GDG- A day in the life

[Dennis Lawrence]

Thursday, January 2, 1862.
Washington, DC.


President visits Gen. McClellan, who is at home ill, and finds that "he is 
very much better." Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 2 January 1862, CW, 
5:88.

Sends communication to Congress regarding London industrial exhibition. 
Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 2 January 1862, 
CW, 5:88.

Drives to Navy Yard in afternoon with Asst. Sec. Fox to observe firing of 
150-pound rifled cannon. "For the first time I heard the President speak of 
the bare possibility of our being two nations.

Dennis

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GEORGE: Wow, Keith Hernandez. He's such a great player.
JERRY: Yeah, he's a real smart guy too. He's a Civil War buff.
GEORGE: I'd love to be a Civil War buff. ... What do you have to do to be a 
buff
JERRY: So Biff wants to be a buff? ... Well sleeping less than 18 hours a 
day would be a start.