272 left for Washington: Day by Day, p. 10; Pratt, Personal Finances, p. 123.

272 "had ever happened": This repeats, almost verbatim, the account I gave in Lincoln's Herndon, pp. 146147.

273 see Lincoln off: Victor Searcher, Lincoln's Journey to Greatness: A Factual Account of the Twelve-Day Inaugural Trip (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1960), is a detailed account on which the following pages rely heavily.

273 "sufficiently to commence": Pratt, Concerning Mr. Lincoln, p. 50.

273 an affectionate farewell: CW, 4:190.

274 "second cla.s.s city": New York Herald, Feb. 14,1861.

274 "very interesting countenance": CW, 4:206.

274 "of the bargain": CW, 4:218.

274 "means ill looking": New York Herald, Feb. 14, 1861; Rutherford B. Hayes to Laura Piatt, Feb. 13, 1861, Hayes MSS, Hayes Presidential Center (courtesy Prof. Ari A. Hoogenboom).

274 "of a century": CW, 4:198.

274 "good-looking ladies": CW, 4:206.

274 a big kiss: CW, 4:219.

274 "to water himself": CW, 4:204.

275 "not want to": CW, 4:218.

275 "short of it!": CW, 4:242.

275 someone else: Ruth Painter Randall, Lincoln's Sons (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1955), p. 90.

275 harm was done: John S. Goff, Robert Todd Lincoln: A Man in His Own Right (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969), pp. 3638.

275 "the glorious flag": CW, 4:192.

275 "merit of mine": CW, 4:208209.

275 "I should say": CW, 4:193.

275 "have a name": CW, 4:226, 204.

276 "and growing whiskers": Randall, Lincoln the President, 1:292.

276 "in my esteem": Strong, Diary, p. 100.

276 "by designing politicians": CW, 4:211.

276 "is all artificial": CW, 4:216.