TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1861.
This has been one of the disagreable days of Washn cold, very windy and the atmosphere loaded with dust. It has not frozen, but warm clothing necessary. Brother C R tried to go to Mt Vernon but there was such a crowd on the Boat that he backed out for the day. The Pat office has been crowded all day with visitors. Judge W H Davis returns tomorrow morning home. Called at the Hotels with Bror this evening, great crowds there yet. Cabinet appointments just out. Lincoln is fairly in the harness, he can now “go to work.” Got the NY Papers, read at home till 1/2 past 11 o’clock.
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The three diary manuscript volumes, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865, are available online at The Library of Congress.
