Lincoln buys $2.81 in merchandise. When Mrs. Lincoln needs two pieces of "Border," she sends neighbor, Edmund G. Johns, painter, to store. Irwin Journal and Ledger.

In Supreme Court Lincoln for plaintiff and Blackwell for defendant try Dorman et ux v. Yost, appeal from decree of White Circuit Court authorizing administrator to sell real estate of decendent. Lincoln writes and signs assignment of errors. Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Markley et al. v. Ellis (SC), appeal from McLean County, Lincoln and Trumbull for defense, Wead for plaintiff, is continued. Record; Photocopy.

Lincoln buys boots for Robert ($1.75) and 2¾ yards "Black Silk Nett" (56¢), and silk and ribbon ($2.87) Irwin Journal; Pratt, Personal Finances, 145.

Lincoln wins his appeal in Dorman et ux. v. Yost when Supreme Court reverses decision of Circuit Court. Record; 13 Ill. 127-31.

Orville H. Browning of Quincy delivers lecture on "The Dignity of Labor" at Third Presbyterian Church. "After the lecture," he records in his Diary, "went to Mr. Lincoln's to supper."

On January 22, 1852, Lincoln writes to Hezekiah Morse Wead, Lewistown attorney, about case in federal court. "We finished arguing, and submitted the case yesterday afternoon, and it is not yet decided. We had a two days trial of it." He is in U.S. Circuit Court. Abraham Lincoln to Hezekiah M. Wead, 22 January 1852, CW, 2:117.

Lincoln is busy in U.S. Circuit Court on Smith v. Gardner. Abraham Lincoln to Orville H. Browning, 26 January 1852, CW, 2:117-18.

Lincoln is doubtful about outcome of case. "They are pressing us very hard on one or two points," he writes to Wead. "I should not wonder if the case is decided against us." Abraham Lincoln to Hezekiah M. Wead, 22 January 1852, CW, 2:117.

Judge Drummond gives his opinion in Peoria Bridge Case, tried in federal court December 19, 1851 and December 20, 1851. He decides that legislature has no right to authorize obstruction of navigable stream. Question whether Peoria bridge is, in fact, obstruction is to "be settled by testimony on trial." Register, 27 January 1852.

Case is later compromised. McLean's Reports, VI, 209.

Lincoln and others sign call for meeting to invite Louis Kossuth to stop at Springfield on his way from Indianapolis to St. Louis. Meeting is held and Lincoln appointed to committee of 13 which is instructed to request city council to extend invitation. Illinois Journal, 30 January 1852; Call for Kossuth Meeting, 26 January 1852, CW, 2:118.

Lincoln writes to O. H. Browning about case of Smith v. Gardner, decided against him on two points, which he states. Abraham Lincoln to Orville H. Browning, 26 January 1852, CW, 2:117-18.

Kossuth meeting reconvenes. When chairman calls for committee's report, none of its members is present "although it appeared that everybody else was here." Virgil Hickox suggests that members of committee may have feared expense would devolve on them. On motion of John Calhoun, another committee is appointed to extend invitation. Lincoln is on it. Illinois Journal, 30 January 1852.