Lincoln surveys town of Bath for John Kerton, proprietor, his last recorded town survey. Later in day he returns to Oakford. Sangamon County Deed Record, Book K, 155; The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1879), 412.

[In speech at Bath August 16, 1858, Lincoln recalled that 22 years before he had "with his own hands staked out the first plat of this town of Bath, then a wooded wilderness."Speech at Bath, Illinois, 16 August 1858, CW, 2:543-44.]

Charles R. Matheny, clerk of Sangamon County Commissioners Court, certifies that Lincoln is elected to Tenth General Assembly. Photocopy.

Lincoln has five cases in Christian County Circuit Court, which meets in one-day session. Four cases are continued and one dismissed by agreement at cost of defendant. Lincoln appears for plaintiff in one case alone, with May in one case, and in others with Logan. Record.

[A debit of $2.93, carried over from the Lincoln & Stuart account, is applied to Lincoln's solo account with a Springfield merchant. The merchant credits Lincoln's account with $62.50 for "Profit & Loss", and Lincoln remits $2.93, settling the Lincoln & Stuart account. Account (copy), 1 November 1841, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 185, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

Filed at Petersburg is Lincoln's written affidavit and praecipe in Purkapile v. Hornbuckle, mailed or dispatched "by hand". Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]

Lincoln writes and signs bill to foreclose in Wright v. Drennan and Bradley, Sangamon Circuit Court case.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Evening Journal of Evansville, Indiana on October 31, 1844 advertised meeting of Clay Whig Club at court house today. Although it is not certain, Lincoln may have been one of speakers. LL, No. 271.]

"Dr. Henry . . . and Hon. A. Lincoln addressed a numerous assemblage of our citizens from all parts of the county. . . . [Lincoln] declared that the contest was between Taylor and Cass . . . and admonished all `Liberty' or Van Buren men . . . to cast their votes for Gen. Taylor, and not indirectly for Gen. Cass. . . . After listening about four hours . . . the audience retired, highly entertained and instructed."Illinois Gazette, 4 November 1848; Speech at Lacon, Illinois, 1 November 1848, CW, 2:14.

Article in "Register" induces Lincoln, B. S. Edwards, and Logan to write and publish opinion on Illinois election laws with respect to challenged votes. Their opinion, in which Judge Treat concurs, is that "any person taking the oath prescribed in the act of 1849, is entitled to vote, unless counter proof be made, satisfying a majority of the Judges that such oath is untrue." Illinois Journal, 2 November 1852; Opinion on Election Laws, 1 November 1852, CW, 2:160.

Taylor & Taylor v. People & Hickman is dismissed on motion of Lincoln and Lamon, complainants' attorney. In Wilson v. Wilson, divorce is granted on defendant's cross bill, which Lincoln writes. Attorneys are Davis for complainant and Lincoln and Lamon for Mrs. Wilson, defendant. Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln dines and takes tea with Orville H. Browning. In evening he speaks on Nebraska question at Kendall's Hall. Browning, Diary. After speech Lincoln, Jonas, and several others go to "oyster-saloon." Jonas and Lincoln then walk to Quincy House, where they part late at night. Before retiring, Lincoln hunts up stage driver and makes arrangements for his return trip next day. Speech at Quincy, Illinois, 1 November 1854, CW, 2:285-86.

Thousands attend Fremont and Bissell meeting. "The Hons. A. Lincoln, W. H. Herndon, Swett and others addressed the crowd from different stands." Illinois State Journal, 3 November 1856.

Lincoln closes campaign with speech near his first home in Illinois. "It will please Mr. Lincoln's friends," writes Petersburg reporter who heard him Friday, "to know that he has passed through the tremendous labors of this canvass with his health and strength unimpaired." Menard Index, 4 November 1858; Jesse W. Weik, The Real Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923), 276; Otto R. Kyle, Abraham Lincoln in Decatur (New York: Vantage, 1957), 98-99.

Writing to W. E. Frazer, Lincoln declines to commit himself to Cameron of Pennsylvania for Presidency. He hints at his own candidacy: "For my single self, I have enlisted for the permanent success of the Republican cause; and, for this object, I shall labor faithfully in the ranks, unless, as I think not probable, the judgment of the party shall assign me a different position." Abraham Lincoln to William E. Frazer, 1 November 1859, CW, 3:491.

Cabinet accepts resignation of General Winfield Scott and decides upon appointment of General George B. McClellan as successor. President orders Bvt. Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott placed on list of retired officers of Army of U.S. Later calls at Scott's residence with members of cabinet. Order Retiring Winfield Scott from Command, 1 November 1861, CW, 5:10-11; National Republican (Washington, DC), 2 November 1861, 2:2.

Informs McClellan: "I have designated you to command the whole army." McClellan, War for Union, 200; Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 1 November 1861, CW, 5:9-10.

In evening, with John Hay, visits McClellan and Sec. Seward at their homes. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Capt. McKinney (Thomas J. McKenny?) delivers President's order dated October 24, 1861 relieving Gen. Fremont of command of Dept. of West. Abraham Lincoln to Samuel R. Curtis, 24 October 1861, CW, 4:562-63.

President expresses entire satisfaction with Capt. David V. Derickson and Co. K, 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers, as presidential guard. Abraham Lincoln to Whom It May Concern, 1 November 1862, CW, 5:484-85.

President reports night fighting of Gen. Hooker to Sec. Seward, who is in Auburn, N.Y., because of illness of son. Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 1 November 1863, CW, 6:554.

In evening consults with Gen. Schenck, Cong. James A. Garfield (Ohio), and Cong. Kelley (Pa.) about orderly Maryland elections November 4, 1863. Hay, Letters and Diary; Schenck to Stanton, 1 November 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Prepares order concerning draft: "It is ordered that every citizen who has paid the $300 commutation shall receive the same credit therefor as if he had furnished a substitute, and is exonerated from military service for the time for which he was drafted, to wit, for three years." Order Concerning the Draft, [1 November 1863], CW, 6:553-54.

Sec. Seward, in presence of Atty. Gen. Bates, reads to President dispatch announcing success of new Maryland Constitution. Bates, Diary.

Gen. Butler interviews President prior to taking charge of policing polls at national election in New York. Benjamin F. Butler, Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences . . . Butler's Book (Boston: A. M. Thayer, 1892), 775.

W. O. Bartlett calls on Lincoln relative to appointment of James Gordon Bennett as Minister to France. Abraham Lincoln to Abram Wakeman, 26 January 1865, CW, 8:239-40.

Post Office Dept. establishes domestic money order system. J. Duane Squires, "Some Enduring Achievements of the Lincoln Administration, 1861-65," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 5 (December 1848):200.

President endorses letter of Sgt. H. Warren Stimson, 142d Pennsylvania Volunteers: "West-Point. I wish this 'soldier boy' to have a chance." Endorsement Concerning H. Warren Stimson, 1 November 1864, CW, 8:85.