Monday, November 25, 1861.Washington,
DC. | In evening Lincoln visits home of Asst. Sec. Fox.
Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington,
DC. In afternoon Mrs. Lincoln
visits 65th Infantry Regiment (U.S. Chausseurs), commanded by Colonel John Cochrane, former congressman from New York,
encamped near Glenwood Cemetery, north of Capitol. National Republican (Washington, DC), 26 November 1861, 3:2; National
Intelligencer, 27 November 1861. [Irwin deposits $175 in
Springfield Marine Bank, rent received from Lucian A. Tilton, president of
Great Western Railroad living in Lincoln's house. Pratt,
Personal Finances, 164.] |