Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [536]
“practical recognition of our Equality”: Frederick Douglass, quoted in David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass’ Civil War: Keeping Faith in Jubilee (Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1989), p. 16.
“the first great man…the colored race”: Frederick Douglass, “Lincoln and the Colored Troops,” in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice, p. 323.
“having strong sympathies…and so on”: AL’s reply, “Seventh and Last Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Alton, Illinois,” October 15, 1858, in CW, III, p. 300.
“whole town…human beings”: Eyewitness at Alton debate, quoted in The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, ed. Holzer, p. 322.
“More than a thousand…he ever made”: Koerner, Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, Vol. II, pp. 66–68.
The “real issue…same tyrannical principle”: AL’s reply, “Seventh and Last Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Alton, Illinois,” October 15, 1858, in CW, III, p. 315.
He drew up…“to be struggled for”: AL, “1858 Campaign Strategy,” [July? 1858], in CW, II, pp. 476–81 (quote p. 479).
“We are in…must be left undone”: AL to Gustave P. Koerner, July 25, 1858, in ibid., p. 524.
Chase came to Illinois: Niven, Salmon P. Chase, p. 210; Blue, Salmon P. Chase, pp. 118–19.
a gesture Lincoln would not forget: AL to SPC, April 30, 1859, in CW, III, p. 378; AL to Samuel Galloway, March 24, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 34.
a dreary day, November 2, 1858: Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Ill., November 3, 1858.
Lincoln anxiously awaited the returns: Baringer, Lincoln’s Rise to Power, p. 43; Oates, With Malice Toward None, p. 173.
“by the gerrymandering…Republican votes”: Koerner, Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, Vol. II, p. 68.
John Crittenden: Fehrenbacher, Prelude to Greatness, p. 118.
“Thousands of Whigs…influence of Crittenden”: WHH to Theodore Parker, November 8, 1858, quoted in Baringer, Lincoln’s Rise to Power, p. 49.
“The emotions of defeat…anything dishonorable”: AL to John J. Crittenden, November 4, 1858, in CW, III, pp. 335–36.
“I am glad…after I am gone”: AL to Anson G. Henry, November 19, 1858, in ibid., p. 339.
“must not be surrendered…hundred defeats”: AL to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858, in ibid., p. 339.
“You will soon…have fun again”: AL to Charles H. Ray, November 20, 1858, in ibid., p. 342.
CHAPTER 7: COUNTDOWN TO THE NOMINATION
“decided impression…candidate for the presidency”: Jesse W. Fell, quoted in Oldroyd, comp., The Lincoln Memorial, p. 474.
“so much better known…you or anybody else”: AL, quoted by Jesse W. Fell, quoted in ibid., pp. 474, 476.
when the Republican editor…“for the Presidency”: Thomas J. Pickett to AL, April 13, 1859, Lincoln Papers.
“I certainly am…fit for the Presidency”: AL to Thomas J. Pickett, April 16, 1859, in CW, III, p. 377.
Certain that Seward…overseas for eight months: Luthin, First Lincoln Campaign, p. 31.
“All our discreet friends…recess of Congress”: WHS to George W. Patterson, April 6, 1859, quoted in Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, p. 196.
Fanny Seward desolate…approaching departure: April 1859 entries, Frances (Fanny) Adeline Seward diary, reel 198, Seward Papers [hereafter Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers].
description of Fanny Seward, literary pursuits: Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” pp. 27, 76–78, 83–84.
“‘my affinity’…instead of speak”: Fanny Seward, quoted in ibid., p. 55.
Seward in Europe: Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, pp. 362–436.
prepared a major address: Taylor, William Henry Seward, pp. 115–16.
Henry Stanton later…“posterity together”: Stanton, Random Recollections, pp. 212–13.
“I wish it were over”: FAS to William H. Seward, Jr., February 29, 1860, reel 115, Seward Papers.
Fanny…seated in the gallery: Entry for February 29, 1860, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
“The whole house…was very still”: Entry for February 29, 1860, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
Seward took as his theme: WHS,