[Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies of milk sickness and is buried near Thomas and Elizabeth Hanks Sparrow.ISLA—Photocopy, Lincoln Family Bible.

Date of Nancy's birth is not known, but she is thought to have been about 25 or 26 years of age when she married Thomas Lincoln in 1806.]

In his first lawsuits as an attorney, Lincoln files several documents in the Sangamon County Circuit Court on behalf of his client David Woldridge. In Hawthorn v. Woldridge, a trespass vi et armis case, Lincoln writes a plea that his his law partner John T. Stuart signs. In Hawthorn v. Woldridge, an assumpsit case, Lincoln writes Woldridge's sworn statement, requesting the court to order Hawthorn to furnish a bond for costs. Lincoln also writes Woldridge's account against Hawthorn which he files to off set whatever claim Hawthorn held against Woldridge. Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes answer of Salome Enos filed in Charles W. Hunter v. Enos et al.Photocopy.

Stuart & Lincoln withdraw $5 cash. Irwin Ledger.

Lincoln writes to his friend Joshua F. Speed, of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Lincoln observes that the newly-wed Speed is "happier now than you were the day you married her." Lincoln asks, '"Are you now, in feeling as well as judgement, glad you are married as you are?' From any body but me, this would be an impudent question not to be tolerated; but I know you will pardon it in me. Please answer it quickly as I feel impatient to know."Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed, 5 October 1842, CW, 1:302-3.

[Piatt Circuit Court convenes at Monticello.]

[Lincoln's account is debited 38¢ for pair of child's shoes, and $9.39 for merchandise.Irwin Ledger and Journal.

[Piatt Circuit Court convenes at Monticello.]

Lincoln registers at Sherman House. Chicago Journal, 6 October 1848; Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln, 1:477.

Stover v. Rucker is tried by jury, which finds that property in dispute belongs to Lincoln's client. Record.

In Keener v. Hainline, Lincoln files affidavit for defendant stating that defendant believes plaintiff "is so unsettled as to endanger the officers of the Court with respect to their legal demands." Photocopy.

Lincoln leaves Springfield to attend court in Tazewell County, partly with intention of avoiding entanglement with radicals. First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, Illinois, 21 August 1858, CW, 3:1-37.