Lincoln interviews General Judson Kilpatrick from Army of Potomac. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 13 February 1864, 2d ed., 2:1; Sedgwick to Lincoln, 11 February 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Atty. Gen. Bates calls on Lincoln to discuss presidential election. Bates, Diary.

President gets new stables to replace those destroyed by fire. Congress appropriates $12,000. Stat. L., XIII, 3.

President attends afternoon reception but is unwell. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 13 February 1864, CW, 7:182.

Mrs. Lincoln's Saturday afternoon reception draws large crowd, including General Sickles and member of staff. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 13 February 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.