President transmits to Congress report of former Sen. Wright (Ind.) on International Agricultural Exhibition held in Hamburg. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 20 January 1864, CW, 7:140.

Interviews Arkansas delegation regarding creation of military government. Chicago Tribune, 22 January 1864.

Orders election for governor of Arkansas. Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Steele, 20 January 1864, CW, 7:141-42.

Gen. Butler has long interview with President in afternoon. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 21 January 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.

Lincoln confers with Cong. Clay (Ky.) in evening about getting authority to manage family property. Clay to Lincoln, 21 January 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

John G. Nicolay thanks H. J. Alvord for present of whitefish to President. CW, 8:530.