Lincoln completes and signs a form certifiying that Hugh Armstrong served as a First Lieutenant in Lincoln's company during the Black Hawk War and was "honorably discharged" on June 7, 1832. Certificate of Discharge for Hugh Armstrong, 31 August 1832, RG 15, Entry 26: Records of the Bureau of Pensions and the Pension Service, Bureau of Pensions Correspondence and Pension Bounty Land Case Files Relating to Military Service Performed Between 1775 and 1861, Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, Case Files of Bounty Land Warrant Applications Based On Service Between 1812 and 1855 and Disapproved Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, 1800-1900, National Archives Building, Washington, DC

[Calhoun Circuit Court convenes at Gilead.]

[Lincoln does not vote, being out of town, in special election for county surveyor. Political debate between John T. Stuart, S. A. Douglas, and E. D. Baker attracts large crowd in Springfield.Register, 4 September 1840.]

Lincoln writes and swears answer to amended bill in Lamb v. Hickox et al.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln buys bucket (25¢) and 50¢ pair suspenders.Irwin Ledger and Journal.

[J. B. Watson reports to Board of Visitors of Sangamon County Temperance Union that Lincoln has addressed Springfield Juvenile Society and that three have signed abstinence pledge.IHi—Minutes of the Sangamon County Temperance Union.]

[At Springfield, Constitutional Convention adjourns.]

"The Rough and Ready Club held a meeting last night at their room on Sixth street. Messrs. Brady and Lincoln, of the House of Representatives, delivered addresses, in laudation of General Taylor and in opposition to the Democracy. The best spirit characterized those present, and many enrolled their names as contributors to furnish ammunition for the contest."Baltimore Clipper, 2 September 1848.

In Hunt v. West et al., the defendants default and the court orders them to pay Lincoln & Herndon's client $2,566.08, on penalty of foreclosure. In Enyart v. McAtee, David B. Campbell requests the court to order the complainant, represented by Lincoln & Herndon and William I. Ferguson, to show cause why he should not be ruled to file security for costs. The court continues one other Lincoln & Herndon case. Record.

Lincoln buys "sundries" for $1. Bunn Journal.

Lincoln writes James Gordan's application for pay for arresting horse thief. Photocopy.

Lincoln writes to John D. Johnston: "Inclosed is the deed for the land. We are all well, and have nothing in the way of news. We have had no cholera here for about two weeks. Give my love to all, and especially to mother." Abraham Lincoln to John D. Johnston, 31 August 1851, CW, 2:110.

Lincoln writes and evidently mails to Blackburn, associate counsel in Paris, declaration in Burwell v. Dickerson, Edgar County case. Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes Mrs. Bullock detailed account of business transacted for her. He sends her $2.08, balance of money in his hands. "The notes are in my hands, & the mortgages are at the Recorders office subject to my control. They are all in your name." Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Maria L. Bullock, 31 August 1855, CW, 2:323-25.

Lincoln withdraws $4,800—deposited August 12, 1857—from Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Co. Marine Bank Ledger.

Lincoln arrives by train in the morning and proceeds to the American House. At three o'clock in the afternoon, at a place called Morton's Grove, he delivers a speech about the future of slavery in the United States. A local newspaper reports that Lincoln's speech is "honest, logical and telling." John M. Palmer, an attorney and a former member of the Illinois State Senate, follows Lincoln on the program and makes "one of his usual side-splitting speeches, dealing terrible blows to the bogus-Democracy in every sentence." Carlinville Free Democrat (IL), 2 September 1858, 2:4-5; Speech at Carlinville, Illinois, 31 August 1858, CW, 3:77-81.

Trial of P. Q. Harrison for murder commences in Sangamon Circuit Court. Counsel has changed since preliminary examination. White, Palmer, Broadwell, and Cogdale appear for prosecution; Lincoln, Herndon, Logan, and Cullom are for defense. Afternoon is spent examining prospective jurors. Illinois State Journal, 1 September 1859.

Mrs. Lincoln buys buttons at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 159.

