Lincoln receives $15 by express from Homer, Ill. He does not know who sent it, but suspects "Mr. Patterson to whom I loaned that amount a few weeks ago." Endorsement on an Express Company Envelope, [1 April 1860], CW, 4:35.

Lincoln is in court, but afterwards delivers speech at Waukegan "at the earnest solicitation of citizens of Lake County." Chicago Tribune.

After court Lincoln visits Evanston as guest of his old friend Julius White, harbormaster and member of Chicago Board of Trade, informally receives at White's home, and is serenaded. ISLA—Files; Joseph S. Currey, Lincoln's Visit to Evanston in 1860 (Evanston, IL: n.p., 1914), 5.

Johnston v. Jones & Marsh ends. Jury retires at 1 P.M. and five hours later brings in verdict for defendants, Lincoln's clients. Chicago Tribune, 5 April 1860.

He collects $350 "fee in case of Johnston v. Jones," and signs receipt. Photocopy.

Lincoln returns to Springfield, and deposits $325 in his bank account. Marine Bank Ledger.

Lincoln deposits $100 in Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Marine Bank Ledger.

Lincoln annotates defendants' answer in Roberts v. Stuart & Edwards, Sangamon Circuit Court case. Record.

Lincoln writes to U.S. Senator Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, regarding the upcoming presidential election. Trumbull asked for Lincoln's opinion on the Republicans' chances of carrying Illinois against the Democrats' presumptive nominee U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln responds, "I will be entirely frank. The taste is in my mouth a little; and this, no doubt, disqualifies me, to some extent, to form correct opinions." Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Justice John McLean, Edward Bates, of Missouri, and U.S. Senator William H. Seward, of New York, Lincoln writes, "I think McLean is stronger . . . than either S. or B; and I think S. the weakest of the three." Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, 24 April 1860, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of the Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, 29 April 1860, CW, 4:45-46.

Lincoln receives letter from C. M. Allen of Indiana delegation to Chicago convention. Abraham Lincoln to Cyrus M. Allen, 1 May 1860, CW, 4:46-47.

He writes $10 check to "Isaac Sisson." DLC—Original.