President attends Mrs. Lincoln's regular Saturday afternoon reception. Marine band plays for small crowd. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 20 February 1864, 2d ed., 2:5; Daily National Republican (Washington,DC), 20 February 1864, 2d ed., 2:4; Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Promises to see J. F. Bailey, who is expected in Washington by first of next week. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 20 February 1864, CW, 7:195.