Delegation from Delaware, headed by Cong. George P. Fisher (Del.) discusses with President effects of draft in state, and military situation in general. Fisher to Lincoln, 14 August 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Gen. Cassius M. Clay "struts around" White House, anxious to go back to Russia. Albert A. Woldman, Lincoln and the Russians (Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1952), 120.