The Secretary was back again this evening. He could not
procure comfortable quarters in the country. He seemed vexed, but from what
cause, I did not learn. The colonel, how ever, had rushed the appointments. He
was determined to be quick, because Mr. W. was known to be slow and
hesitating.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 62-3
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