Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [550]
he asked Hannibal Hamlin…to meet him in Chicago: AL to Hannibal Hamlin, November 8, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 136.
he invited his old friend: AL to Joshua F. Speed, November 19, 1860, in ibid., p. 141.
“was so full of good humor…with laughter”: Charles Eugene Hamlin, The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin. Vol. II. American History and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series (Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press, 1899; Port Washington, N.Y., and London: Kennikat Press, 1971), p. 367.
biographical information on Hamlin: See William A. Robinson, “Hamlin, Hannibal,” in Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. IV, ed. Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1931; 1960), pp. 196–99; H. Draper Hunt, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine: Lincoln’s First Vice-President (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1969).
two men began…of both Adams and Welles: Hamlin, The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin, Vol. II, pp. 368–70 (quotes p. 368).
“threw himself…can afford to take”: Joshua F. Speed interview, [1865–1866], in HI, p. 475.
Mary had a splendid time: NYH, November 23 and 24, 1860.
“an intensified crossword…to harmonize”: Helen Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Cabinet,” Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 5 (March 1949), p. 258.
“in view of…influence”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
Seward never questioned: Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues, p. 12.
“Of course… any other person”: Charles Francis Adams to WHS, November 11, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.
“You will be offered…in the Presidency”: Simon Cameron to WHS, November 13, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.
The Whig Party had provided: Hendrick, Lincoln’s War Cabinet, p. 79.
Thurlow Weed invited Lincoln…Lincoln wisely declined: Entry of December 3, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, pp. 388–89; Hendrick, Lincoln’s War Cabinet, pp. 93–94.
“if obnoxious men…otherwise have”: JGN to [TB?], November 16, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
he directed Hamlin…Lincoln’s instructions: Hannibal Hamlin to AL, December 4, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
In reply to Hamlin…“at once”: AL to Hannibal Hamlin, December 8, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 147.
Hamlin caught up…contained the formal invitation: Hamlin, The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin, Vol. II, p. 372 (quote); “Alphabetical List of Senators and Representatives, with Their Residences in Washington,” in William H. Boyd, Boyd’s Washington and Georgetown Directory (Washington, D.C.: Taylor & Maury, 1860), p. 230.
“trembled…nervous”: Entry for December 3, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 389.
“With your permission…fit to be made”: AL to WHS, December 8, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 148.
“pale with excitement…practicable moment”: Hamlin, The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin, Vol. II, pp. 372–73.
“a little time…under existing circumstances”: WHS to AL, December 13, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
Bates in Springfield: Entry for December 15, 1860, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. II, p. 301; Cain, Lincoln’s Attorney General, p. 122.
he encountered John Nicolay…“genial and easy”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
Bates walked over…the afternoon together: Entry for December 16, 1860, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 164 (quote); JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
“from the time…its complete success”: Entry for December 16, 1860, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 164.
“should offer…the Attorney Generalship”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
“peace and order”…under President Fillmore: Entry for December 16, 1860, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 165.
“everybody expects…family to ridicule”: Entry for October 13, 1860, in ibid., p. 153.
“in trouble and danger…of his country”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
“a good effect…border slave States”: EB to AL, December 18, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
“Let a little…which Department”: AL to EB, December 18, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 154.
“we all feel…way in our power”: Leonard Swett to TW, November 26, 1860, reprinted in Barnes, Memoir of Thurlow