[Supreme Court opens in Springfield.]

Lincoln pays $30.50 cash on his carriage account. Obed Lewis Account Books.

Lincoln, for complainant, writes bill in chancery in VanBergen v. Singleton, Sangamon Circuit Court. Photocopy.

[Illinois State Colonization Society, organized for purchasing freedom of slaves and "colonizing" them in Africa, holds its annual meeting at First Presbyterian Church. Lincoln and Orville H. Browning of Quincy have been announced as speakers, but only Browning attends. "On account of illness in his family, Mr. Lincoln was not present." Illinois Journal, 14 January 1854.]

Brown continues his argument in People ex rel. Stevenson et al. v. Higgins. Record.

McConnel, one of attorneys for defendants in error, makes his argument in Higgins case. Record.