Lincoln buys from Elijah Iles lots 12 and 13 in Iles addition, on credit. He pays $136 for each, giving note for $272 due in 18 months.Photocopy of Iles Record Book.

[Election is held to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Representative Dan Stone. Lincoln does not vote, perhaps because of friendship with Baker and sense of obligation to Calhoun, under whom he served as deputy surveyor, 1833-1835. Baker opposed division of Sangamon favored by Calhoun. Baker is elected 1,178 to 872.Theodore C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923), 306; ISLA—Bulletin, No. 36.