<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-01'>Wednesday, May 1, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Former Cong. Garrett Davis (Ky.) consults with Lincoln and government 
officials on national problems.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 6 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
President invites Maj. Anderson to Executive Mansion for social visit.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A572' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Robert Anderson</xref>, 1 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:350.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Assures G. V. Fox he need not feel hurt over failure of Sumter expedition.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A573' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Gustavus V. Fox</xref>, 1 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:350-51.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Assures Gov. Isham G. Harris (Tenn.) that Government had nothing to 
do with seizure of steamboat "C. E. Hillman."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A574' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Isham G. Harris</xref>, [1?] May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:351-52.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Sen. Henry Wilson (Mass.) and Judge Ebenezer R. Hoar of Massachusetts 
call upon Lincoln and members of cabinet and urge adoption of more 
aggressive war measures.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 2 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Western Virginia Unionists ask President for assistance. Members of 
7th New York Regiment and Postmaster Gen. Blair visit President 
during afternoon.
<bibl default='NO'>Hay, <title corresp='books_Hay'>Letters and Diary</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Seventh New York Regiment band gives evening concert at White House; 
Lincoln speaks briefly from portico.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 2 May 1861; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A575' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Remarks at a Band Concert</xref>, 1 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:352.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-02'>Thursday, May 2, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
At noon President raises flag over Patent Office, 7th and F Sts. NW.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 2 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Reviews Rhode Island Marine Artillery.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 3 May 1861; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A577' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Remarks to Rhode Island Marine Battery</xref>, 2 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:352-53.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
At 8 P.M. consults with Sec. Seward and Chicago detective.
<bibl default='NO'>Lincoln to Seward, 2 May 1861, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-03'>Friday, May 3, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
To bring army to total of 156,861 and navy to 25,000, President calls 
for increase of regular army by ten regiments of 22,714 men, for 
42,034 volunteers, and for enlistment of 18,000 seamen.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A579' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Proclamation Calling for 42,034 Volunteers</xref>, 3 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:353-54.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Capt. Meigs reports to President on trip to Fort Pickens.
<bibl default='NO'>Extracts from Meigs Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>[President's account is 
charged $3.00 for "leather back brush," $1.00 for dandruff brush, and 
37&#162; for curry comb.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Lutz Account Book</title>.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-04'>Saturday, May 4, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Committee of Maryland Legislature waits upon President during morning 
to protest military occupation of state. He informs committee that 
public interest and not any spirit of revenge will actuate his 
measures.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 6 May 1861; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A585' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Reply to Committee from Maryland Legislature</xref>, 4 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:356.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler interviews President by invitation, to 
discuss military situation at Baltimore and Gosport Navy Yard, Va.
<bibl default='NO'>Butler, <title corresp='books_Butler2'>Correspondence</title>, 1:64.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-05'>Sunday, May 5,
  1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Baltimore committee
  urges recognition of independence of Southern States. Lincoln rebukes them for
  lack of fighting spirit. <bibl default='NO'>Randall, <title corresp='books_Randall1'>Lincoln</title>, 1:366.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Gov. William
  A. Buckingham (Conn.) assures President of support of people of Connecticut. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Welles to wife, 5 May 1861, Gideon Welles Papers, Library of Congress,
  Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> President calls meeting of heads of departments
  8 P.M. White House. <bibl default='NO'>Seward to Cameron, 5 May 1861, Simon Cameron Papers,
  Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-06'>Monday, May 6, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President requests Sec. Chase to accept yacht "Henrietta" from James 
Gordon Bennett, Jr. for use as revenue cutter.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A589' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase</xref>, 6 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:357.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Writes Vice President Hamlin to report troop movements in New York.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A591' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin</xref>, 6 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:357-58.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Informs commissioners of Maryland Legislature that any military use 
or occupation of state must necessarily be contingent upon nature of 
situation.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A592' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Otho Scott, Robert M. McLane, and William J. Ross</xref>, 6 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:358.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Appoints James W. Webb minister to Brazil.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A593' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward</xref>, 6 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:358-59.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Receives April salary warrant for $2,083.33.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 182.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-07'>Tuesday, May 7, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President empowers Col. Robert Anderson to recruit three-year troops 
from Kentucky and western part of Virginia.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A594' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Order to Robert Anderson</xref>, 7 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:359.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
During morning Col. Ellsworth visits White House.
