Authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin
the journalist Whitelaw Reid: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 336; Hendrick,
Lincoln’s War Cabinet,
p. 401.
Chase in Columbus…“misfortunes averted”: SPC,
“Going Home to Vote,”
p. 4.
“I come not to speak…and without exceptions”: Ibid., pp. 5, 13.
In public squares…“turn to Ohio”:
Daily Ohio State Journal,
Columbus, Ohio, October 13, 1863; SPC,
“Going Home to Vote,”
p. 8 (quote).
begged his audiences…“sixty-five days in the year”: SPC,
“Going Home to Vote,”
p. 8.
Lincoln took up his usual post: Waugh,
Reelecting Lincoln,
p. 14.
a welcome telegram…was counted: SPC to AL, October 14, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
By 5 a.m…. to 100,000: Browne,
The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 603; Waugh,
Reelecting Lincoln,
p. 14.
“Glory to God…saved the Nation”
: Browne,
The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 603.
“All honor…foe at the ballot-box”: EMS to John W. Forney,
NYT,
October 15, 1863.
found him “in good spirits”: Entry for October 14, 1863,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 470.
“No man knows…till he has had it”: AL, quoted in James B. Fry, in
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time,
ed. Allen Thorndike Rice (New York: North American Publishing Co., 1886), p. 390.
“all right”…a good secretary: AL, quoted in “18 October 1863, Sunday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 93.
“I’m afraid…of the presidency”: Entry for October 17, 1863, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 310.
“That visit to the west…saved my country”: Entry for October 20, 1863, in ibid., p. 311.
“it is of the nature…with its victim”: Edward Bates to James O. Broadhead, October 24, 1863, Broadhead Papers, MoSHi.
had “warped”…party behind him: Entry for August 22, 1863,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 413.
were moderate compared to the scathing indictments: See Smith,
The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics,
Vol. II, pp. 234–37.
“I little imagined…me deeply”: SPC to Edward D. Mansfield, October 18, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.
“The late election”…unfit for active duty: James H. Baker to SPC, November 7, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.
“To him, more than…system of slavery”:
Liberator,
November 13, 1863.
Liberator
maintained…“again acting President”:
Liberator,
November 13, 1863.
the relationship between the two…“gave it new light”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 197.
“They say, Mr. President…as a Governor”: WHS and AL, quoted in ibid., pp. 193–94.
a proclamation…“tranquillity and Union”: AL, “Proclamation of Thanksgiving,” October 3, 1863, in
CW,
VI, p. 497 (quote); Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 194.
Lincoln told Nicolay…“whole of that letter”: December 8, 1863 memorandum, container 3, Nicolay Papers.
Seward assured Lincoln…“will collapse”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 196.
Seward left for Auburn…short periods of time: See Seward family correspondence in October 1863 on reels 112, 114, and 115 of Seward Papers, and FAS to Anna (Wharton) Seward, November 17, 1863, reel 115, Seward Papers.
The previous spring…his intelligence safely: William H. Seward, Jr., “Reminiscences of Lincoln,”
Magazine of History
9 (February 1909), pp. 105–06.
he delivered a speech…“will perish with it”: WHS, quoted in Williams,
Lincoln and the Radicals,
p. 301.
“as in religion…whole United States”: WHS, quoted in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 195.
arousing the wrath…“always be open to him”: WHS, quoted in Williams,
Lincoln and the Radicals,
p. 301.
Lincoln telegraphed…“How is your son?”: AL to WHS, November 3, 1863, in
CW,
VI, p. 562.
“Thanks…majority in the state”: WHS to AL, November 3, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
a 30,000 majority: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 195.
“the Copperhead…and humbled”: “8 November 1863, Sunday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 109.
invitations to the Chase-Sprague wedding: See Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 342.
a diamond tiara worth $50,000: Ibid., p. 343.
“about the bridal
trousseau
…Millionaire Wedding”:
NYT,
November 18, 1863.
“to realize”…undivided attention: SPC to William Sprague, October 31, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.
Sprague reassured Chase…“and generation”: William Sprague to SPC, November 4, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.
Hay recounted…
The Pearl of Savoy
: “22 October 1863, Thursday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 98.
The play revolves…Marie goes mad: Gaetano Donizetti,
The Pearl of Savoy: A Domestic Drama in Five Acts. French’s Standard Drama.
Acting Edition No. 337 (New York: S. French, [1864?]).
The Pearl of Savoy
was an adaptation of Donizetti’s
Linda de Chamounix.
“was a coldly calculated…father and politics”: See J. P. Cullen, “Kate Chase: Petticoat Politician,”
Civil War Times Illustrated
2 (May 1963), p. 15.
“in her eyes…upon her affections”: Perrine, “The Dashing Kate Chase,”
Ladies’ Home Journal
(1901), p. 11.
“wholly innocent…several millions”:
Daily Eagle,
Brooklyn, N.Y., November 14, 1863.
“Miss Kate has…sufficient for both”: Entry for May 19, 1863,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 306.
Henry Adams…as Jephthah’s daughter: Ross,
Proud Kate,
p. 121. The tale of Jephthah’s daughter is in Judges 11:30–40.
“Memory has been busy…found a lodgment there”: KCS diary, November 11, 1868, Sprague Papers.
In the hours before…proceeded inside:
Daily Morning Chronicle,
Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863.
