Lincoln is probably in Springfield at request of T. P. Andrews, paymaster of U.S. Army who is paying Black Hawk War soldiers. "Thecompany officers are requested to attend early on the first day . . . as information not furnished by the Muster Rolls, is, in many cases, required, and absolutely necessary, to insure payments to the companies." Lincoln received about $125 for his services.Sangamo Journal 8 December 1832; Thomas, Lincoln's New Salem, 70.

[Meeting is held in court house in Springfield to select delegates to April convention in Rushville to agree on one of four northern towns as new state capital. Dan Stone presides and appoints Peter Cartwright, John T. Stuart, and Stephen T. Logan committee on resolutions. Delegates appointed are Stuart, Logan, Cartwright, George Forquer, E. D. Taylor, and Samuel Morris.Sangamo Journal, 11 January 1834.]

Lincoln casts four negative votes: on passage of act concerning justices of peace and constables; on passage of act for electing county commissioners court clerks; on motion to refer to select committee Vermilion Saline lands bill; and on amendment to Saline bill.House Journal.

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

Lincoln votes with majority to pass bill incorporating Danville. He moves House adopt rule that "no bill shall be referred or amended after its engrossment for the third reading, without the consent of two-thirds of the members present." Motion is lost. [Similar motion he made December 11, 1834 was disapproved.]House Journal.

Most of day is spent on internal improvement bill. Lincoln votes to make state stockholder in all railroads to extent of its expenditures on each project. He opposes several resolutions to suspend construction on railroads and river improvement.House Journal.

Lincoln writes power of attorney for himself from Jesse K. Dubois to sell two Springfield lots.IHi—Original.

[Lincoln's name does not appear on eight votes.House Journal.]

Ballentine et al. v. Beall (SC), creditor's bill in which Lincoln appears for appellant and E. B. Webb for appellee, is submitted on written briefs and argument and court considers. (In 4 Ill. 203, attorneys are shown on opposite sides to that of original court record.)Record.

Browne trial continues. Doorkeepers have difficulty keeping order and quiet. After some time, committee appointed to conduct trial asks to be discharged, which is denied.ISLA—Bulletin, No. 56.

Trial of McDonald v. Fithian & Juneau continues. McRoberts moves for leave to file affidavit of J. J. Brown in support of his motion, made yesterday, and to file deposition of John H. Murphy. Case is set for argument tomorrow.Record.

Sangamo Journal announces Lincoln as auditor for Illinois Senate.

Defendant withdraws plea in Napier v. Wooldridge in U.S. Circuit Court. Court awards plaintiff $681.44 debt and $140.97 damages. Record.

Lincoln receipts on judgment docket full payment of money in Speed v. Branson and Branson. He obtained judgment in this case on November 17, 1843.

Lincoln presents petition of "James Semple and others, against the petition of the city of Alton, Illinois, praying a relinquishment of certain lands." He votes for resolution requesting President to communicate to House any instructions given to officers or others regarding their permitting Santa Anna to return to Mexico.Globe.

Lincoln votes against reconsideration of vote whereby President's message was referred to select committee. He votes aye on resolution to raise mileage allowance of "Persons appointed to deliver the votes for President and Vice President . . . to the President of the Senate" from 12½ cents to 25 cents per mile. It is passed 114-62. Globe.

At War Department he swears to facts re Joseph Newman, Mexican War Casualty. Affidavit Concerning Joseph Newman, 4 January 1849, CW, 2:18.

[Supreme Court opens in Springfield.]

Lincoln writes and signs Lincoln & Herndon to mechanics lien bill in Stigleman, Johnson & Co. v. Paddleford & Co., Sangamon Circuit Court case. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In the evening, Lincoln is at the statehouse, where he speaks to a group that seeks to encourage Illinois's black residents to relocate to Liberia, in Africa. A newspaper reports, "Mr. Lincoln was emphatically non-committal, and no man could have handled the subject with more grace and...tact. He stated that it was a subject entered into by men of all parties and shades of thought, and that if it could be accomplished without trouble...he would be in favor of the project...No one can object to this position." Outline for Speech to the Colonization Society, [4 January 1855], CW, 2:298-301; Sunday Morning Republican (St. Louis, MO), 7 January 1855, 2:5-6.

Republican members of legislature caucus in Lincoln & Herndon office. Isaac N. Phillips, ed. Abraham Lincoln By Some Men Who Knew Him (Bloomington, IL: Pantagraph Printing, 1910), 104.

