Further hearing in Dudley et ux. v. Crosthwait occupies court until adjournment. Browning and Bushnell represent plaintiff, Lincoln & Herndon defendant. Record.

Arguments in Dudley et ux. v. Crosthwait are concluded, and court takes case under advisement. Record.

On motion of plaintiff's attorneys, Lincoln and Smith, Coffin v. Palmer et al. is continued in U.S. Circuit Court. Record.

Mrs. Lincoln writes her sister Emilie: "Within the last three weeks there has been a party almost every night and some two or three grand fetes are coming off this week." Sandburg and Angle, 198.

Lincoln receives complaining letter from John E. Rosette, lawyer and editor of Springfield Republican. Abraham Lincoln to John E. Rosette, 20 February 1857, CW, 2:389-90.

Lincoln writes Rosette: "Your note about the little paragraph in the Republican was received yesterday, since which time I have been too unwell to notice it." (Apparently "Republican" had commented on Mrs. Lincoln's rejection of paper.) Lincoln explains circumstances, adding that while he had not favored new paper, he intended to subscribe. Abraham Lincoln to John E. Rosette, 20 February 1857, CW, 2:389-90.

[On February 12, 1857 Lincoln wrote that he intended to go to Chicago on 21st. Abraham Lincoln to James Steele and Charles Summers, 12 February 1857, CW, 2:389.]

[Sometime during this week Lincoln has conference with officials of Illinois Central. Contrary to his expectation, he is continued in company's retainer. Abraham Lincoln to James Steele and Charles Summers, 12 February 1857, CW, 2:389.]

In Chicago's Metropolitan Hall, Lincoln speaks to Republicans, who gather to endorse a slate of "municipal officers." Lincoln's speech notes indicate that he stresses party unity. He writes, "We were without party history, party pride, or party idols. We were a collection of individuals, but recently in political hostility, one to another; and thus subject to all that distrust, and suspicion, and jealousy could do. . . . Let minor differences, and personal preferences, if there be such; go to the winds." Daily Democratic Press (Chicago, IL), 2 March 1857, 3:3; Notes for Speech at Chicago, Illinois, 28 February 1857, CW, 2:390-91.