<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-02'>Monday, June 2, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
U.S. District Court convenes for summer term. Lincoln &amp; Herndon have one case&#8212;<name type='case' key='L02136'>Dudley et ux. v. Crosthwait</name>&#8212;which is continued by agreement with opposing counsel.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-04'>Wednesday, June 4, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8333, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Decatur, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln appears for defendant, with Thornton, in <name type='case' key='L00579'>Overholt &amp; Squier v. Christian County, Illinois</name>, change of venue from Christian County. Case involves Taylorville courthouse, county claiming foundations were made too shallow. Signing himself "Member of the Bar," Lincoln writes petition in <name type='case' key='L00448'>People v. Longnecker</name>, murder, change of venue from Piatt, asking dismissal of case tried twice without verdict. Fourteen attorneys join, and case is dismissed. He delivers afternoon political speech at courthouse.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy; <title>Illinois State Chronicle</title> (Decatur), 5 June 1856.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-05'>Thursday, June 5, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8333, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Decatur, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L00579'>Overholt &amp; Squier v. Christian County, Illinois</name> is 
tried by jury, which finds for plaintiffs and assesses $657.87 damages. Lincoln writes pleas and jury instructions.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-06'>Friday, June 6, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8333, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Decatur, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes order of court in <name type='case' key='L00579'>Overholt &amp; Squier v. Christian County, Illinois</name>. <name type='case' key='L00480'>Gatling et al. v. Great Western RR</name> is continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy; Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
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."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A367' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull</xref>, 7 June 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:342-43.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1856-06-07'>Saturday, June
  7, 1856.</date> 
            <place key='39.8333, -88.9500' teiForm='name'>Decatur, IL</place> and <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
  </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln appears briefly in court, then leaves for Springfield.
  In <name type='case' key='L00579'>Overholt &amp; Squier v. Christian County,
  Illinois</name> he successfully moves appeal to Supreme Court. Reaching
  Springfield, he writes and files defendant's affidavit in 
  <name type='case' key='L02244'>Freeman &amp; Bright v. Merriman</name> in U.S.
  Circuit Court (see July 26, 1856). <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Then he writes
  to Senator Trumbull on politics. To defeat Buchanan, he says, nominate
  conservative, and suggests Judge John McLean of U.S. Supreme Court. He warns of
  danger of disregarding old Whig conservative sentiment."I think I may trust you
  to believe I do not say this on my own personal account." He will go for anyone
  not "platformed" on ground he considers wrong. <bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A367' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull</xref>, 7 June 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:342-43.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-09'>Monday, June 9, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Summer term of Sangamon Circuit Court is scheduled to commence, but 
Judge Davis does not appear, and opening is deferred.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
To Joshua F. Amos, administrator of estate of Nathaniel Hay, 
deceased, Lincoln submits explanation of claim he has against estate.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A368' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Explanation Written for Joshua F. Amos</xref>, 9 June 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:343-44.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1856-06-10'>Tuesday, June 10, 1856.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Court convenes, and Lincoln &amp; Herndon appear in
  many cases. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> In the evening, at Springfield's
  courthouse, Lincoln delivers a speech concerning slavery and states entering
  the Union. A Democratic paper noted, "The gist of his remarks were intended to
  show that the democratic party favors the extension of slavery, [and] that
  black republicanism aims to prevent it...He convinced nobody of his own
  sincerity, [nor] of the justness of his cause." The Republican paper
  editorialized, "Lincoln...pronounced the most logical and finished argument
  against the evils to be apprehended from the continued aggressions of the slave
  power, that it has ever been our good fortune to listen to." <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Daily Illinois State Register</title> (Springfield), 12 June 1856,
  2:1-2; <title>Daily Illinois State Journal</title> (Springfield), 11 June 1856,
  2:2;
  <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A369' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Speech
  at Springfield, Illinois</xref>, 10 June 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:344-45.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-11'>Wednesday, June 11, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln &amp; Herndon, attorneys for plaintiff, settle case in circuit court when defendant in <name type='case' key='L03105'>Currier v. North American Insurance Co.</name> confesses judgment in sum of $1,000 and costs. Second suit is dismissed on motion of plaintiff, whom they represent, and third is continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
John Hay's affidavit, written by Lincoln on 10th, in <name type='case' key='L03965'>McBride v. Hay</name>, is filed.
