| Wednesday, August 20, 1862.Washington,
DC. | Sen. Harris (N.Y.) reviews with President list of
appointments proposed to Sec. Chase. Harris to Lincoln, 21 August 1862,
Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC. Sec. Welles at White House for advice on
personnel. Welles, Diary. Former Lt. Gov. Koerner (Ill.), new minister to Spain, interviews
President preparatory to assuming duties. T. J. McCormack, ed.,
Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, 1809-1896, 2 vols. (Cedar Rapids,
IA: The Torch Press, 1909), 2:229. President discusses
colonizing Negroes on Chiriqui land tract with M. T. Goswell of Baltimore,
agent for Chiriqui Real Estate Company. Goswell to Lincoln, 16 August
1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC. |