President interviews Thomas J. Turner, chairman of Union State Central Committee, and S. H. Melvin, commissioner of Union League, regarding draft quotas for Illinois. Abraham Lincoln to James B. Fry, 16 September 1864, CW, 8:8.

Cabinet meets. "Nothing of interest." Welles, Diary.

Lincoln authorizes Gen. Sigel to visit Washington. Abraham Lincoln to Franz Sigel, 16 September 1864, CW, 8:8-9.