<bibl default='NO'>Hay, <title corresp='books_Hay'>Letters and Diary</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln, son Tad, and John Hay, assistant secretary to President, 
attend exercises of Ellsworth's New York Fire Brigade in square 
behind Capitol.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 8 May 1861; Hay, <title corresp='books_Hay'>Letters and Diary</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
John Hay relates items of Illinois news to Lincoln and hears comments 
on disposition of Sec. Seward.
<bibl default='NO'>William R. Thayer, <title>The Life and Letters of John Hay</title>, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915), 1:107.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
President, Gen. Scott, and members of cabinet review 3,300 New Jersey 
Volunteers under Gen. Theodore Runyon.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 8 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Committee from convention of governors of Pennsylvania, Ohio, 
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin held in Cleveland, Ohio, 
visits President and renews pledge of resources and men.
<bibl default='NO'>Memorandum, 7 May 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
President acknowledges letter from Regent Captains of Republic of San 
Marino conferring citizenship upon him.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A596' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to the Regent Captains of the Republic of San Marino</xref>, 7 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:360.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Sen. John Sherman (Ohio) and friends call on President hoping to 
provide plan by which Capt. William T. Sherman (resigned) will return 
to army.
<bibl default='NO'>Ewing to "Dear Brother," 8 May 1861, William T. Sherman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
With Nicolay and Hay, President discusses the existing contest, 
remarking that "the real question involved in it, (as he had about 
made up his mind, though he should still think further about it, 
while writing his message) was whether a full and representative 
government had the right and power to protect and maintain itself. 
Admit the right of a minority to secede at will, and the question for 
such secession would almost as likely be any other as the slavery 
question."
<bibl default='NO'>Memorandum, 7 May 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-08'>Wednesday, May 8, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In afternoon Lincoln goes for drive in open carriage with Sec. Seward 
and receives greetings of respect everywhere.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 9 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Attends flag-raising ceremony of 69th New York Regiment on Georgetown Heights.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 9 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Deposits April salary check for $2,083.33 in Riggs Bank.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 182.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Writes Sec. Welles to ignore criticism of appointment of G. V. Fox as 
chief clerk of navy dept., adding: "He is a live man, whose services 
we cannot well dispense with."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A603' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles</xref>, 8 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:363.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-09'>Thursday, May
  9, 1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> White House
  party, including President, spends afternoon at Navy Yard. Views dress parade
  of 71st New York Regiment and attends band concert. Boards steamer U.S.S.
  "Pensacola" and watches target practice by 11-inch Dahlgren gun. <bibl default='NO'>Bruce,
  <title corresp='books_Bruce'>Tools of War</title>, 17-18; Nicolay to Bates, 10
  May 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC;
  Baltimore Sun, 10 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> President and <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> hold brilliant White House reception for
  commissioned officers and families of army, navy, marine corps, and volunteer
  militia in Washington. <bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 8 May 1861; Baltimore Sun, 10 May
  1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-10'>Friday, May 10, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President directs commander of U.S. forces on Florida coast to 
suspend writ of habeas corpus, "if he shall find it necessary."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A609' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Proclamation Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus in Florida</xref>, 10 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:364-65.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Discusses with Gen. Scott and Sec. Cameron expected outbreak of 
fighting at Frederick, Md., as reported by messenger from Gov. Hicks 
(Md.). Talks New York patronage until weary and adjourns conference 
until 9 A.M. tomorrow.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 11 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Poses for photographs in M. B. Brady's studio.
<bibl default='NO'>LL, No. 211.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> and suite arrive in Philadelphia.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 13 May 1861.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-11'>Saturday, May 11, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President interviews William Ward, introduced by Horace Greeley, 
regarding employment in New York customhouse.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A615' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Hiram Barney</xref>, 13 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:367.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Marine band plays in White House grounds. President holds impromptu 
levee for children; afterward Carl Schurz stays for tea with Lincoln.
