President discusses with A. W. Thompson fiscal and political plan devised by latter. Thompson to Cameron, 3 April 1864, Simon Cameron Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Thompson to Lincoln, 3 April 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Prepares draft of order to prohibit exportation of salted provisions except those packed and shipped from state or territory bordering on Pacific Ocean. Order Prohibiting Export of Salted Provisions, 2 April 1864, CW, 7:279.

Gen. Butler invites President and Mrs. Lincoln to visit Fortress Monroe, Va. Butler, Correspondence, 4:9.

President, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Grant attend performance of Charles Gounod's Opera of Faust at Grover's Theatre. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 2 April 1864, 2d ed., 1:4; 4 April 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.