Matters press on the Department. Have been very busy. Some talk with
Rice about Annapolis and the Naval School, League Island and the navy yard.
Suggested that New England must not monopolize and that we should avoid even
the appearance of sectionalism.
Consulted Mr. Eames yesterday and again to-day in relation to the
investigations into the frauds of naval contractors and others. Told him he
must go to Boston to supervise Olcott, who is fierce in diving into matters and
often, I apprehend, without judgment.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 —
December 31, 1866, p. 11
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