Lincoln receives memorial from meeting at Church of the Puritans asking release of Rev. George Gordon, president of Iberia College, Ohio. N.Y. Tribune, 10 December 1861.

Transmits to House of Representatives report "relative to the intervention of certain European Powers in the affairs of Mexico." Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 9 December 1861, CW, 5:61.

Inquires of Gen. McClellan: "Is it true that [Gen. John M.] Schofield is, or is to be ordered East? My expectation & wish was for him to remain in Mo. Please answer." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 9 December 1861, CW, 5:61-62.