| Thursday, October 17, 1861.Washington,
DC. | President has Thomas H. Clay, son of Henry Clay,
and several other Kentuckians as dinner guests. N.Y.
Herald, 18 October 1861. Interviews Dr. Bellows, Bishop
Thomas M. Clark of Rhode Island, and George T. Strong, New York lawyer and
treasurer of U.S. Sanitary Commission, regarding office of surgeon general and
subject of exchange of prisoners. George Templeton Strong,
Diary, 4 vols., edited by Allen Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
(New York: Macmillan, 1952). Calls on Sec. Seward and Gen.
McClellan in evening. Hay, Letters and
Diary. Writes Col. Ramsay: "The lady—bearer of
this—says she has two sons who want to work. Set them at it, if possible.
Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged." Abraham
Lincoln to George D. Ramsay, 17 October 1861,
CW, 4:556. [President's
account charged $2.25 for 2 sponges and "water brush." Lutz
Account Book.] |