correspondence, [416]-[417];

L's summing up of McClellan, [417]-[418];

signs emancipation proclamation, [441];

his life as president, [449];

society at the White House, [449]-[450];

public receptions, [450];

tact with favor seekers and bores, [451]-[453];

sense of justice, [453];

answering improper questions, [454];

settles the Curtis-Gamble dispute, [454]-[457];