President interviews Joseph Merrifield, who has filed complaint against Gen. Butler. Merrifield to Lincoln, 25 February 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Former Cong. Casey (Ky.) consults with Lincoln about bringing cotton out of Red River area. Casey to Lincoln, 25 February 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President notifies Sec. Chase to arrange 7 P.M. White House interview for J. F. Bailey about New York customs organization. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 25 February 1864, CW, 7:204.

President and Mrs. Lincoln visit Grover's Theatre for performance by Edwin Booth in the title role in John Howard Payne's Brutus. Washington Chronicle, 26 February 1864; Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), 25 February 1864, 3:6.

Lincoln telegraphs Gen. Steele: "General Sickles is not going to Arkansas. He probably will make a tour down the Mississippi, and home by the Gulf and ocean, but he will not meddle in your affairs." Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Steele, 25 February 1864, CW, 7:204-5.