Capt. Early's company marches in advance of army. They find main trail of Black Hawk's band near southern outlet of Lake Koshkonong. Camp is made one and one-half miles below the lake until July 6, 1832. Early's company is busy performing spy and scout duty.Johnston Journal, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL; John H. Wakefield, Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk War (Chicago: Caxton Club, 1908), 78-80.

Lincoln's mess is composed of his stepbrother John D. Johnston, G. B. Fanchier, George M. Harrison, privates, and First Corp. R. M. Wyatt.George M. Harrison to W. H. Herndon, no date, William H. Herndon Papers, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Sangamon Circuit County Court opens with Judge William Brown on the bench. The court continues eight attachment cases in which Stuart & Lincoln are engaged. In Neff and wife v. Holmes, $2,000 damage suit, Dummer and Lincoln for defendant enter motion to strike suit from docket. The court gives them permission to open the plaintiff's depositions in Trailor v. Radford.Record.

The defendant's attorneys in McNair v. Adams, file five more pleas. Stuart & Lincoln appear in court on behalf of the plaintiff, Matthew McNair. The court dismisses Clark v. Lake and the plaintiff agrees to a nonsuit in Fleming v. Ransdell. Stuart and Lincoln represent the defendants in both cases. Representing the plaintiffs in H. T. Foster & Co. v. Lockerman, Stuart & Lincoln request and obtain a dismissal of the case. Stuart & Lincoln represent the plaintiff in Herndon v. Smith, and the court orders the county sheriff to attach the defendant's property.Record.

Lincoln writes and signs declaration and praecipe in West & Taylor v. Sharp & Anderson.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Acting as arbitrator between Samuel Wyckoff and Dennis Forrest in dispute over strip of land, Lincoln awards land to Wyckoff and designates dividing line between their holdings.Arbitration Award to Samuel Wyckoff, 3 July 1843, CW, 1:326-27.

[Logan, for Logan & Lincoln, files bill in Hill v. McCondy et al. in Sangamon Circuit Court.Photocopy.]

Mrs. Lincoln buys 30 yards calico, in two pieces, for $2.40.Irwin Ledger.

[Sangamon County Whigs meet, endorse nomination of Scott and Graham, party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates, propose John T. Stuart for governor, endorse Richard Yates for Congress, and select S. Francis, William Butler, William H. Herndon, P. P. Enos, Job Fletcher, James W. Neale and William J. Black as delegates to Whig state convention. Illinois Journal, 6 July 1852.]

[Summer session of U.S. courts opens in Springfield.]

Clark v. Stigleman et al. transferred from Springfield on creation of Northern District, is sent back by agreement of attorneys. Lincoln represents plaintiff. Record.

[Lincoln's account at John Williams' store is charged 25¢ for thread and "doz. Button Molds," and his drug store account is charged 15¢ for castor oil. Pratt, Personal Finances, 147, 151.]

Lincoln draws agreement by which ten men pledge $500 "to be used in giving circulation, in Southern and Middle Illinois, to the newspaper published at St. Louis, Missouri, and called 'The Missouri Democrat.' " Money is to be paid to John G. Nicolay as soon as he shall furnish evidence indicating successful termination of undertaking. Seven men besides Lincoln sign agreement. Agreement Regarding the Missouri Democrat, 3 July 1857, CW, 2:410.

[In Decatur, Lincoln's case (for plaintiff, with Prather), Gatling et al. v. Great Western RR, is argued before court and taken under advisement. Record.]

Lincoln and several hundred other people depart Springfield by train at approximately 6:30 a.m. to attend the Fourth of July festivities in Jacksonville. Also among the passengers are members of the Pioneer Fire Company, the German Turners gymnastic organization, and some of Springfield's musical bands. The train arrives in Jacksonville at about nine o'clock and the passengers, along with those awaiting the train's arrival, parade to a "pleasant grove" about "a mile and a half west" of the Jacksonville depot. Lincoln is one of the guests of honor on stage as former Congressman Richard Yates delivers a speech commemorating the July 4 holiday. Following Yates's speech, the crowd partakes in an "old fashioned barbecue." In the afternoon, the Turners perform a gymnastic routine for the audience, and "Mr. Brooks, the balloonist," ascends in his hot-air balloon. The day's activities conclude with a fireworks display. At nine o'clock in the evening, the Springfield group makes its way to the depot for the return trip. Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 6 July 1858, 2:2-3; Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1949, (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1950), 2051.

Lincoln asks editor of "Central Transcript," Clinton, to put him on subscription list, promising to pay at fall court. He then criticizes article in recent issue against Republicans of northern Illinois, whom Lincoln defends. Abraham Lincoln to the Editor of the Central Transcript, 3 July 1859, CW, 3:389-90.

Barry continues work on his sketch of Lincoln. Granite Monthly, October 1904-December 1904, 102-4.

Lincoln calls cabinet meeting for 12 M. to review message to Congress. Meets with Gen. Scott and Secs. Seward and Cameron to discuss assignment of Gen. Fremont. Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 3 July 1861, CW, 4:419-20.

Confers with Seward and Gen. Meigs on news that Gen. Patterson is across river at Williamsport, Md. Extracts from Meigs Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

At 4 P.M. 1st Brigade New Jersey Volunteers passes in review at White House. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 5 July 1861, 3:2.

Sen. Orville H. Browning (Ill.) at Executive Mansion in evening discusses message to Congress with Lincoln. ["Since my return from Illinois (June 18) the President has been engaged almost constantly in writing his message, and has refused to receive any calls whatever, either of friendship or business, except from members of the Cabinet, or high officials." Nicolay to Bates, 3 July 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]

In conversation says: "Browning, of all the trials I have had since I came here, none begin to compare with those I had between the inauguration and the fall of Fort Sumpter [sic]. They were so great that could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them." Memorandum, 3 July 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Browning, Diary.

President telegraphs governors of loyal states: "If I had fifty thousand additional troops here now, I believe I could substantially close the war in two weeks." Abraham Lincoln to Union Governors, 3 July 1862, CW, 5:304.

Telegraphs Gen. McClellan: "All accounts say better fighting was never done. Ten thousand thanks for it." Help should come soon from Gens. Burnside and Hunter, but not from Gen. Halleck. Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 3 July 1862, CW, 5:303-4.

Sec. Welles meets President and Sec. Seward at War Dept. during morning, examining dispatches from Gen. Meade. Welles, Diary.

Mrs. Lincoln receives head injury when thrown from carriage during drive to Soldiers' Home. Helm, Mary, 211-12.

President Lincoln telegraphs his son Robert, who attends Harvard University, regarding Robert's mother, Mary. Lincoln advises, "Dont be uneasy. Your mother very slightly hurt by her fall." The day prior, Mary Lincoln suffered injuries from a carriage accident. A newspaper reports, "Her horses took fright and ran away as she was riding from the Soldier's Home to the city. Seeing her imminent danger she leaped from the carriage, and was stunned and severely bruised, but no bones were broken. Surgeons from Mount Pleasant Hospital were promptly in attendance. She soon recovered sufficiently to be taken to the White House." Abraham Lincoln to Robert T. Lincoln, 3 July 1863, CW, 6:314; New York Times, 3 July 1863, 5:2.

Sends order to Gen. Burnside: "Private [John] Downey, of the Twentieth or Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry, is said to have been sentenced to be shot for desertion to-day. If so, respite the execution until I can see the record." Abraham Lincoln to Ambrose E. Burnside, 3 July 1863, CW, 6:313.

In morning former Sen. Fessenden (Maine) calls again to deliver letter declining cabinet post, but President persuades him to accept it. Francis Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1907), 1:320.