President approves resolution submitting Thirteenth Amendment to states. Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States, 1 February 1865, CW, 8:253-54.

Interviews J. W. Singleton, who has talked with President Davis. Randall, Lincoln, 4:330.

Confers with Sen. Howe (Wis.) about idea of furloughing sick, proposed in letter of Mrs. Porter. Howe to Lincoln, 1 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Interviews Henry Ward Beecher relative to outlook for peace. Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Beecher, 27 February 1865, CW, 8:318-19.

Responds to serenade of crowd at White House celebrating passage of resolution sending Thirteenth Amendment to states. N.Y. Tribune, 3 February 1865; Response to a Serenade, 1 February 1865, CW, 8:254-55.

President seldom gets to bed before midnight. William H. Crook, "Lincoln as I Knew Him. Compiled and written down by Margarita S. Gerry," Harper's Monthly Magazine 114 (December 1906):110-11.

Telegraphs Maj. Eckert at City Point, Va.: "Call at Fortress-Monroe & put yourself under direction of Mr. S. [Seward] whom you will find there." Abraham Lincoln to Thomas T. Eckert, 1 February 1865, CW, 8:252.

Telegraphs Gen. Grant: "Let nothing which is transpiring, change, hinder, or delay your Military movements, or plans." Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 1 February 1865, CW, 8:252.

President telegraphs Gen. Grant at 9 A.M.: "Say to the gentlemen [Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell] I will meet them personally at Fortress-Monroe, as soon as I can get there." Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, 2 February 1865, CW, 8:256.

Writes check to John G. Nicolay for $20.00. CW, 8:579.

At 11 A.M., leaves by special train for Annapolis, Md., where he boards steamer "Thomas Collyer," and late in evening arrives at Fortress Monroe. Immediately goes on board steamer "River Queen," where Sec. Seward is waiting. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 2 February 1865, 2d ed., Extra, 2:1; Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 10 February 1865, CW, 8:274-85; Edward C. Kirkland, The Peacemakers of 1864 (New York: Macmillan, 1927), 244.

"The President and Mr. Seward have gone to Hampton Roads to have an interview with the Rebel commissioners,—Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell." Welles, Diary.

President conducts Hampton Roads Peace Conference for four hours in morning aboard "River Queen." Randall, Lincoln, 4:333; Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, 2 vols. (London: Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886), 2:422.

After conference visits with Alexander H. Stephens and promises to see what can be done to exchange Stephens's nephew. Clarence E. Macartney, Lincoln and His Cabinet (New York: Scribner, 1931), 168; Abraham Lincoln to Charles W. Hill, 4 February 1865, CW, 8:259; Abraham Lincoln to Alexander H. Stephens, 10 February 1865, CW, 8:287.

Leaves Fortress Monroe, Va., for return trip to Washington on "River Queen" at 5 P.M. N.Y. Herald, 5 February 1865.

[Irwin withdraws $37.74 from Springfield Marine Bank to pay Lincoln's taxes. Pratt, Personal Finances, 178.]

At 7:30 A.M. President leaves Annapolis, Md., following overnight trip up Chesapeake Bay from Hampton Roads, Va., on "River Queen." Arrives in Washington at 9:25 A.M. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 February 1865, 2d ed., 2:1; Washington Chronicle, 6 February 1865.

Orders Lt. John A. Stephens (CSA), nephew of Alexander H. Stephens and prisoner of war on Johnson's Island to report in person to White House. Abraham Lincoln to Charles W. Hill, 4 February 1865, CW, 8:259.

Transmits to Senate information on condition of Mexico and case of French steamer "Rhine." Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 4 February 1865, CW, 8:259-60.

Cabinet meets in special session from noon until 1 P.M. to hear reports of President and Secretary of State Seward on Hampton Roads Conference. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 February 1865, 2d ed., 2:4; Welles, Diary.

President confers with Secretary of War Stanton on effect of conference on Gen. Grant's military plans and authorizes Stanton to telegraph Grant "that nothing transpired, or transpiring with the three gentlemen from Richmond, is to cause any change hinderance or delay, of your military plans or operations." Stanton to Grant, 4 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln holds afternoon reception from 1 to 3 P.M., and President attends. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 February 1865, 2d ed., 2:4; Washington Chronicle, 5 February 1865.

President reads to cabinet meeting at 7 P.M. proposal for joint resolution of Congress whereby payment of $400 million would be distributed among 16 states pro rata on their slave population in return for cessation of all resistance to national authority by April 1, 1865. Cabinet unanimously disapproves. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, [5 February 1865], CW, 8:260-61; Seward to Welles, 5 February 1865, Gideon Welles Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President interviews Committee of Board of Supervisors of New York regarding troop quotas. Abraham Lincoln to James B. Fry, 6 February 1865, CW, 8:262-63.

Establishes board to examine into proper quotas and credits of respective states. Order to Make Corrections in the Draft, 6 February 1865, CW, 8:264-65.

