Lincoln votes nay on question of raising salary of secretary of state from $800 to $1,000. Seven other votes are recorded during day. Lincoln, Gregory of Greene, and Gordon of Morgan are appointed select committee to consider Senate school fund bill.House Journal.

Lincoln reports from select committee, with amendments, bill for state road from Jacksonville to Syracuse and Bloomington. Bill is ordered engrossed for third reading. He votes yea on two amendments designed to add miles of railroad to internal improvement bill.House Journal; Amendments to Bill Introduced in Illinois Legislature to Establish a State Road from Jacksonville to Syracuse and Bloomington, [30 January 1837], CW, 1:70.

House, Lincoln voting yea, concurs with Senate on inexpediency of legislature acting on resolutions which merely involve national politics. House Journal.

Lincoln defends internal improvements. "He thought [them] . . . of sufficient importance to justify this last effort . . . to save something for the state, from the general wreck. . . . That after the immense debt, we have incurred . . . at least one work calculated to yield something . . . should be finished and put in operation."House Journal.

Lincoln favors act granting timber belonging to internal improvement system to county of Vermilion for building bridge on abutments erected for Northern Cross Railroad over Big Vermilion River at Danville. Bill is tabled.House Journal.

Argument in Fitch et al. v. Pinckard et al. is continued by Martin for plaintiffs and Lincoln and Chickering for defendants. State Bank of Illinois v. Condell, Jones & Co., appeal from Sangamon, is submitted on agreed case by Thomas for plaintiff and Logan, Lincoln, Baker, and Bledsoe for defendants.Record.

Bryan et al. v. Wash et ux. (SC), bill in chancery to set aside conveyance of real estate on ground of fraud, is argued by Robbins for plaintiff and Logan and Lincoln for defendant. Lincoln and Powell win Frisby et al. v. Ballance et al., argued January 28, 1846, when judgment of lower court is reversed and case remanded.Record; 7 Ill. 141.

Supreme Court denies Lincoln's motion in Cowls v. Cowls. Case is argued and submitted. Record.

Lincoln votes against motion to table resolution for printing 10,000 extra copies of report of Committee on Naval Affairs on railroad across Panama. Vote is tie, speaker votes nay, defeating motion. When resolution comes to vote, Lincoln votes aye. It passes 96-86. Globe.

Lincoln's second son, "Eddy," is desperately ill. Abraham Lincoln to John D. Johnston, 23 February 1850, CW, 2:76-77.

Illinois Central bill is before Senate. Senate Journal.

Lincoln buys $1.87 in merchandise. Irwin Ledger.

In Supreme Court Lincoln argues two cases. In one—Christian County, Illinois v. Overholt & Squier, in which contract for construction of courthouse is involved—Lincoln and Logan appear for appellant. Court takes case under advisement, and later reverses Circuit Court. In Laughlin v. Marshall, Lincoln appears for defendant in error. After arguments, plaintiff dismisses case. Record.

Lincoln files declaration in ejectment suit, Piatt v. Parker, in U.S. Circuit Court. Parrish for defendant waives service of declaration and notice and files plea. Files; Record.

In the morning, President-Elect Lincoln departs Springfield on the Great Western Railroad. He is traveling to visit his stepmother Sarah Bush Lincoln, "who resides near Charleston, in Coles county." A newspaper reports that Lincoln "expects to return" to Springfield on the evening of February 1.Illinois Journal (Springfield), 31 January 1861, 2:1.

Arrives Charleston on freight train shortly after 6 P.M., having changed trains at Mattoon. Charles H. Coleman, Abraham Lincoln and Coles County, Illinois (New Brunswick, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1955), 191.

In the evening, Lincoln arrives in Charleston, where he spends the night at home of Illinois State Senator Thomas A. Marshall. Many friends visit with Lincoln during his stay. Illinois Journal (Springfield), 2 February 1861, 2:3; Charles H. Coleman, Abraham Lincoln and Coles County, Illinois (New Brunswick, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1955), 209-10.

President works all morning at War Dept. N.Y. Tribune, 31 January 1862.

Cabinet meets. Welles, Diary.

Lincoln receives proposal to aid Sanitary Fair by letting Bell & Bro., photographers, 480 Pennsylvania Ave., make and sell his photograph. Bell to Lincoln, 30 January 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln holds her usual Saturday afternoon reception. Washington National Republican, 30 January 1864.

President again writes Gen. Steele relative to forming state government in Arkansas. "Possibly the best you can do would be to help them on their own plan. . . . Be firm and resolute against such as you can perceive would make confusion and division." Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Steele, 30 January 1864, CW, 7:161.

President sends Maj. Eckert to headquarters of Army of James with documents concerning "Peace Mission." One document, prepared for Eckert's signature and addressed to A. H. Stephens, former Justice of Supreme Court John A. Campbell, and former Sen. Robert M. T. Hunter (Va.), provides: "That if you pass through the U.S. Military lines it will be understood that you do so for the purpose of an informal conference, on the basis of the letter, a copy of which is on the reverse side of this sheet." [Lincoln to F. P. Blair, Sr. January 18, 1865.] Abraham Lincoln to Francis P. Blair, Sr., 18 January 1865, CW, 8:220-21; Abraham Lincoln to Thomas T. Eckert, 30 January 1865, CW, 8:246; Thomas T. Eckert to Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Campbell and Robert M. T. Hunter, [30 January 1865], CW, 8:248.

Receives Col. John E. Whiting, friend from Illinois, with note from Sen. Trumbull (Ill.). Trumbull to Lincoln, 30 January 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.