Cabinet meets in afternoon with Secs. Seward and Chase, and Postmaster Gen. Blair absent. Welles, Diary.

Delegation from Baltimore calls on President and protests removal of Joseph J. Stewart as collector for Second District. Memorandum Concerning Joseph J. Stewart, 29 December 1863, CW, 7:97.

President sends notice that he will receive army officers at New Year's Day reception at 11:30 A.M. DNA—WR RG 94, Adjt. Gen. Off., Letters Received, Box 711.