March 13, 1832

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         <dateline> 
            <dateRange from='1832-03-13' to='1832-03-25'>March 13,
  1832-March 25, 1832 (?)</dateRange> 
            <place key='' teiForm='name'>Sangamon
  River</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Steamboat <ital>Talisman</ital>, J.
  M. Pollock, Master, leaves Beardstown to ascend Sangamon to Vincent A. Bogue's
  mill at Portland, five miles north of Springfield. Several citizens of New
  Salem and Springfield,<pb n='1:17'/> including Lincoln, go along
  to help clear obstructions. Four days are spent breaking through ice at
  Sangamon entrance. Boat does not arrive at Portland until March 24, 1832.</p>
         <p> Lincoln probably attends ball at court house in Springfield
  March 26, 1832. After staying week at Portland, trip down Sangamon begins with
  Lincoln as assistant to J. Rowan Herndon of New Salem, pilot.
  <bibl default='NO'> 
               <title>Sangamo
  Journal</title>, 29 March 1832; <title>Missouri
  Republican</title>, St. Louis, Missouri, 21 February 1832, 28 February 1832, 6
  March 1832, 13 March 1832, 27 March 1832, 3 April 1832.</bibl> 
         </p>
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