| Saturday, February 25, 1865.Washington,
DC. | Lincoln issues pass for R. A. Pryor to report to
Gen. Grant for exchange. Pass
for Roger A. Pryor, 25 February 1865, CW, 8:317. President and
Mrs. Lincoln greet guests at afternoon
reception. Washington Chronicle, 26 February 1865; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 27 February 1865, 2d ed., 2:4.
Charles Adolphe de Pineton, Marquis de Chambrun, French diplomat and friend of
Sen. Sumner (Mass.), meets President at reception in White House and two days
later writes of him: "He dominates everyone present and maintains his exalted
position without the slightest effort." Adolphe de Pineton, marquis de
Chambrun, Impressions of Lincoln and the Civil War: A Foreigner's
Account (New York: Random House, 1952), 21-23.
President transmits to Senate report of Secretary of
War and "General Orders No. 23, issued by Major General Banks,"
promulgating regulations concerning compensated plantation labor. Abraham
Lincoln to the Senate, 25 February 1865, CW, 8:317. |