Lincoln, in letter of March 1, 1840, writes Stuart: "Douglas, having chosen to consider himself insulted by something in the `Journal,' undertook to cane [Simeon] Francis in the street. Francis caught him by the hair and jammed him back against a market-cart, where the matter ended by Francis being pulled away."Abraham Lincoln to John T. Stuart, 1 March 1840, CW, 1:206-7.

In evening Lincoln receives letter from R. S. Thomas of Virginia, Illinois, enclosing petition for mail route.Abraham Lincoln to Richard S. Thomas, 1 March 1848, CW, 1:455.

Lincoln buys sweet oil (15¢) at Corneau & Diller, druggists. Pratt, Personal Finances, 151.

Lincoln travels from Providence to Exeter, where his son Robert is in school. (He probably leaves Providence at 10:40 A.M., changes trains at Boston, and arrives at 4:27.) At Exeter committee meets him and secures promise to speak at Dover Friday. Elwin L. Page, Abraham Lincoln in New Hampshire (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929), 25-27.

President sends autograph copy of Gettysburg Address to George Bancroft for Baltimore Sanitary Fair. Abraham Lincoln to George Bancroft, 29 February 1864, CW, 7:212.

President Lincoln responds to a recent letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, who wrote to Lincoln in light of the publication of the "Pomeroy Circular." Senator Samuel Pomeroy, of Kansas, cast doubts on Lincoln's chances for re-election and suggested that Chase would make a better Republican candidate. Lincoln writes that although he has "not yet read" the circular, he "was not shocked, or surprised" to learn of its existence. Lincoln agrees that neither man should be "justly held responsible for what our respective friends may do without our instigation or countenance." Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 29 February 1864, CW, 7:212-13.

[Assoc. Justice David Davis says of Chase's aspirations, "Mr. Lincoln must be 'obstinately pacific.'" Davis to Weed, 14 March 1864, Thurlow Weed Papers, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.]

Interviews Cong. Rufus P. Spalding (Ohio) and former Cong. Riddle (Ohio), consul at Matanzas, Cuba, representatives of Chase hoping to learn if President was connected with Postmaster Gen. Blair's speech attacking Chase. Albert G. Riddle, Recollections of War Times: Reminiscences of Men and Events in Washington, 1860-1865 (New York: Putnam, 1895), 270-77.

Transmits to House of Representatives report from secretary of war relative to the reenlistment of "Veteran Volunteers." Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 29 February 1864, CW, 7:214.

Communicates to Senate articles of agreement concluded with Swan Creek, Black River Chippewas, and the Munsees or Christian Indians in Kansas. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, [29] February 1864, CW, 7:215.