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January 09, 1864

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Saturday, January 9, 1864.
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President Lincoln writes to Admiral John Dahlgren with a request that Dahlgren meet with Captain Lavender, of New York. Lavender wants to demonstrate a device "for discovering, and aiding to remove, under-water obstructions to the passage of vessels." Lavender comes recommended by New York Senator Edwin Morgan and by Lincoln, who writes that Lavender "has sufficiently impressed me to induce me to send him to you." Abraham Lincoln to John A. Dahlgren, 9 January 1864, CW, 7:118.

Orders executive buildings in Washington draped in mourning for 14 days to honor memory of Caleb B. Smith, late secretary of interior. Order for Observance of Mourning for Caleb B. Smith, 9 January 1864, CW, 7:118-19.

Gen. Meigs reports to President on conditions in West. Diary, Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Deputation from Philadelphia visits Lincoln on behalf of Gen. Meade. Adam G. de Gurowski, Diary, 3 vols. (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1862; Washington, DC: Morrison, 1866).

Mrs. Lincoln's reception from 1 to 3 P.M. is well attended. Washington Star, 9 January 1864. 

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         <p> President Lincoln
  writes to Admiral John Dahlgren with a request that Dahlgren meet with Captain
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         <p> Orders
  executive buildings in Washington draped in mourning for 14 days to honor
  memory of Caleb B. Smith, late secretary of interior. <bibl default='NO'>
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         <p> Gen. Meigs
  reports to President on conditions in West. <bibl default='NO'>Diary, Montgomery C. Meigs
  Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl> 
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         <p> Deputation from
  Philadelphia visits Lincoln on behalf of Gen. Meade. <bibl default='NO'>Adam G. de Gurowski,
  <title>Diary</title>, 3 vols. (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1862; Washington, DC:
  Morrison, 1866).</bibl> 
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            <person key='LI30825' teiForm='name'>Mrs. Lincoln</person>'s
  reception from 1 to 3 P.M. is well attended. <bibl default='NO'>Washington Star, 9 January
  1864.</bibl> 
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