Lincoln mails to clerk of Circuit Court of Menard County declaration, praecipe, note, and bond for costs in Plummer & Wilson v. Hoey & Hoey. Plaintiff is seeking to collect note for $138.87 given by defendants in Baltimore March 10, 1837.Photocopy.

He files petition for divorce of Solomon Goodman against Nancy Goodman and asks that summons be issued to defendant.Sangamo Journal, 4 February 1842.

Lincoln files petition for divorce of Ann McDaniel against Patrick McDaniel and asks summons returnable to March term of Sangamon Circuit Court.Sangamo Journal, 4 February 1842.

Lincoln writes Speed that Speed's anxiety about his fiancee's health "will forever banish those horid doubts" of his affection for her. He hopes that her improving health will make Speed forget "the sorrows of the past, in the enjoyments of the present. . . . I have been quite clear of hypo since you left,—even better than I was along in the fall."Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed, 3 February 1842, CW, 1:267-68.

In the evening, Lincoln delivers a eulogy for Benjamin Ferguson before a meeting of the Washington Temperance Society. Lincoln remarks, "In his intercourse with his fellow men, he possessed that rare uprightness of character, which was evidenced by his having no disputes or bickerings of his own, while he was ever the chosen arbiter to settle those of his neighbors. In very truth he was, the noblest work of God—an honest man."Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 11 February 1842, 2:7; Eulogy on Benjamin Ferguson, 8 February 1842, CW, 1:268-69.

Logan & Lincoln give notice to defendant that writ to attachment has been sued out in Sangamon Circuit Court in Beebe v. Dunn. Several lots in Athens, Illinois are described in attachment.Sangamo Journal, 10 February 1842.

Lincoln instructs G. B. Shelledy, lawyer of Paris, Illinois, how to prepare papers in cases Shelledy wants Logan & Lincoln to handle in U.S. Circuit Court. Lincoln agrees to attend to them for $10 each when there is no opposition.Abraham Lincoln to Garland B. Shelledy, 16 February 1842, CW, 1:270-71.

Someone, perhaps Lincoln, purchases $37.81 worth of merchandise from a Springfield store and charges it to Abraham Lincoln's account.Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 17 February 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

[Sangamo Journal announces that Judge Pope's "Bankrupt Court" opens in Springfield to hear cases under new bankrupt law.]

Lincoln writes promissory note for retainer in the bankruptcy case In re Gambrel. James Gambrel signs the note, promising to pay "twenty dollars in good fire wood."Promissory Note of James Gambrel, 24 February 1842, CW, 1:279.