President grants audience to Mrs. Albert T. Bledsoe, wife of former Confederate cabinet officer and once Springfield acquaintance of Lincoln, and gives her pass through lines. Pass for Mrs. Harriet C. Bledsoe, 16 January 1865, CW, 8:218.

Francis P. Blair, Sr., returns from interview with President Jefferson Davis and reports to President Lincoln. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 16 January 1865, 2d ed., Extra, 2:4; Blair to Lincoln, 16 January 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President recognizes Andrew F. Elliott as vice consul of Brazil at New Orleans. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 20 January 1865, 2d ed., Extra, 2:2.

Interviews Cong. Perea (New Mexico Terr.) regarding appointment of judge in New Mexico. Perea to Lincoln, 1 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.