[Peter Cartwright opens large Methodist camp meeting west of Springfield. More than 1,000 converts are made during two week meeting. Cartwright is described as "not tall, but burly, massive . . . crowning foliage of luxuriant, coal black hair, wreathed into long, but rough and curling ringlets . . . a head that looked as large as a half-bushel . . . a swarthy complexion, rich, rosy lips, always slightly parted, as if wearing a perpetual happy smile."Illinois Journal, 30 January 1850.]

Lincoln is licensed to practice law in all courts of state by two justices of Supreme Court. Record of Clerk of Supreme Court.

Lincoln writes to Third Auditor of U.S. offering proof of horse lost by John W. Warnsing in Black Hawk War. He explains that Warnsing has sold his claim to Thomas Epperson and asks that letter enclosing draft be sent to him rather than to Warnsing or Epperson.Abraham Lincoln to the Third Auditor of the United States Treasury, 9 September 1837, CW, 1:100-1.

Lincoln writes list of all candidates for the legislature from time he first ran, to his last candidacy, with votes cast. This statement Lincoln has certified by Noah Matheny, clerk of County Commissioners' Court.Tabulation of Votes in Sangamon County for State Representatives 1832-1836, [9 September 1842], CW, 1:297-99.

On motion of plaintiff's attorneys, Logan & Lincoln, May v. Greene & Loose is continued.Record.

Lincoln's answer of arbitrator's in Scott v. Davenport, written April 18, 1843, is filed in Tazewell Circuit Court.Photocopy.

Defendant in divorce case of Dobbs v. Dobbs moves court to dissolve injunction granted on supplemental bill. Motion is denied and court appoints David Mark receiver of real estate. Leonard and Lincoln appear for complainant and Briggs for defendant.Record.

Lincoln writes order of court in Mather, Lamb & Co. v. Hawley et al. Photocopy.

Fall term of Tazewell Circuit Court begins. Judge Treat appoints David B. Campbell to serve as prosecuting attorney.Record.

[Woodford County Circuit Court begins its session.]

About this date Lincoln and family leave Washington for speaking tour in New England. He travels to Baltimore over Baltimore and Ohio and from there to New York over four roads subsequently incorporated into Pennsylvania system. From New York he probably takes boat to Norwich, and proceeds to Worcester over Worcester Railroad.John W. Starr, Lincoln and the Railroads: A Biographical Study (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1927), 49-51.

To John Addison Lincoln writes: "There are some letters remaining at the Department of the Interior, which were placed there as recommendations of myself for Comr. of the Genl. Land Office. I will thank you to withdraw them, and forward them to me." Abraham Lincoln to John Addison, 9 September 1850, CW, 2:93.

[Sangamon Circuit Court adjourns. Illinois Journal, 10 September 1851.]

Potts v. May et al., chancery, is continued on complainant's motion. Photocopy.

John Calhoun and Lincoln debate Nebraska question at public meeting in court house. Calhoun leads off with what "Journal" calls able speech, "but if any of his positions were left standing after Mr. Lincoln closed, gentlemen who were present and heard both speeches, could not discover them." Speech at Springfield, Illinois, 9 September 1854, CW, 2:229.

Register admits (September 11, 1854) that Lincoln, "with his usual ability, made the best of a bad position."

In McLean Circuit Court, which convened on 8th, Lincoln appears in Bishop v. Illinois Central RR, continued from spring term. Court orders case dismissed at defendant's costs. Lincoln represents company. Record.

Lincoln represents the defendants in the U.S. Circuit Court case of Hurd et al. v. Rock Island Bridge Co. On this day, the plaintiffs' attorneys present "voluminous depositions" regarding the steamboat "Effie Afton," which was traveling on the Mississippi River to St. Paul, Minnesota, when it tried to pass under a newly-built railroad bridge at Rock Island, Illinois. The steamboat hit two piers, caught fire, and sank into the river. The plaintiffs are suing the Rock Island Bridge Company for damages to recover the value of the lost ship and cargo. Chicago Daily Democratic Press (IL), 10 September 1857, 1:2-3; Chicago Daily Tribune (IL), 10 September 1857, 1:4-5.

During morning Lincoln receives "constant stream of old friends" at Eccles home. In afternoon he speaks for two hours under circus tent after circus performance. His platform is circus wagon, and he talks above rain drumming on canvas. Chicago Tribune, 14 September 1858; Register, 10 September 1858; IHi—Journal. XIII, 229.

Mrs. Lincoln buys six pounds sugar, five pounds coffee, candles, and nutmegs at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 159.

Lincoln acknowledges letter from E. B. Washburne, whose brother is running for governor of Maine. "Yours of the 5th. was received last evening. I was right glad to see it. It contains the freshest 'posting' which I now have. It relieved me some from a little anxiety I had about Maine." Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, 9 September 1860, CW, 4:113-14.

President writes Gen. Hunter about Gen. Fremont and his difficulty in Dept. of West: "Gen. Fremont needs assistance. . . . His cardinal mistake is that he isolates himself, & allows nobody to see him; and by which he does not know what is going on in the very matters he is dealing with. He needs to have, by his side, a man of large experience. Will you not, for me, take that place? Your rank is one grade too high to be ordered to it; but will you not serve the country, and oblige me, by taking it voluntarily?" Abraham Lincoln to David Hunter, 9 September 1861, CW, 4:513.

Discusses problems of building ironclad boats with Cornelius S. Bushnell, Connecticut industrialist. George H. Robinson, "The Builders of the First Monitor," Century Magazine, XLI, 156; West, Welles, 151.

Sec. Chase at White House for cabinet meeting which results in general conversation about military department beyond Mississippi River. Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903).

President convinces group of Baltimoreans that government defense of their city is adequate. Boston Advertiser, 10 September 1862.

Visits Gen. Halleck's office and informs him that Gen. McClellan has 95,000 men. Journal, 10 September 1862, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President smiles at Gen. Rosecrans' discouraged attitude revealed in communication. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Orders Gen. Meade to give Gen. Frank Wheaton "a leave of absence for ten or fifteen days," if it can be done without injury to service. Abraham Lincoln to George G. Meade, 9 September 1863, CW, 6:437.

Late in the morning, Lincoln meets Judge David McDonald and journalist Charles M. Walker, both of Indiana. McDonald notes in his diary, "my notion of the President's abilities was somewhat raised. Certainly he is very far from being a fool." "Diaries of Judge David McDonald," Indiana Magazine of History 28 (December 1932): 300-01.

President interviews Mrs. Joshua F. Noble, whose husband is serving prison term on Dry Tortugas, Fla. Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 9 September 1864, CW, 7:545-46.

Cabinet meets. Trading with enemy for cotton discussed. President and cabinet take position that trade should be open to all who wish to participate. Welles, Diary; Bates, Diary.