President authorizes use of government property in Springfield, Ill., for soldiers' home. Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, 3 February 1864, CW, 7:167.

Interviews C. K. Hawkes, who represents former Cong. Ashmun (Mass.), probably about cotton. Ashmun to Lincoln, 2 February 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Visits Arsenal to observe trials of Absterdam shell. Browning, Diary.