Abbreviations

AL	Abraham Lincoln
ALP-LC	Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
C.N.	Cherokee Nation
CU	Columbia University, Butler Library, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New York, N.Y.
CW	The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Roy P. Basler. 9 vols. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953.
DU	Duke University, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Durham, N.C.
GU	Georgetown University, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
HI	Herndon’s Informants: Letters, Interviews and Statements About Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998.
HL	The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
HU	Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
ILPL	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Ill.
JALA	Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association
LC	Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
MoC*	Museum of the Confederacy, Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library, Richmond, Va.
MTL	Mary Todd Lincoln
NARA	National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
NYHS	New-York Historical Society, New York, N.Y.
OR	The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Prepared Under the Direction of the Secretary of War. 70 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
SHC-UNC	Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
UR	University of Rochester, Rush Rhees Library, Rochester, N.Y.
USAHEC	United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, Pa.
UVa	University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, Charlottesville, Va.
VHS	Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
WHH	William H. Herndon