GDG- 1837-1859 - Just Lawyering

[Dennis Lawrence]

Saturday, November 11, 1837.
Springfield, IL.
	
Lincoln takes the deposition of Isiah Stillman to be used by the 
complainants in Wright et al. v. Adams. Stillman swears he talked to Adams 
in 1832 and the latter did not mention that Anderson had assigned a 
controverted land claim to Adams.William H. Townsend, Lincoln the Litigant 
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925), 103-4.

Monday, November 11, 1839.
Petersburg, IL.	

Lincoln, representing plaintiffs, moves continuance of Sears et al. v. 
Siemers et al., petition to make title to tract of land. Case is continued 
to June term of Menard Circuit Court.Record.

Wednesday, November 11, 1840.
Springfield, IL.
	
Gest & Mills v. Henkle & Clark is dismissed on motion of plaintiff's 
attorneys, Stuart & Lincoln. In Trotter v. Thomas, Lincoln files demurrer 
to defendant's plea in abatement filed yesterday.Record.

Friday, November 11, 1842.
Springfield, IL.	

Lincoln writes Samuel D. Marshall: "I have looked into the Dorman & Lane 
case, till I believe I understand the facts of it; and I also believe we 
can reverse it." (Supreme Court later reverses lower court.) He closes 
with: "Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me, is matter of 
profound wonder." Abraham Lincoln to Samuel D. Marshall, 11 November 1842, 
CW, 1:304-5.

He fills out numerous legal papers in Condell, Jones & Co. v. State Bank of 
Illinois.Record; Photocopy.

Monday, November 11, 1844.
Gentryville, IN.	

[Sangamon Circuit Court convenes for three-week term.]
Tuesday, November 11, 1845.
Springfield, IL.
	

Lincoln files defendant's plea in Trailor v. Goodacre, replevin suit. Abram 
Foutch, administrator of Isaac G. Jones, is made defendant in Wood v. 
Jones. Lincoln is attorney for appellant. Defendant files plea in Logan & 
Lincoln v. Smith, executor of William Trailor. Three cases are 
continued.Record.

Wednesday, November 11, 1846.
Springfield, IL.
	
Leave is given to open depositions in Hampton v. Wadkins, appeal. Williams 
and Loose v. Spottswood is continued by agreement. Lincoln & Herndon 
represent appellant in first case and Lincoln defendant in second.Record.

Monday, November 11, 1850.
Springfield, IL.	

Lincoln writes and signs declaration in Saunders for use of Matheny v. 
Harrison, Sangamon Circuit Court case. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of 
Congress, Washington, DC.

Thursday, November 11, 1852.
[Danville, IL. 	

[Macon Circuit Court convenes at Decatur.]

Friday, November 11, 1853.
Springfield, IL
	

Lincoln writes to L. M. Hays: "Inclosed is the draft for one hundred 
dollars. Absence from home prevented my receiving your letter of the 12th 
October until yesterday." He writes to T. J. Turner: "Judge Logan, Kemper's 
attorney, . . . consents to the within named clerk, taking the deposition . 
. . on condition that, if you can, you will notify Kemper's lawyer there, 
of the time & place." Abraham Lincoln to Lewis M. Hays, 11 November 1853, 
CW, 2:206; Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Turner, 11 November 1853, CW, 2:206.

Saturday, November 11, 1854.
Clinton, IL and Springfield, IL.
	

Lincoln writes grand jury true bill in People v. A. G. Herndon, and Judge 
Davis signs. Lincoln writes judgment of court in Cushman v. Illinois 
Central RR, and Judge Davis signs. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of 
Congress, Washington, DC; Photocopy.

Lincoln writes Jacob Harding of Paris; he suspects that Whig has been 
elected to legislature from Edgar County. If so, "could you not make a mark 
with him for me, for U.S. Senator?—I really have some chance." Lincoln 
returns to Springfield in evening. Abraham Lincoln to Jacob Harding, 11 
November 1854, CW, 2:286.

Tuesday, November 11, 1856.
Springfield, IL.
	

Lincoln receives letter from R. M. Ewing of Petersburg enclosing clipping 
from "Menard Index" reprinting purported article from N.Y. "Tribune." 
Article is spurious. Abraham Lincoln to Robert M. Ewing, 12 November 1856, 
CW, 2:381.

Wednesday, November 11, 1857.
Springfield, IL. 	

Lincoln writes and files replication of Carlow Buffom in Buffom v. 
Stockdale et al. in Sangamon Circuit Court. He signs partnership name, 
Lincoln & Herndon. Original owned by Mrs. Edna Orendorff Macpherson, 
Springfield, Ill.

Friday, November 11, 1859.
Chicago, IL.	

Norman B. Judd and wife give Lincoln quit-claim deed to property in Council 
Bluffs which Lincoln inspected in Aug. as security for $3,000



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"This man who has raised himself by his own unaided efforts from a 'log 
cabin' deep in the Indiana woods to the presidency of the United States 
cannot possibly be a run-of-the-mill person."
--Ernest Duvergier de Hauranne in "A Frenchman in Lincoln's America"