Part 100 (1/2)
two men began...of both Adams and Welles: Hamlin, The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin, Vol. II, pp. 36870 (quotes p. 368).
”threw himself...can afford to take”: Joshua F. Speed interview, [18651866], 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. 38889; Hendrick, Lincoln's War Cabinet, pp. 9394.
”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 Was.h.i.+ngton,” in William H. Boyd, Boyd's Was.h.i.+ngton and Georgetown Directory (Was.h.i.+ngton, 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. 37273.
”a little time...under existing circ.u.mstances”: 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, 18591866, 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, 18591866, p. 164.
”should offer...the Attorney Generals.h.i.+p”: 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, 18591866, 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.