Indian guides advise Gen. Atkinson that White Water cannot be turned. Council of war is held, deciding to return to mouth of river, near present Fort Atkinson. After two-day chase through swamps and sink holes, enemy is as far away as ever. "If we had pushed on up the river," wrote Gov. Reynolds later, "by forced marches, for a day or two, the Indians would have been reached and the war ended." John Reynolds, Reynolds' History of Illinois. My Own Times: Embracing also the History of My Life (Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1879), 251. On reaching camp site of 6th, army halts. Atkinson Letter Book, 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), 83.

Lincoln endorses on back of promissory note of Pollard Simmons for $213.62, "Received on the within $80, July 8th, 1837."Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Summer term of Sangamon Circuit Court opens. Lincoln is appointed commissioner to convey land in Butler v. Tilford et al. Stuart & Lincoln have one case dismissed, one continued, and Lincoln is appointed guardian ad litem for infant heirs of Thomas J. Musick, and commissioner to convey to John Houston 23 acres from V. A. Bogue. Record.

Lincoln writes answer of Alexander P. Field in McClernand v. Robert Irwin & Co. Douglas is for complainant, Lincoln for defendant. Photocopy.

Lincoln for plaintiff and Logan for defendant argue Cannan v. Kenney, appeal from Sangamon County, for which Lincoln writes brief. Supreme Court later awards horse worth $65 to Lincoln's client. Lincoln, Lamborn, and Schuyler Strong examine and approve Josiah McRoberts and John H. Murphy as attorneys.Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In People ex rel. Duncan v. Thorn, court orders attachment for one fee bill. John Milligan, administrator of William Coine, is to be discharged on payment of costs. In the bankruptcy cases In re Craw and In re Wilmans Logan & Lincoln file petitions for Henry A. Craw and Charles J. Wilmans, both of Carmi, Illinois, in the U.S. District Court.Record.

Lincoln draws up agreement to provide for allowances by both sides in Hope v. Beebe et al. in Sangamon Circuit Court, debt case continued March 18, 1845.Photocopy.

Lincoln boards stage at 9 A.M., arriving Peru next morning. ISLA—Files.

Lincoln and 14 other representatives sign petition to Robert E. Horner, doorkeeper of House, asking that "A. G. Matlock be retained in his present situation as messenger."Petition Concerning A. G. Matlock, 8 July 1848, CW, 1:497.

He votes on several roll calls in House where amendments to Indian appropriations bill are under consideration.Journal.

[Federal Courts are both in session at Springfield, Judge Drummond having arrived. Illinois Journal, 9 July 1851.]

In U.S. Circuit Court Logan secures order on defendant in Everhard v. Welch and Dawson to plead by July 12, 1852. Record.

"Judge McLean is not here—Drummond presides alone," records Browning in his Diary. "The weather is excessively hot, and on yesterday there were two deaths by cholera in Town."

Lincoln, representing defendants, files plea in Clark v. Stigleman et al. in U.S. Circuit Court. Record.

(This case, filed on first day of term, concerned improvement on portable circular sawmill. Plaintiffs, represented by Logan, Stuart, and Edwards, claimed exclusive patent rights in certain Illinois counties, and charge infringement.)

Lincoln collects from Chicago Dock & Canal Co. $100 "atty fees" and $100 for "services." Photocopy.

Lincoln is in Chicago for the U.S. Circuit Court session. In the evening, he and attorneys Orville H. Browning and Nehemiah H. Bushnell watch William E. Burton perform the part of "Timothy Toodles" in the play, "Toodles," on stage at North's National Theatre. A critic writes, "[Burton] as good as played it alone—his supporters being of more injury than assistance. In consequence of their utter failure to carry their respective parts, he was obliged to cut short much of this rich comedy. . . . Upon the whole, would it not be better to give Burton a clear stage and let him play it alone?" Theodore Calvin Pease and James G. Randall, eds., The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, 2 vols., Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1925-1933), 1:293-94; Chicago Daily Tribune (IL), 8 July 1857, 1:2, 1:8; 9 July 1857, 1:4.

