Sangamon County Whig convention meets. Nominations for county officers are made. Walter Davis, Z. A. Enos, J. M. Smith, J. A. Pickrell, E. Lewis, A. J. Vandegrift, B. F. Dickinson, and William Carson are appointed delegates to congressional convention and instructed to vote for Lincoln.Sangamo Journal, 5 March 1846.

Lincoln writes to Samuel D. Marshall of Shawneetown, sending him plea in Dorman et ux. v. Lane by which he can compel Lane to pay costs to get record for proving replication.Abraham Lincoln to Samuel D. Marshall, 3 March 1846, CW, 1:370-71.

Lincoln writes bill of divorce in Wilson v. Wilson, for Lincoln & Herndon.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln votes for William M. Farnsworth, Whig candidate for justice of peace. James W. Keyes receives 262 votes to 162 for Farnsworth. Polling place is court room in new Sangamon County Court House, southeast corner of Sixth and Washington Streets.Election Returns.

Edward Baker Lincoln, second child, is born to Abraham and Mary Lincoln.Family Record in Abraham Lincoln's Bible, 4 November 1842 - 4 April 1853, CW, 1:304.

Lincoln has 12 cases called on first day of 12-day term of Sangamon Circuit Court. He confesses judgment for defendant in Atwood et al. v. Crosby. People v. Tunison et al., rape case in which Lincoln & Herndon represent defendants, is nolle prossed. Seven cases are continued, two dismissed, and one set for hearing later.Record.

Three appeal cases are dismissed, Wood v. Jones, Brown v. Crafton, and Talbott v. Washburn. Lincoln appears alone for appellant in first, with Herndon for appellee in second, and for appellant in third.Record.

Yocum v. Newsom, slander, is tried before jury by Logan, Lincoln & Herndon for plaintiff and Baker for defendant. Jury finds defendant not guilty. In afternoon, court orders judgment entered in morning vacated and grants new trial inTabor v. Higginbotham, ejectment suit. Lincoln and Merriman appear for defendant.Record.

On Lincoln's motion, Preston v. Brassfield is dismissed. He appears for plaintiff in Miles v. Lawrence and obtains leave to file replication to defendant's plea. This is assumpsit suit brought from Menard County on change of venue.Record.

Lincoln writes answer of Josiah F. Fletcher in Garvey v. Fortune and Garvey.Photocopy.

Leave is given complainants to withdraw bond filed in Brown et al. v. Harlan et al.Record.

In Lamb v. Hickox et al., Lincoln writes and signs separate answer of Addison Hickox.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Lincoln makes trip to Jacksonville between close of Sangamon court March 30, 1846, and opening of Tazewell court April 9, 1846.Abraham Lincoln to James Berdan, 26 April 1846, CW, 1:380.]