[743] See above pp. 303-304.

[744] Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, p. 122.

[745] Debates, p. 159.

[746] Ibid., p. 157.

[747] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 342.

[748] Foote, Casket of Reminiscences, p. 135; Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 127.

[749] Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 129.

[750] Coleman, Life of Crittenden, II, p. 163.

[751] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 341.

[752] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 338, note 3. The record of the Circuit Court of Cook County, December term, 1867, states that the entire lien upon the estate in 1864 exceeded $94,000. The mortgages were held by Fernando Wood and others of New York.