Congress has agreed
to adjourn on Saturday. God speed them home. Still there is much important
business undone. League Island has not been accepted by the Senate. This is the
most important matter affecting the Navy which is now pending. Grimes says he
must leave to-morrow evening. He seems to have lost zeal in this matter, after
being earnest for it for years.
SOURCE: Gideon
Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and
Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866, p. 563
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