Lincoln writes order of court in Overholt & Squier v. Christian County, Illinois. Gatling et al. v. Great Western RR is continued. Photocopy; Record.

Lincoln learns of Buchanan's nomination. First reaction is not favorable to Anti-Nebraska prospects, since "a good many whigs, of conservative feelings, and slight pro-slavery proclivities, withal, are inclining to go for him, and will do it, unless the Anti-Nebraska nomination shall be such as to divert them." Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, 7 June 1856, CW, 2:342-43.