Delegation consisting of Cong. Crittenden (Ky.) and Sens. John P. Hale (N.H.), Henry S. Lane (Ind.), and James W. Nesmith (Oreg.) confers with President on behalf of Maj. Henry D. Wallen. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 18 January 1862, CW, 5:103.

Mrs. Lincoln sends carriage to bring Sen. Browning (Ill.) to White House in evening. Lincoln and Browning talk for more than hour. Sen. Garrett Davis (Ky.) joins them. Browning, Diary.