| Thursday, March 24, 1864.Washington,
DC. | President summons Sen. Doolittle (Wis.) to White
House for conference. Abraham
Lincoln to James R. Doolittle, 24 March 1864,
CW, 7:265. Sends to
Senate report regarding establishment of monarchical governments in Central and
South America. Abraham
Lincoln to the Senate, 24 March 1864, CW, 7:265-66. Interviews former
Gov. Newell (N.J.) on military problems. Newell to Lincoln, 24 March
1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC. Confers with John Hay; reviews report
on political situation in Florida. Hay, Letters and Diary. Spends evening
with Gen. Grant at White House. Chicago Tribune, 25 March 1864; Ulysses
S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, 2 vols. (London: Low, Marston,
Searle & Rivington, 1886), 2:121-22. |