Before noon steamboat William Wallace arrives with supplies, and later another steamboat arrives with provisions from Fort Armstrong. Volunteers begin march toward mouth of Rock River and camp is made 30 miles north of Yellow Banks on Camp Creek.John Reynolds, Reynolds' History of Illinois. My Own Times: Embracing also the History of My Life (Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1879), 227; Elliott, Services of Illinois Soldiers, xvii.

Lincoln returns poll book of special election.Record D, 84.

[Dr. Garret Elkin is elected. On June 3, 1834 county commissioners allow Lincoln $2 for returning poll book.]

[Judge Stephen T. Logan, commissioned February 25, 1839, resigned May 1, 1839 and no successor has been appointed by Gov. Carlin in time to hold Tazewell Circuit Court today.The Illinoian, 22 June 1839; IA—Executive Register.]

Lincoln represents plaintiff in Bruner v. Bruner et al., and on his motion, William B. Parker is appointed guardian for infant defendants. By default, petition for partition of land is taken as confessed. Joseph Orendorff, William Ryan, and Archy Bryant are appointed commissioners to make partition.Record.

Lincoln writes answer of Parker, guardian ad litem of defendants in Bruner v. Bruner et al.Photocopy.

[DeWitt County Circuit Court convenes for three-day term at Clinton.]

Lincoln, for complainant in Peter v. Martin et al., moves continuance with leave for commissioner to execute decree.Record.

Seventh congressional district Whigs convene and nominate E. D. Baker for Congress. Delegates from Sangamon are N. W. Edwards, William Harvey, Eddin Lewis, Z. A. Enos, J. M. Maxcy, J. H. Matheny, N. A. Garland, and B. A. Watson. Newspaper reports do not mention whether Lincoln is present.Sangamo Journal, 23 May 1844.

[Macon Circuit Court is in session today and tomorrow.]

[Champaign Circuit Court convenes at Urbana for two-day term.]

[Champaign County Circuit Court began its session yesterday at Urbana.]

[Mrs. Lincoln buys 20¢ worth of merchandise. Irwin Ledger.

Spring term of Vermilion Circuit Court begins at Danville.]

Defendants in McRoberts v. Hollingsworth et al., whom Lincoln represents, default and clerk assesses plaintiff's damages at $284.62. Case is action in assumpsit. People for use of Wilson v. Kingsbury et al., action in debt, is heard on defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's declaration. Lincoln and Murphy lose case when court sustains demurrer. Record.

In the Champaign County Circuit Court, Lincoln files a plea for defendant James F. Jennings in the case of Burt v. Jennings, a suit involving a complaint of assault and battery. In the plea, Lincoln states that Jennings acted in self defense. Lincoln also drafts a standard response for plaintiff Benjamin Burt's attorneys to sign.Plea, Replication, filed 6 May 1852, Burt v. Jennings, Champaign County Circuit Court, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.

In the evening, Lincoln and Judge David Davis attend a performance by Hillis and his choir. Lincoln and Davis take some of the "Tavern Keeper[']s" female relatives as well. Davis writes, "We did it as an act of charity—for they looked as if they were very tired from hard work." David Davis to Sarah Davis, 7 May 1852, David Davis Family Papers, Folder B-9, IHi, Springfield, IL.

Motions or pleas are filed in three cases in which Lincoln is retained—Kellogg v. Flint, Snell v. Ludwig et al., and Ruble v. Cashman—but none comes to trial. Record.

Another defendant in Lincoln's riot case pleads guilty. Five plead not guilty. Jury is called, convicts two and acquits three (see May 9, 1854). Hall v. Woodrow, tried May 3, 1854, is removed to Peoria County on change of venue. In replevin suit in which Lincoln appears for one of two defendants, case is dismissed against his client. In two other cases motions are entered. Record.

Lincoln writes injunction bond in Flint v. Kellogg et al., which defendant signs. Photocopy.

Johnson et al. v. Snow et al., chancery case in which Lincoln and Lamon represent complainants, is continued with leave to complainants to amend their bill. Record.

Lincoln arrives and registers at Dunbaugh House. Barton, Life of Lincoln, 1:311; ISLA—Mrs. H. E. English to H. E. Pratt, 19 July 1941.

