Capt. Early writes Gen. Atkinson: "I arrived here by day brake this morning [26th] & found Gen. Posey's men encamped here The circumstances connected with the attack on Maj. Dement's Bat[talion].are as well as I can gather substantially these Yesterday morning the Maj. ordered out a small party for the purpose of examining a trail leading to the Mississippi The detachment had not proceeded more than half a mile when they discovered a few Indians at a small distance from them the men rushed on them in a disorderly manner till they came to the main body of Indians where they were secreted in a thicket on seeing the Indians the men wheeled & fled precipitately & all the efforts of Maj. Dement to rally them were unavailing (for at the time the men commenced retreating before the Indians Maj. Dement came up with a reinforcement from the garrison The Maj. stated to me that his force on the field was equal in numbers to that of the enemy After the men retreated to the fort the Indians surrounded the house & commenced killing the Horses, they kept up a constant fire on the House & Horses for 2 or 3 hours. Major Dement Lost 5 killed & several wounded but none mortally when the Indians left the ground they retreated toward their encampment on the 4 lakes

"When Gen Posey came up about an hour by sun he sent a regiment in the direction in which the Indians had retired. When they had proceeded about ½ mile the Indians showed themselves from a thick wood which skirted the praeria . . . they [regiment] retired to their camps without engaging the enemy. The trail spoken of above has not yet been examined. Gen Posey says he will send a detachment with me to examine it. As soon as I see it you shall have the best information in my power to give you."Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL.

["Illinois Republican" (Springfield) of July 5, 1837 says that "Sampson's Ghost did not appear in the `Journal' last week but was seen passing from Springfield to Vandalia and from Vandalia to Springfield during last week." "Republican" believed Dr. Henry author of "Ghost" letters. Lincoln's authorship is revealed August 7, 1837.Sangamo Journal, 8 July 1837, 12 August 1837.]

Lincoln writes and signs praecipe in Samuel Parker v. Isaac Braucher. He also writes bond for costs, which Stuart signs.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln is appointed to committee to arrange public commemoration of Andrew Jackson's death.Register, 4 July 1845.

House discusses civil and diplomatic appropriations bill. It soon digresses to slavery in territories, comparative expenditures of government under this and preceding administrations, Taylor's position with respect to veto power and general uncertainty of his political opinions. Lincoln attends session.Globe.

He transmits to J. M. McCalla, second auditor of Treasury, papers in Thomas Davis claim case, and writes Walter Davis that he has done so.Endorsement: To J. M. McCalla, [26 June 1848], CW, 1:493; Abraham Lincoln to Walter Davis, 26 June 1848, CW, 1:493.

Lincoln writes and files in Sangamon Circuit Court mortgage foreclosure bill in Baker v. Moffett & Allen, and fills out summons form. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[National Intelligencer, Washington, reports that Lincoln has been appointed Illinois member of Whig national committee.]

Issue is joined before jury in Coffin v. Palmer et al. in U.S. Circuit Court, Lincoln and Smith for plaintiff. Court adjourns before arguments are finished. Record.

In the evening, Lincoln is in Springfield, where he delivers a speech "in reply to the speech recently made by Judge [Stephen] Douglas." Lincoln takes issue with Douglas's support of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. Lincoln asserts, "That decision declares two propositions—first, that a negro cannot sue in the U.S. Courts; and secondly, that Congress cannot prohibit slavery in the Territories. . . . [W]e think the . . . decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it, has often over-ruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it to over-rule this." Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 29 June 1857, 2:1; Speech at Springfield, Illinois, 26 June 1857, CW, 2:398-410.

Lincoln writes Joshua R. Giddings that he has received his last letter and would have answered sooner except for illness in family. "The suggestions you make are very important, and are duly appreciated by me. If I fail, it will be for lack of ability, and not of purpose." Abraham Lincoln to Joshua R. Giddings, 26 June 1860, CW, 4:80-81.

Secretary of State William H. Seward and British foreign minister Lord Lyons visit President Lincoln and present a "Royal letter announcing the death of . . . Queen [Victoria's] mother, the Duchess of Kent." Later, Lincoln writes to Queen Victoria and expresses "my sincere condolence, with that of the whole American people, in this great bereavement." Lincoln asks "God to have Your Majesty and your whole Royal Family constantly under his gracious protection and care." Abraham Lincoln to Queen Victoria, 26 June 1861, CW, 4:417; New York Daily Tribune, 27 June 1861, 5:1; New York Times, 27 June 1861, 1:3.

Receives honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbia College; Dr. Francis Lieber, president of Columbia, presents award personally. National Republican (Washington, DC), 27 June 1861, 2:1; New York Tribune, 27 June 1861; New York Times, 27 June 1861.

[On July 4, 1860, Lincoln received his first honorary degree, LL.D. from Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.]

President issues order combining forces under Gens. Fremont, Banks, and McDowell into new Army of Virginia under command of Gen. Pope. Order Constituting the Army of Virginia, 26 June 1862, CW, 5:287.

Transmits treaty with Kansas Indians to Senate. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 26 June 1862, CW, 5:287-88.

Pardons William Griffin, believing that he has been sufficiently punished for desertion. Abraham Lincoln to Edward Bates, 26 June 1862, CW, 5:285.

Lincoln commutes six death sentences pending in army. Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 26 June 1863, CW, 6:296; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 26 June 1863, CW, 6:296; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 26 June 1863, CW, 6:296; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 26 June 1863, CW, 6:296-97; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 26 June 1863, CW, 6:297; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Holt, 26 June 1863, CW, 6:297.

"The President in a single remark today betrayed doubts of Hooker, to whom he is quite partial." Welles, Diary.

About 9 P.M. Col. Daniel T. Van Buren and Col. Silas W. Burt visit President at Soldiers' Home to tell him that Gov. Seymour (N.Y.) will stand behind him. Rufus R. Wilson, ed., Lincoln Among His Friends: A Sheaf of Intimate Memories (Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1942), 330.