Lincoln signs his name and names of John Hanks and John D. Johnston to petition to county commissioners' court to fill vacancy in office of constable, Springfield district.IHi.

Stuart & Lincoln dismiss one case at cost of their client, and win seven others by default, obtaining total damages of $1,515.38. As attorney for Simeon Francis, Lincoln writes report, which Baker signs, in Francis v. Mitchell et al. Mitchell, late postmaster of Springfield, failed to give deed to lot.Record; Photocopy.

Lincoln buys $15.56 worth of merchandise from a Springfield merchant.Account (copy), 11 March 1842, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

[In long article on Washington Temperance Society, "Register" concludes: "does any rational man believe for a moment that Abraham Lincoln, B. S. Clement and Edward D. Baker have joined the Washingtonian Society from any other than political motives. Would they have joined it if it had been exceedingly unpopular?" Register, 11 March 1842.]

Lincoln writes narratio in Hill v. Rague, Sangamon County Circuit Court case. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

With Edward D. Baker, Lincoln calls on Secretary Thomas Ewing, Interior, and discusses patronage. Paul I. Miller, "Lincoln and the Governorship of Oregon," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, XXIII, 391.

Lincoln writes to President Fillmore recommending Francis Arenz, Whig, for appointment by which he can visit his native Prussia. John T. Stuart and Abraham Lincoln to Millard Fillmore, 11 March 1851, CW, 2:103.

He writes sheriff's return in Yates v. Smedley et al., Menard County case and dispatches it to Petersburg. Photocopy.

[Praecipe in Atchison for use of Allen v. Pekin, Illinois, written by Lincoln and signed "James and Lincoln," is filed in Tazewell Circuit Court, probably by James. Photocopy.]

Lincoln and William J. Allen, district attorney, argue demurrer in Wilson case. Court takes question under advisement. Record.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys pair of slippers at John Williams & Co. Pratt, Personal Finances, 148.]

Lincoln writes Solon Cummins that land case on which he has been intermittently engaged since 1850 has been won in U.S. Circuit Court. Abraham Lincoln to Solon Cumins, 11 March 1858, CW, 2:436.

Lincoln writes, signs, and files defendant's answer in Harrison v. Wellen et al. He is acting with Hill. In same case he writes, signs, and files answer of DeWitt C. Jones. He writes, signs, and files answer of same client in Merriman & Woodard v. Wellen et al.Photocopy.

Lincoln and James A. Briggs hear Henry Ward Beecher preach at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, and visit Universalist Church of Edwin H. Chapin in New York. Hiram Barney takes Lincoln to House of Industry at Five Points, and home to tea. James A. Briggs to S. P. Chase, 17 March 1860, Salmon P. Chase Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; New York Tribune, 13 March 1860; The Evening Post (New York, NY), 16 August 1867, 2:4.

Cabinet meets at 11 A.M. and decides to withdraw troops from Fort Sumter, S.C. N.Y. Times, 13 March 1861.

Lincoln sends nominations to Senate: John Z. Goodrich, collector for port of Boston; George W. McLellan, second assistant postmaster general; Archibald Williams, district judge for Kansas; William P. Dole, commissioner of Indian affairs. Baltimore Sun, 12 March 1861.

Invites Col. Ferguson of Memphis, Tenn., for whom he once chopped wood, to White House. Baltimore Sun, 18 March 1861.

Mrs. Lincoln and friends visit Washington Navy Yard, Eastern Branch, Potomac River. Baltimore Sun, 13 March 1861.

At cabinet meeting chronic dissatisfaction with conduct of war levelled at Gen. McClellan. Bates, Diary.

Former Gov. Dennison (Ohio) talks to President about War Order No. 3 and McClellan. McClellan, War for Union, 225.

"The President came into the [Navy] Yard, and I drove around with him." Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President issues War Order No. 3, placing McClellan in command of Dept. of the Potomac, Gen. Halleck in command of Dept. of the Mississippi, and Gen. Fremont in command of Mountain Dept.. President's War Order No. 3, 11 March 1862, CW, 5:155.

In evening calls several members of cabinet to White House and reads War Order No. 3 to them. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Writes check for $5.00 to "William Johnson (colored)." CW, 8:487.

Col. Edward B. Cross, accompanied by Sen. Hale (N.H.), calls on President and asks promotion. Memorandum: Appointment of Edward E. Cross, 11 March 1863, CW, 6:133.

Cong. Rollins (Mo.) interviews Lincoln on behalf of Col. Odon Guitar. Memorandum: Appointment of Odon Guitar, 11 March 1863, CW, 6:133-34.

Cabinet meets. Gen. Grant interrupts to tell President of plan to leave for Nashville. Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, 2 vols. (London: Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886), 2:118; Welles, Diary.

Gen. Alexander M. McCook calls on President. McCook to Nicolay, 11 March 1864, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President Lincoln writes to Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase concerning Miss Rosie Bielaski. Lincoln explains, "[She] calls on me saying she has been discharged from her place as a clerk in your Department." Lincoln notes, "Her father was a Pole, whom I knew in Illinois, more than twenty years ago," and who died in one of the Civil War's "earliest battles, and left the family destitute." Lincoln adds, "I should be very glad for her to have a place, if it can be, consistently with the service." Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 11 March 1864, CW, 10:230.

President Lincoln issues a proclamation in which he commands "all deserters to return to their proper posts." Lincoln stipulates, "[A]ll deserters, who shall . . . on or before the tenth day of May 1865, return to service or report themselves to a Provost Marshal, shall be pardoned, on condition that they return to their regiments and companies, or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to, and serve the remainder of their original terms of enlistment and, in addition thereto, a period equal to the time lost by desertion." Proclamation Offering Pardon to Deserters, 11 March 1865, CW, 8:349-50.

Sends William Van Dalsan to Sec. Stanton with note. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 11 March 1865, CW, 8:351.

Senate committee notifies President of adjournment unless he has further communications. Senate Journal, 355.

O. H. Browning and former Judge Hughes see President about schemes of J. W. Singleton to make millions trading in produce from southern states. Browning, Diary.

President discusses for hour terms of draft with delegation from first congressional district of Pennsylvania. Randall to Lincoln, 18 March 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln, assisted by President, holds her last afternoon reception of season from 1 to 5 P.M., with music provided by the Marine Band. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 11 March 1865, 2d ed., 2:4.

Nominates Private Secretary John G. Nicolay as consul in Paris at salary of $5,000, and Senate immediately and unanimously confirms the appointment. Nicolay to Bates, 12 March 1865, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 13 March 1865, 2d ed., Extra, 2:4.