Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [614]
“Much anxiety”…and without Mrs. Lincoln: Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863.
“bow in reverence…Chase & daughter”: MTL to Simon Cameron, June 16, [1866], in Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 370.
Mary’s absence…“presidential party”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, pp. 260–61.
“a gorgeous white velvet”…specifically for the occasion: Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863 (quote); Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 261; Ross, Proud Kate, p. 140.
“Chase was…newly made wife”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 261.
A lavish meal…midnight: Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, D.C., November 13, 1863.
“a very brilliant…had arrived”: “12 November 1863, Thursday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 111.
The young couple left the next morning: NYT, November 18, 1863.
“Your letter…how welcome it was”: SPC to KCS, November 18, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.
“My heart is full…perfect honor & good faith”: SPC to William Sprague, November 26, 1863, reel 30, Chase Papers.
He had been asked…would speak: David Wills to AL, November 2, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
Lincoln told his cabinet…could not spare the time: Entry for December 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 480; SPC to KCS, November 18, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers; entry for November 19, 1863, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 316.
“extremely busy…public expectation”: Lamon, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, p. 173.
Stanton had arranged…“the gauntlet”: AL to EMS, [November 17, 1863], in CW, VII, p. 16 and note.
The day before…“half of his speech”: James Speed quoted in John G. Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,” Century 47 (February 1894), p. 597.
Various accounts suggest…“a makeshift desk”: George D. Gitt, quoted in Wilson, Intimate Memories of Lincoln, p. 476.
Others swear…on an envelope: See Garry Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 27.
Nicolay…and humorous stories: Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,” Century (1894), p. 601.
he was escorted…and Edward Everett: David Wills to AL, November 1, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
“All the hotels…of Gettysburgh immortal”: NYT, November 21, 1863.
He came to the door…“say nothing at all”: AL, “Remarks to Citizens of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,” November 18, 1863, in CW, VI, pp. 16–17.
Lincoln sent a servant: Frank L. Klement, “The Ten Who Sat in the Front Row on the Platform During the Dedication of the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Gettysburg,” Lincoln Herald 88 (Winter 1985), p. 108.
A telegram arrived…Tad was better: EMS to AL, November 18 and 19, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
the crowd surged over…“part of the human race”: WHS, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 201 (quote); NYT, November 21, 1863.
the convivial secretary…“men of this generation”: Entry for November 22, 1863, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 434.
He wanted to talk…and retiring: Klement, “The Ten Who Sat,” Lincoln Herald (1985), p. 108; Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg, p. 31; entry for November 22, 1863, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 434.
The huge, boisterous crowd…“thousand more”: Entry for November 22, 1863, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 434.
made his final revisions: Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,” Century (1894), pp. 601, 602.
a chestnut horse…three cabinet officers: Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Vol. II, p. 466.
Seward, riding…“homemade gray socks”: Henry Clay Cochrane, quoted in ibid.
An audience…between Everett and Seward: Klement, “The Ten Who Sat,” Lincoln Herald (1985), p. 106.
“leaned from one side…of his right hand”: Gitt, quoted in Wilson, Intimate Memories of Lincoln, p. 478.
Another member…to his pocket: Monaghan, Diplomat in Carpet Slippers, p. 341.
“could not be surpassed by mortal man”: Entry for November 22, 1863, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 435.
“Seldom has a man…not like an orator”: Klement, “The Ten Who Sat,” Lincoln Herald (1985), p. 108.
“flutter and motion