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1862 April 10
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President confined to bed. Sen. Browning (Ill.) sits with him for hour in evening. Browning, Diary.

Transmits to Senate treaty with Great Britain regarding suppression of slave trade. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 10 April 1862, CW, 5:186.

Approves Joint Resolution (HR-48) for gradual emancipation of slavery. Globe, 1650.

Lincoln endorses large bundle of papers: "What possible injury can this lad work upon the cause of this great Union? I say let him go." Memorandum, 10 April 1862, CW, 5:185.

President issues proclamation of thanksgiving for victories by land and naval forces. Proclamation of Thanksgiving for Victories, 10 April 1862, CW, 5:185-86.

Writes Gov. Yates (Ill.) and William Butler, treasurer of Illinois: "I fully appreciate Gen. [John] Pope's splendid achievements with their invaluable results; but you must know that Major Generalships in the Regular Army, are not as plenty as blackberries." Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates and William Butler, 10 April 1862, CW, 5:186-87.

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1863 January 1
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Gen. Burnside consults with President and restates part of conversation in letter: "Doubtless this difference of opinion between my general officers and myself results from a lack of confidence in me. . . . It is my belief that I ought to retire to private life." Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 1 January 1863, CW, 6:31-33.

New Year's Day reception at White House begins at 11 A.M. Washington Chronicle, 2 January 1863.

Army officers assemble at War Dept. and attend reception in body. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Public reception begins at 12 M. and lasts until 2 P.M. Notes, 1 January 1863, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sec. Welles exchanges greetings with President and colleagues at Executive Mansion. Welles, Diary.

At noon Sec. Seward and Asst. Sec. Seward take official copy of Emancipation Proclamation to room in White House where cabinet meets. Shortly afterward President signs it. Frederick W. Seward, Reminiscences of a War-Time Statesman and Diplomat, 1830-1915. By Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State during the Administrations of Lincoln, Johnson, and Hayes (New York: Putnam, 1916), 227.

After White House reception Lincoln goes to telegraph office in War Dept., settles at Maj. Eckert's desk, puts feet on nearby table, and relaxes in conversation with Gen. Halleck and Asst. Sec. Fox. Bates, Telegraph Office, 143.

Prepares instructions for Gen. Halleck to visit Burnside's headquarters and pass judgment on plan to move army across Rappahannock, then withdraws instructions because considered harsh by Halleck. Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 1 January 1863, CW, 6:31-33.

Directs Sec. Stanton to investigate "piteous appeal . . . made . . . by an old lady" who had been ordered to evacuate her boarding house. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 1 January 1863, CW, 6:33.