President asks Gen. Meade if permit to pick up cast-off clothing of Army should be granted. Abraham Lincoln to George G. Meade, 25 May 1864, CW, 7:361-62.

Officials of Pittsburgh Fair for benefit of U.S. Sanitary Commission request President's autograph, to be sold at Fair. O'Connor to Lincoln, 25 May 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes Cong. Arnold (Ill.) letter for use in canvass for reelection: "I take it that your devotion to the Union and the Administration can not be questioned by any sincere man." Abraham Lincoln to Isaac N. Arnold, 25 May 1864, CW, 7:361.