Lincoln makes move toward Congress by suggesting to Richard S. Thomas that he become one of two Cass County delegates to Whig district convention. He concludes letter with news of Whig meeting held Wednesday evening.Abraham Lincoln to Richard S. Thomas, 2 March 1843, CW, 1:309.

In Supreme Court, on Lincoln's motion, plaintiffs are ruled to file abstracts by tomorrow in Pentecost & Pickering v. Maghee et al.Record.