Monty Blair, who refused…“of the occasion”: EBL to SPL, November 12, [1863], in
Wartime Washington,
ed. Laas, p. 319.
Lord Lyons…and Robert C. Schenck:
Daily Morning Chronicle,
Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863; Perrine, “The Dashing Kate Chase,”
Ladies’ Home Journal
(1901), pp. 11–12; “12 November 1863, Thursday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 111.
“Much anxiety”…and without Mrs. Lincoln:
Daily Morning Chronicle,
Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863.
“bow in reverence…
Chase & daughter”
: MTL to Simon Cameron, June 16, [1866], in Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 370.
Mary’s absence…“presidential party”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
pp. 260–61.
“a gorgeous white velvet”…specifically for the occasion:
Daily Morning Chronicle,
Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863 (quote); Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 261; Ross,
Proud Kate,
p. 140.
“Chase was…newly made wife”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 261.
A lavish meal…midnight:
Daily Morning Chronicle,
Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863.
“a very brilliant…had
arrived”
: “12 November 1863, Thursday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 111.
The young couple left the next morning:
NYT,
November 18, 1863.
“Your letter…how welcome it was”: SPC to KCS, November 18, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.
“My heart is full…perfect honor & good faith”: SPC to William Sprague, November 26, 1863, reel 30, Chase Papers.
He had been asked…would speak: David Wills to AL, November 2, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
Lincoln told his cabinet…could not spare the time: Entry for December 1863,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 480; SPC to KCS, November 18, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers; entry for November 19, 1863, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 316.
“extremely busy…public expectation”: Lamon,
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 173.
Stanton had arranged…“the gauntlet”: AL to EMS, [November 17, 1863], in
CW,
VII, p. 16 and note.
The day before…“half of his speech”: James Speed quoted in John G. Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,”
Century
47 (February 1894), p. 597.
Various accounts suggest…“a makeshift desk”: George D. Gitt, quoted in Wilson,
Intimate Memories of Lincoln,
p. 476.
Others swear…on an envelope: See Garry Wills,
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 27.
Nicolay…and humorous stories: Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,”
Century
(1894), p. 601.
he was escorted…and Edward Everett: David Wills to AL, November 1, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
“All the hotels…of Gettysburgh immortal”:
NYT,
November 21, 1863.
He came to the door…“say nothing at all”: AL, “Remarks to Citizens of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,” November 18, 1863, in
CW,
VI, pp. 16–17.
Lincoln sent a servant: Frank L. Klement, “The Ten Who Sat in the Front Row on the Platform During the Dedication of the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Gettysburg,”
Lincoln Herald
88 (Winter 1985), p. 108.
A telegram arrived…Tad was better: EMS to AL, November 18 and 19, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
the crowd surged over…“part of the human race”: WHS, quoted in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 201 (quote);
NYT,
November 21, 1863.
the convivial secretary…“men of this generation”: Entry for November 22, 1863, in French,
Witness to the Young Republic,
p. 434.
He wanted to talk…and retiring: Klement, “The Ten Who Sat,”
Lincoln Herald
(1985), p. 108; Wills,
Lincoln at Gettysburg,
p. 31; entry for November 22, 1863, in French,
Witness to the Young Republic,
p. 434.
The huge, boisterous crowd…“thousand more”: Entry for November 22, 1863, in French,
Witness to the Young Republic,
p. 434.
made his final revisions: Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,”
Century
(1894), pp. 601, 602.
a chestnut horse…three cabinet officers: Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years,
Vol. II, p. 466.
Seward, riding…“homemade gray socks”: Henry Clay Cochrane, quoted in ibid.
An audience…between Everett and Seward: Klement, “The Ten Who Sat,”
Lincoln Herald
(1985), p. 106.
“leaned from one side…of his right hand”: Gitt, quoted in Wilson,
Intimate Memories of Lincoln,
p. 478.
Another member…to his pocket: Monaghan,
Diplomat in Carpet Slippers,
p. 341.
“could not be surpassed by mortal man”: Entry for November 22, 1863, in French,
Witness to the Young Republic,
p. 435.
“Seldom has a man…not like an orator”: Klement, “The Ten Who Sat,”
Lincoln Herald
(1985), p. 108.
“flutter and motion…an empty house”: Gitt, quoted in Wilson,
Intimate Memories of Lincoln,
p. 478.
steel-rimmed spectacles…at his pages: Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years,
Vol. II, p. 468.
“He had spent…supreme principle”: Wills,
Lincoln at Gettysburg,
p. 120.
“all this quibbling…created equal”: AL, “Speech at Chicago, Illinois,” July 10, 1858, in
CW,
II, p. 501.
“the central idea…govern themselves”: AL, quoted in “7 May 1861, Tuesday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 20.
“Four score and seven…shall not perish from the earth”: AL, “Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863; Edward Everett Copy,” in
CW,
VII, p. 21.
“the assemblage…there came applause”: Gitt, quoted in Wilson,
Intimate Memories of Lincoln,
p. 479.
he turned to Ward Lamon…“disappointed”: Lamon,
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 173.
“I should be glad…in two minutes”: Edward Everett to AL, November 20, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
Zachariah Chandler…tardiness on emancipation: Bruce Tap, “Chandler, Zachariah,” in
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War,
ed. Heidler and Heidler, pp. 398–99.