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February 03, 1864

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Wednesday, February 3, 1864.
 Washington, DC.

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President authorizes use of government property in Springfield, Ill., for soldiers' home. Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, 3 February 1864, CW, 7:167.

Interviews C. K. Hawkes, who represents former Cong. Ashmun (Mass.), probably about cotton. Ashmun to Lincoln, 2 February 1864, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Visits Arsenal to observe trials of Absterdam shell. Browning, Diary. 

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President authorizes use of government property in Springfield, Ill., 
for soldiers' home.
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Interviews C. K. Hawkes, who represents former Cong. Ashmun (Mass.), 
probably about cotton.
<bibl default='NO'>Ashmun to Lincoln, 2 February 1864, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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Visits Arsenal to observe trials of Absterdam shell.
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