[170] Nicolay-Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 6, p. 268.

[171] Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 3, p. 197.

[172] Ibid., p. 196.

[173] T.W. Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 434.

[174] Maunsell B. Field, Memories of Many Men, p. 304.

[175] Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 440.

[176] Ibid., p. 437.

[177] T.W. Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, pp. 437-439.

[178] New York Herald, May 24, 1864.

[179] Ibid., February 7.