Lincoln interviews William O. Bartlett, promoter associated with James Gordon Bennett, about New York politics and campaign expenses. Bartlett to Lincoln, 18 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[John Nicolay leaves St. Louis for visit to Illinois. Nicolay to Lincoln, 18 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]

[At Cedar Creek (Va.) General Philip H. Sheridan successfully concludes the Shenandoah Valley campaign.]