Lincoln spends time in temporary quarters as his office in the White House is being remodeled. Illinois Senator Lyman Trumbull notes that Lincoln's office, "which is upstairs over the room where the President receives company at the Levees . . . was just being . . . fitted up with papering . . . ,&c. The papering was done & looked very prettily. Mrs. L. was up taking a look at it." Trumbull meets with Lincoln for about an hour in the evening, and the two men discuss the war: "He said to me that he did not know of any law to authorize some things which he had done; but he thought there was a necessity for them, & that to save the constitution & the laws generally, it might be better to do some illegal acts, rather than suffer all to be overthrown. He seemed to think there was just as much law for increasing the regular army & the Navy as for calling out the three years' men. Every body seems anxious for a forward movement, & indications are not wanting that it will soon be made." Lyman Trumbull to Julia Trumbull, 2 July 1861, Lyman Trumbull Family Papers, Box 1, folder 12, IHi, Springfield, IL; John M. Palmer, The Bench and Bar of Illinois: Historical and Reminiscent, 2 vols., (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), 1:51-54, 2:618.

President authorizes General Scott to suspend writ of habeas corpus if necessary at any point of any military line between Washington and New York. Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron, 2 July 1861, CW, 4:419.

Confers with Gen. John C. Fremont who leaves for command in West. N.Y. Times, 4 July 1861.

At 2 P.M. receives Henri Mercier, French minister. Seward to Lincoln, 1 July 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Interviews Cong. Henry May (Md.), about to leave for Richmond. N.Y. Times, 8 July 1861.

With Sec. Cameron reviews 2d New Hampshire and 11th Massachusetts Regiments. N.Y. Tribune, 3 July 1861.

Visits camp of 11th Massachusetts Regiment on Pennsylvania Ave. Allen C. Clark, Abraham Lincoln in the National Capital (Washington, DC: W. F. Roberts Co., 1925), 27.

Lincoln calls cabinet meeting for 12 M. to review message to Congress. Meets with Gen. Scott and Secs. Seward and Cameron to discuss assignment of Gen. Fremont. Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 3 July 1861, CW, 4:419-20.

Confers with Seward and Gen. Meigs on news that Gen. Patterson is across river at Williamsport, Md. Extracts from Meigs Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

At 4 P.M. 1st Brigade New Jersey Volunteers passes in review at White House. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 5 July 1861, 3:2.

Sen. Orville H. Browning (Ill.) at Executive Mansion in evening discusses message to Congress with Lincoln. ["Since my return from Illinois (June 18) the President has been engaged almost constantly in writing his message, and has refused to receive any calls whatever, either of friendship or business, except from members of the Cabinet, or high officials." Nicolay to Bates, 3 July 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]

In conversation says: "Browning, of all the trials I have had since I came here, none begin to compare with those I had between the inauguration and the fall of Fort Sumpter [sic]. They were so great that could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them." Memorandum, 3 July 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Browning, Diary.

Joint Congressional Committee announces to President that Congress is ready to receive communications. Senate Journal, 8.

President's message of July 4, 1861 read before Congress. Globe, 11.

In afternoon, with family and friends, Lincoln reviews 26th Pennsylvania Regiment under Col. William F. Small and 27th Pennsylvania Regiment under Col. Einstein. N.Y. Times, 6 July 1861.

Receives June salary warrant for $2,083.33. Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.

President notifies Gov. Charles S. Olden (N.J.) that a total of eight regiments of three-year volunteers will be accepted. Abraham Lincoln to Charles S. Olden, 24 July 1861, CW, 4:458-59.

In afternoon President sees experiments with Sherwin's rifled cannon, orders construction of six-pounder. N.Y. Tribune, 25 July 1861.

President and Sec. Seward visit 71st New York Regiment at Navy Yard. N.Y. Tribune, 25 July 1861.

Lincoln interviews Sen. Browning (Ill.) and Lt. George P. Ihrie (resigned) about paymaster appointment. Browning, Diary.

Receives Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe. Bruce, Tools of War, 87.

Sends communications to House of Representatives regarding foreign correspondence on subjects of insurrection in U.S. and maritime rights. Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 25 July 1861, CW, 4:459; Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 25 July 1861, CW, 4:459-60.

In morning Lincoln receives Missouri patronage group, including Cong. James S. Rollins (Mo.). Browning, Diary.

Escorts Prof. Lowe to see Gen. Scott. Bruce, Tools of War, 87.

Cabinet in session more than four hours. N.Y. Times, 27 July 1861.

New York delegation (Judge McKean, Gen. Bullard, and Prof. McCoy) urges recall of Gen. Wool to active service. N.Y. Tribune, 27 July 1861.

In evening, accompanied by Senator William P. Fessenden, President visits Navy Yard to observe experiments with a new weapon. Evenig Star (Washington, DC), 27 July 1861, 3:3.

President calls Gen. McClellan to White House and places him in command of all troops in vicinity of Washington. McClellan, War for Union, 66.

Summons McClellan to cabinet meeting that does not include Gen. Scott, who learns of arrangement and detains McClellan in conference until meeting is over. Randall, Lincoln, 1:393.

"I explained to the President the cause of my apparent lack of courtesy, at which he seemed more amused than otherwise." McClellan, War for Union, 66.

President approves letter of Sec. Seward to Henry S. Sanford, American minister in Brussels, offering commission in army to Giuseppe Garibaldi, liberator of Italy. Nelson H. Gay, "Lincoln's Offer of a Command to Garibaldi," Century Magazine 75 (November 1907):67.

Sends communication to House of Representatives regarding arrest of Baltimore police commissioners. Answers Senate resolution relative to instructions given American ministers about rebellion in Southern portion of Union. Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 27 July 1861, CW, 4:461-62.

President and Mrs. Lincoln visit 27th New York Regiment and chat with wounded. N.Y. Tribune, 28 July 1861.

President greets everyone at White House levee. Russell, Diary.

Adds to memorandum written July 23, 1861 on military policy suggested by defeat at Bull Run. Memoranda of Military Policy Suggested by the Bull Run Defeat, 27 July 1861, CW, 4:457-58.

President and Mrs. Lincoln attend Presbyterian Church services. Meet Sen. Browning (Ill.), who accepts invitation to dinner at Executive Mansion. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln receives first of series of letters from Horace Greeley advocating negotiated peace. Lloyd A. Dunlap, "President Lincoln and Editor Greeley," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 5 (June 1948):100.

Advises Gov. Morgan (N.Y.) to stop three-month enlistment and send 25,000 men for three-year period or duration of war. DNA—WR RG 107, Off. Sec. War, Letters Received, Irregular Books, II, 143.

Receives list of brigadier appointments from Sen. Browning (Ill.). Browning, Diary.

Transmits articles of agreement with Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians to Senate. Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, 29 July 1861, CW, 4:464.

Asks Kentucky delegation in Congress if they will consent to "my friend Jesse Bayles" raising "a Kentucky Regiment." Abraham Lincoln to the Kentucky Delegation in Congress, 29 July 1861, CW, 4:464.