President receives from commanding officer, Col. George D. Ramsay, statement of serviceable arms at Washington Arsenal. Ramsay to Lincoln, 4 September 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Interviews Governor Hamilton Gamble (Mo.) in the afternoon regarding recruiting of troops. National Republican (Washington, DC), 5 September 1861, 2:1; New York Times, 5 September 1861.

Appoints Asst. Sec. Fox acting secretary of navy during absence of Sec. Welles. Appointment of Gustavus V. Fox, 4 September 1861, CW, 4:507.