President decides to call into military service 300,000 volunteers and urges governors of 17 states and military board of Kentucky to furnish their quotas. Call for 300,000 Volunteers, 1 July 1862, CW, 5:296-97.

After breakfast discusses confiscation bills with Sen. Browning (Ill.) at White House. Browning, Diary.

Approves act providing for internal revenue tax of 3 per cent on incomes in excess of $600 for support of government and payment of interest on public debt. Stat. L., XII, 432.

[Irwin withdraws $2 from Springfield Marine Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 177.]

President Lincoln writes to Major General George B. McClellan, who, the day prior, wrote to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and requested "very large reinforcements." Lincoln responds, "It is impossible to re-inforce you for your present emergency. If we had a million of men we could not get them to you in time. . . . If you are not strong enough to face the enemy you must find a place of security, and wait, rest, and repair. Maintain your ground if you can; but save the Army at all events." George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, 30 June 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 1 July 1862, CW, 5:298.

Proclaims real estate taxes plus penalty of 50 per cent to be lien on property in rebellious states. Proclamation Concerning Taxes in Rebellious States, 1 July 1862, CW, 5:298-99.

Recommends to Congress that Capt. Andrew H. Foote (USN) receive vote of thanks. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 1 July 1862, CW, 5:299.

President announces signing of treaty of commerce with Ottoman Empire. National Intelligencer, 6 August 1862.

Cong. George W. Julian (Ind.) discusses military outlook with President. Rice, 54.

In conference with Sec. Stanton on subject of fugitive Negroes President decides that by law they cannot be sent back to masters, should not be allowed to starve, should be given work and paid reasonable wages. Butler, Correspondence, 2:41-42.

Signs number of important bills; among them, Act to Prohibit Polygamy in Utah, and Pacific Railroad Act. Boston Advertiser, 21 July 1862; N.Y. Tribune, 3 July 1862.

Reads Gen. McClellan's dispatches to Sen. Browning (Ill.) at White House. Browning, Diary.

Approves Morrill Land Grant College Act donating public lands to states and territories providing colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts. Stat. L., XII, 503.

Again writes Gen. Halleck that reinforcements would be welcome but not at cost of delaying Chattanooga expedition. Asks if Halleck could "make me a flying visit." Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 2 July 1862, CW, 5:300-1.

Informs McClellan that "the idea of sending you fifty thousand, or any other considerable force promptly, is simply absurd. . . . Save the Army, . . . and I will strengthen it for the offensive again, as fast as I can." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 2 July 1862, CW, 5:301-2.

Returns to Senate unapproved bill for additional medical officers because it is superseded by approved bill. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 2 July 1862, CW, 5:302.

President telegraphs governors of loyal states: "If I had fifty thousand additional troops here now, I believe I could substantially close the war in two weeks." Abraham Lincoln to Union Governors, 3 July 1862, CW, 5:304.

Telegraphs Gen. McClellan: "All accounts say better fighting was never done. Ten thousand thanks for it." Help should come soon from Gens. Burnside and Hunter, but not from Gen. Halleck. Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 3 July 1862, CW, 5:303-4.

General Marcy interviews President and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to press General George B. McClellan's plea for reinforcements. Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 4 July 1862, CW, 5:305-6.

Soldiers of War of 1812 assemble in Post Office Dept. at 11 A.M. and march to White House to pay their respects. Lincoln replies to remarks of Col. William W. Seaton, president of Association of Surviving Soldiers of War of 1812 and editor of Washington Intelligencer. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 5 July 1862, 2d ed., 3:1; N.Y. Tribune, 7 July 1862.

Asks General Henry W. Halleck at Corinth, Miss., to send 10,000 infantry if it can be done without changing any plans. "Some part of the Corinth Army is certainly fighting McClellan in front of Richmond. Prisoners are in our hands from the late Corinth Army." Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 4 July 1862, CW, 5:305.

Meets train of ambulances on road to Soldiers' Home and rides along some distance talking to casualties from peninsular campaign. N.Y. Tribune, 8 July 1862.

