[New Salem post office is discontinued. Abraham Lincoln, postmaster, receives $19.48 for his final three months of service, and $55.70 apparently for 12 months from April 1, 1834 to March 31, 1835. U.S. Department of State, Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States (Washington, DC: 1847-55), 1837, 1835, 1831.]