President invites conference: "Will Senator Sumner please call and see me this morning?" Abraham Lincoln to Charles Sumner, 9 April 1864, CW, 7:293.

Interviews Charles W. Butts, of Pennsylvania, former cavalry officer, regarding return to Portsmouth, Va. Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. Butler, 9 April 1864, CW, 7:292.

Spends time with guests at last afternoon reception of season. Evening Star, 9 April 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.