Day is spent debating Thomas' resolutions against Bank of U.S. and upholding President Jackson in actions on bank, and for his handling of American claim against France for damages in War of 1812. Lincoln's votes support bank.House Journal.

Lincoln votes on two private bills, and for Senate amendment to railroad incorporation bill.House Journal.

Brown of Tazewell and McLean introduces bill in Lincoln's hand for road from Peoria to Pekin.Bill Introduced in Illinois Legislature to Establish a State Road from Peoria to Pekin, [9 January 1836], CW, 1:45-47.

Report of Committee on Internal Improvements is presented by Smith of Wabash. Lincoln votes nay on resolution to print 4,000 copies; it is adopted 57 to 26. House refuses use of hall to citizens of Vandalia to celebrate Jackson's victory at New Orleans.House Journal.

Hankins of Fayette proposes to appoint commissioners to locate new capital but is voted down 61 to 23. Proposal by Green of Clay to submit appropriation of $128,300 for state house to public vote is turned down 63 to 23; appropriation bill is ordered to third reading.House Journal.

Lincoln presents petition of citizens of Sangamon and Menard Counties for state road from Petersburg in Menard County to Waverly in Morgan County. On his motion, petition is referred to select committee composed of Lincoln, Nance of Sangamon, and Harris of Macoupin.House Journal.

Lincoln votes with majority to table resolution to instruct Judiciary Committee to inquire into expediency of reporting stay law bill, to stay proceedings on judgments and executions.House Journal.

Argument in McDonald v. Fithian & Juneau, is continued by McRoberts for appellant and by Lincoln and Baker for appellees.Record.

Logan & Lincoln, complainant's attorneys, publish notice that subpoena in chancery has been issued in Dillon v. Lake, returnable to Mar. term of Sangamon Circuit Court.Sangamo Journal, 18 January 1844.

Lincoln argues Martin & Warfield v. Dryden et al. for appellee and Browning concludes for appellant. Case is submitted to court. Lincoln, and Krum, who had submitted written argument, win their case when court orders complainant's bill dismissed January 18, 1845. Record; Missouri Republican, 22 January 1845.

Hardin and Butterfield, attorneys for defendant in Griggs et al. v. Gear, move errors assigned by plaintiffs stricken from docket. Record.

[John Henry of Morgan County has refused to concede nomination of Judge Brown as Whig Congressional candidate. Rather than "sow seeds of dissention in our party," Judge Brown withdraws and meeting of Morgan County Whigs in Jacksonville indorses Henry.Sangamo Journal, 14 January 1847.]

Lincoln votes to reconsider vote of yesterday whereby bill to establish board of private claims was referred to Committee on Judiciary. He votes in favor of reconsideration of vote by which Committee of Whole was discharged from consideration. Former motion passes, latter fails. Globe.

In Whitecraft et al. v. Vandeveer, Supreme Court decides that since declaration does not allege that trees were cut vi et armis and without owner's consent, case is not within meaning of statute. Verdict of Christian Circuit Court is reversed and case remanded. Record; 12 Ill., 235.

Lincoln reports resolutions drawn up by committee. They express sympathy for Hungarian, Irish, and German revolutionists, denounce foreign intervention in domestic troubles, and assert that "it is the right of any people, sufficiently numerous for national independence, to throw off . . . their existing form of government, and to establish such other in its stead as they may choose." Register; Resolutions in Behalf of Hungarian Freedom, 9 January 1852, CW, 2:115-16.

Lincoln, for complainant, writes bill in chancery in VanBergen v. Singleton, Sangamon Circuit Court. Photocopy.

In the U. S. Circuit Court, Judge Samuel H. Treat rules on a motion made by Lincoln & Herndon in the case of S. C. Davis & Co. v. Gibson. Lincoln & Herndon represent the plaintiffs who are attempting to foreclose on the mortgage of defendant Calvin M. Gibson. Gibson used the mortgage as security for an unpaid promissory note he had given to the plaintiffs. Order, 9 January 1858, S. C. Davis & Co. v. Gibson, Record Group 21, Chancery Record, Vol., 44; Bill to Foreclose Mortgage, filed 8 December 1857, S. C. Davis & Co. v. Gibson, Record Group 21, case file 243, both in U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.

