| Wednesday, February 22, 1865.Washington, DC.
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President interviews Gov. Pickering (Washington Terr.) upon official
business and refers him to Sec. Fessenden.
Abraham Lincoln to William P. Fessenden, 22 February 1865, CW, 8:310.
Receives Mrs. Lurton of Tennessee, who requests and obtains release
from prison of ailing son, Horace H. Lurton [later Associate Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court].
LL, No. 807.
Sec. Welles goes to White House with Lt. Comdr. Cushing, who reports
on capture of Fort Anderson, N.C.
Welles, Diary.
President asks
Sec. Stanton
if anything can be done regarding appeal
from citizens of Philadelphia that enforcement of draft be delayed
one week.
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 22 February 1865, CW, 8:311-13. |