Someone, perhaps Lincoln, withdraws $24.75 cash from Lincoln's account at a Springfield store/bank. Account of Abraham Lincoln (copy), 1 September 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 282, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

Sangamo Journal publishes Lincoln's anonymous essay as "Letter From the Lost Townships."

Lincoln and Rev. Francis A. McNeill are speakers at memorial service for Bowling Green, conducted by Springfield Masonic Lodge No. 4. July 18, 1842 committee of five—John Bennett, Martin S. Morris, John Uhler, Edward Jones, and John Zwisler—was appointed to make arrangements "for the day of procession."Sangamo Journal, 20 August 1842, William H. Herndon Papers, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Lincoln writes bill in chancery asking that land purchase contract be made null and void in Pickrell & Cantrall v. Smith et al., Sangamon Circuit Court.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Third and fourth of series of letters signed Rebecca, written in backwoods dialect, and poking fun at James Shields and Democrat policies are dated today, and appear in Sangamo Journal; September 9, 1842.]

[McLean Circuit Court convenes at Bloomington for four-day term.]

Harkness et al. v. Davis is called. Defendant's demurrer is argued and sustained. Lincoln is given leave by court to file amended bill, and case continued.Record.