February 06, 1861

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            <date value='1861-02-06'>Wednesday, February 6, 1861.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>
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Lincoln accepts invitation of New Jersey Legislature to visit state 
capital on journey to Washington.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A297' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Charles S. Olden</xref>, 6 February 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:186.</bibl>
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Accepts invitation of citizens of Albany, N.Y., to visit their city 
en route to inauguration.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 6 February 1861.</bibl>
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Mr. and <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> (assisted by four of her sisters) hold farewell 
reception at home.
<bibl default='NO'>Helm, <title corresp='books_Helm'>Mary</title>, 155-56.</bibl>
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"A brilliant affair, 700 ladies and gentlemen, composing the 
political &#233;lite of Illinois and the beauty and fashion of the 
area."
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 8 February 1861.</bibl>
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"Reception announced for 7:00 to 12:00. Thousands came and it lasted longer."
<bibl default='NO'>Henry B. Rankin, <title>Intimate Character Sketches of Abraham Lincoln</title> (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1924), 255-56.</bibl>
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Lincoln deposits $642.91 in Springfield Marine Bank and withdraws $392.12.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 164, 175.</bibl>
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Writes check for 50&#162; in payment of taxes on Lincoln, Ill. lot.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 8:466.</bibl>
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