President transmits to Senate treaty with tribe of Potawatomi Indians. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 3 January 1862, CW, 5:89.

At 8 P.M. attends lecture by Horace Greeley entitled "The Nation," the fifth in a series hosted by the Washington Lecture Association, at the Smithsonian Institution. Occupies seat on platform. Discourtesy toward President exhibited by Fremont clique. National Republican (Washington, DC), 4 January 1862, 2:2; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 January 1862, 2d ed., 3:1.

In morning stands on sidewalk and reviews 6th U.S. Cavalry at Executive Mansion. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 January 1862, 2d ed., 3:6.

Telegraphs Gen. Buell: "Have arms gone forward for East-Tennessee? Please tell me the progress and condition of the movement, in that direction." Abraham Lincoln to Don C. Buell, 4 January 1862, CW, 5:90.

Recognizes Abraham Felder as vice consul of Switzerland for Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. National Republican (Washington, DC), 7 February 1862, 2:6.

Postmaster Gen. Blair at White House for talk on foreign affairs. Blair to Lincoln, 7 January 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President in fine spirits at White House reception tonight. N.Y. Herald, 22 January 1862; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 22 January 1862, 3:2.

President sends letters of sympathy and congratulation to King of Portugal: sympathy at death of brothers, congratulation on accession to throne and marriage of sister. Abraham Lincoln to Luiz I, 22 January 1862, CW, 5:104-5; Abraham Lincoln to Luiz I, 22 January 1862, CW, 5:105.

Interviews Mrs. Schermerhorn and son regarding appointment to Military Academy. Seward to Lincoln, 21 January 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Committee of New York Germans calls on President in protest against treatment of Gen. Franz Sigel. N.Y. Tribune, 23 January 1862; Card of admission, 22 January 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sends nomination of Noah H. Swayne as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court to the Senate. National Republican (Washington, DC), 23 January 1862, 2:2.

California delegation in Congress presents portrait of late Col. Baker to Lincoln as gift from William B. Farwell of San Francisco. Phelps to Lincoln, 22 January 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln transmits to Senate articles of agreement with Ponca tribe of Indians. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, [22] January 1862, CW, 5:106-7.

In evening witnesses another exhibition of Greek Fire shells on grounds south of White House. National Intelligencer, 23 January 1862; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 21 January 1862, 2:1.

In a letter to the Secretary of the War Edwin M. Stanton, President Lincoln rejects Stanton's suggestion to have "the Adjutant General [Lorenzo Thomas] . . . attend me wherever I go." Lincoln writes, "[I]t would be an uncompensating incumbrance both to him and me. When it shall occur to me to go anywhere, I wish to be free to go at once . . . It is better too, for the public service, that he shall give his time to the business of his office, and not to personal attendance on me." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 22 January 1862, CW, 5:108.

President confers with Lt. Henry A. Wise (USN), Navy Bureau of Ordnance, regarding mortars under construction at Pittsburgh. Abraham Lincoln to Andrew H. Foote, [23 January 1862], CW, 5:108.

Consults with Gen. Lane and Sen. Samuel C. Pomeroy (Kans.) regarding fugitive slaves and concludes that government cannot return them. N.Y. Tribune, 24 January 1862.

Nominates John Tucker of Pennsylvania and Peter H. Watson of Washington, DC, to be assistant secretaries of war. National Intelligencer, 25 January 1862.

Interviews Senator Lazarus W. Powell (Ky.) regarding military assessments to provide for persons made homeless. Powell to Lincoln, 29 January 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In the evening, President Lincoln and his wife, Mary, attend the Washington Theatre to watch the New York Academy of Music perform selections from two Italian operas—Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore and Vincenzo Bellini's I Puritani. A newspaper reports, "The President and Mrs. Lincoln were present, and on his appearance in one of the private boxes he was greeted with hearty applause." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 23 January 1862, 2:1, 5; 24 January 1862, 2:1.

Addresses memorandum to heads of departments and bureaus: "This man wants to work—so uncommon a want that I think it ought to be gratified. I shall be obliged by any Head of of [sic] a Bureau, or Department who can and will find work for him." Abraham Lincoln to Heads of Departments and Bureaus, 23 January 1862, CW, 5:109.

Lincoln authorizes Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to make desired changes in Bureau of Ordnance. Stanton to Lincoln, 24 January 1862, Elihu B. Washburne Papers, Library of Congress, Washington DC; Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, [24 January 1862], CW, 5:110.

Consults with E. Delafield Smith, U.S. district attorney in New York, who favors noninterference by President in case of Capt. Nathaniel Gordon, sentenced to be hanged for slave trading. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 28 January 1862, 2d ed., 2:3.

Submits to Senate correspondence in case of Spanish vessel Providencia seized by U.S. blockading squadron. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 24 January 1862, CW, 5:109-10.

