Secretary of State William H. Seward presents Edward Count Piper, minister of Sweden and Norway, to President. National Republican (Washington, DC), 9 November 1861, 2:3; National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), 9 November 1861; Reply to Edward Count Piper, 8 November 1861, CW, 5:17-18.

Charles F. Havelock, British officer appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. McClellan, November 23, 1861, calls on Lincoln. N.Y. Tribune, 9 November 1861; Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 27 July 1863, CW, 6:351.

President receives F. S. Asta Buruaga, Chilean minister, who announces inauguration of new President of Chile. N.Y. Times, 9 November 1861.

In afternoon, along with General George B. McClellan, reviews General Don Carlos Buell's division of three brigades on Fourteenth Street Road beyond Columbian College. National Republican (Washington, DC), 9 November 1861, 2:4.

Loans Thomas Stackpole, White House watchman, $380. Pratt, Personal Finances, 82.