Sat an hour to
Simmons for medallion. The President asked me if it would not be best under the
circumstances, and as we had no word from Governor Pease, to continue Hamilton
in the position of Governor of Texas for the mere purpose of organizing, etc. I
acquiesced in most of his suggestions, though I told him my impressions of H.
were not favorable.
SOURCE: Gideon
Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and
Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866, p. 316
