Cabinet meets. Sec. Seward and Atty. Gen. Bates dispute over procedures for captured cotton. Welles, Diary.

Lincoln interviews First Asst. Postmaster Gen. Alexander W. Randall, former governor of Wisconsin, who delivers letter from Charles D. Robinson, editor, Green Bay, Wis., "Advocate," Democratic paper. Abraham Lincoln to Charles D. Robinson, 17 August 1864, CW, 7:499-502.

Forwards to Ward Hunt, Utica, N.Y., attorney, letter of Sec. Seward relative to former Cong. Roscoe Conkling (N.Y.) running for Congress. Abraham Lincoln to Ward Hunt, 16 August 1864, CW, 7:498.