Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [617]
“Never did a President…still in wild water”: James Russell Lowell, “The President’s Policy,” North American Review 98 (January 1864), pp. 241–43, 249, 254–55.
“very excellent…over-much credit”: Entry for January 5, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 504.
CHAPTER 23: “THERE’S A MAN IN IT!”
New Year’s Day…scattered the clouds: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, pp. 273–74 (quote); Star, January 1, 1864; NR, January 2, 1864.
“Murfreesboro…excel these”: NR, January 1, 1864.
“We have a right…weathered the gale”: NR, January 13, 1864.
“The instinct of all…danger is over”: Dispatch of January 18, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln’s White House, p. 203.
the traditional New Year’s reception: Entry for January 1, 1864, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 231; dispatch of January 4, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln’s White House, p. 199.
“a human kaleidescope…petitioners”: NR, January 2, 1864.
“public-opinion baths… and duty”: Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, pp. 281–82.
“European democrats…American a custom”: Dispatch of January 4, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln’s White House, p. 199.
Lincoln “appeared to be…word or two”: NR, January 2, 1864.
Mary Lincoln “never looked better”…velvet dress: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, pp. 274–75 (quote p. 275).
“We seem to have…cared about it”: FWS, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 207.
The winter social calendar…of cabinet officers: NR, January 19, 1864.
“grace and elegance”: NR, January 26, 1864.
“who with such…once a week”: NR, January 16, 1864.
“observed of all observers”: NR, January 2, 1864.
“one of the most lovable women”: Entry for January 3, 1864, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 443.
“frosty…a very close examination”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 275.
Mary found it necessary…“human tide”: Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 49; NR, January 2, 1864.
ill dressed…their carpetbags: NR, January 13, 1864.
“the lace curtains…as a man’s hand”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 253 (quote); B. B. French to Charles R. Train, January 5, 1863, p. 181, Vol. 14, reel 7; French to John H. Rice, March 7, 1864, p. 313, Vol. 14, reel 7; French to Rice, June 16, 1864, pp. 375–76, Vol. 14, reel 7, M371, RG 42, DNA.
would inaugurate “the fashionable ‘season’”: NR, January 6, 1864.
visiting members…“with their families”: NYT, January 8, 1864.
“not so largely attended as usual”: NYH, January 13, 1864.
she was “disappointed”: Entry for January 14, 1864, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 443.
The Sewards hosted…“most brilliant”: NR, January 26, 1864 (first quote); NR, January 15, 1864 (second quote); NYT, January 26, 1864 (third quote); Star, January 26, 1864.
a pleasant evening…“relief from care”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 208.
Mary could not relinquish…and supporters: Anson G. Henry to Isaac Newton, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Mary’s anger…“a patriot”: Keckley, Behind the Scenes, pp. 127–29 (quotes pp. 128, 129).
and crossed out…“Schleswig-Holstein difficulty”: JGN to JH, January 18, 1864, in Nicolay, With Lincoln in the White House, p. 124.
directed her wrath…“night or two”: JGN to JH, January 29, 1864, in ibid., p. 125.
dinner “was pleasant…off very well”: Entry for January 22, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 512.
unable to share…“merry-making at a funeral”: GW to Edgar T. Welles, February 14, 1864, reel 22, Welles Papers.
“the old secession”…stars of every occasion: Dispatch of February 6, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln’s White House, pp. 206–07 (quote p. 206).
Ulric…expert waltzer: Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 128.
Fernando Wood…“personal intercourse”: Dispatch of February 1, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln’s White House, p. 205.
Mary Lincoln sent…“to believe it”: MTL to Daniel E. Sickles, February 6, 1864, in Turner and Turner,