After march of 25 miles, camp is made on Crooked Creek, six miles northeast of Macomb.Elliott, Services of Illinois Soldiers, xvii; Diary of O. H. Browning, in Stevens, Black Hawk War, 117-18.

[Tazewell Circuit Court convenes at Tremont for four-day term. Judge William Brown appoints Jesse B. Thomas, Jr., prosecuting attorney pro tem in absence of David Prickett.Record.]

Spring term of Tazewell Circuit Court opens for nineday term. Out of town lawyers attending are Lincoln, Douglas, William L. May, and J. B. Thomas.Sangamo Journal, 15 May 1840.

[Seventh issue of The Old Soldier is published. Old Soldier (Springfield, IL), Issue 7, 1 May 1840.]

Lincoln receives $25 from A. L. Mills and deposits the money into his account with a Springfield merchant. Account (copy), 1 May 1841, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 252, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.

[Piatt County Circuit Court holds its first session, Judge Treat presiding, at Monticello. Record.]

Whig convention of seventh congressional district meets. Lincoln, one of eight delegates from Sangamon, takes active part. As delegation chairman, he withdraws E. D. Baker's name as candidate when it appears certain Hardin is to be nominee. Lincoln moves that delegates, as individuals, favor Baker as candidate for Congress in 1844.Lacon Illinois Gazette, 6 May 1843.

He meets Dr. Robert Boal of Lacon at convention.IHi—Trans., 1904, 378-83.

[Henry Clay is nominated by acclamation for President by Whig national convention, Baltimore.]

Judge Treat convenes two-day term of DeWitt Circuit Court. Case of A. Lincoln v. Spencer and William Turner is continued. On Lincoln's motion, Watson and Lloyd v. Holsey et al. is continued for want of service in time. He appears for plaintiff in McDowall v. Duncan et al., which is continued by agreement.Record.

Lincoln, for plaintiff, moves McDowall v. Humphreys be dismissed, and case is stricken from docket.Record.

Little business is transacted and after listening to obituary on Chester Ashley, deceased senator from Arkansas, House adjourns. Lincoln is present.Globe; Journal.

Lincoln writes to Caleb B. Smith of Indiana, former colleague in Congress, now member of Mexican Claims Commission, asking him and George Evans, of Maine, to call on Ewing in behalf of Dr. Anson G. Henry, applicant for register of Minnesota Land Office. "I have always had a tolerably high hope that Mr. Ewing will appoint Henry, if he does not forget my peculiar anxiety about it." He writes memorandum stating that W. S. Wallace and Orville Paddock of Springfield, rivals for pension agent, are both good Whigs and business men. Abraham Lincoln to Caleb B. Smith, 1 May 1849, CW, 2:46; Memorandum Concerning Orville Paddock and William S. Wallace, [1 May 1849?], CW, 2:45.

Lincoln, for defendant in People v. Davis, murder, moves for change of venue to Clark County, which is granted. Record.

[Champaign Circuit Court begins its session at Urbana.]

Lincoln writes and signs for Davis and Murphy replication to defendant's answer in Davis v. Wilson, and writes court decree. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Spring term of Tazewell Circuit Court opens at Pekin.]

Five of Lincoln's cases, continued from fall term, are called. Hitchcock v. Glasgow, action in debt, is dismissed by plaintiff. Lincoln represents defendant. Ruble v. Cashman, appeal from justice's court in which Lincoln appears for plaintiff, is tried by jury, which finds in favor of plaintiff. Record.

Lincoln writes joinder to plea in Ricketts v. Goings, in which he acts with Shephert. Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln replies to letter from Nicholas H. Ridgely of Springfield directing him to clear flaw in title of land on which Springfield Gas Works stands. "It is all right now, I think." Abraham Lincoln to Nicholas H. Ridgely, 1 May 1856, CW, 2:340.

Lincoln and Lamon represent plaintiff in trover case, Shumate v. Payton. After jury is sworn, plaintiff submits to nonsuit, and defendant is given execution for costs. Lincoln and Lamon also win Wyatt v. Leonard, assumpsit, when defendant defaults and is assessed $146.92 and costs. Record.