At Soldiers' Home in evening reviews recent military actions around Richmond with General Meigs and Henry H. Sibley, former governor of Minnesota. Extracts from Meigs Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President recognizes Enrique de Ainz as consul of Spain at Portland, Maine and Friedrich Kuhne as consul for Principality of Reuss Schleitz at New York. National Intelligencer, 9 July 1862.

At telegraph office in afternoon joins conversation of Sec. Stanton and Maj. Eckert. Eckert to Colburn, 5 July 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Thanks Gen. McClellan for relief afforded by recent dispatches. "If you can hold your present position, we shall 'hive' the enemy yet." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 5 July 1862, CW, 5:307.

Transmits to Senate treaty with "Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi." Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 5 July 1862, CW, 5:307.

In evening Sen. Browning (Ill.) and friends visit Lincoln at Soldiers' Home. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln retires early, too exhausted to keep any appointments. Bache to Nicolay, 11 July 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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

Mrs. Lincoln in carriage on way to Soldiers' Home tells Comdr. Dahlgren that President frequently passes sleepless nights. Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President consents to request of Col. Sprague to visit Gen. Halleck at Corinth, Miss., for purpose of getting part of his forces directed against Richmond. Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 6 July 1862, CW, 5:308.

Sends Gen. McClellan message signed by Gen. King stating that Richmond "Examiner" censures "the confederate Generals severely for failing to capture Genl. McClellan and his army and pronounces McClellans whole movement a masterpiece of strategy." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 6 July 1862, CW, 5:308-9.

President and military party leave Washington aboard U.S.S. "Ariel" at early hour to visit Gen. McClellan with Army of Potomac at Harrison's Landing, Va. Nicolay to Bates, 13 July 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; N.Y. Tribune, 10 July 1862.

President docks at Fortress Munroe early in morning and interviews Gen. Burnside on board. Later Gen. Dix and staff call on Lincoln. N.Y. Tribune, 10 July 1862.

At 7:30 A.M. President telegraphs John Nicolay to borrow and send Robert Lincoln $280. Abraham Lincoln to John G. Nicolay, 8 July 1862, CW, 5:309.

Proceeds up James River and arrives Harrison's Landing at 6 P.M. as cannon from Flag Officer Goldsborough's flagship fire salute. Reviews army by corps and division until 9 P.M. Receives cheers of soldiers as he rides by waving his stovepipe hat. Boston Advertiser, 12 July 1862.

Gen. McClellan goes aboard U.S.S. "Ariel" and presents his letter of July 7, 1862, the "Harrison Bar Letter," to Lincoln who reads it at once. Lincoln makes no comment on contents, which are McClellan's personal views on current political and military conditions. McClellan, War for Union, 487; Randall, Lincoln, 2:100.

Lincoln interviews officers of Army of Potomac on military problems and records results in memorandum. Memorandum of Interviews Between Lincoln and Officers of the Army of the Potomac, 8-9 July 1862, CW, 5:309-12.

Visits with soldiers and examines various features of army. N.Y. Tribune, 10 July 1862.

Stops at Fortress Monroe, Va., in morning on return trip to Washington. Visits several batteries and receives salutes. Dines with Gen. Burnside on board steamer Alice Price. Departs about 4:30 P.M. National Intelligencer, 11 July 1862.

At Hampton Roads, Va., Lincoln receives Captain E. P. G. Von Duop of HMS Jason for brief social call. Great Britain, Public Record Office F.O.5/863. "Domestic Various."

Transmits to Senate postal convention with Costa Rica. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 9 July 1862, CW, 5:312.

[Mrs. Lincoln arrives in New York City in evening and occupies apartments reserved in Metropolitan Hotel. N.Y. Tribune, 10 July 1862.]

President, accompanied by Colonels Blair and James Nagle and Assistant Secretary of War Peter H. Watson, arrives at Navy Yard in afternoon aboard U.S.S. Ariel from three-day trip to Army of Potomac. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 11 July 1862, 2d ed., 2:2; Nicolay to Bates, 13 July 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Ariel runs aground on Kettle Shoals and is delayed several hours during which time President and party go for swim in Potomac. Boston Transcript, 11 July 1862.

