Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [521]
Mary’s inconsolable weeping: Ibid., p. 126.
“Eat, Mary…for we must live”: AL, quoted in Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 141.
found some solace…rented a family pew: Ibid., pp. 143–44.
Eddie’s death left an indelible scar: See Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln, pp. 125–29.
“hysterical outbursts”: Burlingame, The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, p. 296.
chased him through the yard: Stephen Whitehurst interview, 1885–1889, in HI, p. 722; WHH to JWW, January 23, 1886, reel 9, Herndon-Weik Collection, DLC.
drove him from the house: Mrs. Hillary Gobin to Alfred J. Beveridge, May 17, 1923, container 288, Papers of Alfred J. Beveridge, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress [hereafter Beveridge Papers, DLC].
smashed his head with a chunk of wood: Margaret Ryan interview, October 27, 1886, in HI, p. 597; WHH to JWW, January 23, 1886, reel 9, Herndon-Weik Collection, DLC.
“a protective deafness”: J. P. McEvoy, quoted in Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 121.
quietly leave the room…for a walk: James Gourley interview, 1865–1866, in HI, p. 453.
If the discord continued…storm had ceased: Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, p. 91.
“a woman of more angelic…people outside”: Milton Hay interview, c. 1883–1888, in HI, p. 729.
“rendering [himself] worthy”: AL, “Communication to the People of Sangamo County,” March 9, 1832, in CW, I, p. 8.
Weed’s campaign for Senate seat for Seward: Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, pp. 110–11; Van Deusen, Thurlow Weed, pp. 165–66.
“There are two…and odious”: WHS, “The Election of 1848, Cleveland, Ohio, October 26, 1848,” Works of William H. Seward, Vol. III, pp. 291–302.
“of making voters…to intermarry”: AL’s speech, “Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Charleston, Illinois,” September 18, 1858, in CW, III, p. 145.
radicalism of the Western Reserve: Smith, The Liberty and Free Soil Parties in the Old Northwest, pp. 13–14, 31–32, 128.
the Cleveland Plain Dealer charged: Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 27, 1848.
“‘Can nothing’…can and must do it”: WHS, “The Election of 1848,” Works of William H. Seward, Vol. III, p. 301.
“a political crime…political evil”: TW, quoted in Van Deusen, Thurlow Weed, p. 90.
“this question of slavery…partisan conflicts”: TW, Albany Evening Journal, 1836, in Seward, An Autobiography, p. 319.
his provocative language: WHS to TW, March 31, 1850, Weed Papers; Holman Hamilton, Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House, Vol. II (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951), pp. 321–22.
not fully “ripened”: WHS to unknown recipient, May 28, 1846, in Seward, An Autobiography, p. 809.
“wanted to level society up, not down”: Van Deusen, Thurlow Weed, p. 166.
“Probably no man…warmly appreciated”: NYTrib, quoted in Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, p. 113.
a Southern senator…“a shudder”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, p. 119.
“If we ever find…your odious neck”: “Georgia Savannah” to WHS, January 22, 1850, in ibid., p. 130.
balance of power in the Ohio legislature: [Albert G. Riddle], “The Election of Salmon P. Chase to the Senate, February 22, 1849,” The Republic 4 (March 1875), p. 180; Schuckers, The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, p. 91.
Dr. Norton Townshend and John F. Morse: See Niven, Salmon P. Chase, p. 118; Schuckers, The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, pp. 91–92.
drafted a deal…extensive patronage: SPC to Sarah Bella D. L. Chase, December 20, 1848, reel 7, Chase Papers; Hart, Salmon P. Chase, pp. 104–09, 112.
Chase journeyed to Columbus…money to more than one paper: Niven, Salmon P. Chase, pp. 117–19, 121.
“After the Senatorial Election…rely on me”: SPC to Edward S. Hamlin, January 17, 1849 (erroneously dated 1848), reel 7, Chase Papers.
advanced money to…“mortgage to myself”: SPC to Stanley Matthews (copybook version), February 26, 1849, reel 7, Chase Papers.
“It is really important…Morse especially”: SPC to Edward S. Hamlin, January 17, 1849 (erroneously dated 1848), reel 7, Chase Papers.
“Every thing…of the Cause”: SPC to John F. Morse, January 19, [1849], reel 7, Chase Papers. The recipient’s name does not appear on the letter itself, but