The board in Preble's case this day reported that he failed
to do his whole duty. I went immediately and read it to the President, who gave
it his approval. Some conversation in Cabinet respecting the proposed new State
of Western Virginia. The bill has not yet reached the President, who thinks the
creation of this new State at this time of doubtful expediency.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30, 1864,
p. 191
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