Lincoln confers with Governor Andrew Curtin (Pa.) on appointment of commissioner of internal revenue. Nicolay to Chase, 9 July 1862, Salmon P. Chase Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President orders that Gen. Henry W. Halleck be assigned to command whole land forces of U.S. as general in chief. Order Making Henry W. Halleck General-in-Chief, 11 July 1862, CW, 5:312-13.

Writes Halleck: "Gov. Johnson, at Nashville is in trouble and great anxiety about a raid into Kentucky. The Gov. is . . . indispensable to us in Tennessee. Will you please get in communication with him, . . . before you leave for here?" Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 11 July 1862, CW, 5:313.

Recommends to Congress that thanks be given to following officers of Navy: Capts. James L. Lardner, Charles H. Davis, and Silas H. Stringham; Comdrs. John A. Dahlgren, Stephen C. Rowan, and David D. Porter. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 11 July 1862, CW, 5:315-16.

Transmits to Senate treaty with Kickapoo Indians of Kansas. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 11 July 1862, CW, 5:315.

Writes order to complete construction of southwest branch of Pacific Railroad in Missouri. Order Extending the Pacific Railroad, 11 July 1862, CW, 5:314-15.

Interviews Sen. Browning (Ill.) and Sec. Stanton at Executive Mansion. Browning, Diary.

Approves act implementing Anglo-American treaty for suppression of African slave trade. Stat. L., XII, 53.

In the White House, President Lincoln meets with Congressmen representing the border states, and urges, "Let the states which are in rebellion see . . . that, in no event, will the states you represent ever join their proposed Confederacy." Lincoln proposes that border-state slaveholders release their slaves in return for "substantial compensation" from the federal government. He reasons that the "friction and abrasion . . . [and] the mere incidents of the war" will erode "the institution [of slavery] . . . It will be gone, and you will have nothing valuable in lieu of it." Appeal to Border State Representatives to Favor Compensated Emancipation, 12 July 1862, CW, 5:317-19; New York Daily Tribune (NY), 19 July 1862, 12:1; National Republican (Washington, DC), 16 July 1862, 1:3.

Transmits to House of Representatives information regarding relations with foreign powers. Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 12 July 1862, CW, 5:319.

Signs bill creating national award for valor to be known as Congressional Medal of Honor. Stat. L., XII, 623.

Interviews Gen. Burnside who will leave in evening for Gen. McClellan's headquaters. Marcy to McClellan, 12 July 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Directs Sec. Stanton to write authorization for Gen. Dix to negotiate general exchange of prisoners. U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Supplemental Report on the Conduct of the War, 2 vols., 38th Cong., 2d sess. (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1866), 2:Hitchcock Report, 3.

[Mrs. Lincoln and Robert leave New York for West Point, N.Y. N.Y. Tribune, 12 July 1862.]

Lincoln calculates strength of Army of Potomac on paper and sends figures to Gen. McClellan for explanation. Records show 160,000 men sent to army on peninsula. Lincoln counted 86,500 when with army on 8th and 9th—five days ago. Returns show 23,500 killed, wounded, and missing. "Have you any more perfect knowledge of this than I have?" Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 13 July 1862, CW, 5:322-23.

President Lincoln writes to Major General John E. Wool regarding the welfare of some soldiers. Lincoln explains, "Two ladies are here now representing that there are four hundred sick soldiers in Baltimore, without shelter or any accommodations. Please have this looked into by the proper officers, and the evil corrected, if it really exists. At the same, time, if it is within your authority, I would be glad all the well soldiers should be gathered in and sent to their Regiments forthwith." Abraham Lincoln to John E. Wool, 13 July 1862, John E. Wool Papers, (Vault) Box 1, Folder 6, New York State Library, Albany, NY.

President Lincoln, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, and Secretary of State William H. Seward travel by "carriage" to attend the funeral of the Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's "infant child" James. Welles recalled, "It was on this occasion and on this ride that [Lincoln] first mentioned . . . the subject of emancipating the slaves by proclamation . . . He dwelt earnestly on the gravity, importance, and delicacy of the movement, said he had given it much thought and had about come to the conclusion that it was a military necessity absolutely essential for the salvation of the Union." Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911), vol. 1, 70; Benjamin P. Thomas and Harold M. Hyman, Stanton: The Life and Times of Lincoln's Secretary of War (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962), 175.

