President confers for several hours with Governor Thomas H. Hicks (Md.). Evening Star (Washington, DC), 15 April 1861, 4:1.

Interviews Carl Schurz regarding appointment to command of four regiments. Schurz to Lincoln, 11 April 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Purchases harness punch from Lutz and Co., leather goods merchants, for $1.25. Lutz Account Book. In possession of John Plugge, Chevy Chase, Md.