Sunday, March 5, 2023

Diary of Gideon Welles: [Sunday, August 27], 1865

On Sunday, the 27th, I took the President in my carriage, with Postmaster-General Dennison, for a ride of a couple of hours or more. Went out 14th Street, crossed Rock Creek at Pease's Mill, thence to Tenallytown, and returned via Georgetown. It was a pleasant afternoon and we all enjoyed the drive. I think it will do the President good.

SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866, p. 367

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