"Believing that no occasion could arise which would more fully correspond with the intention of the law or be more pregnant with happy influence as an example, I cordially recommend that Captain Samuel F. Du Pont receive a vote of thanks of Congress for his service and gallantry displayed in the capt..."
"I recommend the appropriation of the amount of the award of the referees."
"These extracts show that President Lopez offered and expected to pay a large sum of money as a compromise of the claims."
"I thank you, Mr. Train, for your kindness in presenting me with this truly elegant and highly creditable specimen of the handiwork of the mechanics of your State of Massachusetts, and I beg of you to ..."
"It displays a perfection of workmanship which I really wish I had time to acknowledge in more fitting words."
"Leave such force at Manassas Junction as shall make it entirely certain that the enemy shall not repossess himself of that position and line of communication."
"With this idea, gentlemen, I must leave you for my business duties."
"Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of t..."
"Leave Washington entirely secure."
"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting 'a copy of any correspondence on the records or files of the Department of State in regard to railway systems in Europe,..."
"Major-General McClellan having personally taken the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac, until otherwise ordered he is relieved from the command of the other military departments, he retainin..."