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Monday, June 23, 1862.+-

Washington, DC and En route.

Monday, June 23, 1862.Washington, DC and En route.

President lays before Senate two treaties providing for loan to Republic of Mexico. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 23 June 1862, CW, 5:281-82.

Returns to Senate, with objections, act regarding circulation of bank notes. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 23 June 1862, CW, 5:282-83.

Accompanied by Gen. Pope leaves Washington at 4 P.M. on special train arriving New York at 1:30 A.M. National Intelligencer, 26 June 1862; Boston Advertiser, 25 June 1862.

Tuesday, June 24, 1862.+-

New York, NY and West Point, NY.

Tuesday, June 24, 1862.New York, NY and West Point, NY.

President changes trains in New York after 1:30 A.M. and proceeds to West Point for conference with Gen. Scott. Crosses Hudson River by ferry from Garrison, N.Y., and registers at Cozzen's Hotel in West Point about 3 A.M. Boston Advertiser, 25 June 1862; National Intelligencer, 26 June 1862.

From breakfast at 7:30 A.M. until noon consults with Gen. Scott on further dispositions of military forces. National Intelligencer, 26 June 1862; LL, No. 1168.

Makes inspection tour of Military Academy from noon until 3 P.M. dinner party at hotel. LL, No. 1168.

After dinner visits Parrott's Cold Spring Foundry three miles away and sees rifled cannon in production. Bruce, Tools of War, 187-88.

From 9 to 11 P.M. receives guests in hotel parlor. Military Academy band serenades him at midnight. LL, No. 1168.

President transmits order through State Dept. to Gen. Butler in New Orleans to discontinue requiring loyalty oaths of foreigners, including British consul. DNA—WR RG 107, Off. Sec. War, Letters Received, Box 2, Seward to Stanton, 24 June 1862.

Wednesday, June 25, 1862.+-

West Point, NY and Washington, DC.

Wednesday, June 25, 1862.West Point, NY and Washington, DC.

President and party consisting of Gen. Scott, Col. Daniel C. McCallum, director of military railroads, and reporters leave West Point at 10:10 A.M.. National Intelligencer, 27 June 1862; N.Y. Tribune, 26 June 1862; Boston Advertiser, 26 June 1862.

Arriving Jersey City approximately 11:30 A.M., Lincoln responds to request of crowd at depot: "I can only say that my visit to West Point did not have the importance which has been attached to it." Philadelphia News, 26 June 1862; Remarks at Jersey City, New Jersey, 24 June 1862, CW, 5:284.

Reaches Washington at 6:50 P.M., setting record run from New York. Boston Advertiser, 26 June 1862; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 26 June 1862, 2d ed., 2:1.

Sen. Browning (Ill.) and friends visit Lincoln at Soldiers' Home in evening. Browning, Diary.