Annotation
[1] ALS, CSmH.
[2] The article is described in Trumbull's letter as being said to be the work of John Wentworth, designed to stir up bad feeling between ex-Whig and ex-Democrat in the party, but professing to be a justification by Charles L. Wilson, editor of the Journal, for having nominated Lincoln in the Republican convention (DLC-RTL).
[3] Norman B. Judd, Burton C. Cook, and John M. Palmer were like Trumbull, ex-Democrats.