Lincoln is still receiving felicitations. Local Republicans however, are somewhat concerned over legislature, returns being so incomplete as to leave Trumbull's re-election in doubt. N.Y. Tribune, 9 November 1860.

Lincoln writes Hamlin that he is anxious for personal interview, and asks him to meet him in Chicago. Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, 8 November 1860, CW, 4:136.