O. H. Browning and Mr. La Forge of New York confer with Lincoln on case of Shiff, young Frenchman who has served as surgeon with Confederates. Browning, Diary.

Charles Ballance, Illinois lawyer and old friend of Lincoln, calls at White House. Ballance to Lincoln, 30 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President recognizes Carl Otto Nilsen as vice consul of Sweden and Norway at La Crosse, Wis. Washington Chronicle, 4 November 1864.

Orders Gen. Burbridge to investigate collection of money from citizens of Allen and Barren Counties, Ky., to compensate Union men for depredations committed by Rebels and to "make any correction which may seem to be proper." Abraham Lincoln to Stephen G. Burbridge, 27 October 1864, CW, 8:78.