Exceedingly busy in bringing up and disposing of matters
which accumulated during my absence. Admiral Farragut and a few friends to dine
with me. The more I see and know of Farragut, the better I like him. He has the
qualities I supposed when he was selected. The ardor and sincerity which struck
me during the Mexican War when he wished to take Vera Cruz, with the unassuming
and the unpresuming gentleness of a true hero.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 431
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