Requests advice of Senate on loan to Mexico. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 24 January 1862, CW, 5:109.

William Schouler, adjutant general of Massachusetts, interviews President regarding raising of troops in Massachusetts by Gen. Butler. Butler, Correspondence, 1:324.

Sen. Browning (Ill.) spends hour with President during morning. Browning, Diary.

Subcommittee of Committee on Conduct of War interviews Lincoln on military administration of Gen. Fremont. Committee on Conduct of War, Report (1863), 1:79.

Directs U.S. Marshal for District of Columbia Ward H. Lamon to refrain from arresting or committing fugitive slaves. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 31 January 1862, 2d ed., 2:6.

Irritated by slow production of mortars, Lincoln decides, in interview as reported by Asst. Sec. Fox, "to take these army matters into his own hands." Bruce, Tools of War, 169.

Consults with Sec. Stanton and E. M. Shield, construction engineer, regarding manufacture of mortar beds. Shield to Chase, 1 February 1862, Salmon P. Chase Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In evening meets with several members of cabinet. Mrs. Lincoln not well enough to receive visitors. Journal, 27 January 1861, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln writes an endorsement on a letter from Henry A. Wise, of the U.S. Navy's Ordnance & Hydrography Bureau. Wise forwarded a request from Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, who is stationed at Cairo, Illinois. Foote explained, "As the mortar Boats have no accommodations for cooking, keeping or carrying provisions, the men must have a steamer for their accommodation. Shall I purchase or hire a steamer for them?" Lincoln replies, "If Flag-officer Foote, can find a suitable Boat which he can purchase at a fair price, let him purchase it at once." Henry A. Wise to Abraham Lincoln, 26 January 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Henry A. Wise, 27 January 1862, IHi; CW, 5:112.

Former Judge Gilbert Dean, counsel for Capt. Gordon, presents petition to President praying for life of client. Washington Star, 28 January 1862; Bates, Diary, 19 February 1862.

Lincoln submits to Senate treaty of extradition with Mexican Government. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 28 January 1862, CW, 5:113.

Gen. Banks, in town for congressional committee meeting, calls on President by invitation. Banks to Nicolay, 27 January 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President interviews Dr. Bellows and G. T. Strong of U.S. Sanitary Commission, regarding appointments to medical bureau. George Templeton Strong, Diary, 4 vols., edited by Allen Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas (New York: Macmillan, 1952).

In the evening, President Lincoln and his wife, Mary, host a reception at the White House. A newspaper reports, "Mr. Lincoln took his position in the Blue Room, and shook hands with those who passed him for two hours. At the expiration of this time he took the arm of Mrs. Senator [Zachariah] Chandler [of Michigan], and proceeded to the great East Room, and promenaded but a short time, and then withdrew from the scene. Mrs. Lincoln was never more elegantly attired, and of course was the centre of attraction." New York Herald, 29 January 1862, 5:2; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 29 January 1862, 3:2.

Lincoln meets with Ellen Sherman, the wife of General William T. Sherman, and with her father Thomas Ewing, a former United States Senator from Ohio. Some in the press speculate that General Sherman is insane. Ellen Sherman acknowledges to Lincoln that her husband is "in low spirits and in poor health," but she writes to General Sherman that she asked the President "if he thought you insane when in command at Fort Corcoran. I told him you were no more so now. That I had known you since you were ten years old and you were the Same now that you had always been." Ellen Sherman believes that some of her husband's superiors, including Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas and former Secretary of War Simon Cameron, have not been supportive of Sherman. She writes him, "I told him you had enemies among your fellow Generals & that the newspaper correspondants were mere tools. . . . I told him that Adj. Genl. Thomas and Mr Cameron were inimical to you & that they had placed you in a false light to him." Ellen Sherman states that she wanted to meet with Lincoln "to say a word against those who had conspired against you &c & in vindication of your name." She notes that Lincoln "seemed very anxious that we should believe that he felt kindly towards you." She adds, "The President is very friendly to you." Ellen Ewing Sherman to William T. Sherman, 29 January 1862, William T. Sherman Family Papers, University of Notre Dame Archives, Notre Dame, IN.

President works all morning at War Dept. N.Y. Tribune, 31 January 1862.

President issues Special War Order No. 1. Army of Potomac formed into expedition to occupy "a point upon the Rail Road South Westward of what is known of Manassas Junction . . . to move before, or on, the 22nd. day of February next." President's Special War Order No. 1, 31 January 1862, CW, 5:115.

Sends additional documentation on "Trent" affair to Congress. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 31 January 1862, CW, 5:115.

Directs that "Lane Expedition" against region west of Missouri and Kansas [Arkansas] be under supervision of Gen. McClellan and under command of Gen. Hunter. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 31 January 1862, CW, 5:115-16.

Approves act authorizing President of U.S. in certain cases to take possession of railroad and telegraph lines, and for other purposes. Stat. L., XII, 334.