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<date value='1848-07-01'>Saturday, July 1, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln attends evening concert in Capitol grounds. In crowd he sees two
ladies of the town, "our two girls . . . whose peculiarities were the wearing of black
fur bonnets, and never being seen in close company with other ladies. . . . One of them
was attended by their brother, and the other had a member of Congress in tow. He went
home with her; and if I were to guess, I would say, he went away a somewhat altered
man—most likely in his pockets, and in some other particular. The fellow
looked conscious of guilt."<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A505' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd
Lincoln</xref>, 2 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:495-96.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-02'>Sunday,
July 2, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Congressman Lincoln writes to his wife
<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mary Lincoln</person>, who is visiting
family in Lexington, Kentucky. He received invoices from two merchants, and
writes, "I hesitated to pay them, because my recollection is that you told
me...there was nothing left unpaid." Lincoln relays news about Congressman
William Richardson's family: "Mrs. Richardson is still here; and what is more,
has a baby—so Richardson says, and he ought to know." Lincoln advises
Mary to hire someone to help her care for their sons, "the dear codgers,"
Robert and Eddie. Lincoln adds, "Father expected to see you all sooner; but let
it pass; stay as long as you please, and come when you please. Kiss and love
the dear rascals." <bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A505' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Mary
Todd Lincoln</xref>, 2 July 1848,
<title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:495-96.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-04'>Tuesday, July 4, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> [Washington Monument cornerstone is laid with ceremony. Executive
officials, congressmen, military companies, fire companies, school children, and
fraternal organizations march to site, where Robert C. Winthrop delivers oration.<bibl default='NO'>National Intelligencer, 6 July 1848; Beveridge, <title corresp='Beveridge'>Abraham Lincoln</title>, 1:454-55.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1848-07-05'>Wednesday, July 5, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln votes
against motion to table resolution from Committee on Commerce which declares
that President's reasons for vetoing river and harbor bill are "insufficient
and unsatisfactory." Motion to table is defeated, 65-109. Debate on resolution
follows.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-06'>Thursday, July 6, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> At his House desk, Lincoln writes secretary of war about military
commissions for two constituents, withdrawing one application.<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A506' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William L.
Marcy</xref>, 6 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:496.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-08'>Saturday, July 8, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln and 14 other representatives sign petition to Robert E. Horner,
doorkeeper of House, asking that "A. G. Matlock be retained in his present situation as
messenger."<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A507' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Petition Concerning A. G.
Matlock</xref>, 8 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:497.</bibl>
</p>
<p> He votes on several roll calls in House where amendments to Indian
appropriations bill are under consideration.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Journal</title>.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-09'>Sunday, July 9, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> In evening Lincoln receives letter from Herndon. He is pained by latter's
belief that young men are being "ungenerously thrust back" by "old fossils."<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A508' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Herndon</xref>, 10 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:497-98.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-10'>Monday, July 10, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln attends House.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
</p>
<p> He also answers Herndon's letter. He thinks Herndon mistaken about old men.
"I was young once, and I am sure I was never ungenerously thrust back. . . . The way for
a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any
body wishes to hinder him." He sends to Stephen A. Hurlbut, northern Illinois Whig, form
letter introducing campaign paper, "The Battery," asking for subscribers, and adding
personal note.<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A508' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Herndon</xref>, 10 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:497-98; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A509' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A.
Hurlbut</xref>, 10 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:498.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-11'>Tuesday, July 11, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> From Herndon Lincoln receives another letter which gives him "unalloyed
pleasure. I now almost regret writing the serious, long faced letter, I wrote
yesterday;" he replies, "but let the past as nothing be. Go it while you're young."<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A510' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Herndon</xref>, 11 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:499.</bibl>
</p>
<p> In House he votes for three resolutions criticizing President's
message.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-12'>Wednesday, July 12, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> House debates amendments to appropriations bill. Many members are absent
and it is impossible to get quorum. Fines are imposed on absentees and sergeant-at-arms
is ordered to bring them before House in morning. Lincoln is present.<bibl default='NO'>Globe; <title>Journal</title>.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-13'>Thursday, July 13, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln receives memorandum from Richard M. Young, commissioner of General
Land Office, in response to request for information for constituent.<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A512' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to John
Hogan</xref>, 14 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:499-500.</bibl>
</p>
<p> In House, absentees move for remittance of fines imposed, but speaker
refuses to recognize them. Lincoln "remarking that he believed <uLine>he</uLine> was still a member," moves previous question. Matter is finally laid on
table.<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A511' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Remarks in U. S. House of
Representatives Concerning Apprehension of Absentees</xref>, 13 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:499; Globe.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-14'>Friday,
July 14, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln forwards Young's memorandum to John Hogan. "Taylorism
seems to be going right, for which, I am very glad. Keep the ball rolling."
