John W. Tatum, Delaware, and Joseph Tatum, New Jersey, members of Society of Friends, call on President in interest of three Friends confined among Confederate prisoners at Point Lookout, Md. Endorsement Concerning John W. and Joseph Tatum, 30 November 1864, CW, 8:124-25.

Lincoln consults with Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt regarding position of attorney general. Holt declines office and recommends James Speed. Joseph Holt to Abraham Lincoln, 1 December 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 2 December 1864, 2d ed., 2:1.

Recognizes Nicola Nicolas as vice consul of Italy at Louisville, Ky. Washington Chronicle, 2 December 1864.

Confers with Atty. Gen. Bates, who asks release of Dr. Richard G. Wharton from Vicksburg, Miss., prison. Bates to Lincoln, 2 December 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

John Nicolay returns to his post after recovering from serious illness. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 1 December 1864, 2d ed., 2:1.