Lincoln thanks publishers of "North American Review" for complimentary copy and calls attention to misunderstanding in article by James Russell Lowell, that President believes secession absolved states and people from their obligations. Abraham Lincoln to William Crosby and Henry P. Nichols, 16 January 1864, CW, 7:132-33.

Attends lecture by Anna Dickinson in House of Representatives chamber at Capitol. Daily National Republican, 18 January 1864, 2d ed., 1:7, 2:1; Gideon Welles to wife, 17 January 1864, Gideon Welles Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; William D. Kelley to Abraham Lincoln, 16 January 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln holds Saturday afternoon reception from 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 16 January 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.

President writes Sen. Edwin D. Morgan (N.Y.): "Please present my compliments to Judge [John W.] Edmonds, & say to him the books will be gratefully accepted by me." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin D. Morgan, 16 January 1864, CW, 7:133.