Stillman's battlefield is reached in afternoon and army makes camp. Early's company reaches Dixon's Ferry some time before 6 A.M., and probably accompanies Col. Enoch C. March and John Marsh to Atkinson's camp. IHi—BHWC, Johnston Journal; Atkinson Letter Book, Lt. Reuben Holmes to Atkinson, Atkinson to Wm. S. Hamilton.

Lincoln writes and signs an affidavit attesting that Isaac Anderson, a member of Lincoln's volunteer company during the Black Hawk War, lost his own horse in the service of the United States. Anderson seeks compensation from the government for the lost horse, "valued . . . at fiftyfive dollars." Lincoln explains, "[the] said horse was turned out to graze in consequence of sufficient forage not being furnished by the United states, and was thereby lost . . . without any fault or negligence on the part of said Anderson. . . . The affiant makes the above statements from memory only, but feels confident they are substantially correct." Affidavit Concerning Isaac Anderson's Lost Horse, 29 June 1839, CW, 1:152.

[Eleventh issue of The Old Soldier is published. Old Soldier (Springfield, IL), Issue 11, 29 June 1840.]

Lincoln writes foreclosure bill in chancery in Rogers v. Francis et al.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In the Sangamon County Circuit Court, Lincoln writes and files a petition for the partition of land in Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al. Logan & Lincoln represent George B. Merriman, Isaac and Lucinda Constant, and Lavinia Jane and William T. Jones, in a dispute with other members of the Merriman family over land inherited from the estate of Reuben Merriman.Petition for Partition, filed 29 June 1842, Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al., Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Complete Record, 29 June 1842, Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al., Complete Record B, 328-29, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.

Lincoln buys $1.25 pair suspenders, completing convention wardrobe. Irwin Ledger and Journal.

In evening Lincoln presides at meeting called to arrange tribute to Henry Clay who died in Washington. He appoints committee of 13, Dr. John Todd chairman, to arrange program. Illinois Journal, 1 July 1852.

Lincoln has his new carriage worked on ($2). Obed Lewis Account Books.

Lincoln registers at Matteson House. Bloomington National Flag, 6 July 1855.

[Matteson House was shortly afterward called Pike House. Lincoln is probably on his way to Chicago, and stops off in Bloomington. Lincoln's account at Corneau & Diller, drugs, is charged 25¢ for bottle of vermifuge. Pratt, Personal Finances, 151.]

To Orville H. Browning, Lincoln writes: "When I went to Bloomington . . . I saw Mr. Price and learned from him that this note was a sort of 'insolvent fix-up' with his creditors—a fact in his history I have not before learned of." Abraham Lincoln to Orville H. Browning, 29 June 1857, CW, 2:410.

In the U. S. Circuit Court, Lincoln & Herndon represent Mary Macready in the case of Macready v. Alton, Illinois. Macready is suing the city of Alton for $20,000 in damages. Macready fell into a hole and injured herself while walking on a sidewalk in Alton. Macready claims that the City allowed "a deep and dangerous excavation to be and remain in one of the public sidewalks." Further, the City did not "warn and notify persons upon said sidewalk, of the excavation." The court swears in a jury, and the case proceeds "until the hour of adjournment." Judge Samuel H. Treat orders that the trial continue the next morning. Declaration, Praecipe, filed 17 April 1858, Macready v. Alton, Illinois, Record Group 21, case file 335; Order, 29 June 1858, Macready v. Alton, Illinois, Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 411, both in U. S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.

Court overrules demurrer in Peoria and Hannibal Railroad case. Lincoln, plaintiff's attorney, dismisses S. C. Davis & Co. v. Mace at his client's costs. Record.

Mrs. Lincoln buys 30½ yards "Lawn" at Smith's. Pratt, Personal Finances, 157.

President summons military officers to special cabinet meeting on state of Union. Gen. Irvin McDowell presents plan for attacking Confederates under Gen. Beauregard at Manassas. Gen. Scott proposes sending an expedition down the Mississippi, establishing blockade, and starving South into submission as best way to suppress rebellion. Thinks troops too raw for battle and disagrees with military authorities. President and cabinet believe public wants action and further delay might cool Northern zeal. Benjamin P. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln: A Biography (New York: Knopf, 1952), 270; Randall, Lincoln, 1:391.

President officiates at flag-raising and Marine Band concert on south lawn of White House. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 28 June 1861, 3:1; 1 July 1861, 4:2; National Intelligencer, 1 July 1861.

President breakfasts with Asst. Sec. of War Watson at Stanton residence. Watson to Stanton, 29 June 1862, Edwin M. Stanton Papers, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

Interviews Charles C. Fulton editor Baltimore "American," fresh from battlefields in vicinity of Richmond. Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 29 June 1862, CW, 5:292-93.

President answers propositions set forth in resolutions of Ohio Democratic State Convention, presented on June 26, 1863 by delegation headed by Matthew Birchard. Abraham Lincoln to Matthew Birchard and Others, 29 June 1863, CW, 6:300-6.

Refuses to permit former Cong. William Kellogg (Ill.) or his agent to trade in cotton and other products at Helena, Ark. Abraham Lincoln to William Kellogg, 29 June 1863, CW, 6:307.

Approves arrest of Gen. Milroy for loss of division at Winchester, Va. Abraham Lincoln to Robert H. Milroy, 29 June 1863, CW, 6:308-9.

President and Sec. Stanton agree to plan of Asst. Sec. Fox for Rear Adm. Foote and task force commanded by Gen. Dix to attempt capture of Richmond. Gen. Halleck vetoes plan. Gustavus V. Fox, Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, 2 vols. (New York: n.p., 1918), 2:259; Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President telegraphs Mrs. Lincoln in New York: "All well. Tom is moving things out." ["Tom" may have been Thomas H. Cross, furnaceman at White House; Thomas Cross, doorkeeper; or T. Stackpole, watchman.] Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, 29 June 1864, CW, 7:417.

Sec. Chase resigns. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 28 June 1864, CW, 7:413-14.

President interviews L. E. Chittenden relative to temporary administration of treasury following resignation of Chase. Lucius E. Chittenden, Recollections of President Lincoln and his Administration (New York: Harper, 1891), 376-80.

Confers with Gov. Brough (Ohio) regarding Chase's resignation. Randall, Lincoln, 4:183.

President Lincoln writes to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant regarding Dr. J. Rutherford Worster, of Washington, D. C. Worster wrote to Lincoln to promote footwear know as "Harmon's Sandal Sock." Worster wrote, "President, if you will please endorse me to Genl. Grant, on the accompanying paper, with your views of the utility of the sandal, for the preservation of the feet, on long marches, of infantry . . . I will put a pair on the Genl. as I am going out to the front this evening." Lincoln asks, "Shall I give him a pass for that object?" J. Rutherford Worster to Abraham Lincoln, 13 April 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 29 June 1864, CW, 7:416.

Directs Gen. Steele to give new government of Arkansas same support and protection "that you would if the members had been admitted" to Congress. Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Steele, 29 June 1864, CW, 7:418.

Attends performance of Rookwood; or, Dick Turpin, the Highwayman at Grover's Theatre. Occupies Mr. Grover's box with Tad and two private secretaries. Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 30 June 1864, 2d ed., 2:6.