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.]

[Piatt Circuit Court convenes at Monticello.]

In U.S. Circuit Court, Logan & Lincoln, representing plaintiff in Larkin v. Doyle, file their declaration and ask summons.Record.

Lincoln buys $2 in merchandise.Irwin Ledger.

[Macon County Circuit Court holds one-day session at Decatur.]

Lincoln writes to John J. Hardin, the Whig Party's nominee for Illinois's 7th Congressional District. Hardin, of Jacksonville, won the nomination over Lincoln's friend Edward D. Baker. Lincoln assures Hardin that Sangamon County's Whigs back Hardin's candidacy. As proof, Lincoln refers to a "proposal" that he submitted to a Springfield newspaper. It reads, "the majority of votes in SANGAMON COUNTY for Hardin shall DOUBLE the number of his majority in MORGAN COUNTY. The losing County shall give a free BARBACUE to the whigs of the other county—the said Barbacue to be provided at some place most convenient for the accomodation of the whigs of the two Counties. Whigs of Morgan, will you go it?"Abraham Lincoln to John J. Hardin, 11 May 1843, CW, 1:322-23; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 11 May 1843, 2:2, 2:5.

[Moultrie Circuit Court convenes at Sullivan.]

Lincoln writes bill in chancery in Runyon v. Dresser, asking real estate conveyance.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Coles County Circuit Court convenes, and Shelby Circuit Court opens for four-day term.]

Lincoln pays $2 for "Sattin Stock" (neckwear).Irwin Ledger and Journal.

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