Whig convention of seventh congressional district meets. Lincoln, one of eight delegates from Sangamon, takes active part. As delegation chairman, he withdraws E. D. Baker's name as candidate when it appears certain Hardin is to be nominee. Lincoln moves that delegates, as individuals, favor Baker as candidate for Congress in 1844.Lacon Illinois Gazette, 6 May 1843.

He meets Dr. Robert Boal of Lacon at convention.IHi—Trans., 1904, 378-83.

[Champaign County Circuit Court met yesterday, and closes its spring term today at Urbana.]

Lincoln writes to his friend, Joshua F. Speed, of Kentucky, and relates details about domestic matters, including the upcoming birth of Abraham and Mary Lincoln's first child. Lincoln writes, "We are not keeping house; but boarding at the Globe tavern, which is very well kept now by a widow lady of the name of [Sarah] Beck. Our room . . . and boarding only costs four dollars a week. . . . I reckon it will scarcely be in our power to visit Kentucky this year. Besides poverty, and the necessity of attending to business, those 'coming events' I suspect would be some what in the way." Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed, 18 May 1843, CW, 1:323-25.

Lincoln pays $1.50 for "Leghorn" (straw) hat.Irwin Ledger.

[Col. R. M. Johnson, Vice-President 1837-1841, arrives in Springfield Friday evening. Following parade, reception is held in Representatives Hall. Democratic Association presents hickory cane. On Sunday he attends Methodist church in morning and Baptist church in afternoon.Register, 26 May 1843; IHi—Journal, XIII, 192-209.]

Lincoln buys toothbrush (25¢) and third-yard of serge (50¢) for his tailor Biddle, who is evidently making alterations.Irwin Ledger and Journal.