Sunday, June 19, 1864.Washington, DC.,
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President telegraphs Mrs. Lincoln at Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York:
"Tad arrived safely, and all well."
Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, 19 June 1864, CW, 7:401.
Attends funeral of 18 women killed in explosion at Arsenal and buried
in Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St. SE., on eastern branch of
Potomac, about one and a half miles from Capitol.
Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 20 June 1864, 2d ed., 3:1-2;
N.Y. Herald, 20 June 1864; Chicago Tribune, 20 June 1864.
Accompanied by John Hay, visits Ford's Theatre for sacred concert.
William R. Thayer, The Life and Letters of John Hay, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915), 1:147; Daily National Republican (Washington, DC), 20 June 1864, 2d ed., 3:2. |