Lincoln writes receipt: "Received, May 1, 1858, of William Spencer, by the hand of H. W. Beckwith, twenty-five dollars in full of all fees in said Spencer's cases in the Vermilion Circuit Court against Hamilton White, and generally, in full of all demands up to date. A. Lincoln." Photocopy.

Lincoln writes Trumbull that all expect Douglas to be nominated by Charleston Democratic convention. To C. M. Allen of Indiana he confesses that nomination of Douglas will put case "in the hardest shape for us." Dubois and David Davis will meet Allen in Chicago. "If you let Usher & Griswold of Terre-Haute know, I think they will co-operate with you." Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, 1 May 1860, CW, 4:47; Abraham Lincoln to Cyrus M. Allen, 1 May 1860, CW, 4:46-47.

Lincoln writes to Thomas C. Moore, of Batavia, Illinois, and declines Moore's invitation to speak at the Kane County Republican Convention scheduled to take place on May 5 at the "Court House in Geneva." Lincoln explains, "I now find it will be impossible for me to be with you on the 5th . . . I regret this; but I am not personally very prepossessing; and our good friends in Kane, as elsewhere, have seen all my thoughts on paper; and hence they will not be much the losers." Thomas C. Moore to Abraham Lincoln, 9 April 1860, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of the Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Thomas C. Moore, 1 May 1860, CW, 10:52-53.

Former Cong. Garrett Davis (Ky.) consults with Lincoln and government officials on national problems. Baltimore Sun, 6 May 1861.

President invites Maj. Anderson to Executive Mansion for social visit. Abraham Lincoln to Robert Anderson, 1 May 1861, CW, 4:350.

President Lincoln writes to Gustavus V. Fox, who led an operation to supply Ft. Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina. Before Fox could carry out the plan, Confederate forces fired upon the fort and later took control of it. Lincoln consoles, "For a daring and dangerous enterprize, of a similar character, you would, to-day, be the man, of all my acquaintances, whom I would select. You and I both anticipated that the cause of the country would be advanced by making the attempt . . . even if it should fail." Abraham Lincoln to Gustavus V. Fox, 1 May 1861, CW, 4:350-51.

Assures Gov. Isham G. Harris (Tenn.) that Government had nothing to do with seizure of steamboat "C. E. Hillman." Abraham Lincoln to Isham G. Harris, [1?] May 1861, CW, 4:351-52.

Sen. Henry Wilson (Mass.) and Judge Ebenezer R. Hoar of Massachusetts call upon Lincoln and members of cabinet and urge adoption of more aggressive war measures. N.Y. Tribune, 2 May 1861.

Western Virginia Unionists ask President for assistance. Members of 7th New York Regiment and Postmaster Gen. Blair visit President during afternoon. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Seventh New York Regiment band gives evening concert at White House; Lincoln speaks briefly from portico. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 30 April 1861, 3:1, 2 May 1861, 3:1; National Republican (Washington, DC), 2 May 1861, 3:2; Remarks at a Band Concert, 1 May 1861, CW, 4:352.

President sends revised answer to Senate resolution regarding arrest of Gen. Stone. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:204.

Writes Gen. Halleck: "I am pressed by the Missouri members of Congress to give General Schofield independent command in Missouri. . . . Please answer, telling me whether anything, and what, I can do for them without injuriously interfering with you." Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:203.

Admonishes Gen. McClellan: "Your call for Parrott guns from Washington alarms me—chiefly because it argues indefinite procrastination. Is anything to be done?" Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:203-4.

Transmits to Senate petition and auditor's report relative to goods advanced by citizens of Oregon and Washington Territory during Indian uprising in 1855-56. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:204-5.

[New Orleans is occupied by Federal forces under Admiral David G. Farragut and Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.]

Cabinet meets. Welles, Diary.

President dominates supervision of Army of Potomac. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Believes enemy in no position to invade Pennsylvania and so informs Gov. Curtin (Pa.). Abraham Lincoln to Andrew G. Curtin, 1 May 1863, CW, 6:193.

In afternoon President takes Cong. Francis W. Kellogg (Mich.) and Gov. Blair (Mich.) for drive. Abraham Lincoln to Francis W. Kellogg, 1 May 1864, CW, 7:326.