Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2

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Morning at home, weather rainy, Martens. Walk to Capitol, House of Representatives, Mr. Webster, Panama question,1 evening at home.

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Advocating the appropriation of funds for sending the United States ministers to the Inter-American Congress at Panama, Daniel Webster opposed Louis McLane’s amendment (see entry for 4 April, above), which would have instructed the envoys ( Register of Debates in Congress , 19 Cong., 1 sess., 2:2254–2277).