Team of Rivals (144 page)

“I began at once…the burden”: Entry for August 15, 1862,
Diary of Gideon Welles: Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson.
Vol. I:
1861–March 30, 1864,
ed. Howard K. Beale (New York: W. W. Norton, 1960), p. 82.

“into its usual quietness”: JGN to TB, November 11, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.

“This was on…finally selected”: Entry for August 15, 1862,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 82.

On a blank card…a former Whig: Enclosure in Kinsley S. Bingham, Solomon Foot, and Zachariah Chandler to AL, January 21, 1861, Lincoln Papers; Donald,
Lincoln,
pp. 261–62.

“the mad scramble”: Harry J. Carman and Reinhard H. Luthin,
Lincoln and the Patronage
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1943; Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1964), p. 3.

“muddy boots…often ringing laughter”: Henry Villard,
Lincoln on the Eve of ’61: A Journalist’s Story,
ed. Harold G. and Oswald Garrison Villard (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1941; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1974), pp. 15, 13.

“showed remarkable tact…always perfect”: Henry Villard,
Memoirs of Henry Villard, Journalist and Financier, 1835–1900.
Vol. I:
1835–1862
(Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1904; New York: Da Capo Press, 1969), pp. 142, 143.

Lincoln’s penchant for telling stories:
New York Daily News,
reprinted in
Daily Ohio Statesman,
Columbus, Ohio, November 20, 1860.

“helped many times…disappointments”: Villard,
Memoirs of Henry Villard,
Vol. I, p. 147.

“he is the very…general disposition”: Villard,
Lincoln on the Eve of ’61,
pp. 39–40.

John Hay: William Roscoe Thayer,
The Life and Letters of John Hay,
Vol. I (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1915), pp. 19, 48–49, 52–53, 68–69, 74, 82, 87; Villard,
Memoirs of Henry Villard,
Vol. I, p. 141.

For Mary…exciting time: Baker,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 165.

“Is that the old woman”: Villard,
Lincoln on the Eve of ’61,
p. 20.

he asked Hannibal Hamlin…to meet him in Chicago: AL to Hannibal Hamlin, November 8, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 136.

he invited his old friend: AL to Joshua F. Speed, November 19, 1860, in ibid., p. 141.

“was so full of good humor…with laughter”: Charles Eugene Hamlin,
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin.
Vol. II. American History and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series (Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press, 1899; Port Washington, N.Y., and London: Kennikat Press, 1971), p. 367.

biographical information on Hamlin: See William A. Robinson, “Hamlin, Hannibal,” in
Dictionary of American Biography,
Vol. IV, ed. Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1931; 1960), pp. 196–99; H. Draper Hunt,
Hannibal Hamlin of Maine: Lincoln’s First Vice-President
(Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1969).

two men began…of both Adams and Welles: Hamlin,
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin,
Vol. II, pp. 368–70 (quotes p. 368).

“threw himself…can afford to take”: Joshua F. Speed interview, [1865–1866], in
HI,
p. 475.

Mary had a splendid time:
NYH,
November 23 and 24, 1860.

“an intensified crossword…to harmonize”: Helen Nicolay, “Lincoln’s Cabinet,”
Abraham Lincoln Quarterly
5 (March 1949), p. 258.

“in view of…influence”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.

Seward never questioned: Miller,
Lincoln’s Virtues,
p. 12.

“Of course…
any other person”: Charles Francis Adams to WHS, November 11, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.

“You will be offered…in the Presidency”: Simon Cameron to WHS, November 13, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.

The Whig Party had provided: Hendrick,
Lincoln’s War Cabinet,
p. 79.

Thurlow Weed invited Lincoln…Lincoln wisely declined: Entry of December 3, 1865,
Welles diary,
Vol. II, pp. 388–89; Hendrick,
Lincoln’s War Cabinet,
pp. 93–94.

“if obnoxious men…otherwise have”: JGN to [TB?], November 16, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.

he directed Hamlin…Lincoln’s instructions: Hannibal Hamlin to AL, December 4, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

In reply to Hamlin…“at once”: AL to Hannibal Hamlin, December 8, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 147.

Hamlin caught up…contained the formal invitation: Hamlin,
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin,
Vol. II, p. 372 (quote); “Alphabetical List of Senators and Representatives, with Their Residences in Washington,” in William H. Boyd,
Boyd’s Washington and Georgetown Directory
(Washington, D.C.: Taylor & Maury, 1860), p. 230.

“trembled…nervous”: Entry for December 3, 1865,
Welles diary,
Vol. II, p. 389.

“With your permission…fit to be made”: AL to WHS, December 8, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 148.

“pale with excitement…practicable moment”: Hamlin,
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin,
Vol. II, pp. 372–73.

“a little time…under existing circumstances”: WHS to AL, December 13, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

Bates in Springfield: Entry for December 15, 1860, in
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. II, p. 301; Cain,
Lincoln’s Attorney General,
p. 122.

he encountered John Nicolay…“genial and easy”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.

Bates walked over…the afternoon together: Entry for December 16, 1860, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 164 (quote); JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.

“from the time…its complete success”: Entry for December 16, 1860, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 164.

“should offer…the Attorney Generalship”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.

“peace and order”…under President Fillmore: Entry for December 16, 1860, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 165.

“everybody expects…family to ridicule”: Entry for October 13, 1860, in ibid., p. 153.

“in trouble and danger…of his country”: JGN memorandum, December 15, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.

“a good effect…border slave States”: EB to AL, December 18, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

“Let a little…which Department”: AL to EB, December 18, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 154.

