Funeral of Senator Stephen A. Douglas (Ill.). Lincoln receives no visitors. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 7 June 1861, 2:2; National Republican (Washington, DC), 8 June 1861, 3:2.

[Government departments, municipal offices, public schools closed in deference to Douglas. New York Times, 8 June 1861; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 7 June 1861, 2:2.

Joseph Gawler, cabinet maker and undertaker, Penn. Ave. between 17th & 18th Sts. charges Executive Mansion account $28.00 for "224 yds. of Black cambric," $1.12 for "3 yds of Black crape" and $15.00 for "Drapeing the Building." DNA—RG 217, General Accounting Office, 141-665.]