Lincoln writes and signs survey for Jesse Gum.Survey for Jesse Gum, 3 March 1834, CW, 1:22-23.

[Reuben Harrison presents petition to County Commissioners' Court for new road from Musick's Ferry via New Salem to county line in direction of Jacksonville, which Lincoln wrote and signed February 25, 1834. Lincoln deposits $10 with clerk of court as law prescribes. He is appointed surveyor and with Hugh Armstrong and Michael Killion, viewer of new road. Their report is filed at June term of court.Record.]

Lincoln and Dan Stone of Sangamon protest antiabolitionist resolutions adopted January 20, 1837. Difference between their views and those expressed by House was moral—injustice of slavery. They declare that "promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate" evils of slavery. Protest is made part of "House Journal."Protest in Illinois Legislature on Slavery, 3 March 1837, CW, 1:74-76.

Lincoln, attorney for defendant, confesses judgment for $357.43 in Billon v. Porter, and $123.31 in Logan v. Francis. Lincoln writes order of court in petition to sell real estate in Keys & Matheny v. Matheny et al.Photocopy.

Lincoln as attorney for Jesse K. Dubois of Lawrenceville deeds to Virgil Hickox lot No. 13 in block 15 in Elijah Iles addition to Springfield, for $100.Deed Record, Book R.

In Woods, Stacker & Co. v. Taylor, Sangamon County Court case, Lincoln writes praecipe, bond for costs, and fills in narration form, signing "Logan & Lincoln."Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Supreme Court orders reargument of England v. Clark.Record.

Lincoln writes to Samuel D. Marshall of Shawneetown, sending him plea in Dorman et ux. v. Lane by which he can compel Lane to pay costs to get record for proving replication.Abraham Lincoln to Samuel D. Marshall, 3 March 1846, CW, 1:370-71.

Lincoln answers roll call at day and night sessions. House does not adjourn until 7 A.M. March 4, 1849. Lincoln stays until end. Journal.

He votes aye on motion that House recede from its rejection of Walker Amendment to appropriations bill. It passes, 110-107. He also votes for Walker Amendment, which passes 187-19. Globe.

Lincoln writes and signs declaration in Joel Johnson v. John McMullen, Sangamon Circuit Court case. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln buys $7 wheelbarrow from his carriage maker. Obed Lewis Account Books.

Lincoln writes and signs declaration in Harris v. Great Western RR, Sangamon Circuit Court case. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln buys pair boys' boots for $1.50 at John Williams' store, and "Pearl Powder" and "Woods Restorative" from his druggist. Williams & Co. Day Book; Pratt, Personal Finances, 151.

Lincoln represents Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Co. in three cases in U.S. Circuit Court on first day of term. Three different plaintiffs, Henry Hotchkiss, New Haven County Bank, and Brown et al. file declarations alleging debts of $50,000, $101,870 and $252,143.66 respectively. Lincoln files pleas on behalf of railroad. Record.

Lincoln writes and files demurrer in Allen v. Illinois Central, signing "Moore & Lincoln p.d." Record.

Lincoln writes advice to Hayden Keeling, client. "I do not think there is the least use of doing any more with the law suit. I not only do not think you are sure to gain it, but I do think you are sure to lose it. Therefore the sooner it ends the better." Abraham Lincoln to Hayden Keeling, 3 March 1859, CW, 3:371.

Lincoln spends part of day with Robert. In evening he makes speech. He writes to Isaac Pomeroy of Newark, N.J., who invited him to address Young Men's Working Club. "I have already spoken five times, and am engaged to speak five more. By the time these engagements shall be fulfilled, I shall be so far worn down, and also will be carried so far beyond my allotted time, that an immediate return home will be a necessity with me." At this sitting he is declining invitations to Philadelphia, Reading, and Pittsburgh. Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Pomeroy, 3 March 1860, CW, 3:554; Percy C. Eggleston, Lincoln in New England (New York: Steward, Warren & Co., 1922), 8; Bulletin of Phillips Exeter Academy, XII, No. 3, 9.

Lincoln remains in quarters all day, presumably working on Inaugural Address and cabinet appointments. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 March 1861, 3:1.

Is willing to have convention of all states to adjust differences between North and South. N.Y. Tribune, 4 March 1861.

["Would it not be well to have the New York Legislature apply to Congress to call a National Convention? It would be agreeable to the Administration—in all parts," Seward to Weed, March 11, 1861, Thurlow Weed Papers, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.] Sen. Seward (N.Y.) confers at length with Lincoln regarding cabinet appointments. Barton, Life of Lincoln, 2:8.

In morning interview President offers navy cabinet post to Gideon Welles, Connecticut newspaperman and politician, who accepts. Welles to wife, 3 March 1861, Gideon Welles Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Horatio N. Taft, chief examiner in Patent Office, and wife call on President-elect and Mrs. Lincoln and find few Washington ladies present. The Lincolns are "not welcome." Julia Taft Bayne, Tad Lincoln's Father (Boston: Little, Brown, 1931), 14-15.

