^ Baker 2004, pp. 100–105.

^ Baker 2004, pp. 120–121.

^ Chadwick 2008, p. 91.

^ Chadwick 2008, p. 117.

^ Klein 1962, pp. 286–299.

^ Klein 1962, p. 312.

^ Baker 2004, pp. 117–118.

^ Smith 1975, pp. 69–70.

^ Jump up to: a b Baker 2004, pp. 107–112.

^ Smith 1975, pp. 74–75.

^ Flude 2012, pp. 393–413.

^ "Lincoln Rejects the King of Siam's Offer of Elephants". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved July 19, 2021.

^ "Top Ten Strangest Presidential Pets". PetMD. Retrieved March 22, 2019.

^ Klein 1962, p. 338.

^ Klein 1962, pp. 338–9.

^ Jump up to: a b Grossman 2003, p. 78.

^ Baker 2004, pp. 114–118.

^ Klein 1962, p. 339.

^ Klein 1962.

^ Baker 2004, pp. 118–120.

^ Jump up to: a b Klein 1962, pp. 356–358.

^ Baker 2004, pp. 76, 133.

^ Jump up to: a b Buchanan (1860)

^ "James Buchanan, Fourth Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union, December 3, 1860". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved April 28, 2012.

^ Klein 1962, p. 363.

^ "The Resignation of Secretary Cobb. The Correspondence". The New York Times. December 14, 1860.