President nominates: former Cong. Burlingame (Mass.), minister to Austria; Rufus King, New York editor and friend of Sec. Seward, minister to Rome; Bradford R. Wood, one of founders of Republican party in New York state, minister to Denmark. Baltimore Sun, 21 March 1861.

Willie and Tad Lincoln have the measles. Nicolay to Bates, 20 March 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Titus C. Wetmore and Copeland Townsend of Colorado Territory interview President and submit recommendations for territorial appointments. Memorandum on Appointments to Territories, 20 March 1861, CW, 4:294-95.