<bibl default='NO'>Hay, <title corresp='books_Hay'>Letters and Diary</title>; N.Y. Tribune, 12 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> and party leave Philadelphia for New York at 2 P.M. and expect to remain 
for several days of shopping.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 13 May 1861.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-12'>Sunday, May 12, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Sec. Seward, Thurlow Weed, and President leave Navy Yard about 10 
A.M. for three-hour cruise on Potomac.
<bibl default='NO'>Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-13'>Monday, May 13, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
3 P.M. President reviews District Militia as it passes through White 
House grounds. Speaks from upper window to group of serenaders.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 14 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person>, in New York to purchase fittings for Executive 
Mansion, buys carriage for $900.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 9 May 1861, 20 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Entertains in evening at Metropolitan Hotel.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 14 May 1861.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-14'>Tuesday, May 14, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President designates Col. Anderson agent to distribute arms in Kentucky.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A619' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Robert Anderson</xref>, 14 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:368-69.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Suggests that Sec. Cameron see Postmaster Gen. Blair "and ascertain 
what is the trouble with him."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A620' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron</xref>, 14 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:369.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Discusses military commissions with Cameron.
<bibl default='NO'>Lincoln to Cameron, 14 May 1861, Simon Cameron Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Irwin deposits $112.50 in Springfield Marine Bank, interest on 
William Cline note.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 164.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
President's account charged $5.50 for "boys' saddle."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Lutz Account Book]</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-15'>Wednesday, May 15, 1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington,
  DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> During morning select men from Union Defense
  Committee interview Lincoln to arrange for reception of New York regiments. 
  <bibl default='NO'> 
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 16 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> About 5:30 P.M.
  President reviews 6,000 troops from New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania
  regiments. <bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 16 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Gen. Butler
  confers with President and gets commission as major general. <bibl default='NO'>Butler,
  <title corresp='books_Butler2'>Correspondence</title>, 1:64.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-16'>Thursday, May 16, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President attends wedding of Lt. Lorenzo Thomas, Jr., son of Adjt. 
Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, and Miss Bradley, 9 A.M. Trinity Church, 3d and 
C Sts. NW.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 16 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Witnesses dress parade of 7th New York Regiment with Sec. Seward and 
reviews troops.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 17 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Gen. Butler arrives by special train and spends evening in 
consultation with Lincoln, Gen. Scott, Postmaster Gen. Blair, and 
Sec. Cameron. Group of Alexandria citizens visits President and 
assures him town would vote one thousand majority against secession.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 17 May 1861; Blair to Cameron, 17 May 1861, Simon Cameron Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Empire City Regiment band serenades <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> at Metropolitan 
Hotel in New York.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 18 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
            <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> orders dinner service for White House and purchases 
mantel ornaments for Blue and Green Rooms.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 16 May 1861.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-17'>Friday, May 17, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Representative of Washington County, Md., asks President to interfere 
in local matters to prevent civil war.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 18 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Gen. Lewis Cass parades with 1st Michigan Regiment to White House and 
receives compliments of Lincoln.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 18 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
John G. Nicolay, private secretary to President, makes official trip 
to Fortress Monroe, Va., in connection with newly formed army.
<bibl default='NO'>Nicolay to Bates, 21 May 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> and party visit encampment in City Hall Park.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 18 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
            <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> leaves New York at 5 P.M. for Boston.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 20 May 1861.</bibl>]
</p>
         <p>
Lincoln pays $5.50 on harness account.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Lutz Account Book</title>.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Writes check for $8.00 to "William."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 8:471.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Sec. Seward shows Lincoln letter from James W. Webb. "He asked me not 
to require him to read it. I shall not say what else he said." Seward 
comments, "It is the P&#8212;Gen. S[cott]&#8212;&amp; I against the 
two C's [Chase and Cameron]. . . . The P. is all right."