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A512' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to John
Hogan</xref>, 11 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:499-500.</bibl>
</p>
<p> House takes
up bill disbanding wartime military establishment and approves amendments.
Lincoln is present.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Journal</title>.</bibl>
</p>
<p> Stephen T. Logan
visits Lincoln's Springfield bank and reports he has $50 fee for Lincoln's
credit, and will deposit cash soon.<bibl default='NO'>Irwin
Ledger.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-15'>Saturday, July 15, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Roll call taken in Committee of Whole to determine quorum does not list
Lincoln as absentee. House debates civil and diplomatic appropriations bill.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Journal</title>; Globe.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-17'>Monday, July 17, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln moves to suspend rules to permit introduction of bill establishing
post routes; but motion fails to receive two-thirds majority.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
</p>
<p> He writes to secretary of war regarding A. G. Henry's claim for Mexican War
expenses.<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A513' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William L.
Marcy</xref>, 17 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:500.</bibl>
</p>
<p> S. T. Logan deposits $50 cash in Lincoln's account at Robert Irwin
& Co., Springfield.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Irwin Journal</title>.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-18'>Tuesday, July 18, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln votes against amendment to appropriations bill striking out
appropriation for Savannah River. It is defeated by negative vote of speaker, 85-85. He
votes to agree to conference committee's report on bill for prosecution of war and on
other amendments to appropriations bill.<bibl default='NO'>Globe; <title>Journal</title>.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-19'>Wednesday, July 19, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln reports and explains bill from Committee on Post Office and Post
Roads providing for post routes. He also moves amendment, but bill is passed without
it.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Journal</title>; Globe; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A514' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Remarks in U. S. House of
Representatives Concerning Bill to Establish Certain Post Routes</xref>, 19 July
1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:500.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-20'>Thursday, July 20, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln votes aye on passage of appropriations bill; it is defeated 77-100.
General confusion ensues, with motions to reconsider. Appropriation for Savannah River
is main reason for bill's defeat. This leads to partisan debate on internal
improvements.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Journal</title>; Globe.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-22'>Saturday, July 22, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Appropriations bill again comes up for passage. Lincoln votes for it again,
and it passes 108-78, with Savannah River item included.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
</p>
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<date value='1848-07-23'>Sunday, July 23, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p>
<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> and boys probably arrive from
Lexington about this time, Lincoln's last letter to Mary having been written July 2,
1848, in which he sent $100 for expenses. [See July 2, 1848.]<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A505' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd
Lincoln</xref>, 2 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:495-96.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-24'>Monday, July 24, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> House receives from Polk message relating to California and New Mexico.
Amid considerable confusion, Lincoln obtains floor and announces his desire to speak,
but defers his remarks to permit message to be referred to appropriate committees. There
are cries of "No, no, go on," as he resumes seat.<bibl default='NO'>Globe; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A515' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Remarks in U. S. House of
Representatives</xref>, 24 July 1848, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:501.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-25'>Tuesday, July 25, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln is present in House. Conference committee reports Indian
appropriations bill. Report is accepted and bill passed.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
</p>
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<date value='1848-07-26'>Wednesday, July 26, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln
attends House. [All day and all night Senate debates bill for territorial
governments in Oregon, California, and New Mexico. It provides that antislavery
laws of Oregon shall continue, but forbids legislatures of California and New
Mexico to pass any law relating to slavery. Status of slavery may be decided by
Supreme Court.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1848-07-27'>Thursday,
July 27, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p>Congressman Lincoln speaks in the House of Representatives and
compares the two candidates who seek the U.S. presidency. Lincoln backs the
Whig candidate Zachary Taylor, who is running against Lewis Cass, a Democrat.
Lincoln addresses Cass's supporters: "Have no fears...of your candidate. He
exactly suits you, and we congratulate you upon it...If elected, he may not
maintain all, or even any of his positions previously taken; but he will be
sure to do whatever the party exigency, for the time being, may require."
<bibl default='NO'>
<xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A516' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Speech in U. S. House of
Representatives on the Presidential Question</xref>, 27 July 1848,
<title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 1:501-16.</bibl>
</p>
<p> [Senate passes territorial bill. It has approval of
President Polk.<bibl default='NO'>Globe; Diary.</bibl>]</p>
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<date value='1848-07-28'>Friday, July 28, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln votes to table Senate bill establishing territorial governments in
Oregon, California, and New Mexico. Motion is carried on vote of Northern Whigs. Bitter
partisan debate on Congress' power over slavery in territories follows.<bibl default='NO'>Globe.</bibl>
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<date value='1848-07-31'>Monday, July 31, 1848.</date>
<place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln answers roll calls on motions to suspend rules. Debate on
establishment of territorial government in Oregon is order of day. House agrees to
Senate resolution fixing August 14, 1848 as date of adjournment.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>Journal</title>; Globe.</bibl>
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