"Mr. Lincoln was here a moment ago," Herndon writes Trumbull, "and told me that he had just seen Col. Dougherty. . . . He told Lincoln that the National Democracy intended to run in every county and district, a National Democrat for each and every office. Lincoln replied, 'If you do this the thing is settled.' . . . Lincoln is very certain as to Miller's and Bateman's election . . . but is gloomy and rather uncertain about his own success." Horace White, The Life of Lyman Trumbull (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 89.

In both suits called preceding day defendants default, and Lincoln gets judgments for his clients, with damages of $542 and $255.94 respectively. Record.

He writes $3.70 check to E. R. Wiley, clothier, and $2.87 to "Joseph Vere." DLC—Originals.

Sen. Browning (Ill.), with Paymaster Gen. Benjamin F. Larned, calls on President in morning, and is alone with him from 3 to 5:30 P.M. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln receives letter dated July 6, 1861 from Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of America, Richmond, concerning capture of Confederate ship "Savannah" and treatment of crew. National Intelligencer, 1 August 1861.

Calls cabinet meeting immediately. N.Y. Times, 9 July 1861.

Interviews W. G. Terrell of Kentucky regarding wisdom of enlisting troops in state. Terrell to Anderson, 9 July 1861, Robert Anderson Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Rhode Island band, in presence of Governor William Sprague, Colonel Ambrose E. Burnside, and Colonel Henry W. Slocum, serenades President. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 10 July 1861, 3:3.

President urges Secretary of War Simon Cameron to furnish Adjutant General James S. Wheat, "if possible with what arms, equipage &c. &c. he needs" for defense of western Virginia. Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron, 8 July 1861, CW, 4:443.

President docks at Fortress Munroe early in morning and interviews Gen. Burnside on board. Later Gen. Dix and staff call on Lincoln. N.Y. Tribune, 10 July 1862.

At 7:30 A.M. President telegraphs John Nicolay to borrow and send Robert Lincoln $280. Abraham Lincoln to John G. Nicolay, 8 July 1862, CW, 5:309.

Proceeds up James River and arrives Harrison's Landing at 6 P.M. as cannon from Flag Officer Goldsborough's flagship fire salute. Reviews army by corps and division until 9 P.M. Receives cheers of soldiers as he rides by waving his stovepipe hat. Boston Advertiser, 12 July 1862.

Gen. McClellan goes aboard U.S.S. "Ariel" and presents his letter of July 7, 1862, the "Harrison Bar Letter," to Lincoln who reads it at once. Lincoln makes no comment on contents, which are McClellan's personal views on current political and military conditions. McClellan, War for Union, 487; Randall, Lincoln, 2:100.

President recognizes Heinrich Otto Sigmund Cuntz as consul of Grand Duchy of Oldenburg for state of Massachusetts and Henry Bream as vice consul of Denmark for New York, Connecticut, and parts of New Jersey. Washington Chronicle, 13 July 1863.

A few days after the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania battle, President Lincoln responds to a telegram that Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas sent to the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton regarding Union troops in pursuit of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army. Lincoln writes, "The forces you speak of, will be of no immagineable service, if they can not go forward with a little more expedition." Lincoln explains that the troops must move quickly or they "will, in my unprofessional opinion, be quite as likely to capture the Man-in-the Moon, as any part of Lee's Army." Abraham Lincoln to Lorenzo Thomas, 8 July 1863, CW, 6:321-22.

Informs Frederick F. Low, collector of port of San Francisco, of Gen. Meade's victory at Gettysburg and Gen. Grant's victory at Vicksburg, Miss. Abraham Lincoln to Frederick F. Low, 8 July 1863, CW, 6:321.

Answers dispatch of U.S. District Attorney E. D. Smith (N.Y.): "Capture of Vicksburg confirmed by despatch from Gen. Grant himself." Abraham Lincoln to E. Delafield Smith, 8 July 1863, CW, 6:321.

President, after failing to sign "Wade-Davis Bill," issues proclamation concerning reconstruction. Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction, 8 July 1864, CW, 7:433-34.

In evening discusses Baltimore Convention with F. B. Carpenter and John Hay. Cong. Kelley (Pa.) comes in later. Carpenter, Six Months, 162.

Reviews 35 court martial cases. CW, 8:546.