Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [624]
“of the condition…terms of confidence”: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 1864.
“Having hope…your goals”: Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence (New York: Bantam Books, 1995), p. 87. Goleman quotes C. R. Snyder in the third quote.
“We are today…within a year”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 343.
John Cisco…own presidential hopes: John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History, Vol. IX (New York: Century Co., 1917), p. 91.
Lincoln told Chase…for Maunsell Field: SPC to AL, June 27, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Field was serving…“executive character”: Chittenden, Recollections of President Lincoln (1901 edn.), pp. 371, 374.
Chase awoke the morning after…to the Ephesians: Entry for June 28, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 465–66.
“Stand therefore…righteousness”: Ephesians 6:14.
“I can not”…on another nominee: AL to SPC, June 28, 1864, in CW, VII, pp. 412–13.
Chase wrote an immediate request: SPC to AL, June 28, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
He telegraphed Cisco…three months: SPC to John J. Cisco, June 28, 1864, reel 34, Chase Papers; entry for June 28, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 467.
“The difficulty…open revolt”: AL to SPC, June 28, 1864, in CW, VII, pp. 413–14.
He began his letter…“my resignation”: John J. Cisco to SPC, June 28, 1864; SPC to AL, June 29, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
“I opened it…I did not long reflect”: AL, quoted in Field, Memories of Many Men, pp. 301–02.
“You have been acting…I will go”: “30 June 1864, Thursday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 213.
“Your resignation…with the public service”: AL to SPC, June 30, 1864, in CW, VII, p. 419.
Lincoln called John Hay…the opening prayer: “30 June 1864, Thursday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 212.
Lincoln’s penitent request…he was needed: Field, Memories of Many Men, p. 303.
After breakfast…it had been accepted: Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 469–70 (quotes p. 470).
spoke of “mutual embarrassment”: AL to SPC, June 30, 1864, in CW, VII, p. 419.
“I had found…fitness of selection”: Entry for June 30, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 470.
“his full armor of noble sentiments”: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. IX, p. 84.
“The Senators were struck”…vehement protest: Brooks, Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time, p. 119.
“Fessenden was frightened…was mad”: AL, quoted in “30 June 1864, Thursday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 213.
Lincoln listened patiently…“meet each other”: Brooks, Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time, pp. 119–120 (quotes p. 120).
Chase had declined to attend: Entry for June 24, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 58.
“unendurable…the last straw”: Brooks, Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time, pp. 120, 121.
“very nervous & cut up”: “30 June 1864, Thursday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 214.
Chittenden was equally…“thoroughly miserable”: AL, quoted in Chittenden, Recollections of President Lincoln (1901 edn.), pp. 377–79 (quotes pp. 378–79).
Lincoln paused…“loftier motives than any man”: Ibid., pp. 379–80.
a similar remark…“of good will”: Entry for June 30, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 471.
“the great magician…financier of his century”: Chicago Tribune, July 3, 1864.
“Mr. Chase is…Webster and Calhoun”: NYTrib, July 1, 1864.
he received a telegram…reasons of health: David Tod to AL, June 30, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
“laid awake…public men”: Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, p. 182.
By morning…William Pitt Fessenden: Chittenden, Recollections of President Lincoln (1901 edn.), p. 381.
“First… of many radicals”: “1 July 1864, Friday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 216.
Lincoln handed Hay…“at once to the Senate”: AL, quoted in “1 July 1864, Friday,” in ibid., p. 215.
Lincoln greeted Fessenden…would kill him: William Pitt Fessenden, quoted in Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, pp. 315–16.
“If you decline…the nomination”: AL, quoted in “1 July 1864, Friday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 216.
“Telegrams came pouring…the most miserable”: William Pitt Fessenden to his cousin, quoted in Fessenden, Life