Wednesday, November 9, 1864.Washington,
DC. | Between 1 and 2 A.M. President is serenaded and
makes speech. Washington Chronicle, 10 November 1864. At
2 A.M. is serenaded and makes speech. Randall,
Lincoln, 4:260. Capt.
Thomas arrives with band and group of Pennsylvanians about 2:30 A.M. Lincoln
speaks from window and then returns to White House. Hay,
Letters and Diary;
Response
to a Serenade, 8 November 1864, CW, 8:96. "Abraham Lincoln re-elected by an overwhelming majority." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 9 November 1864, 2d ed., Extra, 1:4. Lincoln dictates telegram to be sent to Dr. Henry;
decides "I don't believe it would look well for a message from me to go
traveling around the country blowing my own horn"; so Noah Brooks signs it.
Noah Brooks, "Personal Reminiscences of Lincoln," Scribner's
Monthly 15 (1877/1878):677;
Abraham
Lincoln to Anson G. Henry, 9 November 1864,
CW, 8:98. Declines
invitation to meeting in rooms of Union League Club of New York, honoring Prof.
Goldwin Smith of Oxford. Abraham
Lincoln to Charles Butler, 9 November 1864,
CW, 8:97-98. Presents
ox, "General Grant," to National Sailors' Fair in Boston. Washington
Chronicle, 13 November 1864; Rice to Lincoln, 22 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington,
DC. Informs Commissioner French: "If Commissioner of Public
Buildings chooses to give laborers at White House a holiday I have no
objections." Abraham
Lincoln to Benjamin B. French, 9 November 1864,
CW, 8:98. |