Admiral Farragut and Mrs. F. are staying with us, and I find little time to write. Have had several interviews with the President and Mr. Se...

Admiral Farragut came this morning, and the general order setting aside the doings of his court was printed and handed in shortly after his ...

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 28, 1866. Dear Mother:—Lucy is still with me. She is very happy. We do not go to parties or receptions much. We...

The board of which Admiral Farragut is President is in session. Their duties to advise on the subject of promotion for meritorious conduct i...

The week has been one of interesting incidents, incessant occupation. Admiral Farragut came a week since and called on me. After half an hou...

President sent for me this evening. Found Stanton with him, having a dispatch from General Grant desiring him to request me to remove Comman...

Great talk and many rumors from all quarters of peace. The journeys of the elder Blair to Richmond have contributed to these rumors, both he...

Cloudy——rained in the afternoon. This is the anniversary of the first gun of the war, fired at Fort Sumter. It is still said and believe...

The President yesterday made inquiry of me as to the disposition made of Farragut. Informed me that General Canby wanted him to remain at Mo...

Had an interview with Seward, agreeable to the wishes of the President, concerning the order to A. J. Hamilton for bringing out cotton. I pe...

The President was not at his house to-day. Mr. Bates had said to me that the President told him there was no special business. Nevertheless,...

Talked over the subject of Wilmington, examined its localities, and considered the position of things fully with Porter and Fox. I had inten...

Received mail from Admiral Farragut. Among his dispatches one confidential, inclosing a letter from General Canby, who had received a singul...

I called to-day on Secretary Fessenden with Farragut’s dispatch and the order of the President permitting A. J. Hamilton of Texas to bring o...

Admiral Farragut’s dispatch relative to the capture of Fort Morgan and the infamous conduct of General Page in spiking his guns after his su...

At the Cabinet council Fessenden introduced some trade regulations prepared with the intention of carrying out the last enactment of Congres...

Admiral Farragut writes that his health is giving way under the great labor imposed and long-continued service in the Gulf and the Caribbean...

Received dispatches to-day from Admiral Farragut confirming intelligence received several days since through Rebel sources. The official acc...

Not much of interest at the Cabinet. Seward, Blair, and Bates absent from Washington. The capture of Fort Morgan is confirmed by accounts fr...

At the Cabinet to-day there was no special business. Seward and Stanton were not present. Mr. Fessenden is absent in Maine. Governor Hahn of...