"No matters of much moment at the Cabinet." Welles, Diary.

President forwards to House of Representatives documentation touching arrest of [J. R. Giddings] U.S. consul general to British North American Provinces. Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 16 February 1864, CW, 7:187-88.

Transmits to Congress information about claim of owners of French ship "La Manche." Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 16 February 1864, CW, 7:188.

Receives copy of Gen. Blair's speech on confiscated property through Postmaster Gen. Blair. Blair to Lincoln, 16 February 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.