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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06681 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Mary Todd Lincoln to Mrs. Judge White regarding Nathaniel Banks getting a cabinet post |
| Date | 24 November 1864 |
| Author | Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses some confusion over Nathaniel Banks getting a cabinet post. States that President Lincoln said William Seward and Thurlow Weed never mentioned the subject. She remarks, "This all appears, as a strange dream, and if the information did not come from so eminently truthful a source, it could not be credited." Reports that Banks is to return immediately to the Department of the Gulf in New Orleans and that there is no chance of him getting a cabinet post. Remarks that they could have saved themselves much anxiety had they known this a few days ago. Written on mourning stationery for her son William Lincoln who died in 1862. Year inferred from events, could possibly be 1863. |
| Subjects | Civil War Union Forces First Lady Government and Civics Lincoln's Cabinet Union General Woman Author Women's History Children and Family Death |
| People | Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) White, Mrs. Judge (fl. 1864) Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) Weed, Thurlow (1797-1882) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Banks was a Union general with a disappointing military record during the Civil War. Seward was the Secretary of State under Lincoln. Weed was a close friend of Seward, advised Lincoln on political appointments, and served as an unofficial envoy to Britain and France during the Civil War. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |