May 14

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  <dateline TEIform='dateline'> <date value='1832-05-14' TEIform='date'>Monday,
  May 14, 1832.</date> <place teiForm='name'>Dixon's Ferry,
  IL</place>.</dateline> <p TEIform='p'> Gen. Whiteside's army remains inactive.
  <bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'>Reynolds and Whiteside to Atkinson, Black
  Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,
  Springfield, IL.</bibl> </p> <p TEIform='p'> Several groups of Stillman's men
  rush out of camp at dusk and attack Black Hawk's truce bearers, bringing on
  battle with 40 or 50 Indians. Whites are soon routed. Leaving 12 dead, they
  flee to Dixon's Ferry.<bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'> <title TEIform='title'>Sangamo Journal</title>, 3 May 1832, 14 May 1832, 24 May 1832,
  6 October 1832; <title TEIform='title'>Atkinson Letter Book</title>, Black Hawk
  War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield,
  IL.</bibl> </p> </div2>

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         <dateline TEIform='dateline'>
            <date value='1838-05-14' TEIform='date'>Monday, May 14, 1838.</date>
            <place teiForm='name'>Decatur, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p TEIform='p'> Lincoln attends opening of two-day term of the Macon County Circuit Court
            with Judge Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. presiding. In the evening he drives John Hanks' team of
            horses to the Hanks farm and stays the night. Hanks is serving on petit jury.<bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'>IHi&#8212;Papers, 1939, 135.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p TEIform='p'> Lincoln writes a bond for costs in <name type='case' TEIform='name' key='L00466'>Noe v. Cunningham</name>.<bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'>Otto R.
               Kyle, <title TEIform='title'>Abraham Lincoln in Decatur</title> (New York: Vantage,
               1957), 46.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline TEIform='dateline'>
            <date value='1841-05-14' TEIform='date'>Friday, May 14, 1841.</date>
            <place teiForm='name'>Urbana, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p TEIform='p'> [First announcement of partnership of Logan &amp; Lincoln appears in
            Sangamo Journal. Office is located "opposite Hoffman's Row," in which Stuart &amp;
            Lincoln had office.]</p>
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   <dateline TEIform='dateline'>
    <date value='1842-05-14' TEIform='date'>Saturday, May 14, 1842.</date>
    <place teiForm='name'>Paris, IL</place>.</dateline>
   <p TEIform='p'> Lincoln participates in two cases on the final day of the Edgar County Circuit
    Court. Judge Wilson calls a jury to hear the arguments in the case of <name type='case' TEIform='name' key='L00752'>Paine v. Shaw</name>, in which Lincoln and Justin Harlan represent
    defendant Elvis P. Shaw. Judge Wilson discharges the jury and continues the case until the next
    term. The jury in the case of <name type='case' key='L05808'>People for use of Barber v.
     Stanfield et al.</name> returns a verdict in favor of Lincoln's client John W. Barber, to whom
    the court awards $512.92 1/4 in damages plus the court costs. The defendants' attorneys request
    a new trial and file a bill of exceptions, which includes a case summary written by Lincoln.
     <bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'>Order, 14 May 1842, <ital>Paine v. Shaw</ital>, Order Book 2,
     200; Judgment, 14 May 1842, <ital>People for use or Barber v. Stanfield et al.</ital>, Order
     Book 2, 195; Bill of Exceptions, 14 May 1842, <ital>People for use of Barber v. Stanfield et
      al.</ital>, case file, box 9, all in Edgar County Circuit Court, Edgar County Courthouse,
     Paris, IL; Bill of Exceptions, 14 May 1842, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield,
     IL.</bibl>
   </p>
  </div2>

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         <dateline TEIform='dateline'>
            <date value='1845-05-14' TEIform='date'>Wednesday, May 14, 1845.</date>
            <place teiForm='name'>Danville, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p TEIform='p'> Lincoln files Fithian's oath of absent witness in Brown case, which is
            continued to next term.<bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

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         <dateline TEIform='dateline'>
            <date value='1847-05-14' TEIform='date'>Friday, May 14, 1847.</date>
            <place teiForm='name'>Charleston, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p TEIform='p'> On his way to Paris, Lincoln stops in Charleston to represent defendant in
               <name type='case' TEIform='name'>Strader v. Harris</name>, replevin suit. Court takes
            case under advisement. Court later decrees that horse and cow belong to plaintiff and
            defendant respectively.<bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'>Record; Herndon-Weik
               Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p TEIform='p'> In <name type='case' TEIform='name'>Leverick v. Eccles</name>, Lincoln
            writes defendant's affidavit, joinder in answer to plea, and annotates plea.<bibl default='NO' TEIform='bibl'>Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress,
               Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2> <dateline> <date value='1849-05-14'>Monday, May
  14, 1849.</date> <place>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline> <p> [Edgar Circuit
  Court begins its session at Paris.] </p> </div2>

<div2> <dateline> 
  <date value='1851-05-14'>Wednesday, May 14, 1851.</date> <place>Paris,
  IL</place>. </dateline> <p> Two of Lincoln's cases are called but both are
  continued. <bibl>Record.</bibl> </p> </div2>

<div2 type='Revised'>
   <dateline>
    <date value='1852-05-14'>Friday, May 14, 1852.</date>
    <place>Danville, IL</place>. </dateline>
   <p>In the Vermilion County Circuit Court, Lincoln, Ward Hill Lamon, and Joseph Peters represent
    defendant Jepha Hensley in the appeal case of <name type='case' key='L01987'>People v.
    Hensley</name>. A jury reverses the decision of the lower court and finds Hensley guilty of
    assault and battery. The court orders Hensley to pay a $3 fine and the court costs. Lincoln
    writes and files a bond for costs for Jesse Ligget, plaintiff Nelson Ligget's surety, in the
    case of <name type='case' key='L01482'>Ligget v. Frazier</name>. Lincoln and John H. Murphy
    represent Samuel Frazier whom Ligget is suing for assault. Lincoln represents Johnson Vest,
    charged with larceny, in the case of <name type='case' key='L02205'>People v. Vest</name>. Vest
    pleads not guilty, and a jury deliberates but cannot reach a verdict. Lincoln requests a
    continuance to the next term so that he can locate a witness to testify on behalf of Vest. Judge
    David Davis continues the case and orders Vest to remain in the custody of the county sheriff
    until Vest renews his bail. <bibl>Jury Verdict, 3 February 1852, <ital>People v. Hensley</ital>,
     case file, box 8; Order, 14 May 1852, <ital>People v. Hensley</ital>, Circuit Court Record D,
     422, both in Vermilion County Circuit Court, Vermilion County Courthouse, Danville, IL; Bond
     for Costs, 14 May 1852, <ital>Ligget v. Frazier</ital>, Vermilion County Circuit Court,
     Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Transcription of Declaration, 10 October 1851,
      <ital>Ligget v. Frazier</ital>, copy files, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, IHi, Springfield,
     IL; Indictment, May 1852, <ital>People v. Vest</ital>, case file, box 3, Vermilion County
     Circuit Court, Vermilion County Courthouse, Danville, IL; Affidavit, 15 May 1852, <ital>People
      v. Vest</ital>, Stern Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Order, 14 May 1852,
      <ital>People v. Vest</ital>, Circuit Court Record D, 418, Vermilion County Circuit Court,
     Vermilion County Courthouse, Danville, IL; .</bibl>
   </p>
   <p>In Judge David Davis's absence, Lincoln serves as judge in the chancery case of <name type='case' key='L01995'>Peabody v. Roney</name>. Lincoln dissolves an injunction, dismisses
    the suit, and orders the plaintiff to pay the court costs.<bibl>Decree, 14 May 1852,
      <ital>Peabody v. Roney</ital>, Circuit Court Record D, 425, Vermilion County Circuit Court,
     Vermilion County Courthouse, Danville, IL; Decree (copy), 14 May 1852, <ital>Peabody v.
     Roney</ital>; Minutes of Testimony (copy), 14 May 1852, <ital>Peabody v. Roney</ital>, both in
     copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
   </p>
  </div2>

