President receives dispatches from Gen. McClellan at Camp Advance, Va., that enemy will not attack for day or two. McClellan to Lincoln, 12 October 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Inspects work at Navy Yard in afternoon. National Republican (Washington, DC), 14 October 1861, 3:2; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 14 October 1861, 2:1.

Holds evening conference at Sec. Seward's house with Asst. Secs. Thomas A. Scott (War) and Fox (Navy). Hay, Letters and Diary.