Lincoln and John Hay visit War Dept. telegraph office before breakfast. Hay, Letters and Diary.

President presents Gen. Pope's report of his Virginia campaign to members of cabinet, who decide against publication. Welles, Diary; Official Records—Armies 461-62.

Gen. McClellan orders guard established at President's residence on grounds of Soldiers' Home. McClellan to Lincoln, 5 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President receives August salary warrant for $2,083.34. Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.