House debates resolution to print extra copies of correspondence between War Department and Gen. Scott, Gen. Taylor, and Nicholas P. Trist, negotiator of treaty of peace with Mexico. Debate is cut short by motion to go into Committee of Whole. Lincoln votes against motion but it carries 93-80.Globe; Journal.

Lincoln writes Walter Davis, Springfield mechanic, about pension and land claim. He certifies to pension commissioner facts of Lt. Thomas Davis, Mexican War casualty, brother of Walter Davis.Abraham Lincoln to Walter Davis, 14 April 1848, CW, 1:464; Certificate to Commissioner of Pensions Concerning Thomas Davis, 14 April 1848, CW, 1:464-65.

In accordance with request from his wife, Lincoln goes shopping for pair of plaid stockings for his son Eddie. He visits two shops, but one has gone out of business and other does not have the kind Mrs. Lincoln wants. Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, 16 April 1848, CW, 1:465-66.

Lincoln writes to his wife Mary and confesses, "When you were here, I thought you hindered me some in attending to business; but now, having nothing but business . . . it has grown exceedingly tasteless to me . . . I hate to stay in this old room by myself." Lincoln reports that he is having trouble finding the "little plaid stockings" that Mary asked him to purchase for their son Eddy. Lincoln asks what his sons Eddy and Robert "think of the little letters father sent them?" He adds, "Dont let the blessed fellows forget father."Abraham Lincoln to Mary Lincoln, 16 April 1848, CW, 1:465-66.