441 "the whole world": Robert Garth Scott, ed., Fallen Leaves: The Civil War Letters of Major Henry Livermore Abbott (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1991), p. 216.

441 in a drawer: Sandburg, 2:308.

442 "and Federal Const.i.tutions": The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1863 (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1871), 799800.

442 "into their notions": T. J. Barnett to Samuel L. M. Barlow, May 18, 1863, Barlow MSS, HEH.

442 to the subject: Sandburg, 2:308.

442 "a strong paper": Welles, Diary, 1:323.

443 "his healthful life": CW, 6:260269.

443 than a "Despot": T.J. Barnett to Samuel L. M. Barlow, June 10, 1863, Barlow MSS, HEH.

443 "the whole land": John W. Forney to AL, June 14, 1863, Lincoln MSS, LC.

443 "best state Papers": E. D. Morgan to AL, June 15, 1863, Lincoln MSS, LC.

443 "than a victory": William A. Hall to AL, June 15, 1863, Lincoln MSS, LC.

443 "in this state": Roscoe Conkling to AL, June 16, 1863, Lincoln MSS, LC.

444 "they richly merit": David Tod to AL, June 14, 1863, Lincoln MSS, LC.

444 "provided and supported": CW, 6:300306.

445 "a family doctor": Scott, Fallen Leaves, p. 189.

445 "thing from Grant?": CW, 6:210, 233.

445 "brilliant in the world": CW, 6:230.

446 "Johnston against Grant": CW, 6:236.

446 "'Tad's' pistol away": CW, 6:256, 10:187.

446 "and expressive mouth": Silas W. Burt, "Lincoln on His Own Story-Telling, Century Magazine 73 (Feb. 1907): 501.

446 "with profoundest grat.i.tude": CW, 6:314.

446 "it is great!": Welles, Diary, 1:364.

446 "whipped them myself": CW, 6:329.

447 "go to waste": Nicolay and Hay, 7:278279; CW, 6:318.

447 "because of it". CW, 6:327328.