Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [618]
when Emilie…Martha Todd White: See note 1 to JGN to Benjamin F. Butler, April 19, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Lincoln issued a pass: On the subject of Martha Todd White’s dealings with the Lincolns, see JGN to Butler, April 19, 1864; Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
“Here…of your master”: Undated newspaper article pasted in JGN to Butler, April 19, 1863, container 28, Butler Papers; newspaper reports of Martha Todd White’s statements to General Butler, quoted in Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
he directed Nicolay to ascertain the facts: JGN to Butler, April 19, 1863, container 28, Butler Papers.
Butler replied…untoward had been found: Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Nicolay used Butler’s letter: JGN to Butler, April 28, 1864; JGN to Horace Greeley, April 25, 1864; Greeley to JGN, April 26, 1864, Lincoln Papers. For an example of rebuttal issued, see NYTrib, April 27, 1864.
Butler was surprised…so “silly”: Butler to JGN, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Nor did he want…sustain the rebel cause: O. Stewart to AL, April 27, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Browning requested a favor…“very good humor”: Entry for February 6, 1894, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 659.
he had visited…Owen Lovejoy: Entry for February 6, 1864, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 238.
“the best friend [he] had in Congress”: AL, quoted in Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, p. 18.
suffering from a debilitating liver and kidney ailment: NYT, March 28, 1864; Edward Magdol, Owen Lovejoy: Abolitionist in Congress (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1967), pp. 400, 402–03.
“This war is eating…live to see the end”: AL, quoted in Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, p. 17.
a fire alarm rang…his brother, Willie: Robert W. McBride, Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926), pp. 29–30, 44–46 (quotes pp. 44–45); Star, February 11, 1864; Daily Morning Chronicle, Washington, D.C., February 11, 1864.
A coachman…setting the fire: Star, February 11, 1864; JGN to JH, February 10, 1864, in Nicolay, With Lincoln in the White House, p. 126.
instructed him to consult…“have it rebuilt”: Commissioner B. B. French to John H. Rice, February 11, 1863, pp. 295–96, Vol. 14, reel 7, M371, RG 42, DNA (quote); Star, February 11, 1864.
“carefully veiled…a hopeless one”: McClure, Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times, p. 136.
Friends of Chase…biographical sketch: Niven, Salmon P. Chase, p. 358.
“no matter how…flimsy political trick”: William Orton to SPC, January 6, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. IV, p. 247.
“malignant denunciations”: SPC to AL, January 13, 1864, reel 30, Chase Papers.
twenty-five long letters…inspirational book: Chase’s series of autobiographical letters to John T. Trowbridge began on December 27, 1863, and ended on March 22, 1864, see Chase Papers; [John T. Trowbridge], The Ferry-Boy and the Financier, by a Contributor to the “Atlantic” (Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co., 1864).
An excerpt appeared: J. T. Trowbridge, “The First Visit to Washington,” Atlantic Monthly 13 (April 1864), pp. 448–57.
“So far…otherwise than I have”: SPC to J. W. Hartwell, February 2, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
“I think of you…you are—where?”: SPC to Charlotte S. Eastman, February 1, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
Susan Walker…“bluestocking”: Niven, Salmon P. Chase, pp. 97 (quote), 203–04.
“I wish you could come…you enough”: SPC to Susan Walker, January 23, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
the public announcement…held a large interest: Niven, Salmon P. Chase, pp. 357, 359–60; Blue, Salmon P. Chase, p. 222.
“eating a man’s bread…the same time”: David Davis, quoted in King, Lincoln’s Manager, p. 213.
Chase busied himself lining up support: Hart, Salmon P. Chase, pp. 309–10.
“gratified…should he be reelected”: SPC to Flamen Ball, February 2, 1864, reel 31, Chase Papers.
“lamented the…distinct feeler”: Entry for February 3, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 520–21.
“immeasurably”…to any