Monday, March
14, 1864.Washington, DC. | President
issues call and orders draft for 200,000 men for military services. Draft
Order for 200,000 Men, 14 March 1864, CW, 7:245. Transmits to
Congress treaty with Great Britain regarding claims of Hudson's Bay and Puget's
Sound Agricultural Companies and recommends "appropriation to carry into effect
the first, second, and third articles thereof." Abraham
Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 14 March 1864,
CW, 7:246-47. Receives
Gov. Curtin (Pa.) at 7 P.M. on official business. Curtin to Lincoln, 14
March 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library
of Congress, Washington, DC. Transmits to Senate report of
secretary of interior regarding sale of Wea trust lands in Kansas. Abraham
Lincoln to the Senate, [14] March 1864, CW, 7:246. Invites early
attention of Congress to convention with Ecuador requiring appointment of
commissioners to adjust claims. Abraham
Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 14 March 1864,
CW, 7:247. |