President declares port of St. Albans, Vt., open to commerce. Proclamation Concerning Commerce, 10 January 1865, CW, 8:208-9.

Cabinet meets. Browning, Diary.

Writes J. W. Garrett "to say, it is very important to us" to have coal for making gas, "and not to say that you must stop supplying the army to make room to carry coal. Do all you can for us in both matters." Abraham Lincoln to John W. Garrett, 10 January 1865, CW, 8:208.