Gov. Reynolds turns troops over to Gen. Atkinson. Rumor spreads through camp that Black Hawk is coming down river. Gov. Reynolds' volunteers are mustered into Federal service. Gen. Atkinson reviews volunteers and orders troops to be ready to march at moment's notice.IHi—BHWC, Johnston Journal; Atkinson Order Book.

A jury awards Lincoln's client, Josiah Horr, $38 in damages in Horr v. Frankinburger. The case involves trespassing on timber land.Record; Stuart & Lincoln fee book.

"Sangamo Journal" gives him bills due in Bloomington and announces that all who wish to pay should call on Lincoln at court house.Sangamo Journal, 5 May 1838.

Lincoln writes and files petition to sell real estate in Whaley v. McElyea et al. in Sangamon Circuit Court.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln buys $2 in merchandise.Irwin Ledger.

[Macon County Circuit Court holds one-day session at Decatur.]

Lincoln votes aye on motion to go into Committee of Whole, where House debates and passes bounty lands bill. There is no roll call on passage.Globe.

Davis, for plaintiff, asks leave to file two replications to pleas entered by Lincoln and Peters in Lee v. Coburn, assumpsit. When jury hears case, plaintiff submits to nonsuit. Murphy and Lincoln, representing defendant in Young v. Littler, file affidavit for continuance, which is granted. Record.

[A Chicago newspaper reports that the jury decides in favor of the plaintiff in the U.S. District Court case of Johnston v. Jones and Marsh. Lincoln would later serve as one of the attorneys for the defendants in the case which is often referred to by the more familiar name of the "Sand Bar" case. Chicago Daily Journal, (IL), 8 May 1852, 2:2; U.S. Circuit Court, District of Illinois Transcript, 4 December 1854, Johnston v. Jones and Marsh, Record Group 267, Record 1, case file 3201, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.]

Lincoln, for respondent, files answer of William B. Doolittle to partition petition of Benjamin S. Prettyman. On behalf of his client he asserts that estate of Ephraim L. Doolittle, which petitioner is administering, is indebted to respondent for from $300 to $500, and that lot he is seeking to sell is only means of payment. Files.

In People v. Donnell et al., riot, Lincoln writes demurrer filed for defense by their counsel, Jones, Lincoln, and Purple. Photocopy.

Representing plaintiff, Lincoln tries Ricketts v. Goings before jury, which returns verdict of $220 in favor of his client (see October 4, 1855). On behalf of petitioner in Opdycke v. Opdycke & Opdycke he secures permission to sell real estate, and writes and files order of court. Record; Photocopy.

Lincoln, for complainant, agrees that previous default in Harris Lime Rock Co. v. Harris et al. be set aside. Fuller enters appearance of all defendants and agrees to file answer before August 1, 1856 and to waive all objections to depositions filed in case. Record.

Lincoln writes court order to that effect. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes, and David Davis signs, bill of exceptions in McDonald et al. v. Great Western RR, appeal from assessment for right of way. Photocopy.

[Lincoln's petition for pardon of John Gibbs, endorsed by Judge Davis, is delivered to Gov. Bissell. Petition to William H. Bissell, [8 May 1857], CW, 2:394; Endorsement: David Davis to William H. Bissell, [8 May 1857], CW, 2:394-95.]

Waiting in Great Western station at Jacksonville for train to Springfield, stretched out on two seats, Lincoln encounters Henry Stryker, lawyer, also bound for Springfield. Stryker asks Lincoln's advice on how to handle law case. Lincoln makes suggestions, Stryker follows them and wins case. At his office, Lincoln looks through accumulated mail. Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, 10 May 1858, CW, 2:445-46; ISLA—Mrs. H. E. English to H. E. Pratt, 19 July 1941.

Lincoln attends state Republican convention. Joseph G. Cannon meets him for first time. Joseph G. Cannon, "I knew Abraham Lincoln" (address delivered at the Dedication of the Lincoln Marker on the Lincoln Circuit in Danville, IL, 22 October 1922).

In afternoon Lincoln goes for drive in open carriage with Sec. Seward and receives greetings of respect everywhere. N.Y. Tribune, 9 May 1861.

Attends flag-raising ceremony of 69th New York Regiment on Georgetown Heights. N.Y. Times, 9 May 1861.

Deposits April salary check for $2,083.33 in Riggs Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.

Writes Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to ignore criticism of appointment of Gustavus V. Fox as chief clerk of navy dept., adding: "He is a live man, whose services we cannot well dispense with." Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles, 8 May 1861, CW, 4:363.

Lincoln writes to Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase regarding a patronage matter. Prominent New York Republicans Horace Greeley and Thurlow Weed seek a Treasury Department position for Christopher Adams. Ammi Young presently holds the position. Lincoln asks for Chase's opinion, and adds, "Adams is magnificently recommended; but the great point in his favor is that . . . Weed and . . . Greeley join in recommending him. I suppose the like never happened before, and never will again; so that it is now or never. What say you?" Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 8 May 1861, CW, 4:361-362.

President consults with Flag Officer Goldsborough at Fortress Monroe, Va., on attempt to land troops on Sewell's Point under cover of navy fire. Lincoln, with Secs. Chase and Stanton , goes to Fort Wool, Va., to watch action. Later from tugboat stationed mile behind gunboats watches shelling of Sewell's Point and Craney Island all afternoon. Chester D. Bradley, "President Lincoln's Campaign against the Merrimac," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 51 (Spring 1958):80; William E. Baringer, "On Enemy Soil: President Lincoln's Norfolk Campaign," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 7 (March 1952):13-18.

President by proclamation orders that no plea of alienage be allowed to exempt from military service any person who has declared his intention to become citizen of U.S. Proclamation Concerning Aliens, 8 May 1863, CW, 6:203-4.

President Lincoln writes to Commander of the Army of the Potomac Major General Joseph Hooker regarding the General's recent defeat at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Earlier in the day, Lincoln met with Brigadier General August Willich, whom the Confederates released from Richmond, Virginia's Libby Prison. Lincoln explains,"[Willich] was there when our cavalry cut the roads in that vicinity. He says there was not a sound pair [of] legs in Richmond, and that our men, had they known it, could have safely gone in and burnt every thing & brought us Jeff. Davis." Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker, 8 May 1863, CW, 6:202-3.

Orders U.S. marshal for northern district of California to deliver New Almaden mining property to Leonard Swett, agent for U.S. Abraham Lincoln to Charles W. Rand, 8 May 1863, CW, 6:205-6.

Requests Asst. Sec. Watson to act upon case of Peckham's patent rifles and self-loading cartridges. Abraham Lincoln to Peter H. Watson, 8 May 1863, CW, 6:206.

At cabinet meeting Sec. Welles reports capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., by Acting Rear Adm. Porter. Welles, Diary.

Inscribes Bible "For Charles W. Merrill of 19th Massachusetts." CW, 8:515.

Cong. Colfax (Ind.) with Lincoln in White House after Battle of Wilderness, watches him pace "up and down in the Executive chamber." An hour afterward sees Lincoln receiving congressional visitors and telling story after story to hide his saddened heart. Rice, 337-38.