<bibl default='NO'>Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-12'>Thursday, June 12, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In <name type='case' key='L02965'>Cass v. Showers</name>, defendant defaults and Lincoln &amp; Herndon obtain judgment of $215.23 for plaintiff. <name type='case'>Bunn v. Bays</name>, in which they also represent plaintiff, is settled by agreement, judgment for $100 being entered 
against estate of Bannister Bays. Third case is continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-13'>Friday, June 13, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
On last day of summer term, Lincoln &amp; Herndon have two cases in 
court&#8212;divorce case, in which they secure decree for their 
client, complainant; and assumpsit suit settled by agreement, 
$550.45, judgment being entered against defendant. Lincoln &amp; 
Herndon appear for plaintiff.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-17'>Tuesday, June 17, 1856.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Special term of Champaign Circuit Court convenes at Urbana. Lincoln 
is present for entire term.
<bibl default='NO'>Henry C. Whitney, <title>Life on the Circuit with Lincoln</title> (Boston: Estes &amp; Lauriat, 1892), 78-81.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Robert collects pair garters at John Williams' store, and Lincoln's 
account is charged $2.25.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 148.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-18'>Wednesday, June 18, 1856.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes affidavit for Edward Barrett, defendant, in <name type='case' key='L01415'>People v. Barrett</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1856-06-19'>Thursday, June 19, 1856.</date> 
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> [In Philadelphia, where first Republican National
  Convention is in session, Lincoln's name is presented for Vice-Presidency. He
  receives 110 votes, but William L. Dayton of New Jersey is nominated as
  Fremont's running mate.] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-20'>Friday, June 20, 1856.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Chicago paper containing proceedings of Philadelphia convention 
reaches Urbana. When shown vote for Vice-President, Lincoln jocularly 
remarks that there must be some mistake&#8212;there is a great man 
named Lincoln in Massachusetts, and he must be the one for whom votes 
were cast.
<bibl default='NO'>Henry C. Whitney, <title>Life on the Circuit with Lincoln</title> (Boston: Estes &amp; Lauriat, 1892), 80.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Robert Lincoln brings home $1 pair of slippers from John Williams' store.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 148.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-22'>Sunday, June 22, 1856.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
[Lincoln's account at John Williams &amp; Co. is charged $1.25 for buggy whip.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 148.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-23'>Monday, June 23, 1856.</date>
            <place key='40.1000, -88.2000' teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes declaration of plaintiff, J. S. Stevens, in <name type='case' key='L01451'>Stevens v. Stevens</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln addresses evening political meeting. "He heartily endorses 
the nomination of the gallant Fremont, and as elector in this state, 
will, during this campaign, we are told, devote considerable of his 
time to the work. As a persuasive and convincing speaker the equal of 
Mr. Lincoln can not be found."
<bibl default='NO'>Urbana Union, 26 June 1856.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-27'>Friday, June 27, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln thanks John Van Dyke for his kind notice of him in 
Philadelphia convention. "When you meet Judge Dayton present my 
respects, and tell him I think him a far better man than I for the 
position he is in, and that I shall support both him and Colonel 
Fremont most cordially."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A370' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to John Van Dyke</xref>, 27 June 1856, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:346.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
'It would have been easier for us, I think, had we got McLean," 
Lincoln writes Trumbull.
<bibl default='NO'>Horace White, <title>The Life of Lyman Trumbull</title> (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 69.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-06-30'>Monday, June 30, 1856.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In U.S. Circuit Court Lincoln appears for defendant in <name type='case' key='L02137'>Eads &amp; Nelson v. Ohio &amp; Mississippi RR</name>. Case is argued all day.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>