<bibl default='NO'>Seward to Weed, 17 May 1861, Thurlow Weed Papers, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-18'>Saturday, May 18, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President inspects banks of Potomac, crosses Chain Bridge, visits 
Great Falls, Va., and twice passes pickets in Virginia without being 
recognized.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 21 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Requests Col. Francis P. Blair, Jr., Congressman from Missouri, to 
withhold delivery of order removing Gen. William S. Harney from 
command of Dept. of West, "unless in your judgment the necessity to 
the contrary is very urgent."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A627' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Francis P. Blair, Jr.</xref>, 18 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:372-73.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Sec. Seward and President inspect ordnance office at Navy Yard.
<bibl default='NO'>Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln attends evening concert by Marine band in White House grounds.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 20 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Answers inquiry of Sec. Chase: "I believe I have told you fully what 
it was, and is, that pressed me to appoint him [George Denison, as 
naval officer in New York]: the urgent solicitation of an old friend 
who has served me all my life, and who has never before received or 
asked anything in return."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A628' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase</xref>, 18 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:373-74.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> arrives in Boston.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 20 May 1861.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-19'>Sunday, May
  19, 1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> President
  attends church service. <bibl default='NO'>William O. Stoddard, <title>Lincoln's Third
  Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard</title>, ed. by William O.
  Stoddard, Jr. (New York: Exposition Press, 1955), 84.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Sec.
  Seward, Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, and Lincoln drive to Great Falls, Va.,
  returning about dark. <bibl default='NO'>Extracts from Meigs Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers,
  Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> [<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> in Cambridge, Mass., with Robert. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 20 May 1861</bibl>] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-20'>Monday, May 20, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President decides to accept 14 additional regiments from New York City.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 21 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Writes Gov. Morgan (N.Y.) to explain conditions surrounding movement 
of New York troops.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A632' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Edwin D. Morgan</xref>, 20 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:375-76.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Interviews Col. Julian Allen and Maj. H. Kalusowski, delegates from 
Polish Battalion of New York, regarding muster in Washington of 
volunter Polish regiment from all states. Consults with Gens. Robert 
Patterson and Scott on military plans.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 21 May 1861; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A630' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron</xref>, 20 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:374.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
John G. Nicolay, private secretary to President, returns from 
official trip to Fortress Monroe, Va.
<bibl default='NO'>Nicolay to Bates, 21 May 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[<person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> returns to New York City from visit with Robert in 
Cambridge, Mass.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 20 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-21'>Tuesday, May 21, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President attends funeral services at Navy Yard for Col. Abram S. 
Vosburgh, 71st New York Regiment.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 22 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Rides with cabinet in funeral procession to railway station at 2:30 P.M.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 22 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Revises instructions of Sec. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, 
minister to England.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A633' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Revision of William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams</xref>, 21 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:376-80.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[G. S. Humphrey and Co., importers, 524 Broadway, New York, submits 
bill for $116.50 for carpetings purchased by <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person>.
<bibl default='NO'>DNA&#8212;RG 217, General Accounting Office, 141-263.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-22'>Wednesday, May 22, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President writes Gov. Morgan (N.Y.): "I wish to see you face to face 
to clear these difficulties about forwarding troops from New York."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A639' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Edwin D. Morgan</xref>, 22 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:382.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
At noon makes brief speech before and after raising flag over General 
Post Office building, E between 7th and 8th Sts. NW.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 22 May 1861; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A640' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Remarks at Raising of the Flag over the General Post Office Building</xref>, 22 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:382-83.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-23'>Thursday, May 23, 1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington,
  DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> In afternoon, President Lincoln and many others,
  including Army Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, attend a flag presentation
  ceremony at Camp Cameron, located near Washington, D. C. A newspaper reports
  that the "patriotic ladies of New York" presented "a beautiful and rich
  National flag" to the New York Seventh Regiment. "The raising of the flag was
  of course greeted with deafening huzzas, accompanied by the music of the
  regimental band to the tune of the Star-Spangled Banner." <bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Evening
  Star</title> (Washington, D. C.), 24 May 1861, 3:2; <title>The Sun</title>
  (Baltimore, MD), 24 May 1861, 2:3.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-24'>Friday, May
  24, 1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Learning of
  tragedy through War Dept. telegram, Lincoln weeps openly over death of young
  friend, Col. Ellsworth, shot by proprietor of Marshall House in Alexandria,
  Va., for removing Confederate flag flying over building. Calls cabinet meeting
  at noon to discuss incident. Drives with <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs.
