Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [511]
story of black man named William Freeman: Baker, ed., Life of William H. Seward, pp. 99–113; “Defence of William Freeman,” Works of William H. Seward, Vol. I, pp. 409–75.
“I trust in the mercy…incomprehensible”: FAS to WHS, March 1846, in Seward, An Autobiography, pp. 787, 786.
insanity…floggings in jail: Seward, An Autobiography, p. 812.
“Will anyone defend…until his death!”: Baker, ed., Life of William H. Seward, pp. 104, 106.
roundly criticized Seward for his decision: WHS to TW, May 29, 1846, quoted in Seward, An Autobiography, p. 810.
Only Frances stood proudly: Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, p. 97.
“he will do…wrong is perpetrated”: FAS to LW, July 1, 1846, reel 119, Seward Papers.
“there are few men…a peaceful mind”: FAS to Augustus Seward, July 19, 1846, reel 114, Seward Papers.
she sat in the courtroom: FAS to LW, January–February 1850, reel 119, Seward Papers.
summoning five doctors: Seward, An Autobiography, pp. 811, 813.
“He is still your brother…be a man”: “Defence of William Freeman,” Works of William H. Seward, Vol. I, p. 417.
“I am not…malefactor”: Ibid., pp. 414–15.
“unexplainable on any principle of sanity”: WHS to TW, May 29, 1846, in Seward, An Autobiography, p. 810.
“there is not…such a prosecution”: “Defence of William Freeman,” Works of William H. Seward, Vol. I, p. 419.
“In due time…‘He was Faithful!’”: WHS, quoted in Seward, An Autobiography, p. 822.
While Seward endured…still wider distribution: Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, pp. 29, 32, 46.
“one of the very first…the highest degree”: SPC to Lewis Tappan, March 18, 1847, reel 6, Chase Papers.
Lincoln’s run for legislature from Sangamon County: Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, pp. 28–29, 34–35.
“Every man…very much chagrined”: AL, “Communication to the People of Sangamo County,” March 9, 1832, in CW, I, pp. 8–9.
only after being defeated…“to try it again”: J. Rowan Herndon to WHH, May 28, 1865, in HI, p. 7.
Lincoln had lost the election: AL, “Communication to the People of Sangamo County,” March 9, 1832, in CW, I, p. 5n.
“made friends everywhere he went”: “Conversation with Hon. J. T. Stuart June 23 1875,” quoted in John G. Nicolay, An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John G. Nicolay’s Interviews and Essays, ed. Michael Burlingame (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1996), p. 10.
“This was the only time…of the people”: AL, “Scripps autobiography,” in CW, IV, p. 64.
Two years later…in the state legislature: Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, p. 41.
frontier county…“consuming the whole afternoon”: Robert L. Wilson to WHH, February 10, 1866, in HI, pp. 201–02.
At Mr. Kyle’s store…“one Could throw it”: Andrew S. Kirk interview, March 7, 1887, in ibid., pp. 602–03.
“They came there…social club”: Speed, Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, p. 23.
Lincoln proved…grassroots politician: Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, pp. 58, 63, 79.
three levels of command…“day as possible”: “Lincoln’s Plan of Campaign in 1840” [c. January 1840], in CW, I, p. 180.
“Our intention…which we are engaged”: “Campaign Circular from Whig Committee,” January [31?], 1840, in ibid., pp. 201–03. See also “Lincoln’s Plan of Campaign in 1840” [c. January 1840], in ibid., pp. 180–81.
Lincoln likened…internal improvements: James A. Herndon to WHH, May 29, 1865, in HI, p. 16.
Lincoln had actually…“wider and fairer”: Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, pp. 97–98 (quote p. 97).
“to the ideal…rise in life”: G. S. Boritt, Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream (Memphis, Tenn.: Memphis State University Press, 1978), p. ix.
“an unfettered start…pursuit for all”: AL, “Message to Congress in Special Session,” July 4, 1861, in CW, IV, p. 438.
“DeWitt Clinton of Illinois”: Herndon and Weik, Herndon’s Life of Lincoln, p. 140.
“we highly disapprove…of the citizens”: Resolutions by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, quoted in note 2 of “Protest in Illinois Legislature on Slavery,” March 3, 1837, in CW, I, p. 75.
he issued a formal protest…“people of said District”: “Protest in Illinois Legislature