Hawthorn v. Woldridge, the trespass vi et armis case, is tried before a jury and Lincoln loses when the plaintiff is awarded $36 in damages and court costs. The court orders a continuance in Hawthorn v. Woldridge, the assumpsit case. Record.

Sangamon Circuit Court opens two-week session. Judge Jesse B. Thomas, Jr., is on bench. On motion of Stuart & Lincoln, Demint et al. v. Sintz is dismissed and defendant, their client, is granted costs. They lose Grass v. Ware when plaintiff is granted one cent damages.Record.

Whig convention continues until late afternoon. Lincoln is chosen presidential elector with Cyrus Walker, B. S. Morris, Samuel D. Marshall, and E. B. Webb. He is appointed to state central committee with Dr. A. G. Henry, R. F. Barrett, E. D. Baker, and Joshua F. Speed.Niles Register, 7 November 1839.

"These men . . . ," comments the Democratic paper, "were appointed exclusively with reference to their supposed stumping abilities."Register, 12 October 1839.

In Peter v. Martin et al., Lincoln, for complainant, writes answer of Charles Emerson, guardian, and writes decree of court appointing John J. McGraw commissioner. In Maxwell v. Harrold, jury fails to reach verdict, and case is continued.Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

On motion of Lincoln, defense attorney, Brown v. Fithian is continued owing to absence of witnesses.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Bill in Miller v. Miller et al., written by Lincoln and signed "Lincoln and Herndon for complt." is filed in Menard County Circuit Court in Petersburg. Photocopy.]

[Logan Circuit Court convenes. Court records have been destroyed, but Leonard Swett stated that in autumn of 1849, Judge David Davis introduced him to Lincoln "in a small country hotel in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois." Rice, 455.Mrs. Lincoln buys $7.46 worth of merchandise. Irwin Ledger.]

Lincoln enters appearance of defendants in Hickox v. Waller et ux. and consents to foreclosure decree. In Shields v. Sampson, court finds for plaintiff, Lincoln's client, in sum of $80.53. Lincoln defends Moses Loe on charge of murder. On his motion and affidavit, case is continued. Loe is to be kept in Sangamon County jail until trial. Lincoln writes affidavit of accused, and of E. D. Meacham, prosecution witness, and writes continuance in court record. Campbell v. Warner, ejectment, Lincoln and Moore for defense, is also continued, by consent, at plaintiff's cost. (See May 19, 1853.) Record; Photocopy.

Lincoln writes and files answer for Eli Enslow, defendant and administrator of William W. Enslow, in Hodson et al. v. Enslow et al.. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Clark v. Stigleman et al. comes before U.S. Court for last time. With Stuart and Edwards appearing for plaintiff and Lincoln & Herndon for defendants, jury finds for plaintiff and assesses his damages at $2,700. Record.

Fremont rally draws large crowd. Speakers address crowd from four stands. At stand No. One, Trumbull leads off. "Mr. Lincoln succeeded him in a speech that echoed the universal heart, while the stands two, three and four were also invested with listening crowds, that ever and anon, sent up a chorus of cheers, like the first full notes of victory." Chicago Journal, 9 October 1856.

[Lincoln and 28 other Whigs have signed call for county convention October 19, 1857 to select delegates to "Mass convention," which Springfield Whig paper publishes today. Call for Sangamon County Convention, 8 October 1857, CW, 2:424-25.

His drug store account is charged 25¢ for bottle of "Carminative." Pratt, Personal Finances, 151.]

Jury finds for defendants in amount of $1 and costs. Record.

Lincoln's account at Smith's is charged $40 for 10 cords of wood. Pratt, Personal Finances, 160.

Presidential party, including Mrs. Lincoln, attends Gen. McClellan's review of artillery and cavalry on plain east of Capitol. N.Y. Tribune, 9 October 1861; Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

John Hay returns to Washington after absence of several weeks in Illinois to improve his health. National Republican (Washington, DC), 9 October 1861, 2:2.

President answers request of T. H. Clay at Cincinnati: "You can not have reflected seriously when you ask that I shall order Gen. [George W.] Morgan's command to Kentucky as a favor, because they have marched from Cumberland Gap." War does not "admit of holy days. On Morgan's command, . . . depends the question whether the enemy will get to the Ohio River in another place." Abraham Lincoln to Thomas H. Clay, 8 October 1862, CW, 5:452-53.

Writes Gen. Grant: "I congratulate you and all concerned on your recent battles and victories [Corinth, Miss.] How does it all sum up? I especially regret the death of Gen. [Pleasant A.] Hackelman [Hackleman]; and am very anxious to know the condition of Gen. [Richard J.] Oglesby, who is an intimate personal friend." Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 8 October 1862, CW, 5:453.

President suspends three executions. Abraham Lincoln to George G. Meade, 8 October 1863, CW, 6:506; Abraham Lincoln to George G. Meade, 8 October 1863, CW, 6:506; Abraham Lincoln to George G. Meade, 8 October 1863, CW, 6:506.

Recognizes José Francisco Sanchez as consul of Venezuela at New York. Washington Chronicle, 10 October 1863.

At 8 A.M. Mrs. Byers-Jennings again calls on President, who grants her request. In evening she dines at White House. Rufus R. Wilson, ed., Lincoln Among His Friends: A Sheaf of Intimate Memories (Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1942), 375.

President, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and Major General Henry W. Halleck attend funeral in Georgetown of Lt. John R. Meigs, son of Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs. Diary, Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 10 October 1864, 2d ed., 3:1.

Lincoln receives request from proprietors of Baltimore Evening Post to rescind General Lew Wallace's order suppressing paper. Kimmel and Bosley to Abraham Lincoln, 8 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.