William Schouler, adjutant general of Massachusetts, interviews President regarding raising of troops in Massachusetts by Gen. Butler. Butler, Correspondence, 1:324.

Sen. Browning (Ill.) spends hour with President during morning. Browning, Diary.

Subcommittee of Committee on Conduct of War interviews Lincoln on military administration of Gen. Fremont. Committee on Conduct of War, Report (1863), 1:79.

Directs U.S. Marshal for District of Columbia Ward H. Lamon to refrain from arresting or committing fugitive slaves. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 31 January 1862, 2d ed., 2:6.