Authors: David Herbert Donald

Lincoln (147 page)

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before the nomination:
Joseph Casey to Leonard Swett, Nov. 27,1860, Lincoln MSS, LC.

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“thing nominated you”:
Leonard Swett to AL, Nov. 30, 1860, Lincoln MSS, LC.

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“as a party”:
Carman and Luthin,
Lincoln and the Patronage,
pp. 28–29.

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“into the cabinet”: CW,
4:169–170.

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“Pennsylvania, and elsewhere”. CW,
4:171.

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“of the place”: CW,
4:174.

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forced it to retreat:
For a detailed account of these developments, see Allan Nevins,
The Emergence
of Lincoln,
vol. 2,
Prologue to Civil War, 1859–1861
(New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950), chaps. 11–12.

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“a constitutional right”: New York Herald,
Jan. 28, 1861.

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not oppose it: CW,
4:270.

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“suits them better”, CW,
1:438.

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“of physical power”:
For a thorough analysis, see Thomas J. Pressly, “Bullets and Ballots: Lincoln and the ‘Right of Revolution,’”
American Historical Review
67 (Apr. 1962): 647–662.

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“the essence of anarchy”: CW,
4:268.

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“dissolution or dismemberment”:
Nicolay and Hay, 3:248.

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“as it is”: CW,
4:154.

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political beliefs rested:
After the Civil War, Alexander H. Stephens wrote that Lincoln’s devotion to the Union rose to the sublimity of religious mysticism, and his phrase has often been echoed by historians. See esp. Edmund Wilson’s brilliant essay on Lincoln in
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1962), pp. 99–130. But in reviewing a draft of the present book, Mark E. Neely, Jr., pointed out that Stephens’s phrase was intended not as praise of Lincoln but as criticism of an unrealistic belief. There was, Neely suggests, little that was mystical in Lincoln’s thinking about the Union, which he valued for realistic, tough-minded reasons.

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“our friends South”:
Lyman Trumbull to AL, Dec. 14, 1860, Lincoln MSS, LC. See also Potter,
Lincoln and His Party in the Secession Crisis,
chap. 5.

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should be repealed: CW,
4:156–157.

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“were hedged against”: CW,
4:183

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“any time hereafter”: CW,
4:149–150.

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“principle in it”:
Harry E. Pratt, ed.,
Concerning Mr. Lincoln: In Which Abraham Lincoln Is Pictured as He Appeared to Letter Writers of His Time
(Springfield, Ill: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1944), p. 42.

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“up his mind”:
WHH,
Mrs. Lincoln’s Denial, and What She Says,
broadside dated Jan. 12, 1874, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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“he is stubborn”:
William Jayne to Lyman Trumbull, Jan. 21, 1861, Trumbull MSS, LC.

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the President-elect:
Thomas D. Jones,
Memories of Lincoln
(New York: Press of the Pioneers, 1934), pp. 7–8.

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“was ever delivered”:
WHH to Jesse W. Weik, Jan. 1, 1886, HWC.

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criticism of friends:
Ida M. Tarbell,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
(New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909), 1:403–404.

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“an ambitious little woman”:
Annie Dickson’s postscript on William M. Dickson to AL, May 21, 1860, Lincoln MSS, LC.

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“she can be”:
Pratt,
Concerning Mr. Lincoln,
p. 32.

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suspected social slights:
Jones,
Memories of Lincoln,
pp. 12—13.

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“by iron hoops”:
Milton H. Shutes,
Lincoln’s Emotional Life
(Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1957), p. 128.

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deserved special treatment: Randall, Mary Lincoln,
pp. 191–193.

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“talent and experience”:
Villard and Villard,
Lincoln on the Eve of ’61,
p. 50.

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“hurt pretty bad”:
Charles H. Coleman,
Abraham Lincoln and Coles County, Illinois
(New Brunswick, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1955), pp. 198–199.

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“each other again”:
WHH, interview with Mrs. Thomas Lincoln, Sept. 9, 1865, HWC; A. H. Chapman to WHH, Oct. 8, 1865, ibid. For a detailed account of this visit, see Coleman,
Lincoln and Coles County,
pp. 191–210.

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“of the area”: Day by Day,
3:9.

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“to New York”: New York Herald,
Feb. 16, 1861.

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left for Washington: Day by Day,
p. 10; Pratt,
Personal Finances,
p. 123.

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“had ever happened”:
This repeats, almost verbatim, the account I gave in
Lincoln’s Herndon,
pp. 146–147.

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see Lincoln off:
Victor Searcher,
Lincoln’s Journey to Greatness: A Factual Account of the Twelve-Day Inaugural Trip
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1960), is a detailed account on which the following pages rely heavily.

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“sufficiently to commence”:
Pratt,
Concerning Mr. Lincoln,
p. 50.

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an affectionate farewell: CW,
4:190.

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“second class city”: New York Herald,
Feb. 14,1861.

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“very interesting countenance”: CW,
4:206.

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“of the bargain”: CW,
4:218.

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“means ill looking”: New York Herald,
Feb. 14, 1861; Rutherford B. Hayes to Laura Piatt, Feb. 13, 1861, Hayes MSS, Hayes Presidential Center (courtesy Prof. Ari A. Hoogenboom).

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“of a century”: CW,
4:198.

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“good-looking ladies”: CW,
4:206.

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a big kiss: CW,
4:219.

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“to water himself”: CW,
4:204.

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“not want to”: CW,
4:218.

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“short of it!”: CW,
4:242.

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someone else:
Ruth Painter Randall,
Lincoln’s Sons
(Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1955), p. 90.

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harm was done:
John S. Goff,
Robert Todd Lincoln: A Man in His Own Right
(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969), pp. 36–38.

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“the glorious flag”: CW,
4:192.

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“merit of mine”: CW,
4:208–209.

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“I should say”: CW,
4:193.

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“have a name”: CW,
4:226, 204.

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“and growing whiskers”:
Randall,
Lincoln the President,
1:292.

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“in my esteem”:
Strong,
Diary
, p. 100.

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“by designing politicians”: CW,
4:211.

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“is all artificial”: CW,
4:216.

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“time is artificial”: CW,
4:238.

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“not deciding anything”: CW,
4:195–196.

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“stand by it”: CW,
4:220. In the source the words are in full capitals.

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“of this Union”: CW,
4:233.

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“foot down firmly”: CW,
4:237.

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passed through Baltimore:
This account of the Baltimore plot is based on the following sources: Norma B. Cuthbert, ed.,
Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot, 1861
(San Marino, Calif.: Huntington Library, 1949), which publishes documents from the Pinkerton records; Benson J. Lossing,
Pictorial History of the Civil War
(Philadelphia: George W. Childs, Publishers, 1866), 1:279–281, which gives Lincoln’s own version; John W. Forney,
Anecdotes of Public Men
(New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873), 1:248–256, which offers Felton’s narrative; WHH, interview with Norman B. Judd, [1866], HWC; Allan Pinkerton to WHH, Aug. 23, 1866, HWC; and Ward Hill Lamon,
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847–1865,
ed. Dorothy Lamon Teillard (Washington, D.C.: 1911), pp. 40–46.