Receives James W. White, Robert H. McCurdy, and Frederick S. Winston, committee with invitation from patriotic bodies in New York to attend mass meeting. White to Lincoln, 14 July 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Mrs. Lincoln, with sons Robert and Tad, takes an excursion in New York City harbor aboard the revenue cutter Winans. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 15 July 1862, 2d ed., 1:3.]

Sen. Browning (Ill.) visits Lincoln in morning and reports that he "looks weary, care-worn and troubled." Browning, Diary.

Lincoln writes Sen. Foot (Vt.) that he may return with objection bill for an act to suppress insurrection. Abraham Lincoln to Solomon Foot, 15 July 1862, CW, 5:326.

Asks Congress to postpone adjournment at least one day. Request granted. Abraham Lincoln to Solomon Foot, 15 July 1862, CW, 5:325; Abraham Lincoln to Galusha A. Grow, 15 July 1862, CW, 5:326; N.Y. Tribune, 16 July 1862.

Lincoln refers to Sec. Stanton letter from Ninian W. Edwards concerning raising troops. CW, 8:495.

At 10 A.M. President visits Capitol and remains for convenience of Senate which adjourns at 2 P.M. Browning, Diary.

Informs Congress that Cornelius Vanderbilt has presented to U.S. steamer "Vanderbilt." Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 17 July 1862, CW, 5:331-32.

Committee of Synod of Reformed Presbyterian Church presents to President resolution on slavery. Remarks to Committee of Reformed Presbyterian Synod, 17 July 1862, CW, 5:327.

Lincoln signs "An act to suppress insurrection, and to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," together with joint resolution explanatory of act, and draft of Message stating objections to bill before it becomes law. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 17 July 1862, CW, 5:328-31; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 17 July 1862, 2d ed., 3:5-6; Stat. L., XII, 589.

Approves act amending act of February 28, 1795, and subsequent amendments, authorizing call-up of militia, and for other purposes. Stat. L., XII, 597.

Joint Congressional Committee notifies President of adjournment unless he has further communications. Senate Journal, 880.

[Mrs. Lincoln leaves New York at 6 A.M. for Washington accompanied by Lt. S. Long and Thomas W. Sweney, assessor of internal revenue at Philadelphia, former colonel of 99th Pennsylvania Infantry and apparently friend of Tad. N.Y. Tribune, 17 July 1862; Abraham Lincoln to Thomas W. Sweney, 16 October 1863, CW, 6:520-21.]

Senators Lyman Trumbull (Ill.) and James R. Doolittle (Wis.) interview Lincoln regarding appointments. Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, 18 July 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 18 July 1862, CW, 5:332.

[Mrs. Lincoln, Robert, and Tad return to Washington from their northern tour. National Republican (Washington, DC), 21 July 1862, 2:2.]

Delegation of Senators waits upon President and full cabinet and endorses policy of subsisting troops on enemy, using slaves indiscriminately, and pushing war forward without delay, negotiation, or parley. N.Y. Tribune, 21 July 1862.

Gen. Dix, invited by President to take charge of exchange of prisoners, arrives in evening and leaves following day. Stanton to McClellan, 20 July 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

At morning cabinet meeting President discusses proposed military action and slavery. Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903).

Lincoln telegraphs Gen. McClellan: "This is Monday, I hope to be able to tell you on Thursday, what is to be done with Burnside." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 21 July 1862, CW, 5:334.

Orders that subjects of foreign powers "cannot be required to take an oath of allegiance to this Government, . . . All such obligations heretofore taken are, therefore, remitted and annulled." Order Concerning Subjects of Foreign Powers, 21 July 1862, CW, 5:334-35.

Directs Sec. Welles to investigate dismissal of Asst. Prof. William R. Hopkins from naval school, and to restore him to his place if he is loyal. Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles, 21 July 1862, CW, 5:335-36.