[Mrs. Lincoln buys sugar, candles, table linen, and male neckwear at Smith's store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 156.]

President Lincoln writes to Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase and introduces James Gordon Bennett, Jr., whose father, Bennett, Sr., publishes the New York Herald newspaper. Lincoln encourages Chase to meet with Bennett, who offers "a fine yacht of 160 tons burthen . . . [and] some other vessels of the same class" that may be of use in the government's war effort. The revenue cutter service branch of the Treasury Department employs ships to pursue vessels delivering war-related supplies to the South. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 6 May 1861, CW, 4:357.

Writes Vice President Hamlin to report troop movements in New York. Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, 6 May 1861, CW, 4:357-58.

Informs commissioners of Maryland Legislature that any military use or occupation of state must necessarily be contingent upon nature of situation. Abraham Lincoln to Otho Scott, Robert M. McLane, and William J. Ross, 6 May 1861, CW, 4:358.

Appoints James W. Webb minister to Brazil. Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 6 May 1861, CW, 4:358-59.

Receives April salary warrant for $2,083.33. Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.

Presidential party spends day on journey down river. Docks at 10 P.M. After brief conference with Gen. Wool, commanding at Fortress Monroe, Lincoln visits flagship of Flag Officer Goldsborough. Flower, Stanton, 154.

Makes trip to flagship near midnight in tugboat. Returns to revenue cutter "Miami" for night. Chester D. Bradley, "President Lincoln's Campaign against the Merrimac," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 51 (Spring 1958):77; William E. Baringer, "On Enemy Soil: President Lincoln's Norfolk Campaign," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 7 (March 1952):8-10.

President sends for Asst. Sec. Fox before breakfast. Asks him to take Richmond newspapers to Gen. Hooker's headquarters. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

9:40 A.M. Lincoln telegraphs Hooker: "God bless you, and all with you. I know you will do your best." 11:40 A.M. Lincoln to Hooker: "We have, through Gen. Dix, the contents of Richmond papers of the fifth (5th). Gen. Dix's despatch in full, is going to you by Capt. Fox of the Navy." 12:30 P.M. Lincoln to Hooker: "Just as I had telegraphed you contents of Richmond papers, showing that our cavalry has not failed, I received General Butterfield's of 11 a.m. yesterday. This, with the great rain of yesterday and last night, securing your right flank, I think puts a new face upon your case; but you must be the judge." 4:30 P.M. Hooker to Lincoln: "Have this moment returned to camp. On my way received your telegrams of 11 a.m. and 12.30. The army had previously recrossed the river, and was on its return to camp. . . . I saw no way of giving the enemy a general battle with the prospect of success." Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker, 6 May 1863, CW, 6:198-99; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker, 6 May 1863, CW, 6:199; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker, 6 May 1863, CW, 6:199-200.

About 3 P.M. President receives news from Chancellorsville, Va., and leaves at 4 P.M. for army, taking Gen. Halleck with him. Brooks, Washington, 56.

Sen. Sumner (Mass.) visits White House and President informs him of defeat at Chancellorsville. Welles, Diary.

Lincoln receives request of George E. Perine, New York engraver, for favorite photograph, to be engraved on steel. Perine to Lincoln, 6 May 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Cabinet meets. Each member reads opinion on Fort Pillow, Tenn., incident. [Massacre of colored troops, April 12, 1864.] Welles, Diary.

President in conference with Sec. Stanton at War Dept. asks Charles A. Dana, assistant secretary of war, to investigate and report position of Gen. Grant. Charles A. Dana, Recollections of the Civil War. With the Leaders at Washington and in the Field in the Sixties (New York: Appleton, 1902), 188.

Grants permission to Henry E. Wing, correspondent, New York "Tribune," to send 100-word story of fighting in Wilderness to his papers. Harper, Press, 137-38.

Interrupts Secretary of War Stanton and calls him from conference with Cornelius R. Agnew, surgeon general of New York, and G. T. Strong. George Templeton Strong, Diary, 4 vols., edited by Allen Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas (New York: Macmillan, 1952).