Local newspaper reports that the President has been "quite indisposed" for several days but is "now recovering." National Republican (Washington, DC), 21 March 1862, 3:1.

President talks again with Gen. McDowell on troop movements of Army of Potomac McDowell to McClellan, 20 March 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

At 3 P.M. embarks from Navy Yard with Comdr. Dahlgren for meeting with Gen. McClellan at Alexandria, Va. Meeting continues in evening at White House with Secs. Stanton and Welles, Asst. Sec. Fox, McDowell, and Dahlgren present. Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln is well enough to receive visit by Mrs. Irvin McDowell. Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Irvin McDowell, 21 March 1862, CW, 5:168.