“we all feel…way in our power”: Leonard Swett to TW, November 26, 1860, reprinted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 301.

“Mr. Lincoln…his administration”: Swett to TW, December 10, 1860, reprinted in ibid., pp. 301–02.

“present unsettled…a few days ago”: WHS to AL, December 16, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

Weed arrived in Springfield: Entry for December 20, 1860,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. II, p. 302.

uncovered…“the rising sun!”: Newspaper clipping, Rochester, N.Y., Weed Papers.

“took to each other…of a nation”: Swett to TW, reprinted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
pp. 294–95.

conversation between Weed and Lincoln:
Autobiography of Thurlow Weed,
ed. Weed, pp. 606–11; Swett, quoted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
pp. 293–94; see also
Chicago Tribune,
July 14, 1878.

“made strong opposition”: Swett to TW, reprinted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 294.

“more than any one…to Mr. Seward”: GW to Isaac N. Arnold, November 27, 1872, folder 1, Isaac Newton Arnold Papers, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Ill.

Far better than Welles: Entry for December 27, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76;
NYTrib,
June 25, 1877.

disingenuously claimed…“unfit personally”: Swett to TW, reprinted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 294.

Hamlin preferred: Hamlin,
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin,
Vol. II, p. 375.

Lincoln claimed…“and not theirs”: Entry for August 15, 1862,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 82.

“an attractive figure-head…secretary of the navy”:
Autobiography of Thurlow Weed,
ed. Weed, p. 611.

“Has he been…Blair, Sr.?”: Ibid., p. 607.

regret his selection…“he would appoint him”: Swett to TW, reprinted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 294.

“You seem to forget…and ballasted”:
Autobiography of Thurlow Weed,
ed. Weed, p. 610.

“capable in the…for himself”: TW in
Albany Evening Journal,
quoted in Van Deusen,
Thurlow Weed,
p. 261.

“In one aspect…in the other”: TW to WHS, December 25, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.

he had imagined…“for him but acceptance”: Entry for December 27, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.

“after due reflection…to accept”: WHS to AL, December 28, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

“I have advised…freedom and my country”: WHS to FAS, December 1860, quoted in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 487.

“In these troublous…here at once”: AL to SPC, December 31, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 168.

“they should be placed…been your friends”: Swett to AL, May 20, 1860, Davis Papers, ALPLM.

“from very strong and unexpected quarters”: AL to Hannibal Hamlin, November 27, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 145.

Cameron to Springfield: Carman and Luthin,
Lincoln and the Patronage,
p. 25.

“The unexpected arrival”…unsavory reputation: Villard,
Lincoln on the Eve of ’61,
pp. 45–46 (quotes p. 45).

reached the Chenery House: Entry for December 30, 1860,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. II, p. 304.

“Shall I have the honor…to call here?”: Simon Cameron to AL, December 30, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

conversation between Lincoln and Cameron: Carman and Luthin,
Lincoln and the Patronage,
pp. 25–26.

“an exuberant school boy”: Erwin Stanley Bradley,
Simon Cameron, Lincoln’s Secretary of War: A Political Biography
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1966), p. 168.

“There is an odor…such an appointment”: Lyman Trumbull to AL, December 31, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

“Since seeing you…tendered you”: AL to Simon Cameron, January 3, 1861, in
CW,
IV, pp. 169–70.

“travel-stained…from Columbus”: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 222 (quote); entry for January 4, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. II, p. 3.

meeting between Lincoln and Chase…“offer it to you”: Schuckers,
The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase,
p. 201.

“I frankly said…could give”: SPC to George Opdyke, January 9, 1861, reel 14, Chase Papers.

“without hesitation…the advice of friends”: SPC to George Opdyke, January 9, 1861, reel 14, Chase Papers.

Chase attended Sunday church: Entry for January 6, 1861,
Lincoln Day by Day: A Chronology, 1809–1865.
Vol. III:
1861–1865,
ed. Earl Schenck Miers (Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1960; Dayton, Ohio: Morningside, 1991), p. 4.

Lincoln meets with Koerner and Judd: Entry for January 6, 1861, ibid., pp. 3–4.

“I am in a quandary…at the convention”: Koerner,
Memoirs of Gustave Koerner,
Vol. II, p. 114.

“It seems to me…brought to co-operate”: AL to Lyman Trumbull, January 7, 1861, in
CW,
IV, p. 171.

“under great anxiety…I consistently can”: AL to Simon Cameron, January 13, 1861, in ibid., p. 174.

“were entirely free & unreserved”: SPC to James S. Pike, January 10, 1861, reel 14, Chase Papers.

“What is done…to Springfield”: SPC to Hiram Barney, January 8, 1861, reel 14, Chase Papers.

had convinced Lincoln…official offers: Oates,
With Malice Toward None,
p. 220.

“I think that in allowing…and accept it”: SPC to Elizabeth Ellicott Pike, January 27, 1861, reel 14, Chase Papers.

“a snowballing process”: Elbert B. Smith,
The Presidency of James Buchanan
(Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1975), p. 138.

“desired by all…of the multitude”:
Charleston Courier,
quoted in
Richmond Enquirer,
November 16, 1860.

the election of a…the John Brown raid: Smith,
The Presidency of James Buchanan,
pp. 129–32.

The bachelor president…“let out from school”: Sara Pryor,
Reminiscences of Peace and War,
rev. and enlarged edn. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904; New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1905; 1908), pp. 110–11 (quotes p. 111).

“looked stunned…of his chair”: Entry for December 20, 1860, in E. B. Long,
The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861–1865
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971), p. 13.