. . . In the evening Miss Chase and Gov. Sprague’s wedding.
A very brilliantlooking party. Kate looked tired out and languid, especially at
the close of the evening, when I went into the bridal chamber to say good
night. She had lost her old severity and formal stiffness of manner, and seemed
to think she had arrived. McDowell , Stahel , Schenck , Stoneman , Cameron
and others present. The President came for a few minutes.
SOURCES: Clara B. Hay, Letters of John Hay and
Extracts from Diary, Volume 1, p. 120; For the whole diary entry see
Tyler Dennett, Editor, Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and
letters of John Hay, p. 118-9.
