Lincoln declines invitation to attend meeting at Cooper Institute to promote raising of volunteers. Abraham Lincoln to George Opdyke and Others, 2 December 1863, CW, 7:32; Washington Chronicle, 6 December 1863.

Baltimore American places at head of its columns name of Lincoln as candidate for President in 1864. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 2 December 1863, 2d ed., 2:2.

[Crowning section of the Statue of Freedom placed atop the U.S. Capitol dome. Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 30 November 1863, 2d ed., 2:4.]