17 For cabinet endorsements, see Benjamin Bannen to Lincoln, and Dillen Luther to Lincoln, both December 7, 1864, ALPLC.
18 L. A. Gobright, Recollections of Men and Things at Washington, During the Third of the Century (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1869).
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NEWSPAPERS
Baltimore Sun
Brooklyn Eagle
Charleston Courier
Chicago Daily Times
Chicago Press and Tribune
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati Gazette
[Frederick] Douglass’ Monthly
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
Freeman’s Journal
Harper’s Weekly
[Springfield] Illinois State Journal
[Springfield] Illinois State Register
Journal of Commerce
London Times
New York Courier and Enquirer
New York Daily News
New York Evening Post
New York Herald
New York Illustrated News
New York Independent
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