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| Friday March 15, 1861 |
Lincoln receives written opinions from four cabinet members on
wisdom of sending supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor:
Sec. Chase, Yes; Sec. Cameron, No; Sec. Caleb B. Smith, No;
Atty. Gen. Edward Bates, No.
The President recognizes Luis Molina as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of Nicaragua. Lincoln also sends a
message to Senate relative to "dispute now existing between the
Governments of the United States and Great Britain concerning
the boundary line between Vancouver's Island and the American
Continent" and asks Secretary of the Navy Welles to give
employment to W. Johnson, "a servant who has been with me for
some time."