Lincoln writes Secretary Ewing, asking that if anyone in his district is to have "little favor" of appointment as Land Office examiner, William Porter be selected. Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Ewing, 5 July 1849, CW, 2:56-57.

He buys six "tumblers" at Bunn's store. Bunn Journal.

[U.S. District Court, Judge Pope presiding, opens session in Chicago.]