Lincoln interviews officers of Army of Potomac on military problems and records results in memorandum. Memorandum of Interviews Between Lincoln and Officers of the Army of the Potomac, 8-9 July 1862, CW, 5:309-12.

Visits with soldiers and examines various features of army. N.Y. Tribune, 10 July 1862.

Stops at Fortress Monroe, Va., in morning on return trip to Washington. Visits several batteries and receives salutes. Dines with Gen. Burnside on board steamer Alice Price. Departs about 4:30 P.M. National Intelligencer, 11 July 1862.

At Hampton Roads, Va., Lincoln receives Captain E. P. G. Von Duop of HMS Jason for brief social call. Great Britain, Public Record Office F.O.5/863. "Domestic Various."

Transmits to Senate postal convention with Costa Rica. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 9 July 1862, CW, 5:312.

[Mrs. Lincoln arrives in New York City in evening and occupies apartments reserved in Metropolitan Hotel. N.Y. Tribune, 10 July 1862.]