Thursday, May
21, 1863.Washington, DC. | President
withholds permission for Col. James F. Jaquess, 73d Illinois Regiment and
Methodist minister, to visit Washington. Abraham
Lincoln to William S. Rosecrans, 21 May 1863,
CW, 6:225. Calls upon
Sec. Welles with protest that American vessels are annoying neutral shipping
off coast of Cuba. Welles, Diary. Committee with petition
on behalf of Gen. C. S. Hamilton, signed by 23 senators and 84 representatives,
waits upon President. Official
Records—Armies 1, XI, pt. 3, 185. |