Lincoln deposits money received from Ritta da Silva at Marine & Fire Insurance Co., and releases mortgage on record. Record; Marine Bank Ledger.

He also writes Dr. B. C. Lundy predicting another "blow up" in Democracy. Douglas managed to get support both as best instrument to break down and uphold slave power. "No ingenuity can keep this deception . . . up a great while. Abraham Lincoln to B. Clarke Lundy, 26 November 1858, CW, 3:342.