[255] New York Tribune, October 11, 1864.

[256] Edward Cary, Life of G.W. Curtis, pp. 186-187.

[257] New York Sun, June 30, 1889.

[258] Public Record of Horatio Seymour, p. 254.

[259] New York World, September 22, 23, 1864.

[260] "The Journal of Commerce of yesterday indulges in a general fling against the personal habits of the President and other members of his family."—New York Herald, October 11, 1864.

[261] Ibid., November 5.

[262] Public Record of Horatio Seymour, p. 257.

[263] Appleton's Cyclopædia, 1864, pp. 584-8; New York Herald, November 4 and 5; New York Tribune, October 27, 28, 29, November 2, 4. 5.

[264] Ibid., November 5, 1864.