| Tuesday, February 24, 1863.Washington,
DC. | Cabinet discusses propriety of sending letter of
Gen. Scott, written just before his retirement, to Senate, and rumor of loss of
U.S.S. "Queen of the West." Welles, Diary; Bates, Diary. Delegation from West
Virginia calls on President and asks for greater military protection against
increasing guerrilla warfare. Abraham
Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 24 February 1863,
CW, 6:115-16. Lincoln
converses with Judge William H. Robertson of New York on current political
problems. Robertson to Lincoln, 25 February 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington,
DC. Occupies private box at Grover's Theatre, E St., bet. 13th
and 14th Sts. NW., for performance by Barney Williams, blackface minstrel and
Irish comedian. N.Y. Herald, 26 February 1863. [Irwin withdraws $25.13 from Springfield Marine Bank. Pratt,
Personal Finances, 177.] |