<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1830-03-01'>Monday, March 1, 1830.</date>
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to <place key='38.6667, -87.5167' teiForm='name'>Vincennes, IN</place>.</dateline>
         <p> "On the first of March, 1830, his father determined to emigrate once more.
            . . . The emigrant company was made up of Thomas Lincoln's family, and the families of
            Mrs. Lincoln's two sons-in-law. Their means of progress and conveyance were ox-wagons,
            one of which Abraham Lincoln drove." [Mrs. Harriet Hanks Chapman said they had three
            wagons, two drawn by two yoke of oxen each, and one by two teams of horses.]<bibl default='NO'>William D. Howells, <title>Life of
                  Abraham Lincoln</title> (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1938),
            23.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> Company consists of Thomas Lincoln, his wife Sarah Bush Lincoln and her
            son, John D. Johnston; Dennis Hanks, his wife Sarah E. Hanks, their daughters Sarah
            Jane, Nancy M. and Harriet, and son John Talbot; Squire Hall, his wife Matilda and their
            son John; and Abraham Lincoln, 13 in all. Sarah E. Hanks and Matilda Hall were daughters
            of Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln.</p>
         <p> There is no distinct proof of route followed by Lincoln party on 225-mile
            journey from Gentryville to Decatur, Illinois, except from Vincennes to Lawrenceville.
            Indiana Lincoln Memorial Way Commission chose Troy-Vincennes trail, which passed through
            Polk Patch [now Selvin], Petersburg, and Monroe City. Probably four or five days
            completed 75-mile journey to Vincennes.<bibl default='NO'>LL, No.
            161.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline>
            <date value='1830-03-06'>Saturday, March 6, 1830.</date>
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to <place key='38.7167, -87.6667' teiForm='name'>Lawrenceville, IL</place>
            and <place key='39.0000, -87.6000' teiForm='name'>Palestine, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> 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.<bibl default='NO'>LL, No. 480.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <dateRange from='1830-03-08' to='1830-03-11'>March 8, 1830-March 11,
               1830.</dateRange>
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to <place key='39.4000, -88.4333' teiForm='name'>Paradise, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> The Lincolns probably continue north on old Indian trail to Hutsonville.
            Route from here to old site of Paradise, three miles southwest of Matoon, cannot be
            clearly defined. Possibly they continue north to West Union, then turn northwest,
            passing through Melrose and Martinsville. They proceed northwest to Paradise, where they
            stay night of March 11, 1830 with Sawyers and Radleys, relatives of Mrs. Lincoln.<bibl default='NO'>ISLA&#8212;<title>Bulletin</title>,
               No. 11.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <dateRange from='1830-03-12' to='1830-03-14'>March 12,
  1830-March 14, 1830.</dateRange> 
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to 
  <place key='39.8333, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Decatur, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> From
  Paradise caravan turns north through Nelson, crossing Kaskaskia River at Willow
  Ford, four miles southeast of present Sullivan. Trail then passes through
  Chipps and Lovington to Decatur. [On night of March 14, 1830 they camp in
  village square of Decatur. Decatur, granted post office a week before their
  arrival, contains less than a dozen log houses set in grove of oaks.
  <bibl default='NO'>ISLA&#8212;<title>Bulletin</title>, No. 11.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1830-03-15'>Monday, March 15, 1830.</date>
            <place key='39.8667, -88.9667' teiForm='name'>Macon County, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> "Lincoln's family 'located' on some new land, ten miles northwest
            [southwest] of Decatur, on the north bank of the Sangamon river, at a junction of forest
            and prairie land. Here the father and son built a log-cabin [also smoke house and barn],
            and split rails enough to fence in their land." [Lincoln farm was located on S.E.
            &#188; of the S.W. &#188; of Sec. 28, T. 16 N., R. 1 E. of 3 P.M.]<bibl default='NO'>William D. Howells, <title>Life of
                  Abraham Lincoln</title> (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1938), 23;
               Edwin D. Davis, "The Hanks Family in Macon County, Illinois," Illinois State
               Historical Society, <title>Papers in Illinois History</title> 46
               (1939):83.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>