Defendants default in three cases continued January 7, 1860, and Lincoln obtains judgments for $3,669.59, $856.78, and $808.34 respectively. Record.

He writes for William Yates letter of introduction to his friend Leonard Swett. Abraham Lincoln to Leonard Swett, 9 January 1860, CW, 3:513.

Illinois Legislature re-elects Lyman Trumbull U.S. Senator. "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Governor Wood, the State officers, the Supreme Judges, and many other distinguished personages had seats within the bar." Illinois State Journal, 10 January 1861.

Lincoln withdraws $20.97 from Springfield Marine Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 175.

President and John Nicolay are at Capitol attending to public business. Boston Advertiser, 10 January 1862.

Lincoln writes Gen. McClellan: "I think you better go before the Congressional Committee the earliest moment your health will permit—to-day, if possible." Also: "I send the within copy of dispatch from Gen. Buell, with the remark that neither he nor Halleck meets my request to name the day when they can be ready to move." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 9 January 1862, CW, 5:94; Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 9 January 1862, CW, 5:94.

Cabinet meets. No announcement of transactions. Welles, Diary.

Sen. Powell (Ky.) calls on President and demands unconditional release of William S. Pryor, J. O'Hara, and Col. Thomas L. Jones (CSA), Kentuckians now on parole. Memorandum Concerning William S. Pryor, J. O'Hara, and Thomas L. Jones, 9 January 1863, CW, 6:50.

President transmits to Congress correspondence concerning international agricultural exhibition in city of Hamburg. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 9 January 1863, CW, 6:51.

In evening consults with Sens. Browning (Ill.) and Hale (N.H.) and Rear Adm. Andrew H. Foote about compensated emancipation. Browning, Diary.

President Lincoln writes to Admiral John Dahlgren with a request that Dahlgren meet with Captain Lavender, of New York. Lavender wants to demonstrate a device "for discovering, and aiding to remove, under-water obstructions to the passage of vessels." Lavender comes recommended by New York Senator Edwin Morgan and by Lincoln, who writes that Lavender "has sufficiently impressed me to induce me to send him to you." Abraham Lincoln to John A. Dahlgren, 9 January 1864, CW, 7:118.

Orders executive buildings in Washington draped in mourning for 14 days to honor memory of Caleb B. Smith, late secretary of interior. Order for Observance of Mourning for Caleb B. Smith, 9 January 1864, CW, 7:118-19.

Gen. Meigs reports to President on conditions in West. Diary, Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Deputation from Philadelphia visits Lincoln on behalf of Gen. Meade. Adam G. de Gurowski, Diary, 3 vols. (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1862; Washington, DC: Morrison, 1866).

President receives box of thirteen trout from Josiah Moffitt of Northville, New York. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 9 January 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.

Mrs. Lincoln's reception from 1 to 3 P.M. is well attended. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 9 January 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.

President transmits to Senate information regarding limitation of naval armament on Great Lakes. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 9 January 1865, CW, 8:206.

Returns to Sen. Trumbull (Ill.) statement of Gen. Banks, submitted to Senate Judiciary Committee, regarding Louisiana state government and restates Trumbull's question as to proposed Lousiana Senators: "'Can Louisiana be brought into proper practical relations with the Union, sooner, by admitting or by rejecting the proposed Senators.'" Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, 9 January 1865, CW, 8:206-7.

"The First evening reception of the season at the Executive Mansion" held with music by the Marine Band. "The President, who was dressed in a plain suit of black, with white kid gloves, stood just inside the door of the Blue or Oval Room, and was supported on the left by Deputy Marshal Phillips (who presented the visitors,) and on his right by Mr. John G. Nicolay, his private secretary." "President Lincoln seemed to be in good health and spirits, and received his friends with that unwavering good nature which characterizes his manner on such occasions." At 10:30, the President, escorting Mrs. Dennison, wife of Postmaster General William Dennison, led a promenade from the Blue Room to the East Room. Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 10 January 1865, 3d ed., 2:4; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 10 January 1865, 2d ed., 2:1.

About 11 P.M. President stops receiving visitors and retires upstairs. At 12 P.M. wraps shawl around shoulders and walks to War Dept., accompanied by White House guard. William H. Crook, Memories of the White House: The Home Life of our Presidents from Lincoln to Roosevelt (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911), 13.