Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, June 9, 1865

Attended Cabinet-meeting. Mr. Seward was present. We met in the Blue Room for his accommodation. Affairs of Texas were discussed. Hamilton, who was appointed military governor by Mr. Lincoln, is here pressing himself for a continuance in that position. There seemed a general disposition to acquiesce in that arrangement. I remarked that I was not personally familiar with Hamilton, but I supposed him loyal. He had been a profuse talker, but his profoundness and capability, and, I may add, his sincerity had sometimes appeared to me questionable. I mentioned Governor Pease as a loyal and reliable man of sound judgment, and undoubted ability and rightmindedness.

SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866, p. 315-6