| Wednesday, February 3, 1864.Washington, DC.
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President authorizes use of government property in Springfield, Ill.,
for soldiers' home.
Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, 3 February 1864, CW, 7:167.
Interviews C. K. Hawkes, who represents former Cong. Ashmun (Mass.),
probably about cotton.
Ashmun to Lincoln, 2 February 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Visits Arsenal to observe trials of Absterdam shell.
Browning, Diary. |