Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside arrives in Washington and spends most of day in consultation with President and Gen. McClellan. N.Y. Times, 30 December 1861.

President and Burnside call on Asst. Sec. Fox in morning. President calls again in evening. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sen. Browning (Ill.) with Lincoln at White House from 5 P.M. until church time. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln spends early part of evening with Cong. Alfred Ely (N.Y.) who was captured at Manassas and spent six months in Richmond prison. N.Y. Tribune, 30 December 1861.