Sec. Seward, in presence of Atty. Gen. Bates, reads to President dispatch announcing success of new Maryland Constitution. Bates, Diary.

Gen. Butler interviews President prior to taking charge of policing polls at national election in New York. Benjamin F. Butler, Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences . . . Butler's Book (Boston: A. M. Thayer, 1892), 775.

W. O. Bartlett calls on Lincoln relative to appointment of James Gordon Bennett as Minister to France. Abraham Lincoln to Abram Wakeman, 26 January 1865, CW, 8:239-40.

Post Office Dept. establishes domestic money order system. J. Duane Squires, "Some Enduring Achievements of the Lincoln Administration, 1861-65," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 5 (December 1848):200.

President endorses letter of Sgt. H. Warren Stimson, 142d Pennsylvania Volunteers: "West-Point. I wish this 'soldier boy' to have a chance." Endorsement Concerning H. Warren Stimson, 1 November 1864, CW, 8:85.

New York commissioners, accompanied by Sec. Stanton , make formal courtesy call on President at 1 P.M. Stanton to Lincoln, 2 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

At 2 P.M. Rev. G. H. Blakeslee, Methodist pastor at Binghamton, N.Y., and Rev. E. W. Breckinridge, brother of R. J. Breckinridge, visit President, who autographs their books. Rufus R. Wilson, ed., Intimate Memories of Lincoln (Elmira, NY: Primavera Press, 1942), 432.

Lincoln receives another request from Mrs. Emily Todd Helm for privilege of going south to sell her cotton. Helm to Lincoln, 30 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Soldier on furlough to vote for Gen. McClellan has trouble getting transportation and calls on Lincoln, who orders: "Let this man have transportation immediately." Washington Chronicle, 16 November 1864.

President receives report from Dr. Zacharie who has been concentrating on Jewish vote in New York City. Bertram W. Korn, American Jewry and the Civil War (Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951), 200.

President approves location of first 100 miles of Union Pacific Railroad west from Omaha, Nebr. Approval of First Hundred Miles of Union Pacific Railroad, 4 November 1864, CW, 8:89.

Confers with John A. Stewart, U.S. treasury official in New York, regarding conspiracy among certain bankers to raise price of gold on election day. Benjamin F. Butler, Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences . . . Butler's Book (Boston: A. M. Thayer, 1892), 762-63.

Interviews Mrs. Hutter who urges four asylums in each state to care for war orphans and destitute persons. Memorandum, [c. 4 November 1864], CW, 8:90.

Issues order concerning prisoners involved in Coles County riots: "Let these prisoners be sent back to Coles County, Ill., those indicted be surrendered to the sheriff of said county, and the others be discharged." Order Concerning Prisoners from Coles County, Illinois, 4 November 1864, CW, 8:90.

Lincoln sends autographed photograph to Mrs. Henry A. Wise of Boston for use of National Sailors' Fair. Abraham Lincoln to Charlotte B. Wise, 5 November 1864, CW, 8:92-93.

Receives October salary warrant for $1,981.67. Pratt, Personal Finances, 183.

Loans M. B. Church, former law student in office of Lincoln & Herndon, $260 for five months. [This was never repaid. Mrs. Lincoln requested administrator not to try to collect it.] Pratt, Personal Finances, 82.

President sends order through Gen. Canby at New Orleans to Rear Adm. Farragut at Mobile Bay: "Do not, on any account, or on any showing of authority whatever, from whomsoever purporting to come, allow the blockade to be violated." Abraham Lincoln to David G. Farragut, 11 November 1864, CW, 8:103-4.

Writes Sec. Seward at Auburn, N.Y.: "Nothing of much importance." Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 6 November 1864, CW, 8:94.

President directs Gen. Butler to avoid clash between U.S. military forces and state militia during election in New York. Butler, Correspondence, 5:329.

Orders five-day leave, with pass and transportation to and from Philadelphia, for Lt. A. W. White. Order Concerning A. W. White, 7 November 1864, CW, 8:95.

Deposits April salary warrant for $2,022.33 and July salary warrant for $1,981.67 in Riggs Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 183.

Elizabeth S. Comstock, Quaker minister, pays evening call; reads to Lincoln from Book of Isaiah, 9th to 13th verses. "Mr. Lincoln was highly gratified with the interview, and before taking her leave she kneeled in prayer, while he joined in the reverend attitude." Armory Square Hospital Gazette (Washington, DC), 26 November 1864.

President interviews Mary E. Collins about special exchange of Capt. William A. Collins, Co. D, 10th Wisconsin Infantry. Abraham Lincoln to Ethan A. Hitchcock, 8 November 1864, CW, 8:95.

Recognizes Teodoro Manara as consul of Republic of Guatemala at New York. Washington Chronicle, 11 November 1864.

Tad discovers that soldiers quartered in White House grounds are voting for Lincoln and Johnson. Makes father go to window and watch. Noah Brooks, "Personal Reminiscences of Lincoln," Scribner's Monthly 15 (1877/1878):675.

At noon Lincoln discusses election with Noah Brooks. Randall, Lincoln, 4:259.

