Logan & Lincoln participate in fifteen cases in the Sangamon County Circuit Court. In Whitmore v. Clark, they obtain a judgment of $630.84 for their client, Hamlin Whitmore. In Ray v. Polk & Kendall, Logan & Lincoln represent Thomas Ray, and in Pickrell v. McNeil, they represent Abel Pickrell. The court dismisses the cases and orders the defendant in each case to pay the court costs. The court sets a hearing for Monday in the slander case of Thurman v. Taylor; Logan & Lincoln appear for plaintiff Charles Thurman. The defendants file pleas in Allen v. Ash and Campbell; Logan & Lincoln represent Robert Allen. Logan & Lincoln represent Thomas W. Sparks in Sparks v. Bird & Bird, an ejectment suit, and the court orders the defendants to plea within twenty days. The court sets a hearing for a later date in the case of Jones v. Maxey. Logan & Lincoln's client Strother G. Jones seeks the return of horses, harnesses, and a wagon. Judgment, 29 March 1842, Whitmore v. Clark, Record G, 300; Judgment, 29 March 1842, Ray v. Polk & Kendall, Record G, 301; Order, 29 March 1842, Pickrell v. McNeil, Record G, 301; Order, 29 March 1842, Thurman v. Taylor, Record G, 297; Order, 29 March 1842, Allen v. Ash and Campbell, Record G, 294; Order, 29 March 1842, Sparks v. Bird & Bird, Record G, 297; Order, 29 March 1842, Jones v. Maxey, Record G, 295, all in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.

Lincoln files separate answer of J. T. McCoy in Campbell v. McCoy & Blatchford in Logan Circuit Court. Files.

He writes and files affidavit and motion for new trial for defendant in Howser v. Palmer, "mule replevin case." Photocopy.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys sewing materials at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 155.]

In his free time Lincoln is giving sittings to Leonard W. Volk, sculptor related to Douglas by marriage who recently finished bust of Douglas. Chicago Tribune.

President and Sec. Seward interview Capt. Montgomery C. Meigs on possibility of relieving Fort Pickens, Fla. Frederick W. Seward, Seward at Washington, as Senator and Secretary of State, vols. 2-3 of Seward at Washington (New York: Derby & Miller, 1891), 2:538-39.

At early morning cabinet meeting President announces decision to reinforce Fort Sumter, S.C. and Fort Pickens. Bates, Diary; West, Welles, 101.

Following cabinet meeting President has interview with F. P. Blair, Sr., who is of opinion that evacuation of Fort Sumter would be treason. William E. Smith, The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics, 2 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1933), 2:9.

Writes secretaries of war and navy: "I desire that an expedition, to move by sea, be got ready to sail as early as the 6th of April next." Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles and Simon Cameron, 29 March 1861, CW, 4:301.

Discusses California appointments with Sen. Baker (Oreg.) and several California politicians. Baltimore Sun, 1 April 1861.

Interviews Edward Stabler of Maryland, Quaker and friend of F. P. Blair, Sr., relative to Maryland patronage. Stabler to Lincoln, 30 March 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President writes Sec. Stanton: "I really wish Jesse W. Fell, of Illinois, to be appointed a Paymaster in the Regular Army, at farthest, as early as the 1st. of July 1862. I wish nothing to interfere with this; and I have so written as much as two months ago, I think." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 29 March 1862, CW, 5:175.

President informs Gen. Banks, commanding Dept. of the Gulf, that Gen. Daniel Ullmann will undertake to raise Negro brigade in department and will need help. Abraham Lincoln to Nathaniel P. Banks, 29 March 1863, CW, 6:154-55.

President in chief clerk's room at Navy Dept. conversing with Sec. Welles and Asst. Sec. Fox; "looks thin and badly—is very nervous and complains of everything." Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Writes Sec. Stanton : "I fear—in fact, believe—the despatch you mentioned is utter humbuggery. . . . Besides there are no six-iron-clads, nor 15000 men at Vicksburg to pass through the canal, even if the Mississippi river had risen fifteen feet in as many minutes." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 29 March 1863, CW, 6:155.

Cabinet meets. Welles, Diary.

Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles accompanies group or rear admirals, including Hiram Paulding (retd.) commanding Navy Yard at New York, C. H. Davis, Chief, Bureau of Navigation, S. H. Stringham (retd.), special duty, and Francis H. Gregory (retd.), superintending construction of gunboats, to White House and introduces them to President. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 29 March 1864, 2d ed., 2:1.

Lincoln, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, and others agree that Capt. Kinney should be recommended to Gen. Grant. Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 29 March 1864, CW, 7:272.

President writes Gen. Meade that there is no need for court of inquiry regarding publication of accounts discrediting Meade's operations at Gettysburg. Abraham Lincoln to George G. Meade, 29 March 1864, CW, 7:273-74.

Transmits to Congress report of Charles B. Stuart, consulting engineer of New York, regarding improvements to pass gunboats from tidewater to northern and northwestern lakes. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 29 March 1864, CW, 7:274.

President continues his stay at City Point, Va. William H. Crook, "Lincoln as I Knew Him. Compiled and written down by Margarita S. Gerry," Harper's Monthly Magazine 114 (December 1906):48.

Lincoln stays aboard the steamer, River Queen, while on a visit to General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters. At 10:15 p.m., Lincoln hears "a furious cannonade, soon joined in by a heavy musketry-fire, opened near Petersburg and lasted about two hours." In a letter the next day to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln recounts, "It seemed to me a great battle, but the older hands here scarcely noticed it, and, sure enough, this morning it was found that very little had been done." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 30 March 1865, CW, 8:377-78.

Telegraphs Gen. Grant: "Your three despatches received. From what direction did the enemy come that attacked [Gen. Charles] Griffin? How do things look now?" Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 29 March 1865, CW, 8:376-77.

Inquires of Gen. Godfrey Weitzel: "What, if any thing, have you observed, on your front to-day?" Abraham Lincoln to Godfrey Weitzel, 29 March 1865, CW, 8:377; Official Records—Armies 1, XLVI, pt. 3, 271.