Cabinet in session. Discussion of previous day on slavery continues. President reads first draft of Emancipation Proclamation, to become effective January 1, 1863, and at Secretary of State William H. Seward's suggestion agrees to withhold announcement until a military victory is obtained. Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903); Randall, Lincoln, 2:155; Emancipation Proclamation—First Draft, [22 July 1862], CW, 5:336-38.

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton favors decisive blow to slavery as an all-important war measure over opposition to Lincoln and cabinet. Flower, Stanton, 185.

The efficiency of Gen. McClellan is talked over in cabinet. Flower, Stanton, 172.

Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase consults with President and urges McClellan's removal. Note, 22 July 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

General Randolph B. Marcy confers with President and Secretary of War Stanton before returning to James River camp. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 23 July 1862, 2d ed., 2:2.

By order of President, Secretary of War Stanton issues Executive Order providing: 1. Military commanders may seize and use real or personal property in rebel States for military purposes. 2. Military and naval commanders may employ as laborers persons of African descent, giving them reasonable wages for their labors. 3. Accounts of property of all kinds taken from owners shall be kept as basis for proper compensation. National Intelligencer, 16 August 1862.

President grants Secretary of War Stanton "liberty to take the proper steps" to enroll militia of the several states and to draft men therefrom to fill old regiments. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 22 July 1862, CW, 5:338-39.

President, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and General Henry W. Halleck hold extended conference in War Department. Generals John Pope and Ambrose E. Burnside attend part of meeting. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 23 July 1862, 2d ed., 2:2.

Borrows from Library of Congress "Longfellow's Hiawatha, Shakespeare, IV., Neills Minnesota." [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Boston, 1855; Edward Duffield Neill, The History of Minnesota; from the Earliest French Explorers to the Present Time, Philadelphia, 1858.] Borrowers' Ledger 1861-63, 114, Archives of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sen. Browning (Ill.) at White House in morning studies maps with Lincoln, who points out importance of having Mississippi River opened. Sec. Seward comes in. Browning, Diary.

President interviews Bronson Murray of Connecticut (formerly of Illinois) relative to appointment. Abraham Lincoln to James Dixon, 24 July 1862, CW, 5:339.

Tells some two dozen persons waiting to see him in the hall outside his office, "You all want to see me on business; it is a matter of no importance to me whether I spend my time with half a dozen or with the whole of you, but it is of importance to you. Therefore, when you come in, please don't stay long." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 25 July 1862, 3d ed., 2:1.

Attends school program at Smithsonian Institution and hands out awards. Allen C. Clark, Abraham Lincoln in the National Capital (Washington, DC: W. F. Roberts Co., 1925), 40-41.

Receives word of former President Martin Van Buren's death. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 24 July 1862, 2d ed., 3:5.

President at War Dept. in morning discusses opening of Mississippi River with Sec. Stanton. Sec. Chase drops in during meeting. Stanton recommends sending Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel to clear the river. Warden, Chase, 441.

President proclaims "An act to suppress insurrection . . .," approved July 17, 1862. National Intelligencer, 26 July 1862; Proclamation of the Act to Suppres Insurrection, 25 July 1862, CW, 5:341-42.

President Lincoln addresses the approximately twenty-five people who line up outside of his office. Lincoln advises, "You all want to see me on business; it is a matter of no importance to me whether I spend my time with half a dozen or with the whole of you, but it is of importance to you. Therefore, when you come in, please don't stay long." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 25 July 1862, 2:1.

President Lincoln orders the "Executive Mansion and the several Executive Departments, excepting those of War and the Navy, be immediately placed in mourning, and all business be suspended during to morrow." Lincoln issues the order as "a mark of respect for" former President Martin Van Buren, who died on July 24, at Kinderhook, New York. Order for Observance of Death of Martin Van Buren, 25 July 1862, CW, 5:340-41; Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), 26 July 1862, 3:3.

Discusses with Mitchel plans for opening Mississippi. Warden, Chase, 441.

In evening at Soldiers' Home has conversation with Sen. Browning (Ill.) on public affairs. Browning, Diary.

