Lincoln receives E. Peck, associate justice, U.S. Court of Claims, and gives him card of introduction to secretary of treasury. Abraham Lincoln to William P. Fessenden, 6 October 1864, CW, 8:38.

Interviews Col. Benjamin H. Bristow and others from Christian County, Ky., regarding political conditions in Kentucky. Johnson to Lincoln, 2 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Tad sends carriage bill to Gus Gumpert of Philadelphia for payment, because "I ant got any money to pay the man with." Pratt, Personal Finances, 138.

Meets with Governor General of Nova Scotia Richard Graves MacDonnell, in company of the Assistant Secretary of State. Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 7 October 1864, 2d ed., 2:1.