President telegraphs Mrs. Lincoln at Manchester, Vt.: "All well, and no news, except that Gen. Burnside has Knoxville, Tennessee." Abraham Lincoln to Mary Lincoln, 6 September 1863, CW, 6:434.

Requests Gen. Schenck to "direct or order that the collection of the Light-House be suspended, and that the money already collected be held, both till further order." Abraham Lincoln to Robert C. Schenck, 6 September 1863, CW, 6:434-35.