  Lincoln</person> to Navy Yard to view Ellsworth's body. Receives reporter and
  Sen. Wilson (Mass.) at White House, but excuses himself as unable to talk.
  Returns to Navy Yard in evening and arranges for removal of body to White House
  for funeral. <bibl default='NO'>Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers,
  Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Bates, <title corresp='books_Bates1'>Telegraph Office</title>, 8; Baltimore Sun, 24 May 1861,
  27 May 1861; <title>N.Y. Herald</title>, 26 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> President
  and secretary of war interview Judge William F. M. Arny of Kansas, who offers
  three regiments for protection of northwestern Missouri. <bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun,
  25 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Approves payment of bill for $952.48 for
  carpetings purchased by Mrs. Lincoln from Alexander T. Stewart and Co., New
  York. <bibl default='NO'>DNA&#8212;RG 217, General Accounting Office, 141-262.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-25'>Saturday, May 25, 1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington,
  DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> President and <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs.
  Lincoln</person> attend funeral services for Col. Ellsworth at noon in East
  Room, where body has lain in state since early morning. <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> places Ellsworth's picture and a wreath on
  casket. <bibl default='NO'>Margaret Leech, <title>Reveille in Washington 1860-1865</title>
  (New York: Harper, 1941), 81; ICHi&#8212;Originals.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> President
  rides in military procession to depot with members of cabinet. Train for New
  York leaves about 2 P.M. <bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 27 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p>President Lincoln writes to Ephraim and Phoebe Ellsworth, of Mechanicsville,
  New York, and expresses his condolences upon the death of their son, and
  Lincoln's "young friend," Elmer Ellsworth. A Southern sympathizer killed
  Ellsworth, who was removing a Confederate flag that was flying over an
  Alexandria, Virginia hotel. Lincoln writes, "My acquaintance with him began
  less than two years ago; yet through the latter half of the intervening period,
  it was as intimate as the disparity of our ages, and my engrossing engagements,
  would permit...What was conclusive of his good heart, he never fogot his
  parents...In the hope that it may be no intrusion upon the sacredness of your
  sorrow, I have ventured to address you this tribute to the memory of ...your
  brave and early fallen child. May God give you that consolation which is beyond
  all earthly power. Sincerely your friend in a common affliction." <bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A647' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellsworth</xref>, 25 May 1861,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:385-86; <title>The New York
  Herald</title> (NY), 26 May 1861, 1:3-4.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> Courier informs
  President in Ellsworth funeral procession of hostilities on Virginia side of
  Potomac. <bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 26 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> President and Sec.
  Cameron interview F. B. Cutting of New York, who believes that European public
  sentiment toward U.S. can be directed best through Rothschild organization. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Cutting to President, 28 May 1861, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of
  Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-26'>Sunday, May 26, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President directs Sec. Cameron to have Col. Max Einstein's 27th 
Pennsylvania Regiment mustered into service.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A648' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron</xref>, 26 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:386.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-27'>Monday, May 27, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President interviews three members of Eagle Artillery of Baltimore 
(60 men) who offer services of corps to Government.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 28 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Accepts six additional regiments of volunteers from Indiana.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 28 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Postmaster Gen. Blair and Gen. Meigs discuss with President 
appointment of quartermaster general; Meigs consults with President 
and Sec. Seward about Fort Pickens, Fla. Carl Schurz calls on 
President.
<bibl default='NO'>Extracts from Meigs Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Robert Lincoln at White House, on vacation from Harvard.
<bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun, 31 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln drafts letter for Adjt. Gen. Thomas to sign, authorizing Gen. 
Harney in Missouri to check every movement against Government 
"however disguised under the pretended State authority."
