Cong. Kelley (Pa.) calls on President and presents him pocketknife on behalf of friends. Abraham Lincoln to Alfred B. Justice and Others, 17 October 1864, CW, 8:51.

O. H. Browning urges President to appoint Sec. Stanton chief justice of Supreme Court. Lincoln tells him that Atty. Gen. Bates has personally asked for it. Browning, Diary.

Cong E. B. Washburne (Ill.) sends Lincoln gloomy letter on prospects in coming election. President endorses envelope, "Stampeded." Washburne to Lincoln, 17 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.