Sec. Chase at White House for cabinet meeting which results in general conversation about military department beyond Mississippi River. Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903).

President convinces group of Baltimoreans that government defense of their city is adequate. Boston Advertiser, 10 September 1862.

Visits Gen. Halleck's office and informs him that Gen. McClellan has 95,000 men. Journal, 10 September 1862, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.