in a way it develop a sense of independence on the part ofary todd and lincoln, and evenn the part of abe lincoln. quite unusual in many respects. there are some questions. some of the i think you or i could answer very quickly and i will just run through tho before we get to those tt will take little more time. is there any evidence linking in october 1864 was willing to let the winner of the election a point -- my senses was no eviden for that kind of -- >> no, never. >> and thus no reason he would've ever made an servation until december. my sense is it never came up. >> no, no, no it didn't come up. i will say that he had written august before that september he had wrien a note and a kind of looks like i'm going to le, and he wrote a note t his cabinet, he sealed in an envepe and it said it aears, at that time the war was going very badly. i just want to have a fair election but also a smooth transition to my sucssor. he assumed he was going to lose. but no, we really don't know about the supreme court thing. >> another one, did he keep a diary of any kind? no, unfortunately, he d