<div2>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1855-05-14'>Monday, May 14, 1855.</date>
            <place>Springfield, IL</place> and <place>Clinton, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
From Springfield Lincoln answers inquiry regarding term of service of 
member of his Black Hawk War company. He does not remember whether 
discharge was given, and does not know where to find company rolls.
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A324'>Abraham Lincoln to W. F. Boggs</xref>, 14 May 1855, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:311-12.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
At Clinton, where DeWitt Circuit Court is in session, Lincoln appears 
in two cases.
<bibl>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln's account at John Williams' store is charged 10&#162; for 
"Sewing Silk," for which <person key='LI30825'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> sent "Son."
<bibl>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 147.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1856-05-14'>Wednesday, May 14, 1856.</date>
            <place>Clinton, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In <name type='case' key='L00610'>Lisk v. Morford</name>, demurrer Lincoln filed is argued and sustained.
<bibl>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1859-05-14'>Saturday, May 14, 1859.</date>
            <place>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln urges Mark W. Delahay not to permit Kansas Republicans to 
lower party standard. "In my judgement such a step would be a serious 
mistake&#8212;would open a gap through which more would pass 
<uLine>out</uLine> than pass <uLine>in</uLine>. And this would be the 
same, whether the letting down should be in deference to Douglasism, 
or to the southern opposition element." He cannot attend Kansas 
convention. Lincoln sends same letter to two other Kansas 
Republicans, and writes briefly to Peter H. Watson of Cincinnati 
about patent case.
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln3;node=lincoln3%3A104'>Abraham Lincoln to Mark W. Delahay</xref>, 14 May 1859, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 3:378-79; <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln3;node=lincoln3%3A105'>Enclosure to Mark W. Delahay</xref>, [14 May 1859], <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 3:379-80; <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln3;node=lincoln3%3A106'>Abraham Lincoln to Peter H. Watson</xref>, [14 May 1859], <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:380.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1860-05-14'>Monday, May 14, 1860.</date>
            <place>Springfield, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln writes his friend Carl Schurz, chairman of Wisconsin 
delegation at Chicago, note of introduction to Jesse K. Dubois.
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A41'>Abraham Lincoln to Carl Schurz</xref>, 14 May 1860, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:50.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-14'>Tuesday, May 14, 1861.</date>
            <place>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President designates Col. Anderson agent to distribute arms in Kentucky.
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A619'>Abraham Lincoln to Robert Anderson</xref>, 14 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:368-69.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Suggests that Sec. Cameron see Postmaster Gen. Blair "and ascertain 
what is the trouble with him."
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A620'>Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron</xref>, 14 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:369.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Discusses military commissions with Cameron.
<bibl>Lincoln to Cameron, 14 May 1861, Simon Cameron Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Irwin deposits $112.50 in Springfield Marine Bank, interest on 
William Cline note.
<bibl>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 164.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
President's account charged $5.50 for "boys' saddle."
<bibl>
               <title>Lutz Account Book]</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1862-05-14'>Wednesday, May 14, 1862.</date>
            <place>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Recommends to Senate and House of Representatives "that Captain D. G. 
Farragut receive a vote of thanks of Congress for his services . . . 
since the 21st December, 1861," as well as "naval officers who 
commanded vessels engaged in the recent brilliant operations [on the 
lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans] of the squadron 
commanded by Flag-Officer Farragut."
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln5;node=lincoln5%3A482'>Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives</xref>, 14 May 1862, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 5:214; <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln5;node=lincoln5%3A483'>Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives</xref>, 14 May 1862, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 5:214-15.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
In evening tells Sen. Browning (Ill.) about trip to Fortress Monroe, Va.
<bibl>Browning, <title corresp='books_Browning'>Diary</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 type='Revised'> <dateline> <date value='1863-05-14'>Thursday, May 14, 1863.</date> <place>Washington,
  DC</place>. </dateline> <p> President Lincoln writes to Major General Joseph
  Hooker about military strategy. Due to the fact that the Confederate forces
  "hav[e] re-established...communications, regained...positions and...received
  re-inforcements," Lincoln surmises, "it does not now appear probable to me that
  you can gain any thing by an early renewal of the attempt to cross the
  Rappahannock [River]." Lincoln also confides, "I must tell you I have some
  painful intimations that some of your corps and Division Commanders are not
  giving you their entire confidence. This would be ruinous, if true." <bibl>
  <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln6;node=lincoln6%3A474'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Joseph Hooker</xref>, 14 May 1863, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 6:217-18.</bibl> </p> </div2>

<div2>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1864-05-14'>Saturday, May 14, 1864.</date>
            <place>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President receives request for his photograph and autograph, to be 
auctioned off at Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair.
<bibl>McClurg to Lincoln, 14 May 1864, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Deeply affected by death of Gen. Wadsworth.
<bibl>Hay, <title corresp='books_Hay'>Letters and Diary</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Replies to offer of Gov. Carney (Kans.) to furnish 2,000 troops: "I 
shall neither accept or reject it, until, with reference to the 
public interest, I shall feel that I am ready."
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln7;node=lincoln7%3A756'>Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Carney</xref>, 14 May 1864, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 7:340-41.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Transmits to Senate report of secretary of interior and documentation 
relative to refugee Indians in Kansas.
<bibl>
               <xref url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln7;node=lincoln7%3A758'>Abraham Lincoln to the Senate</xref>, 14 May 1864, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 7:341-42.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>