Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 3

Download or read book Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 3 written by Gideon Welles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 3: Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson; January 1, 1867-June 6, 1869 Cabinet Discussion of the Message vetoing the District of Columbia Reorganization Bill The Bay of Samana Purchase Scheme meets with Difficulties Congress overrides the Veto Representative Ashley of Ohio introduces a Resolution to impeach the President Seward submits to the Cabinet the Articles of a Proposed Treaty with Prussia An Amnesty Proclamation agreed upon The President asks the Opinions of the Cabinet Members in regard to Territorializing the States Senator Grimes as Chairman of the Naval Committee General Grant's Position on the District of Co lumbia Suffrage Bill His Lack of Political Principles The Sen atorial Fight in Pennsylvania results in the Nomination of Cam eron Roscoe Conkling nominated in New York Cabinet Dis cussion of the Right of a Territory to organize itself as a State The Senatorial Elections Conkling, Cameron, and Trumbull The Italian and Chilian Missions Motley resigns as Minister to Austria Seward's Calls at the Capitol The Cabinet decides not to sell out the Dunderberg to the Contractor - The Swatara re turning from Nice with Surratt Action of the House in regard to the Ship Idaho The President vetoes the Colorado and Nebraska Bills The Army moving to get Possession of the Indian Bureau A Committee from North Carolina submits a Reconstruction Pro posal to the President. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.