Tuesday, July 9, 1861.Washington, DC.
| "Capt. Butterfield wishing me to go with him to the
President's—Went." Browning,
Diary. President and
Postmaster Gen. Blair visit Gen. McClellan's quarters. Russell, Diary. President deposits June salary check for $2,083.33 in Riggs Bank.
Pratt, Personal
Finances, 182. In the evening, President Lincoln and
his wife, Mary, host a White House reception. A newspaper reports, "The
military display was very brilliant, and the ladies never made a finer
appearance. Mrs. Lincoln attracted universal attention by her graceful bearing
and high social qualities. Vice President [Hannibal] Hamlin and Speaker [of the
House Galusha A.] Grow were among the guests. Generals and colonels were as
thick as blackberries." New York Herald, 11
July 1861, 1:1; Sun (Baltimore, MD), 11 July 1861, 4:5; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 10 July 1861, 2:1. |