[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.