Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft: Monday, March 4, 1861

This has been an eventful day in Washington. A Lincoln has been Inaugurated Pres of the U.S. His address seems to give general satisfaction. I stood near him and heard it distinctly. The crowd was very great at the Capitol, probably Thirty Thousand people stood before Mr L, and all were very orderly, and nothing has occured during the day to interupt the proceedings. Was at Willards this evening with Brother C R, great crowd there still. Wife & boys saw the procession pass and went to the “White House.”

SOURCE: Taft, Horatio Nelson. The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861 to 1865. Volume 1, January 1,1861 to 1865, 1861. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mtaft000001/. Image 24. (Accessed April 17, 2018.)

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