President and Secretary of State William H. Seward call on General George B. McClellan for informal conversation. McClellan, War for Union, 170.

President and Secretary of State Seward also visited the Navy Yard. National Republican (Washington, DC), 17 October 1861, 3:2; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 17 October 1861, 2:2.

With Generals Sprague and Anderson, Lincoln reviews the Fourth Rhode Island regiment. National Republican (Washington, DC), 17 October 1861, 3:2.