Authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lincoln’s spirits began to revive…thirty-four guns: Villard,
Lincoln on the Eve of ’61,
pp. 76, 77.
“the cheers”…before leaving Springfield: “Indianapolis Correspondence, 11 February 1861,” in Hay,
Lincoln’s Journalist,
pp. 25 (quote), 27.
a direct, powerful talk…“free-love arrangement”: AL, “Speech from the Balcony of the Bates House at Indianapolis, Indiana,” February 11, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 195.
“shaken off…tragedy would have been”: “Cincinnati Correspondence, 12 February 1861,” in Hay,
Lincoln’s Journalist,
p. 28.
fêted in the state Capitol…his election official: Entry for February 13, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 13.
“The votes have been…was no enemy”: FWS to Anna (Wharton) Seward, February 14, 1861, reel 116, Seward Papers.
“have passed the 13th…people have chosen”: WHS to home, quoted in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 505.
“full evening dress”…lavish military ball: Entry for February 13, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 13.
he danced with Chase’s lovely daughter: This story was told to the author by a tour guide at the Ohio State House during a visit to Columbus, Ohio, in 1998.
“Mrs. Lincoln was piqued…at Washington”: “Kate Chase in 1893,”
Star
clipping, KCS vertical file, DWP.
Never comfortable with extemporaneous speech: Harold Holzer, “Avoid Saying ‘Foolish Things’: The Legacy of Lincoln’s Impromptu Oratory,” in
“We Cannot Escape History”: Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of Earth,
ed. James M. McPherson (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995), pp. 105–21.
“there is really…will come to an end”: AL, “Speech at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,” February 15, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 211.
“he should hardly…did not want to”: AL, “Remarks at Ashtabula, Ohio,” February 16, 1861, in ibid, p. 218.
he kissed Grace Bedell: Entry for February 16, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 14.
“a continuous carnival…grand popular ovation”: “Indianapolis Correspondence, 11 February 1861,” in Hay,
Lincoln’s Journalist,
p. 23.
Every glimpse of Mary: Entry for February 19, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 18.
“are rapidly reducing…frivolous and uncertain”: Entries for February 16 and 20, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
“observed the utmost…his administration”: Nicolay,
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 170.
“the man does not…the foot down firmly”: AL, “Address to the New Jersey General Assembly at Trenton, New Jersey,” February 21, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 237.
“lifted his foot”…continue his remarks: “Philadelphia Correspondence, 21 February 1861,” in Hay,
Lincoln’s Journalist,
p. 40.
“consent to…Union itself was made”: AL, “Reply to Mayor Fernando Wood at New York City,” February 20, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 233.
“never had a feeling…to surrender it”: AL, “Speech in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,” February 22, 1861, in ibid., p. 240.
the Baltimore plot: See Isaac H. [
sic
] Arnold, “Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln,”
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
37 (June 1868), pp. 123–28.
“This…in the afternoon”: Ward Hill Lamon,
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847–1865,
ed. Dorothy Lamon Teillard (n.p.: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1895; 1911; Lincoln, Nebr., and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1994), p. 39.
Fred was in the Senate gallery…“‘let you know in the morning’”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
pp. 509–10.
Pinkerton insisted…in the afternoon as scheduled: Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 78.
“side-tracked…Capitol came in sight”: Lamon,
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,
pp. 40, 45.
had “crept into Washington”: EMS, quoted in Helen Nicolay,
Our Capital on the Potomac
(New York and London: Century Co., 1924), p. 358.
A scurrilous rumor spread…a long military cloak: Thomas,
Abraham Lincoln,
p. 244.
“It’s to be hoped…on his Administration”: Entry for February 23, 1861,
Diary of George Templeton Strong,
Vol. III, p. 102.
“Genl Jackson…where he left”: MB to AL, December 8, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
had rented a private house: Lamon,
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 34; Leech,
Reveille in Washington,
p. 36.
“now public property…he is inaugurated”: TW, quoted in Lamon,
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 34.
“The truth is…have access to me”: Ibid., p. 35.
“the President-elect…met him at the depot”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 511.
“much out of breath…arrival of the train”: “Seward and Lincoln: The Washington Depot Episode,”
University of Rochester Library Bulletin
(Spring 1965), p. 33.
“a virtuoso performance”: Daniel W. Crofts, “Secession Winter: William Henry Seward and the Decision for War,”
New York History
65 (July 1984), p. 248.
breakfasted together…
“pâté de foie gras”
: Leech,
Reveille in Washington,
p. 8.
“tall awkward Irishman…loud & unrefined”: Harriet Lane to unknown recipient, February 24, 1861, reel 3, Papers of James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Seward shepherded Lincoln…conversation with Scott:
Star,
February 23 and 25, 1861.
Lincoln had promised Weed and Seward: Crofts, “Secession Winter,”
New York History
(1984), p. 248.
“living
position in the South”: AL to WHS, January 12, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 173.
“to grieve…in hostility”: WHS to AL, January 15, 1861, Lincoln Papers.
he had met with a delegation…he reached Washington: Baringer,
A House Dividing,
pp. 289–90 (quote p. 289); James Millikin to Simon Cameron, February 22, 1861, in
Concerning Mr. Lincoln: In Which Abraham Lincoln is Pictured as he Appeared to Letter Writers of His Time,
comp. Harry E. Pratt (Springfield, Ill.: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1944), pp. 57–60; Titian J. Coffey to Simon Cameron, February 22, 1861, in ibid., pp. 60–63.
