Authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Ulric…expert waltzer: Stoddard,
Inside the White House in War Times,
p. 128.
Fernando Wood…“personal intercourse”: Dispatch of February 1, 1864, in Stoddard,
Dispatches from Lincoln’s White House,
p. 205.
Mary Lincoln sent…“to believe it”: MTL to Daniel E. Sickles, February 6, 1864, in Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
pp. 167–68; see also note 3 of MTL to Sickles.
when Emilie…Martha Todd White: See note 1 to JGN to Benjamin F. Butler, April 19, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Lincoln issued a pass: On the subject of Martha Todd White’s dealings with the Lincolns, see JGN to Butler, April 19, 1864; Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
“Here…of your master”: Undated newspaper article pasted in JGN to Butler, April 19, 1863, container 28, Butler Papers; newspaper reports of Martha Todd White’s statements to General Butler, quoted in Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
he directed Nicolay to ascertain the facts: JGN to Butler, April 19, 1863, container 28, Butler Papers.
Butler replied…untoward had been found: Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Nicolay used Butler’s letter: JGN to Butler, April 28, 1864; JGN to Horace Greeley, April 25, 1864; Greeley to JGN, April 26, 1864, Lincoln Papers. For an example of rebuttal issued, see
NYTrib,
April 27, 1864.
Butler was surprised…so “silly”: Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Nor did he want…sustain the rebel cause: O. Stewart to AL, April 27, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Browning requested a favor…“very good humor”: Entry for February 6, 1894, in Browning,
The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning,
Vol. I, p. 659.
he had visited…Owen Lovejoy: Entry for February 6, 1864, in
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 238.
“the best friend [he] had in Congress”: AL, quoted in Carpenter,
Six Months at the White House,
p. 18.
suffering from a debilitating liver and kidney ailment:
NYT,
March 28, 1864; Edward Magdol,
Owen Lovejoy: Abolitionist in Congress
(New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1967), pp. 400, 402–03.
“This war is eating…live to see the end”: AL, quoted in Carpenter,
Six Months at the White House,
p. 17.
a fire alarm rang…his brother, Willie: Robert W. McBride,
Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln
(Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926), pp. 29–30, 44–46 (quotes pp. 44–45);
Star,
February 11, 1864;
Daily Morning Chronicle,
Washington, D.C., February 11, 1864.
A coachman…setting the fire:
Star,
February 11, 1864; JGN to JH, February 10, 1864, in Nicolay,
With Lincoln in the White House,
p. 126.
instructed him to consult…“have it rebuilt”: Commissioner B. B. French to John H. Rice, February 11, 1863, pp. 295–96, Vol. 14, reel 7, M371, RG 42, DNA (quote);
Star,
February 11, 1864.
“carefully veiled…a hopeless one”: McClure,
Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times,
p. 136.
Friends of Chase…biographical sketch: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 358.
“no matter how…flimsy political trick”: William Orton to SPC, January 6, 1864, in
Chase Papers,
Vol. IV, p. 247.
“malignant denunciations”: SPC to AL, January 13, 1864, reel 30, Chase Papers.
twenty-five long letters…inspirational book: Chase’s series of autobiographical letters to John T. Trowbridge began on December 27, 1863, and ended on March 22, 1864, see Chase Papers; [John T. Trowbridge],
The Ferry-Boy and the Financier, by a Contributor to the “Atlantic”
(Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co., 1864).
An excerpt appeared: J. T. Trowbridge, “The First Visit to Washington,”
Atlantic Monthly
13 (April 1864), pp. 448–57.
“So far…otherwise than I have”: SPC to J. W. Hartwell, February 2, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
“I think of you…you are—where?”: SPC to Charlotte S. Eastman, February 1, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
Susan Walker…“bluestocking”: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
pp. 97 (quote), 203–04.
“I wish
you could come…you enough”: SPC to Susan Walker, January 23, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
the public announcement…held a large interest: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
pp. 357, 359–60; Blue,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 222.
