| Thursday, December 11, 1862.Washington,
DC. | President recognizes Ludwig von Baumbach, consul of
Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt for Wisconsin and Minnesota, and B. B. Haagsma
consul of Netherlands for Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. Washington Star,
11 December 1862. Goes for drive in carriage. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC. Transmits to Senate treaty with Republic of
Liberia and information touching Indian barbarities in Minnesota. Abraham
Lincoln to the Senate, 11 December 1862, CW, 5:550;
Abraham
Lincoln to the Senate, 11 December 1862, CW, 5:550-51. Recommends to
Sec. Stanton: "John Speed named within [2d Lt.
John Speed, son of James Speed], is a son of a particular friend of mine."
Abraham
Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 11 December 1862,
CW, 5:552. |