SATURDAY 16
A cool pleasant day. Brother C R went to Mt Vernon this morning with Maj [Bulkley?] & others. Retd about 4 o’ck. I wrote to the Sec’y of Interior in reference to Promotion. It is now understood that Mr Holloway of Indiana is appointed Comr of Patents. E G Allen of Boston in the office today. He is a singular man. I should almost think him half insane. Did not go down town after dinner. Charley and Miss Woodward spent the evening, took tea with us. She appears very much accomplished and is a very beautiful girl. Bro went to market with me, bed at 12 o’clock.
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.