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A651' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Lorenzo Thomas to William S. Harney</xref>, 27 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:387.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-28'>Tuesday, May 28, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Immense throng of civil and military dignitaries attends presidential 
levee tonight. Afterward President and <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> entertain small 
group of friends.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 29 May 1861; <title>N.Y. Herald</title>, 29 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1861-05-29'>Wednesday, May 29, 1861.</date> 
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington,
  DC</place>. </dateline>
         <p> During morning Postmaster Gen. Blair talks to
  President about Gen. Butler's "fugitive slave law." <bibl default='NO'>Butler,
  <title corresp='books_Butler2'>Correspondence</title>, 1:116.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p>
  President accepts two additional Illinois regiments, Chicago Zouaves and Hecker
  Jager German Regiment. <bibl default='NO'> 
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 30 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p> In afternoon Sec. Seward and Lincoln visit several encampments on
  Virginia side of Potomac. President reviews 14th New York Regiment. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 30 May 1861.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> In evening 7th New York
  Regiment serenades President, who expresses appreciation. <bibl default='NO'>Baltimore Sun,
  31 May 1861;
  <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A659' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Seventh Regiment of New York</xref>, 30 May 1861,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:390.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <p> [William H.
  Carryl and brother, "Importers and Dealers in Curtain Materials and Trimmings
  of Every Description," Philadelphia, submits bill for $7,500 for purchases made
  by <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person> to refurnish Executive Mansion. 
  <bibl default='NO'>DNA&#8212;RG 217, General Accounting Office, 140-775 (see 15 June 1861,
  17 June 1861).</bibl>] </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-30'>Thursday, May 30, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Cabinet meets to discuss procedures relative to Negro volunteers.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 31 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Maryland district attorney consults with President concerning John 
Merryman in prison at Fort McHenry, Md., without benefit of writ of 
habeas corpus. [On May 25, 1861, John Merryman of Maryland was 
arrested by military authorities in Pennsylvania, charged with 
treason, and sent to prison in Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. Chief 
Justice Taney issued writ of habeas corpus to be heard before him on 
May 27, 1861 in Baltimore. Gen. George Cadwalader, in command at Fort 
McHenry, refused to execute writ. Taney issued writ for person of 
Cadwalader, who refused to accept service. Taney realized that 
neither writ could be executed by force, so he referred case to 
President Lincoln with admonition that laws of U.S. be respected and 
enforced. Taney contended that: 1. according to Constitution 
President had no right to suspend writ of habeas corpus; and 2. 
military can arrest only persons subject to rules and articles of 
war.]
<bibl default='NO'>Case of ex parte Merryman, 17 Fed. Cas. No. 9487; <title>N.Y. Times</title>, 31 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln asks Atty. Gen. Bates to present argument for suspension of 
writ of habeas corpus.
<bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln4;node=lincoln4%3A658' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Edward Bates</xref>, 30 May 1861, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:390.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
At 3 P.M. reviews four newly arrived New York regiments, including 
Garibaldi Guard, in front of White House. At night visits Navy Yard 
and boards steamer "Monticello" to see effects of shots from Sewall's 
Point.
<bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 31 May 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Irwin withdraws $2.50 from Springfield Marine Bank.
<bibl default='NO'>Pratt, <title corresp='books_Pratt3'>Personal Finances</title>, 176.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1861-05-31'>Friday, May 31, 1861.</date>
            <place key='38.8833, -77.0333' teiForm='name'>Washington, DC</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
President limits interviews to matters of urgent importance.
<bibl default='NO'>N.Y. Tribune, 1 June 1861.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Confers with W. P. Dole, commissioner of Indian affairs.
<bibl default='NO'>Lincoln to Dole, 31 May 1861, in possession of Mrs. J. H. Boiarsky, Toledo, Ohio.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
[Robert Lincoln, John Hay, assistant secretary to President, and John 
G. Nicolay, private secretary to President, obtain passes to cross 
Long Bridge and visit Custis mansion, home of Gen. Robert E. Lee 
(CSA), in Arlington.
<bibl default='NO'>Nicolay to Bates, 31 May 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>