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January 04, 1855

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Thursday, January 4, 1855.
 Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln writes and signs Lincoln & Herndon to mechanics lien bill in Stigleman, Johnson & Co. v. Paddleford & Co., Sangamon Circuit Court case. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln addresses evening meeting of Colonization Society. He reviews history of slave trade, the society, and apparently intends to have society adopt resolutions, from his draft, for amending Kansas-Nebraska Act. He writes draft for submission to legislature. Outline for Speech to the Colonization Society, [4 January 1855], CW, 2:298-301. 

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Lincoln writes and signs Lincoln &amp; Herndon to mechanics lien bill 
in <name type='case' key='L04618'>Stigleman, Johnson &amp; Co. v. Paddleford &amp; 
Co.</name>, Sangamon Circuit Court case.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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Lincoln addresses evening meeting of Colonization Society. He reviews 
history of slave trade, the society, and apparently intends to have 
society adopt resolutions, from his draft, for amending 
Kansas-Nebraska Act. He writes draft for submission to legislature.
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