Lincoln attends to routine appointments and pardon case. Abraham Lincoln to Edward Bates, 15 October 1861, CW, 4:554; Abraham Lincoln to Edward Bates, 15 October 1861, CW, 4:554-55; Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron, [c. 15] October 1861, CW, 4:555; Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron, 15 October 1861, CW, 4:555; Abraham Lincoln to Montgomery C. Meigs, 15 October 1861, CW, 4:555.