[403] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 485.

[404] Ibid., p. 486.

[405] Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 3, p. 288.

[406] Journal of the Committee of Thirteen, pp. 10, 13.

[407] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 484.

[408] Congressional Globe, pp. 308, 309.

[409] Ibid., p. 307.

[410] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 493.

[411] The Richmond Whig, January 17, 1861.

[412] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 494.