Lincoln participates in at least seventeen cases in the U.S. Circuit Court. In fourteen of the cases, Lincoln & Herndon represent the Missouri-based firm of S. C. Davis & Company, which is suing to recover money owed to it by various individuals and firms. The case of S.C. Davis & Co. v. J.W. & J.R. Allen is representative of the action that Lincoln & Herndon take this day in ten of the suits. Lincoln & Herndon ask the Court to order the defendants to "plead...by Wednesday Morning next," and Judge Samuel H. Treat grants the requests. Three other S.C. Davis & Company cases are chancery cases involving the foreclosure of mortgages, where the borrowers used land to secure the promissory notes they gave to the company. The case of S.C. Davis & Co. v. Campbell & Hundley is representative of the action taken in these three cases. Lincoln & Herndon ask the Court to order the defendant(s) to "answer...by Wednesday morning next," and Judge Treat grants the requests. Lincoln also participates in three other cases not related to the S.C. Davis & Company. In the debt case of Bank of Commerce v. Emporium Real Estate & Manufacturing Co., Lincoln & Herndon, representing the plaintiff, ask the Court to order the defendant to "plead...by Wednesday Morning next." In the case of Lawrence v. Coler, Lincoln & Herndon represent plaintiff Hoel K. Lawrence of Wisconsin in a suit involving a bill of exchange. Lincoln & Herndon ask the Court to order defendant William N. Coler to "plead...by Wednesday Morning next." Judge Treat grants the request. In the case of Gale v. Morgan County Bank, Lincoln and Stephen T. Logan defend the financial institution. Plaintiff Dewitt C. Gale is suing the bank for failing to credit his account for two drafts, totaling $4,000, that he submitted for payment. Both parties agree to a January 13 trial date. Declaration, filed 9 December 1857, S.C. Davis & Co. v. J.W. & J.R. Allen, Record Group 21, case file 231; Order 4 January 1858, S.C. Davis & Co. v. J.W. & J.R. Allen, Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 180; Bill to Foreclose Mortgage, filed 8 December 1857, S.C. Davis & Co. v. Campbell & Hundley, Record Group 21, case file 245; Decree, 4 January 1858, S.C. Davis & Co. v. Campbell & Hundley, Record Group 21, Chancery Record, Vol., 39; Order, 4 January 1858, Bank of Commerce v. Emporium Real Estate & Manufacturing Co., Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 179; Order, 4 January 1858, Lawrence v. Coler, Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 181; Deposition of Charles S. Watrons, 5 December 1857, Gale v. Morgan County Bank, Record Group 21, case file 142; Order, 4 January 1858, Gale v. Morgan County Bank, Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 188, all in U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.

In the name of Lincoln & Herndon, Lincoln signs an order promising to pay G. W. Hawes & Co. $2 on receipt of a copy of the State "Gazetteer of Illinois" for the years 1858 and 1859. Private Collection.

U.S. Courts and Supreme Court convene in Springfield. On Lincoln's motion Charles S. Zane is admitted to practice in federal courts. Illinois State Journal, 5 January 1859.

Lincoln & Herndon appear in three cases in U.S. Court, but their activity is confined to entering motions. Record.

Lincoln votes in congressional election. Election Returns.

He writes assignment of errors in People ex rel. Koerner et al. v. Ridgely et al., (SC). Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Robert buys and charges to his father's account 10 pounds of sugar ($1) at C. M. & S. Smith, general store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 154.

Sen.-elect Salmon P. Chase (Ohio), former governor of Ohio and candidate for Republican nomination in 1860, arrives in Springfield. "He comes by invitation of the President and will probably be tendered the Secretaryship of State." N.Y. Herald, 5 January 1861.

After interview with Lincoln Chase writes Cong. Elihu B. Washburne (Ill.), friend of Lincoln: "It is a mistaken supposition that Mr. Lincoln has as yet tendered me the Treasury Dept." Chase to Washburne, 14 January 1861, Elihu B. Washburne, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In morning stands on sidewalk and reviews 6th U.S. Cavalry at Executive Mansion. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 January 1862, 2d ed., 3:6.

Telegraphs Gen. Buell: "Have arms gone forward for East-Tennessee? Please tell me the progress and condition of the movement, in that direction." Abraham Lincoln to Don C. Buell, 4 January 1862, CW, 5:90.

Recognizes Abraham Felder as vice consul of Switzerland for Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. National Republican (Washington, DC), 7 February 1862, 2:6.

Cesar J. Kaskel, sponsored by Cong. John A. Gurley (Ohio), interviews Lincoln regarding order issued by Gen. Grant expelling Jews from Military Department of Tennessee. Bertram W. Korn, American Jewry and the Civil War (Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951), 125.

James M. Winchell, newspaper correspondent, interviews President on Battle of Stone's River. J. M. Winchell, "Three Interviews with President Lincoln," Galaxy 16 (July 1873):33-34.

Lincoln attends New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and drives Sen. Browning (Ill.) home. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln directs Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to "hear and consider" the requests of "refugees" from Virginia who seek to "remove their families and property to protection within the Union lines, by means of our armed gunboats on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay." Lincoln states that "many persons" have applied for "permission" to relocate, and he asks Welles to determine the "proper" way to assist them. Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles, 4 January 1863, CW, 6:36.

Lincoln is honorary officer of Ladies Great National Sanitary Fair in Washington during January. Washington Chronicle, 4 January 1864.

President interviews Thornton F. Marshall of Kentucky regarding "trade regulations in our portion of Ky." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 4 January 1865, CW, 8:197.

Discusses problems of dealing in cotton with Fergus Peniston of New Orleans, and grants him permit to trade. Cotton Permit for Fergus Peniston, 4 January 1865, CW, 8:196-97.

Sec. Welles consults with Lincoln about employing criminal lawyer to represent government. Welles, Diary.