Lincoln receives first of series of letters from Horace Greeley advocating negotiated peace. Lloyd A. Dunlap, "President Lincoln and Editor Greeley," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 5 (June 1948):100.

Advises Gov. Morgan (N.Y.) to stop three-month enlistment and send 25,000 men for three-year period or duration of war. DNA—WR RG 107, Off. Sec. War, Letters Received, Irregular Books, II, 143.

Receives list of brigadier appointments from Sen. Browning (Ill.). Browning, Diary.

Transmits articles of agreement with Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians to Senate. Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, 29 July 1861, CW, 4:464.

Asks Kentucky delegation in Congress if they will consent to "my friend Jesse Bayles" raising "a Kentucky Regiment." Abraham Lincoln to the Kentucky Delegation in Congress, 29 July 1861, CW, 4:464.