Chevalier Joseph Bertinatti, chargé d'Affaires from Italy presents credentials; President returns good wishes. National Intelligencer, 28 March 1861; Reply to Joseph Bertinatti, 27 March 1861, CW, 4:300.

William H. Russell, Washington representative of London "Times," has interview with Lincoln. Russell, Diary.

Lincoln interviews W. H. P. Denny of Dayton, Ohio, who applies for position of postmaster. Denny to Chase, 30 March 1861, Salmon P. Chase Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln and friends visit Mount Vernon, home of George Washington. Baltimore Sun, 29 March 1861.