Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [574]
“reparation and apology”: Morning Post (London), quoted in the NYT, December 14, 1861.
Fabricated details: Charles Francis Adams to Henry Adams, December 19, 1861, A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861–1865, Vol. I, ed. Worthington Chauncey Ford (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1920), p. 86.
“acted without…directed by us”: WHS to Charles Francis Adams, undated, quoted in Frederick W. Seward, Seward at Washington, as Senator and Secretary of State. A Memoir of His Life, with Selections from His Letters, 1861–1872 (New York: Derby & Miller, 1891), p. 21.
The first public response should come from the British government: WHS to Charles Francis Adams, undated, quoted in ibid., p. 24.
“if the taking…it means war”: TW to WHS, December 2, 1861, quoted in ibid., pp. 27, 28 (quote).
“fanning the popular flame…manufactures”: NYT, December 16, 1861.
“certainly jubilant”: TW to WHS, December 5, 1861, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 28.
in “high places”: TW to WHS, December 6, 1861, quoted in ibid., p. 29.
“to provoke…getting Canada”: TW to WHS, December 2, 1861, quoted in ibid., p. 27.
“how created…your dismissal”: TW to WHS, December 6, 1861, quoted in ibid., p. 29.
Seward burst…“so foolish a thing”: Entry for December 15, 1861, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 515.
“I know…will not bite?”: AL, quoted in Monaghan, Diplomat in Carpet Slippers, p. 187.
both he and Lord Lyons…remained silent: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 187; Lord Thomas Newton, Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. I (New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1913), p. 55.
“Her Majesty’s…for the aggression”: Earl Russell to Lord Lyons, November 30, 1861, quoted in John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History, Vol. V (New York: Century Co., 1917), pp. 29–30. While the letter was dated November 30, it did not arrive in Washington until December 19, 1861.
If the United States…return to Britain: Ibid., p. 30; Newton, Lord Lyons, p. 62.
Lyons carried the document…consider their response: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 24.
“You will perhaps…side of peace”: Newton, Lord Lyons, p. 69.
“devoted one entire day”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 24.
“With England…‘crushed out’”: TW to WHS, December 10, 1861, quoted in ibid., p. 30.
“They can never…such a surrender”: Quoted in ibid., p. 24.
Lincoln himself…considered humiliating: Hendrick, Lincoln’s War Cabinet, p. 205.
“the British side…cheerfully”: WHS to Lord Lyons, December 26, 1861, in The Works of William H. Seward, Vol. V, ed. George E. Baker (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884; New York: AMS Press, 1972), pp. 295–309 (quotes pp. 307–09).
“There was great…power of England”: Entry for December 25, 1861, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 216.
“gall and wormwood…I possess”: Entry for December 25, 1861, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 320.
Only Monty Blair…with Seward: Hendrick, Lincoln’s War Cabinet, p. 206.
Charles Sumner…“the North’s problems”: Monaghan, Diplomat in Carpet Slippers, p. 191.
“Governor Seward…on each side”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 25.
Seward finished…read it to Chase: Monaghan, Diplomat in Carpet Slippers, p. 191; entry for December 26, 1861, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
“I am consoled…simply doing right”: Entry for December 25, 1861, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 320.
“a great point…Government”: Carpenter, “A Day with Governor Seward,” Seward Papers.
“an argument…the right one”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 26.
Seward hosted a dinner party: Entry for December 27, 1861, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 519; entry for December 27, 1861, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
“a great homely…iron grey”: Entry for December 27, 1861, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
The conversation at dinner…“on the floor cloth”: Ibid.
“swore vehemently”: Entry for December 27, 1861, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 519.
“doom [Seward]