“eating a man’s bread…the same time”: David Davis, quoted in King,
Lincoln’s Manager,
p. 213.
Chase busied himself lining up support: Hart,
Salmon P. Chase,
pp. 309–10.
“gratified…should he be reelected”: SPC to Flamen Ball, February 2, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
“lamented the…distinct feeler”: Entry for February 3, 1864,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 520–21.
“immeasurably”…to any other candidate: Entry for March 22, 1864, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 350.
“fair plump lady…altogether the advantage”: Entry for February 19, 1864,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 528.
the Pomeroy Committee…“available candidate”: “The Pomeroy Circular,” quoted in Schuckers,
The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase,
pp. 499–500.
Pomeroy circular was leaked to the press: J. M. Winchell, quoted in
NYT,
September 15, 1874.
“No sensible man…if it killed me”: David Davis, quoted in King,
Lincoln’s Manager,
p. 215.
“had no knowledge…entire confidence”: SPC to AL, February 22, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
the circular’s author…“would sustain”: J. M. Winchell, quoted in
NYT,
September 15, 1874.
He understood the political…
“enemies”
: Entry for February 13, 1864, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 333.
acknowledged receipt…“time to do so”: AL to SPC, February 23, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
“Its recoil…than Lincoln”: Entry for February 22, 1864,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 529.
“It is unworthy…of this movement”:
NYT,
February 24, 1864.
the effect of the circular…Chase’s prospects: JGN to TB, February 28, 1864, container 3, Nicolay Papers.
In state after state…Lincoln’s renomination:
NYT,
February 24, 1864; Fitz Henry Warren to TW, March 25, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Pomeroy’s home state…support for Lincoln: W. W. H. Lawrence to Abel C. Wilder and James H. Lane, February 15, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
the “long list…degree with Abraham Lincoln”:
NYT,
February 29, 1864.
Harper’s Weekly
…“had been blinded”:
Harper’s Weekly,
March 5, 1864, p. 146.
“The masses…earnest and honest”: Entry for January 3, 1864, in Gurowski,
Diary: 1863–’64–’65,
p. 60.
The fatal blow: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 361.
“brought matters…of the gravest character”: Richard C. Parsons to SPC, March 2, 1864, reel 32, Chase Papers.
to answer Chase’s…“occasion for a change”: AL to SPC, February 29, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
In a public letter…“given to my name”: SPC to James C. Hall, March 5, 1864, reel 32, Chase Papers.
Chase told his daughter…“welfare of the country”: SPC to Janet Chase Hoyt, March 15, 1864, reel 32, Chase Papers.
“It proves only…openly resisted”: Entry for March 9, 1864, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 345.
Leonard Grover estimated…“a hundred times”: Leonard Grover, “Lincoln’s Interest in the Theater,”
Century
77 (April 1909), p. 944.
“It gave him…seen by the audience”: Noah Brooks, “Personal Reminiscences of Lincoln,”
Scribners Monthly
15 (March 1878), p. 675.
“the drama…entire relief”: Stoddard,
Inside the White House in War Times,
p. 191.
At a performance…“Hal’s time”: Ibid., p. 107.
developments with gaslight…onto the stage: Mary C. Henderson, “Scenography, Stagecraft, and Architecture in the American Theatre: Beginnings to 1870,” in Don Wilmeth and Christopher Bigsby, eds.,
The Cambridge History of American Theatre.
Vol. I:
Beginnings to 1870
(New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 415.
“To envision nineteenth-century…intimate space: Levine,
Highbrow / Lowbrow,
pp. 26, 24–25.
Frances Trollope complained…“and whiskey”: Trollope,
Domestic Manners of the Americans,
p. 102.
The years surrounding…Charlotte Cushman: Garff B. Wilson,
Three Hundred Years of American Drama and Theatre: From Ye Bear and Ye Cubb to Hair
(Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973), p. 144.