Lincoln rested…his old adversary: Entry for February 23, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 21; Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years,
Vol. I, p. 90;
Star,
February 25, 1861.
“The Blairs…they undertake”: AL, quoted in “[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 123.
Blairs had been appalled…aggression from the South: FPB to AL, January 14, 1861, Lincoln Papers.
“that one Southern man…to despise”: MB to Gustavus V. Fox, January 31, 1861, reprinted in
Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861–1865,
Vol. I, ed. Robert Means Thompson and Richard Wainwright, orig. published as Vols. IX–X of the
Publications
of the Naval History Society, 1920 (Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1972), pp. 4–5.
“In your cabinet…for the succession”: FPB to AL, January 14, 1861, Lincoln Papers.
“four carriages…considerable swearing”:
Star,
Washington, D.C., February 25, 1861.
Seward’s home for a dinner: Entry for February 23, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 21; Van Deusen,
William Henry Seward,
pp. 265–68.
members of the Peace Convention: Entry for February 23, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 21.
“to scoff…facility of expression”: Lucius E. Chittenden,
Recollections of Lincoln and His Administration
(New York: Harper & Bros., 1891), pp. 71, 72.
Chase stiffly assumed: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 236.
“had some apt…his name”: Chittenden,
Recollections of Lincoln,
p. 72.
“He has been both…misfortune”: William Rives and Thomas Ruffin, both quoted in ibid., p. 77.
“clear and blustering…with mighty power”: Entry for February 24, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
“Governor Seward…you are familiar”: Seward,
Reminiscences of a War-Time Statesman and Diplomat,
p. 147.
Seward and Lincoln made an informal visit: Entry for February 25, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 22.
“affected
nonchalance
…plain English”:
NYT,
February 27, 1861.
“face has not yet…of the multitude”:
Star,
February 26, 1861.
“without a precedent…proprieties of his position”:
NYT,
February 27, 1861.
“I had partly…against you in malice”: AL to Schuyler Colfax, March 8, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 278.
opposition to Norman Judd; offered ministry post in Berlin: See King,
Lincoln’s Manager,
pp. 170–72.
“Judd
…borne inspection”: MTL to David Davis, January 17, 1861, in Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 71.
“in an agony…in February”: Niven,
Gideon Welles,
p. 321.
“It is by no means…not go at all”: GW to Edgar T. Welles, February 27, 1861, reel 18, Welles Papers.
“I desire to see you here forthwith”: Hannibal Hamlin to GW, February 28, 1861, quoted in Niven,
Gideon Welles,
p. 321.
In his hurry to catch the train…the navy portfolio: Niven,
Gideon Welles,
pp. 321–22.
“The struggle for Cabinet…hourly”:
Star,
March 1, 1861.
conflict over Chase and Seward: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 237.
Seward sent a note to Lincoln: Entry for March 2, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 23.
“I can’t afford…the first trick”: John G. Nicolay and John Hay,
Abraham Lincoln: A History,
Vol. III (New York: Century Co., 1917), p. 371.
“It is the subject…the same direction”: AL to WHS, March 4, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 273.
“The President…the country to chance”: WHS to FAS, March 8, 1861, quoted in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 518.
Lincoln sent Chase’s nomination…to the Senate: Entries for March 3, 5, and 6, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, pp. 24, 26; Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 234.
“Ever conscious…of protocol”: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 238.
“referred to the…finally yielded”: SPC to Trowbridge, quoted in Schuckers,
The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase,
p. 207.
“The construction of…only by experience”:
The States and Union,
Washington, D.C., February 26, 1861.
Lincoln’s “first decision…been nominated”: “Campaign of 1860 & Journey to Washington,” container 9, Nicolay Papers.
James Buchanan…“deepened party divisions”: Allan Nevins,
Ordeal of the Union. Vol. II: The Emergence of Lincoln, part I: Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857–1859,
new introduction by James M. McPherson (New York: 1978; New York: Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992), p. 67.
“he must risk…dangers of rebellion”: “Campaign of 1860 & Journey to Washington,” container 9, Nicolay Papers.
asked Lincoln why…“of their services”: Joseph Medill, quoted in H. I. Cleveland, “Booming the First American President: A Talk with Abraham Lincoln’s Friend, the Late Joseph Medill,”
Saturday Evening Post
172, August 5, 1899, p. 85.
For further analysis of the making of the cabinet, see Phillip Shaw Paludan,
The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
(n.p.: University Press of Kansas, 1994), pp. 21–45.
CHAPTER 12: “MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY”
Mary the night before the inaugural: Helm,
The True Story of Mary,
p. 168.
strangers swarming…streets below:
Star,
March 4, 1861.
“Lincoln often resorted…or argument”: JGN, “Some Incidents in Lincoln’s Journey from Springfield to Washington,” in Nicolay,
An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 107.
out of four documents: Herndon and Weik,
Herndon’s Life of Lincoln,
p. 386.
“such a crowd…about him”: Orville H. Browning, quoted in Nicolay,
An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 6.
Browning focused on one imprudent passage: WHS to AL, February 24, 1861, quoted in Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. III, p. 322.
“threat, or menace…palpably in the wrong”: Orville H. Browning to AL, February 17, 1861, Lincoln Papers.