Team Of Rivals Part 100

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.

"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. 30102.

"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. 29495.

conversation between Weed and Lincoln: Autobiography of Thurlow Weed, ed. Weed, pp. 60611; Swett, quoted in Barnes, Memoir of Thurlow Weed, pp. 29394; 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 Was.h.i.+ngton...18461861, p. 487.