[No roll calls are taken and Lincoln's name does not appear in proceedings.House Journal.]

Lincoln votes on amendments to "act to incorporate the stockholders of the Alton Exporting Co." He votes yea on granting second reading to bill from Education Committee.House Journal.

[Lincoln's name does not appear in proceedings.House Journal.]

Lincoln serves for first time as chairman of Committee of the Whole. Discussion is held on adverse report of Internal Improvement committee on incorporating Albion and Graysville Railroad Co. When speaker resumes chair, Lincoln reports progress on bill and asks leave to sit again, which is granted.House Journal.

Lincoln votes with majority to table amendments to act concerning justices of peace and constables. He moves amendment to public revenue act: "That hereafter all Revolutionary pensioners in Illinois be permitted to loan their pension money without paying a tax." He votes to table resolution requiring all male inhabitants to work three days a year on public roads.House Journal.

On four votes taken on bill to regulate tavern and grocery licenses, Lincoln does not vote, his only activity being two votes for adjournment.House Journal.

Members of Galena bar file specification of charges against Judge Thomas C. Browne. "The only charge which we call upon the House to notice, involves nothing derogatory to his character, as a man of integrity, but is founded on the natural infirmity and feebleness of his intellect, and over which he has no control."House Journal; ISLA—Bulletin, No. 56.

Lincoln writes Henry E. Dummer: "In reply to yours of the 14th ult. I say that if you can get a clear title to the 40 acres of land, together with costs, and a reasonable fee to yourself, I reckon you had better do it. Have the deed made to me."Abraham Lincoln to Henry E. Dummer, 2 January 1844, CW, 1:330.

Case of Springfield v. Hickox et al. (SC), is argued by W. I. Ferguson and Lincoln for plaintiff and by McDougall for defendant, and submitted to court.Record.

House considers bill to supply deficiencies in appropriations for year ending June 30, 1849. Amendment is proposed allowing sergeant-at-arms clerk at $4 day provided office is deprived of messenger. Lincoln votes to strike out proviso. Motion carries. He votes aye on amendment, which carries. Globe.

["A. Lincoln, Esq., is spoken of as likely to succeed Hon. J. Butterfield, as Commissioner of the General Land Office." Illinois Journal.]

Lincoln gives Nathaniel Coffin receipt for fees for legal services to Illinois College. ISLA—Files.

In the U.S. Circuit Court, Lincoln files a declaration in the case of Emmitt v. Barret. Lincoln & Herndon represent the plaintiff James Emmitt, who is suing James A. Barret for $8,000 in damages. Emmitt seeks the damages as a result of Barret's failure to repay a $4,816.66 promissory note. Declaration, filed 2 January 1858, Emmitt v. Barret, Record Group 21, case file 279, U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.

Lincoln signs firm name to receipt: "Received of M. G. Dale by the hand of J & D Gillespie the sum of Fifty Dollars on apc of services in the District Court in the cases connected with the Mississippi & Atlantic Rail Road Company." RPB—Original.

["It seems Messrs. Lincoln and (Vice President-elect Hannibal) Hamlin have both received anonymous letters threatening violent opposition to their inauguration." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 2 January 1861, 1:1.]

President visits Gen. McClellan, who is at home ill, and finds that "he is very much better." Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 2 January 1862, CW, 5:88.

Sends communication to Congress regarding London industrial exhibition. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 2 January 1862, CW, 5:88.

Drives to Navy Yard in afternoon with Asst. Sec. Fox to observe firing of 150-pound rifled cannon. "For the first time I heard the President speak of the bare possibility of our being two nations." Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

George P. Strong, resident of St. Louis, delivers to President letter from Gen. Curtis regarding order to exile Rev. McPheeters. Abraham Lincoln to Samuel R. Curtis, 2 January 1863, CW, 6:33-34.

Gen. Butler at White House in evening for conference. Washington Chronicle, 3 January 1863.

Says President asks him to go to Mississippi and organize Negro troops. Benjamin F. Butler, Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences . . . Butler's Book (Boston: A. M. Thayer, 1892), 549-50.

President submits to Congress expediency of appointing an acting head of government department. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 2 January 1863, CW, 6:34-35.

President sends John Hay to Gen. Butler at Point Lookout, Md., with blank forms to record discharge of prisoners who take oath of December 8, 1863. Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. Butler, 2 January 1864, CW, 7:103.

Submits case of reported corruption at Memphis, Tenn., to Sec. Stanton . Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 2 January 1864, CW, 7:104.

O. H. Browning calls at White House to show Lincoln letter from Lt. John F. Benjamin relative to Arkansas affairs. Browning, Diary.

In evening Lincoln occupies private box of Col. James D. Greene at theatre. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

At noon, President and Mrs. Lincoln hold a "New Year reception" at the White House where they greet cabinet members, foreign dignitaries, and the general public. A newspaper reports, "The President received all with the greatest cordiality, and took each individual by the hand. . . . In order to prevent the handsome carpets . . . from being soiled by the mud and dirt . . . canvas was spread over them. . . . [M]any pressed so determinedly to gain admittance that several ladies and children were nearly suffocated, and in some instances ladies and children were raised above the crowd . . . to shield them from the pressure." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 2 January 1865, 2:1.

Sec. Welles remains until 4 P.M. Welles, Diary.

Correspondent for "Scientific American has brief interview with President. Bruce, Tools of War, 289.

Lincoln receives delegation of Kentuckians who apply "to have Gen. Butler assigned to a command that should embrace their State." Reply to a Delegation of Kentuckians, 2 January 1865, CW, 8:195.

Francis D. Blakeslee, clerk in quartermaster general's office, accompanied by two ladies, calls on President. Rufus R. Wilson, ed., Intimate Memories of Lincoln (Elmira, NY: Primavera Press, 1942), 429.

Lincoln decides upon another secret expedition. Sec. Stanton , at home ill, sends for Gen. Meigs and orders boats assembled at Baltimore. Diary, Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

White House receives complaint that members of Congress were not invited to New Year's reception. Lamon to Nicolay, 4 January 1865, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.