| Thursday, November 14, 1861.Washington,
DC. | Lincoln receives account of Leonard Swett's survey
of Dept. of West. Swett to Lincoln, 9 November 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington,
DC. Consults with Gen. McClellan and Asst. Sec. Fox about
another "big expedition." Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library
of Congress, Washington, DC. Calls at Secretary of State William H. Seward's house in evening and meets newspapermen W. H. Russell, correspondent London Times, and Henry J. Raymond, editor New York Times. Russell, Diary. |