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 case of Wagoner v. Porter et al., Logan & Lincoln represent plaintiff George Wagoner and ask the court's permission to take the deposition of William Porter, a defendant; the court grants their request. Logan & Lincoln represent the petitioner, Henry Dishon of Union County, in a bankruptcy case, In re Dishon, scheduled for a hearing before the U. S. District Court. Decree, 2 April 1842, Wagoner v. Porter et al., Record G, 340, Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 18 March 1842, 4:7.

Lincoln writes a petition to Illinois governor Thomas Carlin, requesting clemency for Michael Hill of Sangamon County, who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Hill's neighbor, Mr. Lewis. Lincoln, along with 158 others, including all of the jurors from the case, sign the petition. In the petition, Lincoln describes Hill as "an elderly, respectable, and peaceful citizen, with a large and respected family." Petition for Pardon of Michael Hill, 2 April 1842, CW, 1:283-84; Illinois Register (Springfield), 22 October 1841, 2:1.

Someone, perhaps Lincoln, withdraws $30 cash from Lincoln's account at a Springfield store/bank. Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 19 April 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

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.]