Lincoln gives dinner for William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Gideon Welles, Montgomery Blair, Simon Cameron, Caleb B. Smith, and Edward Bates, whose names he forwards to Senate as members of cabinet. Albert G. Riddle, Recollections of War Times: Reminiscences of Men and Events in Washington, 1860-1865 (New York: Putnam, 1895), 12.

Goes to Senate for Sen. Crittenden's (Ky.) farewell speech. Washington National Republican, 4 March 1861.

President interviews Col. Blair on case of Gen. Sigel. Boston Advertiser, 4 March 1862.

Transmits to Congress documents relating to: 1. assignment of regular army officers to duty in field and recruiting service; 2. convention with Granadian Confederation; 3. culture of cotton in African possessions of Portugal; 4. interest of Italy in "Trent" affair. Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:140; Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:140-41; Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:141; Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:141.

In evening group of congressmen holds long conference with President on state of Union. N.Y. Tribune, 4 March 1862.

Lincoln orders Sec. Stanton to prepare formal nominations for appointment of nine major generals and nine brigadier generals. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:142.

President spends part of day with Asst. Sec. Fox. Seems "depressed." Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Approves act authorizing free mail delivery in 49 cities of U.S. and act authorizing grant of public lands to Kansas for railroad and telegraph construction. Stat. L., XII, 701, 772.

Joint congressional committee notifies President of adjournment unless he has further communications. Senate Journal, 444.

President approves bill establishing National Academy of Sciences. J. Duane Squires, "Some Enduring Achievements of the Lincoln Administration, 1861-65," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 5 (December 1848):209; Stat. L., XII, 806.

Occupies President's Room at Capitol until near 11 P.M. Secs. Seward and Welles, and Postmaster Gen. Blair also present. Washington Chronicle, 4 March 1863; N.Y. Herald, 4 March 1863.

President confers with Committee on Conduct of War regarding commander of Army of Potomac. U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 3 vols., 38th Cong., 2d sess. (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1865), I, xix.

Interviews Mrs. James Moran, who asks that her minor son be released from service. Morgan, Rhinehart & Co. to Lincoln, 3 March 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Receives report that Maine Legislature has adopted resolutions to continue present administration. Blaine to Lincoln, 3 March 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Confers with Sec. Welles on promotion of Col. J. R. Hawley and vote of thanks to Commodore Cadwalader Ringgold (USN). Welles, Diary.

Approves speech of Gen. Steele to people of Arkansas and thanks him for it. Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Steele, 3 March 1864, CW, 7:221-22.

Lincoln writes to General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck regarding Colonel Thomas L. Alexander. Alexander is the Deputy Governor of the Soldiers' Home, Lincoln's retreat located outside of Washington, D. C. Lincoln writes, "The relations between Col. T. L. Alexander and myself . . . have been very agreeable, and I feel great kindness for him and his family. I therefore shall be personally obliged, if you can, consistently with the public service, assign him some duty at Louisville, Ky., suitable to a retired officer." Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 3 March 1864, CW, 10:228; Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, Lincoln's Other White House: The Untold Story of the Man and His Presidency (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2005), 73;Virginia Jeans Laas, ed., Wartime Washington: The Civil War Letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991), 145n; Matthew Pinsker, Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home (New York: Oxford Press, 2003), 168.

President orders cotton permit for Charles E. Fuller, who has agreement to sell 10,000 bales to government. Cotton Permit for Charles E. Fuller, 3 March 1865, CW, 8:330.

Interviews Sen. William A. Richardson (Ill.) and S. Corning Judd on subject of public interest. Judd to Lincoln, 3 March 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Approves act establishing bureau for relief of freedmen and refugees. Stat. L., XIII, 507.

Receives House committee with notice of adjournment unless there are further communications. House Journal, 455.

Cabinet meets. Welles, Diary.

Lincoln responds to serenade by delegation of New Yorkers accompanied by Eastman's Business College band of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Response to Serenade, 3 March 1865, CW, 8:331.

Goes to Capitol at night to sign final bills passed by Congress. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 March 1865, 2d ed., 2:1.

Cabinet members with President at Capitol. Sec. Welles remains until midnight. Welles, Diary.

Thirty Eighth Congress remains in session until 8 A.M. March 4, 1865. Sec. Stanton interrupts President to confer about letter from Gen. R. E. Lee to Gen. Grant, proposing meeting to end hostilities. Lincoln instructs Stanton to notify Grant that conference can be granted only on basis of Lee's surrender. Stanton to Dix, 22 April 1865, Edwin M. Stanton Papers, Library of Congress, Washington DC; Edwin M. Stanton to Ulysses S. Grant, 3 March 1865, CW, 8:330-31.

At 9 P.M. Mrs. Lincoln is in Diplomatic Gallery. N.Y. Herald, 4 March 1865.

President transmits to Congress report and accompanying papers from secretary of state relating to act to regulate diplomatic and consular systems of U.S. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 3 March 1865, CW, 8:331-32.