The cloth was thicker than anything of the kind I had ever seen, even in Canada.

The overcoat extended nearly to his feet, and was so large that it gave him the appearance of being an average-sized man.

He took this off when he reached the cabin of the boat, and I was struck with the apparent change in size, in the coat and out of it.
After a few days, about the 2d of February, I received a dispatch from Washington, directing me to send the commissioners to Hampton Roads to meet the President and a member of the cabinet.

Mr.Lincoln met them there and had an interview of short duration.

It was not a great while after they met that the President visited me at City Point.