Lincoln interviews G. Thompson and friends on subject of emancipation, then conducts them to state dining room to see painting by F. B. Carpenter. Carpenter, Six Months, 76.

President and Mrs. Lincoln plan to visit Fortress Monroe, Va., "some time next week." Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. Butler, 7 April 1864, CW, 7:289.

President transmits to House of Representatives report of secretary of war regarding transfer of Maj. Nathaniel H. McLean. Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 7 April 1864, CW, 7:290.