Someone, perhaps Lincoln, pays $80.08 to Siter Price & Co. from Lincoln's account with a Springfield store/bank. Additionally, the merchant debits Lincoln's account in the amount of $10.92 for "Profit & Loss." Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 1 June 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

Someone, perhaps Lincoln, purchases 37¢ worth of merchandise from a Springfield store and charges it to Lincoln's account. Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 2 June 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

Someone, perhaps Lincoln, deposits $120 cash into Lincoln's account at a Springfield store/bank.Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 3 June 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 282, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

In the Menard County Circuit Court, Lincoln, as attorney for appellants George U. Miles and James P. McCoy, files his clients' affidavit and an account of the goods purchased by appellee David B. Miles in the appeal case of Miles & McCoy v. Miles. Judge Samuel H. Treat rules in favor of Miles & McCoy and orders David B. Miles to pay them $26.27 and the court costs. Lincoln represents John Eaton in Taylor v. Eaton. Elijah Taylor's attorneys Thomas L. Harris and George O. Bachman ask the court to continue the case, and the court grants their request. In the replevin case of Purkapile v. Hornbuckle, a jury hears the testimony and the arguments of the parties and decides in favor of Hornbuckle. The court orders Lincoln's client John Purkapile to pay the court costs and orders the sheriff to return the property in question to Hornbuckle. Lincoln, representing W. W. Bennett and John Bennett, files a demurrer in Pillsbury v. Bennett & Bennett and requests a continuance. The court grants Lincoln's request. Affidavit, filed 15 June 1842, Miles & McCoy v. Miles, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Account, 15 June 1842, Miles & McCoy v. Miles, case file, box 7; Judgment Docket Entry, 16 September 1844, Miles & McCoy v. Miles, Judgment Docket 1; Order, 15 June 1842, Taylor v. Eaton, General Record A, 127; Judgment, 15 June 1842, Purkapile v. Hornbuckle, Docket Book 1, 125; Order, 15 June 1842, Pillsbury v. Bennett & Bennett, Docket Book 1, 127, all in Menard County Circuit Court, Menard County Courthouse, Petersburg, IL.

Logan & Lincoln represent bankruptcy petitioners in three cases scheduled for a hearing before the U. S. District Court.Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 27 May 1842, 3:6.

Lincoln goes with reception committee, composed largely of Democrats, to Rochester, five miles east of Springfield, to meet ex-President Martin Van Buren. Evening is spent in Rochester at home of Mr. Doty. Lincoln's humorous stories entertain Van Buren. Register, 24 January 1842.

Lincoln accompanies Van Buren to Springfield. Sangamon Guards, commanded by E. D. Baker, meet party mile east of town. Springfield Artillery fires salute of 13 guns and Mayor Campbell gives address of welcome at state house. Van Buren replies, and attends reception. Party in his honor is given in evening at American House.Register, 24 January 1842.

Only one document is known to exist for the case of Biggs v. Baker, and it reveals little about the suit. It is clear that Lincoln, Stephen T. Logan, and Henry Eddy represent plaintiff Thompson H. Biggs, who is suing defendant Ezra Baker. On this day, Lincoln writes to Eddy and encloses a letter from Biggs. Lincoln informs Eddy that the attorneys are not sure whether or not "the process has been served as yet, on Dr. Baker." Lincoln concludes by asking Eddy to "write to Mr. Biggs and to us on any point that suggests itself to you as proper." Lincoln does not reveal the court in which the case is being tried, nor does he state the nature of the dispute. Abraham Lincoln to Henry Eddy (copy), 23 June 1842, Biggs v. Baker, copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL; CW 10:6-7.

In the Sangamon County Circuit Court, Lincoln writes and files a petition for the partition of land in Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al. Logan & Lincoln represent George B. Merriman, Isaac and Lucinda Constant, and Lavinia Jane and William T. Jones, in a dispute with other members of the Merriman family over land inherited from the estate of Reuben Merriman.Petition for Partition, filed 29 June 1842, Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al., Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Complete Record, 29 June 1842, Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al., Complete Record B, 328-29, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.

In the appeal case of Backenstos v. Pollard in the Menard County Circuit Court, Lincoln writes a bill for injunction for his client Andrew M. Pollard. Judge Samuel H. Treat endorses the bill, and Lincoln mails it to Petersburg, where the court clerk files it. Lincoln, representing appellant Thomas Watkins, files a record and an assignment of errors with the clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court in the case of Watkins v. White. Bill for Injunction, filed 30 June 1842, Backenstos v. Pollard, Menard County Circuit Court, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Circuit Court Transcript, filed 30 June 1842, Watkins v. White, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Assignment of Errors, filed 30 June 1842, Watkins v. White, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA.