Cabinet meeting on current problems of government. Donald, Chase Diaries, 103.

Col. Henry C. Deming of Connecticut delivers to Lincoln swords sent from Louisiana by Gen. Butler. Butler, Correspondence, 2:151.

President, in conference with gentleman from Ohio, expresses astonishment at speech of Cong. (former Gov.) Charles A. Wickliffe (Ky.) N.Y. Tribune, 2 August 1862.

President Lincoln writes to economist John E. Cairnes, of Galway, Ireland, and thanks him for sending a copy of Cairnes's book, The Slave Power. Lincoln writes, "The intelligent sagacity with which your views are conceived, is not less admirable than the generous candor with which they are expressed." Abraham Lincoln to John E. Cairnes, 1 August 1862, CW, 10:144.

President in regular cabinet meeting reviews problems facing administration, particularly emancipation. Rice, 521-22.

President Lincoln writes to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles regarding "Lieutenant Commanding James W. A. Nicholson, now commanding the [ship] Isaac Smith." Lincoln notes, "[Nicholson] wishes to be married, and from evidence now before me, I believe there is a young lady who sympathizes with him in that wish." Lincoln writes, "Under these circumstances, please allow him the requisite leave of absence, if the public service can safely endure it." Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles, 2 August 1862, CW, 10:145.

In compliance with recent act of Congress, pardons approximately 90 soldiers imprisoned by courts martial. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 2 August 1862, 2d ed., 3:6.

President, Secretaries Seward and Stanton, Captain John A. Dahlgren, and others spend two hours at Navy Yard in afternoon observing experiments with "Rafael" repeater cannon. Later Dahlgren takes party on board steamboat to cool off and rest. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 8 August 1862, 2d ed., 2:2; Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln orders 23 book titles and 1 box from T. J. Crowen, Publisher, Bookseller, and Stationer, 699 Broadway, New York: "1 set Waverly $16," "1 set Cooper $34," "1 set Shakespeare $12," "1 Spencers Poem $8," "1 Cor. Am. Revolution $15," "1 Sigourney Poems $5," "1 Land & Book $3.25," "1 Field Book $10," "1 Kanes Expeditions $10," "1 Box $0.75," "1 Hist. of New York $4.50," "1 Indian Tales $2.25," "1 Hist. of Revolution $6," "1 Hist. of Washington $9," "1 Hist. of England $5," "1 Hist. of Voyages $2.25," "2 Albums $9," "1 Portrait Gallery $16," "1 Travels $2.25," "1 Hist. of Creation $2.50," "1 Hist. of Birds $0.63," "1 Hist. of Beasts $0.75," "1 Hist. of Art $0.50," "1 Text Book $0.37." For the last 14 items Lincoln pays $61; the remainder, totalling $52, is paid from annual appropriation of $250 for books for White House, administered by Commissioner French. Pratt, Personal Finances, 180-81.

Cabinet meeting—"nothing proposed and nothing done of any moment." Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903).

President directs secretary of war to issue order for arrest of persons engaged in discouraging enlistments. Memorandum, 8 August 1862, Edwin M. Stanton Papers, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

Senator Dixon (Conn.) confers with Lincoln about Connecticut politics. Dixon to Lincoln, 11 August 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln assures Baron de Stoeckl that although enlistments are slow, two or three million men will respond in case of necessity. Albert A. Woldman, Lincoln and the Russians (Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1952), 196.

Sends congratulations to Queen Victoria upon marriage of daughter. Abraham Lincoln to Queen Victoria, 8 August 1862, CW, 5:363.

In evening at Soldiers' Home Mrs. Heintzelman discusses with Lincoln her husband's opposition to withdrawal of Army of Potomac from peninsula. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[John Hay is ill with ague fever. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 8 August 1862, 2d ed., 2:2.]

Sec. Welles meets with President at 9 A.M. to discuss personnel. Welles, Diary.

President sends Richard M. Blatchford, member of committee of three appointed by Lincoln to superintend disbursement of public monies appropriated to raise troops for Union, to Rome as minister resident. National Intelligencer, 15 August 1862.

Calls Secs. Chase and Welles together and settles Connecticut appointments. Donald, Chase Diaries, 112.

Lincoln summons Secs. Chase and Stanton to White House for early morning conference. Boston Advertiser, 30 August 1862.

Chase calls on President in morning to get furlough for friend. Official Records—Armies 455.

Ministers of Central American governments protest colonization of Negroes on Isthmus of Chiriqui. N.Y. Tribune, 29 August 1862.

Delegation submits proposition to Lincoln to divide 4th District, New York City. White to Chase, 29 August 1862, Salmon P. Chase Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln confers with Gen. Halleck on troop movements in Virginia. Boston Advertiser, 30 August 1862.

President and cabinet discuss Chiriqui colonization project and decide to abandon it. Philadelphia News, 2 September 1862.

Lincoln maintains close contact with military developments in vicinity of Manassas, Va. Abraham Lincoln to Ambrose E. Burnside, 29 August 1862, CW, 5:398-99; Abraham Lincoln to Herman Haupt, 29 August 1862, CW, 5:399; Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 29 August 1862, CW, 5:399.

Mrs. Lincoln visits soldiers in Odd Fellows' Hall Hospital. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 29 August 1862, 2d ed., 3:1.

President Lincoln is staying at his cottage at the Soldier's Home, outside of Washington, D.C. At approximately 8 a.m., he confers with his secretary John Hay about the ongoing Second Battle of Bull Run. Hay recalled that Lincoln remarked, "'Well John we are whipped again, I am afraid. The enemy reinforced on [General John] Pope and drove back his left wing and he has retired to Centerville [Virginia] where he says he will be able to hold his men. I dont like that expression. I dont like to hear him admit that his men need holding.'" Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger, eds., Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997), 36-38; John Pope to Henry W. Halleck, 30 August 1862, 9:45 p.m., The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885; reprint, Gettysburg, PA: National Historical Society, 1972), volume 12, part 2: 78-79.

Sunday morning Cabinet meets to discuss outcome of Second Manassas (Bull Run). Boston Advertiser, 5 September 1862.

Sec. Chase interviews President regarding appointments. Official Records—Armies 456.