| Monday, December 21, 1863.Washington,
DC. | President interviews Cong. Calvin T. Hulburd (N.Y.)
relative to deserters in Canada. Hulburd to Lincoln, 21 December 1863,
Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC. Approves joint resolution tendering thanks of
Congress and medal to Gen. Grant. Washington Chronicle, 22 December
1863. Remains at War Dept. while decoders read message,
intercepted in mail at New York, intended for Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of
State (CSA). Bates, Telegraph
Office, 71-72. President informs Sens. Foster (Conn.)
and Dixon (Conn.) he has sent up nomination of Henry Hammond to be marshal of
Connecticut. Abraham
Lincoln to Lafayette S. Foster and James Dixon, 21 December 1863,
CW, 7:82-83. Sends note
to Gov. Peirpoint (Va.): "Please come up and see me to-day." Abraham
Lincoln to Francis H. Peirpoint, 21 December 1863,
CW, 7:83. Comments, in
letter to Sec. Stanton , on aspects of "strikes
in the Ship-yards," social influence of St. Louis upon Gen. Pope, and future of
Gen. Schofield. Abraham
Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 21 December 1863,
CW, 7:84-85. |