[264]. Letters and State Papers of Lincoln, Vol. II. pp. 204–205.

[265]. McPherson’s Pol. Hist., pp. 214–217.

[266]. Ibid., pp. 217–218.

[267]. Ibid., p. 218.

[268]. Ibid., pp. 218–220.

[269]. Quoted in Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, A History. Vol. VI. p. 121 et seq.

[270]. Schuckers’ Life of Salmon Portland Chase, pp. 439–440.

[271]. Ibid., p. 440.

[272]. Shuckers’ Life of Chase, pp. 440–441.

[273]. Ibid., p. 441.