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Monument plan and political notes from Washington
The memorandum reports the monument commission meeting at the Executive Mansion to assign Gen. Casey as general superintendent and Capt. Davis to plan strengthening work. It also covers Peru crops losses from rains, congressional record findings on Sargent, Windom, and Blaine, the Potter investigation, Lincoln assassination dinner recollections, Hot Springs enrollment, and various midweek global notes from Washington to London detailing public notices, stock movements, and military actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Monument Commission
Casey
Davis
Engineer Corps
Lambayeque
Peru
Department of State
Congressional
Sargent
Windom
Blaine
Potter Investigation Committee
Potter
Sherman
Treasury Department
Bristow
Springer
Ohio
Anderson
Q. Butler
Butler
Louisiana
Wormley’s
Gen. Baird
Robi. Johnson
Hon
Sam. Randall
John Morrissey
John Coye
National Intelligencer
Lincoln
Wilkes Booth
Ford’s
Coyle
Booth
Randall
Morrissey
Hot Springs
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Congress
L. 8. Cooper
Thos. Robertson
Fort Wadsworth
R. Riggs
Camp Relief
Yellow Medicine
Minnesota River
Te-Wakon
Sisseton
Walpeton
Little Crow
Big Stone Lake
Tatankahe
Col. Dill
St. Paul
T. L. Rosser
Acklin
Northern Pacific Railway
Faribault
Main
Elm
Pioneer Press
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Idaho