President interviews Mrs. Mary E. Morton regarding seizure of her property by provost marshal. Abraham Lincoln to Joseph J. Reynolds, 20 January 1865, CW, 8:228-29.

Cabinet meets. Sec. Stanton reports on his trip to Savannah, Ga. Welles, Diary, 21 January 1865.

Lincoln receives Mr. Abel and gives him card to paymaster general's office. Brice to Lincoln, January 20, 1865, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Orders: "That no clearances for the exportation of hay from the United States be granted until further orders, unless the same shall have been placed on shipboard before the publication hereof." Order Concerning Export of Hay, 20 January 1865, CW, 8:227.