, plaintiff Caleb Jackson. Lincoln writes the court order instructing the defendant to pay $164.70 to Jackson in addition to the court costs. On Lincoln's motion, the court appoints Jesse B. Thomas as the guardian for an insane heir of Robert Crow in the case of Crow and Crow v. Crow et al. Judgment, 9 April 1842, Barret v. Saunders, Record G, 366, Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; Judgment, filed 9 April 1842, Jackson v. Stafford, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Decree, 9 April 1842, Crow and Crow v. Crow et al., Record G, 367, Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.

[Delegates representing the Whig party of Sangamon County hold a convention at the Christian Church in Springfield for the purpose of nominating candidates to run for the state legislature and for several county offices. Lincoln's law partner Stephen T. Logan is one of the four nominees for the Illinois General Assembly. Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 15 April 1842, 2:6.]

Lincoln writes to Frederick A. Thomas, a Lawrence County attorney, to discuss the bankruptcy case of In re Flanders. Lincoln is Jonathan L. Flanders's attorney in Springfield, where the case is scheduled to be heard in the U.S. District Court. "The whole cost," he writes, "exclusive of lawyer's fees, will be, as we think, about $20. in something at least as good as Shawnee." In a postscript he adds, "Tell J. K. Dubois he must come to the Legislature again; that I am off the track, and that the wheels of government will inevitably stop with out the aid of one of us." Abraham Lincoln to Frederick A. Thomas, 21 April 1842, CW, 1:285-86.

[The Woodford County Circuit Court is in session today and tomorrow.]

[James Goldsby, the clerk of the Menard County Commissioner's Court, files a delinquent tax list for 1841. Lincoln has not paid taxes on lot seven, block eleven, in the town of Huron. The lot is valued at $2, and the tax due is 1¢.Illinois Register (Springfield), 29 April 1842, 3:6.]

Lincoln writes a mortgage for Peter Rickard to William Butler and Philip C. Latham. Lincoln also witnesses the promissory note of Rickard to Butler and Latham for $516, due in 18 months, at 10 percent interest.Mortgage Deed, 25 April 1842, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Promissory Note, 25 April 1842, IHi, Springfield, IL.

[The four-day term of the McLean County Circuit Court begins in Bloomington.]

[Either Lincoln's partner, Stephen T. Logan, or Jesse Fell, their co-attorney in Harkness et al. v. Davis, appear for the complainants. The court orders the defendants to answer, and the case is continued.Bill of Complaint, 13 April 1842, Decree, 26 April 1842, both in Circuit Court Transcript, 22 January 1844, Davis v. Harkness et al., Illinois Supreme Court case file 1564, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.]

As part of a settlement in the bankruptcy case of In re Torrey, Lincoln draws up an agreement between F. L. King, Turner R. King, Thomas Moffett, and William Butler for paying the debts of J. Torrey & Company.Document Drawn for Joseph Torrey and F. L. King to William Butler and Thomas Moffett, 27 April 1842, CW, 1:286-87.

[Logan may have appeared in Wood & Abbott v. Thomas et al., tried before Judge Samuel H. Treat in the McLean County Circuit Court. Lincoln pays the clerk's fee on September 20, 1843, but he is not at the trial. Order, 28 April 1842, Wood & Abbott v. Thomas et al., Court Record 2, 351, McLean County Circuit Court, McLean County Courthouse, Bloomington, IL.]