Lincoln tries to smooth factional differences among Pennsylvania Republicans. To John M. Pomeroy, who wrote of local troubles, he replies: "I am slow to listen to criminations among friends. . . . My sincere wish is that both sides will allow by-gones to be by-gones, and look to the present & future only." He also writes friendly notes to Zachariah Chandler of Michigan and Benjamin F. James of Chicago. Abraham Lincoln to John M. Pomeroy, 31 August 1860, CW, 4:103-4; Abraham Lincoln to Zachariah Chandler, 31 August 1860, CW, 4:102-3; Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. James, 31 August 1860, CW, 4:103.

President interviews Gen. John H. Reed, quartermaster general of Massachusetts, regarding military preparedness. Andrew to Lincoln, 28 August 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Asst. Sec. of Navy Gustavus V. Fox and Gen. Butler awaken President late at night to inform him of capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, N.C. Benjamin F. Butler, Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences . . . Butler's Book (Boston: A. M. Thayer, 1892), 287.

John G. Nicolay, private secretary to President, is back at his post "with improved health." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 31 August 1861, 2:1.

Seward family calls on Lincoln in his office. Kittens given President by Seward are playing in hall. "Mr L. seems quite fond of them. Says they climb all over him." The President "looks sick, and is I fear threatened with intermitting fever—the room was awfully hot with gas and a wood fire." NRR—Diary of Frances Seward Ms.

President Lincoln is staying at his cottage at the Soldier's Home, outside of Washington, D.C. At approximately 8 a.m., he confers with his secretary John Hay about the ongoing Second Battle of Bull Run. Hay recalled that Lincoln remarked, "'Well John we are whipped again, I am afraid. The enemy reinforced on [General John] Pope and drove back his left wing and he has retired to Centerville [Virginia] where he says he will be able to hold his men. I dont like that expression. I dont like to hear him admit that his men need holding.'" Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger, eds., Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997), 36-38; John Pope to Henry W. Halleck, 30 August 1862, 9:45 p.m., The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885; reprint, Gettysburg, PA: National Historical Society, 1972), volume 12, part 2: 78-79.

Sunday morning Cabinet meets to discuss outcome of Second Manassas (Bull Run). Boston Advertiser, 5 September 1862.

Sec. Chase interviews President regarding appointments. Official Records—Armies 456.

Sen. Bowden (Va.), L. H. Chandler, and former Cong. Segar (Va.) confer with President about tax imposed on people of Northampton County to rebuild lighthouse destroyed by Confederates. Official Records—Armies 534-35.

President recognizes Paul Guye as vice consul of Swiss Confederation at St. Louis for states of Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas, and Territory of Nebraska. Washington Chronicle, 2 September 1863.

Compliments Gen. Rosecrans: "I can never forget, whilst I remember anything, that about the end of last year, and beginning of this, you gave us a hard earned victory which, had there been a defeat instead, the nation could scarcely have lived over." Abraham Lincoln to William S. Rosecrans, 31 August 1863, CW, 6:424-25.

President telegraphs Mrs. Lincoln at Manchester, Vt.: "All reasonably well. Bob not here yet. How is dear Tad?" Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, 31 August 1864, CW, 7:526.

Addresses 148th Ohio Regiment, on its way home after completed period of service. Speech to One Hundred Forty-eighth Ohio Regiment, 31 August 1864, CW, 7:528-29; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 1 September 1864, 2d ed., 2:5.

[John Nicolay in New York, will return tomorrow. Nicolay to Lincoln, 31 August 1864, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]

President reviews case of Louis A. Welton, who came through Union lines with contract to furnish supplies to South, was arrested and sentenced to imprisonment, and concludes review by saying: "Now, if Senator Morgan, and Mr. Weed, and Mr. Raymond, will not argue with me that I ought to discharge this man, but will, in writing on this sheet, simply request me to do it, I will do it solely in deference to their wishes." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin D. Morgan, Thurlow Weed, and Henry J. Raymond, 31 August 1864, CW, 7:526-27.

Issues order that persons bringing out cotton in conformity with treasury regulations must not be hindered by other government departments. Order Concerning Transportation of Cotton, 31 August 1864, CW, 7:527.