Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [615]
steel-rimmed spectacles…at his pages: Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Vol. II, p. 468.
“He had spent…supreme principle”: Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg, p. 120.
“all this quibbling…created equal”: AL, “Speech at Chicago, Illinois,” July 10, 1858, in CW, II, p. 501.
“the central idea…govern themselves”: AL, quoted in “7 May 1861, Tuesday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 20.
“Four score and seven…shall not perish from the earth”: AL, “Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863; Edward Everett Copy,” in CW, VII, p. 21.
“the assemblage…there came applause”: Gitt, quoted in Wilson, Intimate Memories of Lincoln, p. 479.
he turned to Ward Lamon…“disappointed”: Lamon, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, p. 173.
“I should be glad…in two minutes”: Edward Everett to AL, November 20, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
Zachariah Chandler…tardiness on emancipation: Bruce Tap, “Chandler, Zachariah,” in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, pp. 398–99.
“Your president…& hold him”: Zachariah Chandler to Lyman Trumbull, quoted in Williams, Lincoln and the Radicals, p. 179.
Having read in the press…“buried three days”: Zachariah Chandler to AL, November 15, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
“My dear Sir…wreck the country’s cause”: AL to Zachariah Chandler, November 20, 1863, in CW, VII, pp. 23–24.
a mild case of smallpox: Entry for December 2, 1863, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 439; entry for December 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 480.
“Yes, it is a bad…that calls”: NYT, December 18, 1863.
“the greatest question…practical statesmanship”: “31 July 1863, Friday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 69.
everyone assumed…of his divided party: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 271.
John Hay was present…“highly satisfactory”: “[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, pp. 121–22.
Radicals were thrilled…“acts of Congress”: AL, “Annual Message to Congress,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, p. 51.
“He makes Emancipation…of reconstruction”: CS to Orestes A. Brownson, December 27, 1863, in Selected Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. II, p. 216.
“God bless Old Abe…in the President”: “[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 122.
had written a letter to Nathaniel Banks…“included in the plan”: AL to Nathaniel P. Banks, in CW, VI, p. 365.
He offered full pardons…remain as they were: AL, “Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, pp. 54–56.
Conservatives hailed…as it wished: EBL to SPL, December 8, 1863, in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 325.
“theory is identical…different nomenclature”: CS to Orestes A. Brownson, December 27, 1863, in Selected Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. II, pp. 216–17.
Lincoln assured…“otherwise would”: AL, “Annual Message to Congress,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, p. 52.
would devastate Confederate morale: Foner, Reconstruction, pp. 36–37.
When the Blairs…“of modern times”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 273.
“is the great man…clearly than anybody”: “[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 122.
Judd called…“was Mr. Chase”: Norman Judd and AL, quoted in “[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 124.
Chase had obstinately…perpetuate emancipation: SPC to AL, November 25, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
“more positive…is not to be had”: SPC to Henry Ward Beecher, December 26, 1863, reel 30, Chase Papers.
he detected a more hopeful…surprisingly well: AL, “Annual Message to Congress,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, pp. 49–50.
invited his sister-in-law…“and left him alone”: David Davis, quoted in Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 14, 1897.
Emilie had been living…through Union lines: Helm, The True Story of Mary, p. 220.
“I am totally at a loss…secure a pass?”: John L. Helm to Mrs. Robert S. Todd, October 11, 1863, quoted in ibid., p. 219.
Lincoln personally issued…“to Kentucky”: AL to Lyman