The U.S. District Court admits Lincoln to practice law before the court after he pays the $2 fee for a certificate. The bankruptcy law enacted last year by Congress goes into effect today.Wm. H. Bradley to Herndon, William H. Herndon Papers, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA; Sangamo Journal, 15 October 1841.

[Logan & Lincoln file complainants' bill and give notice to defendants in Goldsmith v. Cowardin et al. Defendants are to appear at June term of Logan Circuit Court at Postville.Sangamo Journal, 4 March 1842]

In the bankruptcy case In re Dishon, Logan & Lincoln file in U.S. District Court a petition in bankruptcy, property inventory, and creditors list of Henry Dishon of Union County. Record.

Logan & Lincoln, representing William Rankin of Logan County, the petitioner in the bankruptcy case In re Rankin, appear before the U.S. District Court today for a hearing.Register, 18 February 1842.

Lincoln files a declaration in C. Goodell & Co. v. John Duff & Co., a case in the Sangamon County Circuit Court.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Logan & Lincoln appear on behalf of Sangamon County residents Joseph Crowl, John Hammer, and Joseph Torrey, petitioners for bankruptcy before Judge Pope in the U.S. District Court. In re Crowl, In re Hammer, and In re Torrey are the first of approximately 50 cases Logan & Lincoln handle in "bankrupt court" during the year.Record; Register, 18 February 1842.

In the bankrutpcy case In re Johns, Logan & Lincoln file in the U.S. District Court a petition in bankruptcy, inventory, list of creditors, and a notice to creditors of Edmund G. Johns of Springfield. Record.

Logan & Lincoln participate in seven cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. They request and receive continuances in two cases in which they represent the plaintiffs: Hurt v. Carman, Ruckle & Company and A. Harper & Company v. J. Varian & Company. In the case of Allen v. Ash & Campbell, Logan & Lincoln obtain a judgment of $224.19 for plaintiff Robert Allen. Lincoln writes the court's final judgment. The court awards a judgment of $153.22, to plaintiff Eddin Lewis, whom Logan & Lincoln represent in Lewis v. Barrows. The court hears the defendant's motion to dismiss the garnishment proceedings in Trailor & Myer v. Saunders. Logan & Lincoln appear for plaintiffs Archibald Trailor and Friedrick Myer. Order, 31 March 1842, Hurt v. Carman, Ruckle & Company, Record G, 321; Order, 31 March 1842, A. Harper & Company v. J. Varian & Company, Record G, 322, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield; Judgment, filed 31 March 1842, Allen v. Ash & Campbell, Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Judgment, 31 March 1842, Lewis v. Barrows, Record G, 322-23; Order, 31 March 1842, Trailor & Myer v. Saunders, Record G, 327, both in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.