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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