[180] It was called to meet on June 7.

[181] Appleton's Cyclopædia, 1864, p. 785.

[182] New York Tribune, April 25, 1864.

[183] New York Independent, February 25, 1864.

[184] New York Tribune, February 23, 1864.

[185] Nicolay-Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 7, p. 389.

[186] Nicolay-Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 9, p. 20.

[187] Appleton's Cyclopædia, 1864, p. 786.

[188] New York Tribune, May 10, 1864.

[189] New York Herald, May 29.