Sen. Browning (Ill.) visits White House in morning to say goodbye to President. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln writes to Maryland's U.S. Senator Reverdy Johnson, who is monitoring Louisiana's situation. Johnson reported that Louisiana residents resent Union General John Phelps's attempts to organize black troops. Lincoln responds, "[I]t is their own fault . . . that they are annoyed by the presence of . . . Phelps. . . . They . . . know the way to avert all this is simply to take their place in the Union upon the old terms. . . . I am a patient man—always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance . . . Still I must save this government if possible. . . . I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed." Reverdy Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, 16 July 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Reverdy Johnson, 26 July 1862, CW, 5:342-44; Benjamin F. Butler, Private and Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler During the Period of the Civil War, 5 vols., (Norwood, MA: Plimpton Press, 1917), 2:145.

Gen. Mitchel reports to President his plans for opening Mississippi River. Official Records—Armies 441.

Sec. Chase in conference with Lincoln discusses financial reasons for removing Gen. McClellan, hopes Gen. Halleck will approve sending Gen. Mitchel to open Mississippi River, suggests giving sculptor Thomas D. Jones consulate in Italy, and comments on draft of letter addressed to Cuthbert Bullitt, Louisiana Unionist. Official Records—Armies 442.

President at War Dept. for 10 A.M. conference with Gens. Halleck and Burnside. They consider recommendation of Gen. Keyes that Army of Potomac be withdrawn from James River base unless it is reinforced by 100,000 men. Browning, Diary; Diary, Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln discloses attitude toward prosecuting war in letter to C. Bullitt: "What would you do in my position? Would you drop the war where it is? Or, would you prosecute it in future, with elder-stalk squirts, charged with rose water? . . . I am in no boastful mood. I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing." Abraham Lincoln to Cuthbert Bullitt, 28 July 1862, CW, 5:344-46.

Announces signing of treaty with Ottawa Indians of Kansas. National Intelligencer, 31 July 1862.

Appoints Chief Clerk Charles E. Mix to be acting commissioner of Indian affairs during absence of Commissioner Dole. Appointment of Charles E. Mix, 28 July 1862, CW, 5:346.

Writes Gov. Gamble (Mo.): "You ask four Regiments for Gen. Schofield, and he asks the same of the Sec. of War. Please raise them for me, as I have them not, nor can have, till some governor gives them to me." Abraham Lincoln to Hamilton R. Gamble, 28 July 1862, CW, 5:347.

Sends note to Sec. Stanton: "Sec. of War, please put Bob [Lincoln] on the way to find where John Reed of Co. C, 11 Mass. may be found." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 28 July 1862, CW, 5:347.

[Irwin deposits $87.50 in Springfield Marine Bank, payment of rent by L. A. Tilton. Pratt, Personal Finances, 165.]

New York committee interviews President regarding recruiting for old regiments. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 30 July 1862, CW, 5:349.

President Lincoln writes to Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase on behalf of Samuel Williams. Lincoln explains, "The bearer of this, son of our cook, is a good barber, and a good boy generally, I believe. He had a position during the session of Congress, in which he gave entire satisfaction as I understand, but which came to an end by the adjournment. Please see him a moment, & do something for him if you can." Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 30 July 1862, RG 56, Entry 210: Part II, Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for Positions in the Washington, D. C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910, National Archives, College Park, MD.

["I have told the President what you think of the expediency of drafting." Seward to Weed, 30 July 1862, Thurlow Weed Papers, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.]

President recognizes appointment of Theodor Schwartz as consul in Kentucky for Kingdom of Saxony. National Intelligencer, 1 August 1862.

President answers suggestion in letter addressed to August Belmont, New York financier, that "Mr. Lincoln must take a decisive course" as to restoration of Union. Lincoln writes that such a course is declared "in the inaugural, in each of two regular messages to Congress, and in many, if not all, the minor documents issued by the Executive since the inauguration." Those in rebellious states "must understand that they cannot experiment for ten years trying to destroy the government, and if they fail still come back into the Union unhurt. If they expect . . . to ever have the Union as it was, I join with the writer in saying 'Now is the time'." Abraham Lincoln to August Belmont, 31 July 1862, CW, 5:350-51.