Public reception at White House from 8:30 to 11 P.M. draws largest crowd of the season thus far. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 6 February 1865, 2d ed., 2:1, 7 February 1865, 3d ed., 2:4.

Lincoln receives January salary warrant for $1,981.67. Pratt, Personal Finances, 184.

President receives Cong. Colfax (Ind.) for talks about Hampton Roads Conference. Colfax to Lincoln, 8 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Cabinet meets. "Very little before the Cabinet." Welles, Diary.

President makes brief call on F. P. Blair, Sr. Blair to Lincoln, 8 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Interviews A. M. Laws regarding permit to trade in cotton. Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, February 1865, CW, 8:267-68.

R. A. Gray, representing H. Jouette Gray of Harrisonburg, Va., calls on President relative to collecting ground rents. Abraham Lincoln to James Speed, 7 February 1865, CW, 8:268.

Lincoln writes William Lloyd Garrison, antislavery leader and publisher, to thank him and group of donors for painting entitled "Watch Night-, or Waiting for the Hour." Abraham Lincoln to William Lloyd Garrison, 7 February 1865, CW, 8:265-66.

President Lincoln telegraphs Lieutenant Colonel John Glenn with the 120th Colored Infantry, Henderson, Kentucky, in response to reports that Glenn has been "forcing negroes into the Military service" using "tortur[e]...to extort their consent." Lincoln warns, "The like must not be done by you, or any one under you. You must not force negroes any more than white men." Abraham Lincoln to John Glenn, 7 February 1865, CW, 8:266.

President receives delegation from New York Young Men's Republican Union. Hoyt to Lincoln, 1 March 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

J. W. Forney calls on Lincoln to announce that Sen. Daniel Clark (N.H.) is president pro tempore of Senate. Forney to Lincoln, 9 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

O. H. Browning confers with President at night and receives letter, for delivery to Gen. Grant, relative to trading operations of J. W. Singleton. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln submits papers of Col. James C. Briscoe to Sec. Stanton , "simply remarking that they seem to be good and ample." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 19 February 1865, CW, 8:307.

President suspends White House public receptions "for the present." Washington Chronicle, 19 February 1865.

Notifies James Gordon Bennett of decision to nominate him as minister to France. Abraham Lincoln to James G. Bennett, 20 February 1865, CW, 8:307-8.

Writes Gov. Thomas C. Fletcher (Mo.): "It seems that there is now no organized military force of the enemy in Missouri and yet that destruction of property and life is rampant every where. . . . Each leaving all others alone solves the problem. . . . Please consider whether it may not be well to suggest this to the now afflicted people of Missouri." Abraham Lincoln to Thomas C. Fletcher, 20 February 1865, CW, 8:308.

Lincoln issues pass for R. A. Pryor to report to Gen. Grant for exchange. Pass for Roger A. Pryor, 25 February 1865, CW, 8:317.

President and Mrs. Lincoln greet guests at afternoon reception. Washington Chronicle, 26 February 1865; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 27 February 1865, 2d ed., 2:4.

Charles Adolphe de Pineton, Marquis de Chambrun, French diplomat and friend of Sen. Sumner (Mass.), meets President at reception in White House and two days later writes of him: "He dominates everyone present and maintains his exalted position without the slightest effort." Adolphe de Pineton, marquis de Chambrun, Impressions of Lincoln and the Civil War: A Foreigner's Account (New York: Random House, 1952), 21-23.

President transmits to Senate report of Secretary of War and "General Orders No. 23, issued by Major General Banks," promulgating regulations concerning compensated plantation labor. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 25 February 1865, CW, 8:317.

F. B. Carpenter and party in President's office see manuscript referred to as Second Inaugural address. Carpenter, Six Months, 234.

President lays before Senate treaty with Indian tribes in Oregon. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 27 February 1865, CW, 8:322.

Interviews Cong. Arnold (Ill.), who is seeking an appointment. Arnold to Lincoln, 28 February 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Writes note: "Will Mr. Dickson, Chief Engineer of Hibernia please pump the water out of a certain well, which Tad will show?" ["Hibernia" was fire engine sent from Philadelphia during War and remained in capital for some time.] Abraham Lincoln to ? Dickson, 27 February 1865, CW, 8:319.

Inquires of Gov. Fletcher (Mo.): "Have you received my letter of the 20th? I think some such thing as therein suggested, is needed. If you put it before the people, I will direct the Military to co-operate. Please answer." [Lincoln proposed policy of each leaving all others alone as possible solution of Missouri's problem of unorganized fighting.] Abraham Lincoln to Thomas C. Fletcher, 27 February 1865, CW, 8:319-20.

President interviews Anthony A. C. Rogers of Arkansas, relative to prisoner of war at Camden, Ark. Abraham Lincoln to Ethan A. Hitchcock, 28 February 1865, CW, 8:324.

Transmits to Senate communication from secretary of war and report of court of inquiry into explosion of mine in front of Petersburg, Va. Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, 28 February 1865, CW, 8:324.