Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [608]
“I was never more…Abraham Lincoln”: Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p. 785.
The president was seated…“began to rise”: Douglass, “Lincoln and the Colored Troops,” in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice, p. 316.
Douglass hesitantly began…“glad to see you”: Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p. 786.
Lincoln’s warmth…“Abraham Lincoln”: Frederick Douglass to George L. Stearns, August 12, 1863 (photocopy), container 53, Papers of Frederick Douglass, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress [hereafter Douglass Papers, DLC].
Douglass laid before…“very apparent sympathy”: Douglass, “Lincoln and the Colored Troops,” in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice, p. 317.
“Upon my ceasing…not suspected him”: Douglass to Stearns, August 12, 1863, Douglass Papers, DLC.
it “seemed a necessary…at all as soldiers”: Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p. 787.
“in the end they shall…as white soldiers”: AL quoted in Douglass, “Lincoln and the Colored Troops,” in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice, p. 318.
“he would sign…commend to him”: Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p. 787.
Lincoln’s justification…“killed for negroes”: Douglass to Stearns, August 12, 1863, Douglass Papers, DLC.
“once begun…humane spirit”: Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p. 787.
he had read a recent speech…“retreated from it”: Liberator, January 29, 1864.
“as though I could…his shoulder”: Douglass, “Lincoln and the Colored Troops,” in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice, p. 325.
“The manner of”…in the Mississippi Valley: Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, pp. 787–88 (quote); Quarles, Lincoln and the Negro, pp. 168, 172.
The War Department followed up…commission was not included: Quarles, Lincoln and the Negro, p. 169.
“I knew too much…mark of my rank”: Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p. 788.
“Perhaps you may like…I felt big there!”: Liberator, January 29, 1864.
Conkling had invited…loyal Unionists: AL to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 406.
False rumors circulated: NYT, August 8 and 13, 1863.
“Ah! I’m glad”…he bade him good night: Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times, pp. 129–30.
“deceptive and groundless…they have strove to hinder it”: AL to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863, in CW, VI, pp. 407–10.
Lincoln continued to refine…public duties: “23 August 1863, Sunday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 76.
“You are one of the best…very slowly”: AL to James C. Conkling, August 27, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 414.
An immense crowd…“the country calls”: Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Ill., September 2, 1863.
he was furious to see…around the country: John W. Forney to AL, September 3, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
“I am mortified…How did this happen?”: AL to James C. Conkling, September 3, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 430.
When a petitioner tried…“obvious to any one”: AL to D. M. Leatherman, September 3, 1863, in ibid., p. 431.
a message arrived from Conkling…“the next day”: James C. Conkling to AL, September 4, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
“Disclaiming the arts…wants to discuss”: NYTrib, September 3, 1863.
“The most consummate…which needs driving”: NYT, September 7, 1863.
The Philadelphia Inquirer…“continue to write”: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 1863.
“His last letter…logicians of all schools”: JH to JGN, September 11, 1863, in Hay, At Lincoln’s Side, p. 54.
the New York Times also commended…“their faith in him”: NYT, September 7, 1863.
“I know the people…on the ground”: JH to JGN, September 11, 1863, in Hay, At Lincoln’s Side, p. 54.
Seward came back…the diplomatic corps: WHS to Charles Francis Adams, August 25, 1863, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 188.
to celebrate his seventieth…“good as I deserve”: Entry for September 4, 1863, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, pp. 305–06.
his ten-day visit…“perhaps more missed”: Entry for September 11, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 431.
Lincoln and Stanton had hoped…“blow to the rebellion”: EMS to William S. Rosecrans,