Receives from Carlos Pierce mammoth ox called "General Grant." Rice to Lincoln, 22 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Alexander H. Rice, 8 November 1864, CW, 8:96-97.

[6:30 P.M. John Nicolay in Springfield, Ill., reports majority of 20 for Lincoln in township. Nicolay to Lincoln, 8 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]

At 7 P.M. in rain President and John Hay go to Sec. Stanton 's office in War Dept. to receive election returns. Stanton and Sec. Welles, Asst. Secs. Fox and Dana, and others are present. During lull in telegraphic reports Lincoln reads aloud from writings of Nasby. Stanton expresses indignation at nonsense. At mid-night Maj. Eckert provides supper. Lincoln "shovels out fried oysters." During evening and night former Sec. Chase, Col. Eaton, Whitelaw Reid, correspondent for Cincinnati "Gazette," and others pay short visits. Hay, Letters and Diary; Charles A. Dana, Recollections of the Civil War. With the Leaders at Washington and in the Field in the Sixties (New York: Appleton, 1902), 261; Rufus R. Wilson, ed., Intimate Memories of Lincoln (Elmira, NY: Primavera Press, 1942), 577-78.

"I have the honor to resign my commission as a Major General in the Army of the U.S.A., with the request that it may be accepted to take effect today. I am, sir, very respectfully, George B. McClellan." DNA—WR RG 94, Adjt. Gen. Off., Letters Received, M1250 (CB) 1864.

Lincoln writes managing committee of Sailors' Fair in Boston: "Allow me to wish you a great success. . . . To all, from Rear Admiral, to honest Jack I tender the Nation's admiration and gratitude." Abraham Lincoln to the Managing Committee of the Sailors' Fair, 8 November 1864, CW, 8:95.

Informs Sec. Seward at Auburn, N.Y.: "News from Grant, Sherman, Thomas and Rosecrans, satisfactory, but not important. Pirate Florida captured by the Wauchusetts [U.S.S. "Wachusett"] Oct. 7th. on coast of Brazil. The information is certain." Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 8 November 1864, CW, 8:97.

President continues to receive many telegrams relative to election. November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In morning Lincoln meets with General Ambrose E. Burnside. Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 14 November 1864, 2d ed., 2:5.

President accepts resignation of General George B. McClellan and appoints General Philip Sheridan to rank of major general. Washington Chronicle, 16 November 1864.

O. H. Browning at White House in evening learns that President has not started on his Message to Congress. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln writes Gen. Hurlbut: "Few things, since I have been here, have impressed me more painfully than what, for four or five months past, has appeared as bitter military opposition to the new State Government of Louisiana." Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, 14 November 1864, CW, 8:106-8.

Lincoln writes famous letter to Mrs. Lydia Bixby. [Although original manuscript is generally believed to be lost, an authentic text appeared in Boston "Transcript," November 25, 1864.] Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Lydia Bixby, 21 November 1864, CW, 8:116-17.

Interviews Cyrus M. Allen of Vincennes, Ind., who speaks for appointment of Joseph G. Bowman, colleague of Lincoln in Illinois Legislature in 1839, as assessor of internal revenue. Abraham Lincoln to William P. Fessenden, 21 November 1864, CW, 8:117.

Lincoln writes to 104-year-old John Phillips, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. In his lifetime, Phillips voted in many presidential elections, and he recently cast a vote for Lincoln's re-election. Lincoln thanks Phillips "for the compliment paid me by the suffrage of a citizen so venerable." Lincoln notes Phillips's "devotion to civic duties," and adds, "It is not for myself only, but for the country which you have in your sphere served so long and so well, that I thank you." F. W. Emmons to Abraham Lincoln, 9 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to John Phillips, 21 November 1864, CW, 8:118; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 9 December 1864, 1:6; New York Daily Tribune, 9 December 1864, 4:6; Harper's Weekly, 10 December 1864, 797.

[John Nicolay not seriously ill, expects to be out in few days. Washington Star, 21 November 1864.]

Writes former Cong. Augustus R. Wright (Ga.): "Admitting that your cotton was destroyed by the Federal Army, I do not suppose any-thing could be done for you now. Congress has appropriated no money for that class of claims, and will not, I expect, while the active war lasts." Abraham Lincoln to Augustus R. Wright, 21 November 1864, CW, 8:119-20.

President confers with A. G. Hodges and Gen. Samuel G. Suddarth, of Kentucky State Militia, in hope of devising means of harmony for Kentucky. Hodges to Lincoln, 1 December 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Thomas E. Bramlette, 22 November 1864, CW, 8:120.

Interviews Gov. Morton (Ind.) regarding war news printed in Indianapolis "Daily Journal." Harper, Press, 332.

Receives information that ox presented to National Sailors' Fair brought $3,200. Rice to Lincoln, 22 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Elizabeth Todd Grimsley seeks appointment as postmaster at Springfield, Ill. Grimsley to Lincoln, 22 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

General Ulysses S. Grant and staff in Washington conduct long interviews with President, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and General Henry W. Halleck. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 23 November 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.

Senator Ramsey (Minn.) visits President and secretary of war. "President in fine spirits." LL, No. 1250.