Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [630]
Blair had been…“irritating bickerings”: Addition to entry for September 23, 1864, ibid., p. 158 n1.
“In parting with Blair…discriminating and correct”: Entry for September 23, 1864, ibid., p. 157.
“the removal of…befallen the Cabinet”: Entry for September 27, 1864, ibid., p. 161.
did not consider…straight-speaking colleague: Entry for August 2, 1864, ibid., p. 93.
“I think Mr. Lincoln…malign influences”: Entry for September 23, 1864, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 413.
“an unnecessary mortification…best all around”: MB to Mary Elizabeth Blair, September 23, 1864, quoted in Smith, The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics, Vol. II, p. 288.
“In my opinion…the reelection of Lincoln”: FPB to FB, quoted in EBL to SPL, September 24, [1864], in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 433.
“somewhat mortifying…a penny to make”: FB to FPB, September 30, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
hearing the noble…“fine manly bearing”: EBL to SPL, September 24, [1864], in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 434.
Monty insisted…“father to the President”: MB, quoted in Chicago Tribune, October 1, 1864.
“very handsomely and is doing his utmost”: “26 September 1864, Monday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 233.
“a grand central rallying point”: “11 October 1864, Tuesday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 240.
Lincoln made his…chief of the telegraph office: Bates, Lincoln in the Telegraph Office, pp. 276–77; Charles A. Dana, “Lincoln and the War Department,” Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice, p. 278.
Lincoln took from his pocket…“a new passage”: Dana, “Lincoln and the War Department,” in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice (1909 edn.), p. 278. “Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby” was the pseudonym of David Ross Locke.
“immensely amusing”: “11 October 1864, Tuesday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 239.
“I shall never forget…such frivolous jests”: Dana, “Lincoln and the War Department,” in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice (1909 edn.), pp. 278–79. Dana’s recollection is that this episode occurred while Lincoln was waiting for the results of the November presidential election. Other sources, however, suggest that it probably occurred while a larger crowd waited in the telegraph office for results of the state elections in October. Given that Stanton was ill and remained at home during November elections, Dana has probably confused the two dates.
the news from Ohio…Republican majority: Waugh, Reelecting Lincoln, p. 335.
In Indiana…congressional seats: AL to USG, October 12, 1864, in CW, VIII, p. 45.
Lincoln sent a telegram…“does it stand now?”: AL to Simon Cameron, October 11, 1864, in ibid., p. 43.
No answer was received…“ominous”: “11 October 1864, Tuesday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 240.
the margin was so close…claim a slight margin: Waugh, Reelecting Lincoln, p. 336.
“Seward was quite exultant…has ever known”: Entry for October 13, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 176.
Two nights after…117 to 114: Bates, Lincoln in the Telegraph Office, pp. 277–79, 282.
“the moral effect…greatly impaired”: McClure, Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times, p. 202.
voters in Maryland…making the difference: Waugh, Reelecting Lincoln, p. 354.
“Most heartily…upon the event”: AL, “Response to a Serenade,” October 19, 1864, in CW, VIII, p. 52.
“I had rather have…cleaned up effectually”: AL, quoted in Brooks, Lincoln Observed, p. 138.
“We are as certain…the sun shines”: New York World, October 14, 1864.
“a quarter-million”…deposit in their hometowns: William C. Davis, Lincoln’s Men: How President Lincoln became Father to an Army and a Nation (New York: Free Press, 1999), pp. 214 (quote), 211.
had wired General Sherman…“no sense, an order”: AL to William T. Sherman, September 19, 1864, in CW, VIII, p. 11.
Stanton followed up…“re-election of Mr. Lincoln”: Dana, Recollections of the Civil War (1963 edn.), p. 227.
Weed alerted…New Yorkers ready to vote: TW to FWS, October 10, 1864, reel 85, Seward Papers.