Lincoln probably attends county wide meeting to choose delegates to state meeting at Vandalia to select anti-Jackson electoral ticket. Sangamon delegates are pledged to vote for Henry Clay for President.Sangamo Journal, 25 August 1832.

Lincoln signs bond of Tilman Hornbuckle to Levi Summers, administrator of Alfred Summers, filed in probate court, then starts on campaign trip. (Writing to Henry Eddy August 17, 1840, A. P. Field states: "Tomorrow Lincoln and myself leave for Belleville."IHi—Eddy MSS, A. P. Field to H. Eddy, 17 August 1840.)

Register comments: "The Junto have determined in secret conclave to revolutionize the southern part of the State, and have appointed A. P. Field and A. Lincoln missionaries to . . . the benighted region."Register, 21 August 1840; Photocopy.

[In Rushville, publicized case of Wright et al. v. Adams is continued by agreement, which Lincoln wrote and evidently mailed. Douglas is now acting for defendant.Photocopy.]

[If Lincoln left Springfield August 11, 1841, he probably arrives in Louisville today.]

Lincoln's account is debited $1.50 for looking glass, 19¢ for "dressing comb," $10 for 18 yards of goods, and $13.38 for merchandise.Irwin Ledger.

Incorporators of Springfield and Terre Haute Railroad meet and appoint committee of five to open subscription books in Springfield, Terre Haute, New York, and elsewhere. Gov. French presides. "Several speeches were made and a spirit of harmony and zeal for the work pervaded the meeting." Illinois Journal, 21 August 1852.

As Lincoln was one of those who signed call, he may have been present.]

In letter to Yates Lincoln recalls their meeting of August 9, 1854. "I am disappointed at not having seen or heard from you since I met you more than a week ago at the railroad depot here. I wish to have the matter we spoke of settled and working to its consummation." Lincoln asks permission to announce Yates' candidacy, and encloses draft of notice he wants to insert in "Illinois Journal." Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, 18 August 1854, CW, 2:226.

Acting for Mrs. Bullock, Lincoln has several lots sold in Bullock's Addition to Springfield sold. Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock, 31 August 1855, CW, 2:323-25.

Mrs. Lincoln buys and charges dress goods at John Williams' store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 147.

[Lincoln's remark in his letter of 19th to Dubois—"I have been absent four days"—indicates that he reaches home this evening.] Abraham Lincoln to Jesse K. Dubois, 19 August 1856, CW, 2:360.

Lincoln writes part of petition for pardon of Moses Loe, whom he defended for manslaughter in DeWitt Circuit Court in 1853, and signs. Photocopy; Endorsement on Petition for Pardon of Moses Loe, [18 August 1857], CW, 2:414.

Democratic correspondent chronicles Lincoln's arrival: "Mr. Lincoln arrived this evening, and took rooms at the Peoria House—he looks jaded. I take it he has no hope—he is evidently disappointed in the feeling here—he is to reply to Senator Douglas on tomorrow afternoon." Register, 23 August 1858.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys yard of linen. Pratt, Personal Finances, 149.]

Lincoln writes to David J. Powers, of Madison, Wisconsin, regarding Powers's invitation to speak on September 30, at the Wisconsin Agricultural Fair in Milwaukee. Lincoln explains, "Two difficulties were in the way—first, I could not well spare the time, from the courts; and secondly, I had no address of the sort prepared; and could scarcely spare the time to prepare one . . . I was waiting, before answering you, to determine whether these difficulties could be surmounted. I will write you definitely on the 1st. day of September, if you can safely delay so long." Abraham Lincoln to David J. Powers, 18 August 1859, CW, 3:397.

Lincoln's account at John Williams & Co. is charged $2.50 for two pairs of "Heavy Drawers," and Mrs. Lincoln buys table cloth, napkins, and handkerchiefs at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 140, 158.

Lincoln acknowledges book from C. H. Fisher. "While I have not yet found time to examine it, I doubt not I shall find much pleasure in its perusal." Abraham Lincoln to Charles H. Fisher, 18 August 1860, CW, 4:98.

President receives warning from Marshal Lamon, temporarily in Philadelphia: too many eavesdroppers and traitors lurk about White House; security measures should be tightened, and detective employed. Lamon to Lincoln, 17 August 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln invites Secretary of War and Gen. Halleck to dinner in honor of Gens. George A. McCall and Michael Corcoran, and Cols. Orlando B. Willcox and Alfred M. Wood, recently exchanged prisoners. Invitation to Dinner, 18 August 1862, CW, 5:380-81; Memorandum by Hay, 18 August 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Confers with J. R. Gilmore and former Sen. Walker (Miss.). LL, No. 816; James R. Gilmore, Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War (Boston: Page, 1898), 81-83.

Interviews again E. M. Thomas, chairman of delegation of Negro people who were at White House on August 14, 1862. Van Vleet to Lincoln, 17 August 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Interviews Gen. Henry W. Benham regarding his dismissal by Gen. Hunter for alleged violation of orders in attack on Secessionville, S.C. Benham to Lincoln, 19 August 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Decides Michigan appointments with Sen. Chandler (Mich.) and Gov. Austin Blair (Mich.). Donald, Chase Diaries, 114.

President Lincoln writes to Major General James Blunt, who is feuding with Kansas Governor Thomas Carney. Carney, whom Blunt called "a theif and a liar," informed Lincoln that Blunt allowed "Citizens" to "execut[e]" two men who had been accused of "robbery." Lincoln notes that he has been satisfied with Blunt's past performance, "[but] to take men charged with no offence against the military, out of the hands of the courts, to be turned over to a mob to be hanged, can find no precedent or principle to justify it." James G. Blunt to Abraham Lincoln, 31 July 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Abraham Lincoln to James G. Blunt, 18 August 1863, CW, 6:395-97; Thomas Carney to Abraham Lincoln, 25 June 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

In afternoon Lincoln and C. M. Spencer, accompanied by Robert and John Hay, leave White House and walk to Treasury Park, where they test Spencer rifle. Bruce, Tools of War, 262-63.

Lincoln buys loan certificate for $3,874.73 with July salary warrant for $2,022.33 and $1,852.40 in greenbacks. Pratt, Personal Finances, 127-28, 183.

President speaks to 164th Ohio Regiment, composed of militia whose 100-day term of service has expired. Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-Fourth Ohio Regiment, 18 August 1864, CW, 7:504-5; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 18 August 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.

Interviews Leonard Swett, who thinks that Lincoln cannot be reelected and asks if he will withdraw. Butler, Correspondence, 5:68.

Declares by proclamation, "that the port of Newport in the state of Vermont is and shall be entitled to all the privileges in regard to the exportation of merchandise in bond to the British North American Provinces, adjoining the United States." Proclamation Concerning Commercial Regulations, 18 August 1864, CW, 7:503-4.