President interviews P. Anthony Dey, engineer heading party surveying for western railroad, regarding military escort. Blair to Lincoln, 7 October 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Inquires of Gov. Johnson (Tenn.): "What news have you from Rosecrans' Army, or in that direction beyond Nashville?" Abraham Lincoln to Andrew Johnson, 7 October 1863, CW, 6:505.