[Menard County Whig convention at Petersburg instructs its two delegates, Martin S. Morris and George U. Miles, to vote first for Lincoln and second for Hardin at district convention.Sangamo Journal, 13 April 1843.]

In Tazewell Circuit Court, May v. Greene & Loose is continued. Logan & Lincoln appear for W. L. May, former Whig leader in Springfield, now operating ferry at Peoria. Greene is brother of William G. Greene, clerk with Lincoln in Offutt store at New Salem. Suit involves ownership of strip of land along river patented by defendants and claimed by May as included in his prior patent.Record.

Lincoln writes, and mails to Pekin, bill for $1,610 for John H. Harris, re pork packing business. Bill is filed in Probate Court in estate papers of Harlan Hatch.Photocopy.

Lincoln writes and files defendant's affidavit in Scott v. Davenport.Photocopy.

On opening day of two-day term of Woodford Circuit Court, Lincoln appears for defendant and Gridley for plaintiff in Boggs v. Rathbone. Court orders judgment of court below affirmed for $20. Record.

At evening Whig meeting, delegate to district convention is instructed to vote for Hardin for Congress.Hardin to James Berdan, 15 April 1843, John J. Hardin Papers, Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL.