Caravan crosses Wabash River, flooded by spring rains. Leaving ferry, they continue west along road, much of which is under water. Ten miles beyond Purgatory Bottom they reach Lawrenceville. Leaving Lawrenceville, they turn northeast toward Palestine. During this day's journey Abraham rescues his dog.LL, No. 480.

[William F. Berry of Berry & Lincoln obtains license from Sangamon County Commissioners to keep tavern in New Salem for one year. Berry signs his own and Lincoln's name to $300 bond. Bowling Green also signs bond.Record; IHi—Original.

Berry & Lincoln pay $7 for license. This allows them to charge 37½¢ for breakfast and dinner or supper for stage passengers, 12½¢ for lodging, 25¢ for ½ pint of wine or French brandy, and 18¾¢ for ½ pint of rum, peach brandy, or Holland gin.ISLA—Bulletin, No. 27.]

House meets and adjourns sine die.House Journal.

The court appoints Lincoln guardian ad litem for an infant defendant in Thayer v. Phillips et al. Stuart & Lincoln file the defendant's plea in Sinnard v. Kyle. Stuart & Lincoln represent the defendant in Foster v. Cassidy and the court allows the attorneys in the case to open depositions. Lincoln does most of paper work in these suits, and he also writes and signs a plea for the defendant in Fleming v. Ransdell.Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Judge William Thomas, commissioned judge of First Circuit February 26, 1839, takes place of Judge Thomas Ford, and presides until Circuit Court closes March 16, 1839. William Butler, appointed guardian in Bohannan v. Suter et al., files his answer.Record.

Stuart & Lincoln win by default Trotter v. Laswell et al., and Neff, Wanton & Co. v. Stockton. Lincoln gets judgment by consent, for $200 in Hay v. Lasswell & Mock. Trotter v. Lasswell and Keedy v. Elkin are continued. In Vaughn v. Ransdell and Spear v. Camp, defendants file pleas and plaintiffs their joinder.Record.

Lincoln writes two pleas in Manning v. Morgan et al.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln completes petition for partition in Burns et al. v. Ford et al.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Springfield Whigs, including Lincoln, meet and agree to hold district convention at Tremont.Abraham Lincoln to John Bennett, 7 March 1843, CW, 1:318-19.

Lincoln writes and sends to Beardstown declaration, affidavit, praecipe, and bond in Thayer v. Farrell, signing Logan & Lincoln.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln deposits $9.25, his half of law fee.Irwin Ledger.

Congressman Lincoln responds to a request for some "family history" from Solomon Lincoln, of Massachusetts. Abraham writes that his grandfather Abraham moved from Virginia to Kentucky, where he was "killed by the indians." Abraham explains, "Owing to my father being left an orphan at the age of six years, in poverty, and in a new country, he became a wholly uneducated man." Abraham encourages Solomon to write to him again regardless of whether or not "you shall be able to trace any connection between youself and me."Abraham Lincoln to Solomon Lincoln, 6 March 1848, CW, 1:455-56.

He attends session of House.

Lincoln writes a declaration in Nave for use of Matheny v. McCormack. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Replying to Martin, Lincoln states: "In my view, if there were no minutes—no entries in writing—of the calls, then we could prove by parol that the Directors required the payments, and procured the publication of notices of them in the papers." He does not think that change in location of road will release stock subscribers from liability. Abraham Lincoln to William Martin, 6 March 1851, CW, 2:102-3.

For complainant, Lincoln writes and signs divorce bill in Morgan v. Morgan. He writes and signs chancery bill to divide assets in Taylor & Arnold v. Robinson et al.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes legal opinion on pre-emption question for Illinois Central. Opinion on Pre-emption of Public Land, 6 March 1856, CW, 2:333-35.

Lincoln pays $5 docket fee in Henderson v. Week, and signs U.S. court fee book. Fee Book.

Lincoln speaks in Union Hall. Procession led by New Haven band escorts him to home of J. F. Babcock, his host. Percy C. Eggleston, Lincoln in New England (New York: Steward, Warren & Co., 1922), 15; Chicago Tribune, 14 March 1860; Speech at New Haven, Connecticut, 6 March 1860, CW, 4:13-30.

Lincoln welcomes delegations from California, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Ohio, and Vermont. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 6 March 1861, 3:4; 7 March 1861, 3:1; National Intelligencer, 6 March 1861; Reply to Minnesota Delegation, 6 March 1861, CW, 4:276.

Confers with Cong. Martin F. Conway (Kans.) about patronage. Conway to Lincoln, 12 March 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Interviews Cong. Colfax (Ind.) relative to his appointment. Colfax to Lincoln, 6 March 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sec. Gideon Welles accompanied by Edward S. Cleveland, postmaster, Hartford, Conn., calls on President to review conditions in Navy Dept. Cleveland to Welles, 6 March 1861, Gideon Welles Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President nominates N. B. Judd minister to Berlin. Baltimore Sun, 7 March 1861.

Explains to Sec. Salmon P. Chase, who learns of cabinet nomination through action of Senate, that it would be embarrassing to him if Chase did not accept. Chase resigns seat in Senate and accepts. Jacob W. Schuckers, The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase (New York: Appleton, 1874), 207.

Lincoln holds first cabinet meeting; "introductory," "uninteresting." Bates, Diary.

Delegations from Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island interview President. N.Y. Times, 7 March 1861.

[Irwin withdraws $2.65 from Springfield Marine Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 176.]

Mrs. Lincoln drives out to Soldiers' Home, Upshur St. and Rock Creek Rd., NW. N.Y. Times, 7 March 1861.

President invites Senator Charles Sumner (Mass.) to White House shortly after breakfast to discuss compensated emancipation. Pierce, Sumner Memoir and Letters, 4:64.

Recommends to Congress gradual, compensated emancipation. Message to Congress, 6 March 1862, CW, 5:144-46.

Attends funeral service for General Frederick W. Lander at residence of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 6 March 1862, 3:6.

Approves act requiring that oath of allegiance be administered to masters of American vessels clearing for foreign or other ports during present rebellion. Stat. L., XII, 354.

President confers with Marshal Lamon and Atty. Gen. Bates regarding execution of Augustus Ford for murder. Washington Chronicle, 7 March 1863.

In evening sees Gen. Fremont by appointment and promises to tell him something definite about new command. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 7 March 1863, CW, 6:127.

President attends service at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, where he hears Rev. William S. Edwards preach on I John 5:4. Edwards describes Lincoln as an "attentive hearer." Entry for 6 March 1864, W. S. Edwards, Memorandum of Sermons, 1853-1909, Private Collection.

President and Sec. Stanton call at Rear Admiral Dahlgren's residence with telegram from General Butler announcing that Dahlgren's son, on raid against Richmond, is alive. Welles, Diary.

Lincoln converses with former Congressman John T. Stuart (Ill.) and gives him card to Hanson A. Risley. Abraham Lincoln to Hanson A. Risley, 6 March 1865, CW, 8:337.

Senate committee announces to President that Senate is ready to receive communications. Senate Journal, 348; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 6 March 1865, 2d ed., Extra, 2:6.

At noon President receives diplomatic corps. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 6 March 1865, 2d ed., 2:4.

Poses for photograph by Henry F. Warren of Waltham, Mass. Frederick H. Meserve and Carl Sandburg, The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1944), 6 March 1865.

In conference with Marcus L. Ward, philanthropist, "soldiers' friend," and later governor of New Jersey, reiterates value of Vice President Johnson in work before administration. Washington Chronicle, 23 April 1865.

Secretary of the Treasury William P. Fessenden resigns. Josiah G. Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln (Springfield, MA: G. Bill, 1866), 505.

Chief Justice Chase consults with President an hour in effort to exempt counties in eastern Virginia from "insurrectionary proclamation." Welles, Diary.

Nominates Comptroller of Currency Hugh McCulloch as secretary of treasury. Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 6 March 1865, 2d ed., Extra, 2:4; Arnold, 628.

Notifies Senator Charles Sumner (Mass.): "Unless you send me word to the contrary, I shall this evening call with my carriage at your house, to take you with me to the Inauguration Ball." Abraham Lincoln to Charles Sumner, 6 March 1865, CW, 8:337.

Sometime after 10 P.M., President Lincoln and his wife, Mary, arrive at the Patent Office, where they attend the inaugural ball. A newspaper reports, "Mrs. Lincoln . . . wore a white silk skirt and boddice, an elaborately-worked white lace dress over the silk skirt . . . The President was dressed in black, with white kid gloves. . . . Shortly after midnight the Presidential party were escorted to the supper room." After dinner, "President Lincoln and party withdrew about one o'clock . . . It is estimated that not less than four thousand persons were present at this ball." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 7 March 1865, 2d ed., Extra, 2:4-5.

Lincoln receives February salary warrant for $1,976.22. Pratt, Personal Finances, 184.

Writes Sec. Seward: "I have some wish that Thomas D. Jones, of Cincinnati, and John J. Piatt [poet], now of this city, should have some of those moderate sized consulates which facilitate artists a little [in] their profession. Please watch for chances." Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 6 March 1865, CW, 8:337.