“she was not…vitality of her presence”:
NYTrib,
February 19, 1876.
Seward and Miss Cushman…at the Seward home: Van Deusen,
William Henry Seward,
p. 338.
a close relationship with young Fanny: See Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers; FAS to CS, June 10, 1858, reel 17, Sumner Papers.
“Imagine me…use in the world”: FS to FAS, February 11, 1864, reel 116, Seward Papers.
“the greatest man”…outside their family: Charlotte Cushman, quoted in entry for October 14, 1864, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
Lincoln made his way…purpose of her visit: Charlotte Cushman to [WHS], July 9, 1861, Lincoln Papers.
“Perhaps the best…at criticism”: AL to James H. Hackett, August 17, 1863, in
CW,
VI, p. 392.
Hackett shared…“without much malice”: On the dissemination of Lincoln’s letter to Hackett, see note 1 to AL to James H. Hackett, August 17, 1863, in ibid., p. 393; James H. Hackett to AL, October 22, 1863, Lincoln Papers; AL to James H. Hackett, November 2, 1863, in
CW,
VI, pp. 558–59 (quote p. 558).
recalled bringing…“pleasant interval” from his work: William Kelley, in
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln,
ed. Rice (1886 edn.), pp. 264–67, 270.
“Edwin Booth has done…any other man”: Lucia Gilbert Calhoun, “Edwin Booth,”
Galaxy
7 (January 1869), p. 85.
captivated audiences…generation: Richard Lockridge,
Darling of Misfortune: Edwin Booth, 1833–1893
(New York: Century Co., 1932; New York: Benjamin Blom, 1971), pp. 14, 24, 38–39, 56, 78–79, 81;
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
22 (April 1861), p. 702; E. C. Stedman, “Edwin Booth,”
Atlantic Monthly
17 (May 1866), p. 589.
Lincoln and Seward attended…
Merchant of Venice
: Entries for February 19, 25, 26; March 2, 4, and 10, 1864, in
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, pp. 241–45;
NR,
March 3, 5, and 10, 1864; Grover, “Lincoln’s Interest in the Theater,”
Century
(1909), p. 946.
Booth came to dinner…“want of body in wine”: Entry for March 1864, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
anticipating Booth’s Hamlet…“upon the stage”: Carpenter,
Six Months at the White House,
pp. 49–51 (quotep. 51).
“laugh…‘ “Midsummer Night’s Dream” ’”: Ibid., p. 150.
Chase and Bates considered…“Satanic diversion”: Hendrick,
Lincoln’s War Cabinet,
p. 10.
Stanton came only once…Tad loved the theater: Grover, “Lincoln’s Interest in the Theater,”
Century
(1909), pp. 946, 944–45.
Tad would laugh…“seeing clearly why”: “24 April 1864, Sunday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 188.
“felt at home”…actually appeared in a play: Grover, “Lincoln’s Interest in the Theater,”
Century
(1909), p. 945.
who broke down in tears…and the Taft boys: Bayne,
Tad Lincoln’s Father,
p. 201.
arrived in the nation’s capital: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 290.
Congress had revived…the Western armies: Smith,
Grant,
pp. 284, 286, 293, 294.
He walked into the Willard…the accommodations: Smith,
Grant,
p. 289; Brooks D. Simpson,
Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822–1865
(Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000), pp. 258–59.
Grant took his son…and took a bow: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 290 (quotes); Smith,
Grant,
p. 289.
walked over to the White House…“a tone of familiarity”: Horace Porter,
Campaigning with Grant
(New York: Century Co., 1897; New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1992), pp. 18–19.
“a degree of awkwardness”: Entry for March 9, 1864,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 538.
Lincoln referred him to Seward: Smith,
Grant,
pp. 289–90; entry for March 9, 1864,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 538–39.
“laces were torn…much mixed”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 290.