Lincoln consults with Gen. Halleck about Gen. R. E. Lee reinforcing Gen. Early against Gen. Sheridan and cautions Gen. Grant of possibility. Hay, Letters and Diary; Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 29 September 1864, CW, 8:29.

Sec. Welles again discusses with President permit for Gen. A. J. Hamilton to trade in cotton. Welles, Diary.