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May 17, 1832

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Thursday, May 17, 1832.
 Dixon's Ferry, IL.

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Atkinson arrives at noon with 320 regulars, volunteer infantry, and one six-pounder. Two Potawatomi chiefs come into camp and assure him that their people will remain peaceful. Volunteers camp south of river and regulars on north side. Order is issued against unauthorized firing of arms. Atkinson Letter Book, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL; Stevens, Black Hawk War, 128.

Lincoln's company draws 10 quarts of meal and 10 pounds of pork, although by this time most quartermaster stores are issued to regiments rather than to companies. Quartermaster's Record, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL. 

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         <p> Atkinson arrives at noon with 320 regulars, volunteer infantry, and one
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         <p> Lincoln's company draws 10 quarts of meal and 10 pounds of pork, although
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               Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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