[Thomas Lincoln serves on jury in John Handley v. Charles Stewart in Hardin Circuit Court.Order Book D, 49, Hardin Circuit Court; Warren, Parentage and Childhood, 339.]

Lincoln and William G. Greene witness deed given by William Batterton to Denton Offutt for Lot 14 in town of New Salem. Offutt pays $10 for lot on which he intends to erect store building. Lincoln begins clerking in store in September. Sangamon County Deed Book E, 297, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois Springfield.

Justice of the peace, Thomas Moffett, takes the depositions of Lincoln and Isaac Cogdal concerning the transfer of a 12.48 acre parcel Lincoln surveyed in November 1834. Lincoln writes and signs his own deposition and testifies that he surveyed the land for Hart and understood that Hart would transfer it to Houghton. Stuart & Lincoln file the deposition as evidence on behalf of their client, Elijah Houghton, in Houghton v. Hart et al.Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Lincoln and Webb drive to Mt. Carmel in one-seated buggy. Webb's daughter Patty, who sits on Lincoln's lap during journey, is to enter seminary at Mt. Carmel. George E. Smith, When Lincoln Came to Egypt (Herrin, IL: Trovillion Private Press, 1940), 60-62.]

Sangamo Journal publishes Lincoln's anonymous essay as "Letter From the Lost Townships."

Obed Lewis' carriage shop repairs tire and floor of Lincoln's buggy ($1.25).Obed Lewis Account Books.

Lincoln is appointed guardian ad litem in Bailey v. Bailey et al., bill for relief.Judge's Docket.

On motion of Lincoln and Saltonstall for complainant, William D. Briggs is appointed guardian ad litem for infant defendants in Phillips et ux. v. Merriam et al., and defendants are ruled to answer by tomorrow morning. Case was before court April 9, 1847. Record.

Lincoln writes to Thomas Corwin and John J. Crittenden, attorney general, recommending John Addison for clerkship. Abraham Lincoln to John J. Crittenden and Thomas Corwin, 2 September 1850, CW, 2:93.

He writes answer of Mary Lyons in Jared P. Irwin v. Mary Lyons and Lewis Graves, Sangamon Circuit Court case. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

["Circuit Court,—Sickness in the family of Judge Davis, at Bloomington," says Illinois Journal, "has been the cause of the adjournment of the Circuit Court of Sangamon county, until November next."]

Defendants in Sangamon & Alton cases file their pleas. Logan, Lincoln & Herndon file answer of one defendant in Glynn v. Glynn et al., chancery case. In Hall v. Powell, Lincoln & Herndon, for defendant, argue motion to set aside levy and sale. Court takes motion under advisement. Record.

Still seeking Alton railroad records, Lincoln writes to Robert Dunlap of Alton, Alton & Sangamon commissioner, asking him to mail immediately copy of Alton paper containing notice of stock sale. "Be sure you do not send a wrong paper." Abraham Lincoln to Robert Dunlap, 2 September 1851, CW, 2:111.

Weer and Ferguson file answer of defendants in Gilman et al. v. Hamilton et al.Record.

Lincoln writes bill of exceptions, which T. L. Dickey signs, and jury instructions in Carpenter v. Alton & Sangamon RR. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln, Yates, Harris, and McConnel address political meetings. Yates speaks in afternoon and is followed by Harris; in evening Lincoln speaks at length on Nebraska question and is answered by McConnel. Register, 6 September 1854.

Republican meeting, attended by large delegation from Atlanta, is held during evening. "Mr. Lincoln made a speech most triumphantly vindicating the nationality [patriotism] of the supporters of Col. Fremont." Illinois State Journal, 4 September 1856.

Lincoln has new shaft bar put on his buggy ($1.75). Obed Lewis Account Books.

Coming up from Decatur on morning train, Lincoln is forced by citizens of Clinton to go on to Wapella so they can escort him back to Clinton with procession. Bloomington Pantagraph calls Clinton meeting "one of the largest and most enthusiastic political gatherings that we have seen since the days of 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too.'" Chicago Tribune, 6 September 1858; Illinois State Journal, 7 September 1858; Speeches at Clinton, Illinois, 2 September 1858, CW, 3:81-84.

Lincoln is still busy with Harrison case. He and Logan argue technical points of evidence, and their contentions are sustained by court. Peter Cartwright, famous circuit-riding preacher and grandfather of defendant, gives spectacular testimony for defense. Court sits in evening, as Logan and Cullom sum up for Harrison. Illinois State Journal, 3 September 1859.

President orders Gen. Fremont: "It is therefore my order that you allow no man to be shot, under the proclamation [issued by Fremont August 30], without first having my approbation or consent. Secondly, . . . in relation to the confiscation of property, and the liberating slaves . . . Allow me . . . to ask, that you will . . . modify that paragraph so as to conform to the . . . act of Congress, . . . approved August 6th, 1861." Abraham Lincoln to John C. Fremont, 2 September 1861, CW, 4:506-7.

Lincoln and Sec. Seward review 2d and 5th Wisconsin Regiments of Gen. Rufus King's brigade. N.Y. Times, 3 September 1861.

[Irwin deposits $60 in Springfield Marine Bank, interest on Isaac Lindsay note. Pratt, Personal Finances, 164.

In New York, Mrs. Lincoln purchases from E. V. Haughwont and Co., 488-92 Broadway, "One fine Porcelain Dining Service of One Hundred and ninety pieces . . . decorated Royal Purple, and double gilt, with the Arms of the United States, on each piece, for the Presidential Mansion. . . . $3,195.00." DNA—RG 217, General Accounting Office, 141-541.]

President and Gen. Halleck call at Gen. McClellan's house about 7 A.M. President asks McClellan to take command of troops falling back upon Washington and defend city. McClellan, War for Union, 535.

"By direction of the President Major General McClellan will have command of the fortifications of Washington, and of all the troops for the defence of the Capital." National Intelligencer, 3 September 1862.

Cabinet meets at noon. President announces his decision placing McClellan in command of troops to defend Capital. Secs. Stanton and Chase express heated disapproval. Lincoln dissolves opposition by 4 P.M. Welles, Diary; Gideon Welles, Lincoln and Seward: Remarks upon the Memorial Address of Chas. Francis Adams, on the Late Wm. H. Seward (New York: Sheldon, 1874), 194-97.

Lincoln explains to Sec. Chase difficulty in applying Emancipation Proclamation to certain parts of Virginia and Louisiana. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 2 September 1863, CW, 6:428-29.

President Lincoln meets with Dorcas Klaprath, and then writes to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton about her request. Lincoln explains, "This woman says her husband and two sons are in the war; that the youngest son W. J. Klaproth, is a private in Co. D, of 143rd Pennsylvania, volunteers, was wounded, made a prisoner & paroled at Gettysburg, and is now at Center-Street hospital, New-Jersey; and that he was under eighteen when he entered the service without the consent of his father or herself. She says she is destitute, and she asks that he may be discharged[.] If she makes satisfactory proof of the above let it be done." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 2 September 1863, CW, 6:429.

J. W. Forney interviews Lincoln on integrity of press. Abraham Lincoln to James C. Conkling, 3 September 1863, CW, 6:430.

[Irwin deposits $120, interest on I. Lindsay note, in Springfield Marine Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 165.]

President interviews George C. Haskins, postmaster of Bennington, N.Y., relative to Horace Greeley and political conditions in state. Harper, Press, 314-15.