President addresses delegation of Sons of Temperance in East Room of Executive Mansion. Hay, Letters and Diary; Reply to Sons of Temperance, 29 September 1863, CW, 6:486-88.

Cabinet meets. "Neither Mr. Seward nor Mr. Stanton were present. They seemed, reasonably enough, to have given up attendance on these meetings of the Heads of Departments as useless; and, for ought I [Chase] see I may as well follow their example." Official Records—Armies 553.

Delegation from Missouri waits on President for interview to discuss removal of Gen. Schofield. Hay, Letters and Diary; Washington Chronicle, 30 September 1863.