Presidential party, including Mrs. Lincoln, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus V. Fox, and several others, arrives at Navy Yard aboard Baltimore in morning. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 1 August 1864, 3d ed., Extra, 2:1.

President asks Senator Edwin D. Morgan (N.Y.) to come to Washington at once. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin D. Morgan, 1 August 1864, CW, 7:474.

Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles confers with Lincoln about trial of Benjamin G. and Franklin W. Smith ("Smith Brothers") of Boston, charged with attempt to defraud government. Welles, Diary, 2 August 1864.

Lincoln considers request of wife of Surg. Gen. William A. Hammond for interview and prefers not to see her. Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. William A. Hammond, [2 August 1864], CW, 7:474-75.

Cabinet meets. Military affairs discussed. Bates, Diary.

President confers with Sen. Morgan (N.Y.) and produces correspondence with former Sec. Chase at time Chase resigned. Welles, Diary, 5 August 1864.

President sends congratulations to Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway, on marriage of Prince Nicolas Auguste. Abraham Lincoln to Charles XV, 3 August 1864, CW, 7:475.

Offers condolences to Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, on death of Archduchess Hildegarde. Abraham Lincoln to Francis Joseph I, 3 August 1864, CW, 7:475-76.

Congratulates King Leopold of Belgians on birth of granddaughter. Abraham Lincoln to Leopold, 3 August 1864, CW, 7:477.

Congratulates William I, King of Prussia, on daughter born to Princess Antonie. Abraham Lincoln to William I, 3 August 1864, CW, 7:478-79.

Interviews Michael Burns, president of North Western Railroad, and refers him to Sec. Stanton . Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 3 August 1864, CW, 7:478.

Lincoln writes Gen. Grant: "'Putting our army South of the enemy' or of following [']him to the death' . . . will neither be done nor attempted unless you watch it every day, and hour, and force it." Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 3 August 1864, CW, 7:476.

Instructs Sec. Stanton to suspend order of Gen. Hunter, who directed arrest and shipment south of Union lines of secessionist residents of Frederick, Md. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 3 August 1864, CW, 7:477-78.

Day of National Humiliation and Prayer appointed by President Lincoln. President and Postmaster General Montgomery Blair attend services at New York Avenue Prebyterian Church, where Dr. Septimus Tustin preached. Proclamation of a National Day of Prayer; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 5 August 1864, 2d ed., 2:1, 3:1.

President receives dispatch at noon that Gen. Grant leaves City Point, Va., in two hours for Washington. Grant to Lincoln, 4 August 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President receives note from Sec. Stanton that Gen. Grant is at War Dept. Replies: "I will come over in a few minutes." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, [5 August 1864], CW, 7:482.

Cabinet meets. Only four members present. Welles, Diary.

Atty. Gen. Bates calls on President to deliver letter of Col. James O. Broadhead, provost marshal general of Missouri, on Missouri affairs. Bates, Diary.

Lincoln interviews Gen. Sheridan, who has been called to Washington and ordered to join Grant at Monocacy Junction. Philip H. Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, 2 vols. (New York: C. L. Webster, 1888), 1:463-64.

In evening Sec. Seward reads Davis Protest [Wade-Davis Manifesto] to Lincoln, who wants to know if protestors intend openly to oppose his election. Butler, Correspondence, 5:8.

Lincoln receives July salary warrant for $1,981.67, reduced $101.66 by income tax enacted June 30, 1864. Pratt, Personal Finances, 183.