Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [554]
“fought…took new courage”: Adams, The Great Secession Winter, p. 23.
“Secession has run its course”: Entry for February 20, 1861, Diary of George Templeton Strong. Vol. III: The Civil War, 1860–1865, ed. Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1952), p. 100.
“for the new Administration…to subside”: WHS to FAS, January 23, 1861, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, p. 497.
“I deplore S[eward]’s speech”: CS to John Jay, January 17, 1861, reel 74, Sumner Papers.
“read me his speech…no such thing”: CS to Samuel Gridley Howe, January 17, 1861, reel 64, Sumner Papers.
“seeks to purchase peace…years war”: Thaddeus Stevens to SPC, February 3, 1861, reel 14, Chase Papers.
“What do you think…be found wanting”: Carl Schurz to his wife, February 4, 1861, in Carl Schurz, Intimate Letters of Carl Schurz, 1841–1869, trans. and ed. Joseph Schafer, orig. published as Vol. XXX of the Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1928 (New York: Da Capo Press, 1970), pp. 242–43.
“There he was…left him at Auburn”: Adams, Jr., Charles Francis Adams, 1835–1915, p. 79.
“Eloquent as your speech…of your dangers”: FAS to WHS, January 19, 1861, reel 14, Seward Papers.
“I am not surprised…most effective weapons”: WHS to FAS, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, pp. 496–97.
“It will do…by and with”: TW to WHS, January 19, 1861, reel 61, Seward Papers.
“In the cars…jealousies and hatreds”: TW to WHS, February 14, 1861, reel 61, Seward Papers.
“Your recent speech…over the country”: AL to WHS, January 19, 1861, in CW, IV, p. 176.
“he had heard from…on it at present”: Entry of February 5, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
“Seward made all…says so openly”: Carl Schurz to his wife, February 9, 1861, in Schurz, Intimate Letters of Carl Schurz, 1841–1869, p. 247.
CHAPTER 11: “I AM NOW PUBLIC PROPERTY”
Mary journeyed to New York: Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 69; Randall, Mary Lincoln, pp. 192–94.
“wild to see”: MTL to Adeline Judd, June 13, 1860, in Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 64.
fêted by merchants…“an obsession”: Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 192.
“Could he…disgrace the Nation?”: Elizabeth Todd Grimsley, “Six Months in the White House,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society XIX (October 1926–January 1927), p. 44.
“outward appearance…Presidential father”: Entries for January 23–25, 1861, Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 7; Villard, Lincoln on the Eve of ’61, p. 55 (quote).
decided to rent out their house: Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 72.
“the most brilliant…in many years”: Entry for February 6, 1861, Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 9; Villard, Lincoln on the Eve of ’61, p. 63 (quote).
“with a rope around…tar and feathers”: Villard, Lincoln on the Eve of ’61, pp. 52–53.
he sought places to isolate himself: WHH, quoted in Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues, p. 442; Villard, Lincoln on the Eve of ’61, pp. 57–58.
“unusually grave…old and faithful friends”: Villard, Lincoln on the Eve of ’61, p. 64.
farewell to his beloved stepmother…father’s grave: Ibid., pp. 55–56.
“If I live…nothing had ever happened”: AL, quoted in Donald, Lincoln, p. 272.
packed his own trunk…“Washington, D.C.”: Weik, The Real Lincoln, p. 307.
“His face was pale…a single word”: Villard, Lincoln on the Eve of ’61, p. 71.
“My friends…an affectionate farewell”: AL, “Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois [A. Version],” February 11, 1861, in CW, IV, p. 190.
“As he turned…the silent gathering”: NYH, February 12, 1861.
the luxurious presidential car…president-elect: Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 202.
“sat alone and depressed”: Villard, Lincoln on the Eve of ’61, p. 73.
“forsaken…hilarious good spirits”: “Indianapolis Correspondence, 11 February 1861,” in Hay, Lincoln’s Journalist, p. 24.
Jefferson Davis was beginning: Entries for February 11 and 18, 1861, in Long, The Civil War Day by Day, pp. 35–36, 38–39; Davis, Jefferson Davis, pp. 304–07; The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Vol. VII: 1861, ed. Lynda Lass-well Crist