Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [616]
When Emilie arrived…explaining the dilemma: Helm, The True Story of Mary, pp. 220–21.
“Send her to me”: AL, quoted in ibid., p. 221.
was received at the White House…Confederate Army: Emilie Todd Helm diary [hereafter Helm diary], quoted in ibid., pp. 221–22.
“Often the boundaries…chose sides”: John W. Shaffer, Clash of Loyalties: A Border County in the Civil War (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2003), p. 2.
they carefully avoided mention…“into other channels”: Helm diary, quoted in Helm, The True Story of Mary, p. 224.
Mary did her utmost: Helm diary, quoted in ibid., pp. 222–23.
“He comes to me…most of the time”: MTL, quoted in Helm diary, in ibid., p. 227.
“the scape-goat…thrill in her voice”: MTL, quoted in Helm diary, in ibid., pp. 225, 227.
he confided her presence…“it known”: Entry for December 14, 1863, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 651.
invited Emilie to join them: Helm, The True Story of Mary, p. 228.
Lincoln had personally…restore his spirits: Edgcumb Pinchon, Dan Sickles: Hero of Gettysburg and “Yankee King of Spain” (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1945), pp. 203–04.
Mary also considered…merriment: MTL to Sally Orne, [December 12, 1869], in Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, pp. 533–34.
Senator Harris turned…“and Manassas”: Helm diary, quoted in Helm, The True Story of Mary, p. 229.
Mary’s face “turned…assistance in the matter”: Helm diary, quoted in ibid., pp. 227, 229–31.
prompted Emilie to leave: Helm diary, quoted in ibid., p. 231.
“Oh, Emilie…hideous nightmare?”: MTL, quoted in Helm diary, ibid., p. 226.
he took Nicolay and Hay…about the play: “[18 December 1863],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 128; Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, D.C., December 19, 1863.
“in fine spirits”: Entry for December 15, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 485.
returned to Ford’s…Bayard Taylor: “[18 December 1863],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 128; Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, D.C., December 18 and 19, 1863.
a peculiarly pleasant dream…the next day: “23 December 1863,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 132.
Seward entertained…“cloud of smoke”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 206.
Bates’s children: See introduction, entries for May 28; June 5 and 20; July 1; November 15, 22, 25, and 30; December 16, 19 and 22, 1863, The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, pp. xv–xvi, 294, 295, 299, 315, 319, 320–21, 323.
After forty years…word against him: Entry for September 4, 1863, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 306.
he attended a funeral…“and die soon”: Entry for December 25, 1863, in ibid., p. 324.
Edgar’s return…“on earth forever”: Entry for December 25, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 494.
“The year closes…the future than now”: Entry for December 31, 1863, ibid., pp. 499–500.
the birth of a new baby girl…baptismal celebration: EMS to SPC, December 30, 1863, reel 30, Chase Papers.
He shared with the men…“guests of the nation”: NYT, December 29, 1863.
Lincoln invited Stanton…Point Lookout: AL to EMS, December 26, 1863, in CW, VII, p. 95 (quote); NYTrib, December 29, 1863.
He had heard that…Confederate strongholds: Thomas and Hyman, Stanton, p. 309; “28 December 1863, Monday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 134.
“Oh! dying year!…brighter hopes dawn”: Entry for December 31, 1863, in Adam Gurowski, Diary: 1863–’64–’65, Vol. III. Burt Franklin: Research & Source Works #229 (Washington, D.C., 1866; New York: Burt Franklin, 1968), p. 57.
“a tall…polish of appearance”: Entry for February 24, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
“sphere of civilization”: Entry for March 8, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
no “heroic qualities”: Entry for February 21, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
“not equal…of his position”: Entry for August 16, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
At a festive dinner…“to one great purpose”: Charles Francis Adams, quoted in NR, February 2, 1864.
“foremost American