Fernandina. I opened my books this morning and got a few
more names. Some refused to sign on the ground that they were not repentant
rebels. . . . The Dictator came in this afternoon and reported to me for
orders. I will start for Key West in the morning.
SOURCES: Clara B. Hay, Letters of John Hay and
Extracts from Diary, Volume 1, p. 170; Michael Burlingame, Editor, Inside
Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay, p. 172.
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