President interviews Sen. Doolittle (Wis.) and makes known to him certain views of Sec. Stanton. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 8 February 1864, CW, 7:174.

Accompanied by wife and family, visits Washington Theatre to see Laura Keene in the drama The Sea of Ice, or a Mother's Prayer. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 9 February 1864, 2d ed., 3:1; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 9 February 1864, 2d ed., 3:1.

[Irwin withdraws $33.55 from Springfield Marine Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 177.]

Lincoln assures Gov. Isaac Murphy (Ark.) that Gen. Steele will support Murphy's plan to organize state government. Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Murphy, 8 February 1864, CW, 7:173-74.