“was received…so we adjourned”: Entry for May 18, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 75.
journals…“Abraham”: NYT, May 21, 1860.
“it is but fair…his own name”: NYH, June 5, 1860.
“It seems as if…‘Abraham’”: AL to George Ashmun, June 4, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 68.
“a third rate Western…clumsy jokes”: NYH, May 19, 1860.
“Lincoln is the leanest…being ugly”: Houston Telegraph, quoted in NYTrib, June 12, 1860.
“After him…be President?”: Charleston [S.C.] Mercury, June 9, 1860, quoted in Emerson David Fite, The First Presidential Campaign, (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911), p. 210.
“thrust aside…freesoil border-ruffian”: Charleston Mercury, October 15, 1860.
“an illiterate partizan…negro equality”: Richmond Enquirer, May 22, 1860.
Democratic National Convention in Charleston: See “The Charleston Convention,” chapter 1 in Halstead, Three Against Lincoln, pp. 3–10.
“in less than sixty…of the seceders”: Ibid., pp. 84, 87.
Baltimore convention: For a full discussion of the Democratic Convention that nominated Douglas, see “The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore,” chapter 6 in ibid., pp. 185–264.
Breckinridge/Lane; Bell/Everett: For a discussion of the conventions that nominated Breckinridge and Bell, see “Institute Hall (‘Seceders’) Convention” and “The Constitutional Democratic Convention,” respectively, chapters 7 and 2, in ibid., pp. 265–77, 111–17.
“The great democratic…of their own”: Entry for June 23, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 75.
“the chances were…fortunes a turn”: AL to Anson G. Henry, July 4, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 82.
“Mr. Lincoln received…the great world”: Schurz, Reminiscences, Vol. II, pp. 187–88.
“the prospects of…work with a will”: Autobiography of Thurlow Weed, ed. Weed, p. 603.
apparent to both…Lincoln against Douglas: In Pennsylvania, the sole exception, Douglas would finish third to Lincoln and Breckinridge.
“Now what difference…between them”: Montgomery [Ala.] Daily Mail, July 6, 1860, quoted in Craven, The Growth of Southern Nationalism, p. 342.
A Lincoln victory…such diverse constituencies: For an analysis of the multifaceted campaign in the North, see Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, passim; Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues, pp. 465–67.
“a mere printed circular…not to reply at all”: SPC to Lyman Trumbull, November 12, 1860, reel 14, Chase Papers.
“much chagrined…Mr. Abe Lincoln”: Journal of Commerce, reprinted in NYTrib, June 27, 1860.
“Holding myself…stand ready”: AL to SPC, May 26, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 53.
“first, that…of the people”: NYTrib, October 25, 1860.
Browning called on Bates: Entry for May 31, 1860, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 132; Cain, Lincoln’s Attorney General, p. 115.
“declined to take the stump”: Entry for May 31, 1860, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 132.
“probably give offense…Union party”: Entry for September 20, 1860, in ibid., p. 145.
“I give my opinion…in early life”: EB, Letter of Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri, Indorsing Mr. Lincoln, and Giving His Reasons for Supporting the Chicago Nominees (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe Office, 1860); EB to O. H. Browning, June 11, 1860, reprinted in “Political: Letter of Judge Bates, pledging his support to the Republican ticket,” NYT, supplement, June 23, 1860.
“His character is…firm as Jackson”: EB to Wyndham Robertson, November 3, 1860, quoted in Cain, Lincoln’s Attorney General, p. 120.
“The campaign started…preside or attend”: Procter, Lincoln and the Convention of 1860, p. 16.
“My personal feelings…a public act”: CS to WHS, May 20, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“one & only one…nomination in ’64”: George Pomeroy to WHS, May 21, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“the suitable man…for mere expediency”: William Mellen to FAS, May 21, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
considered resigning immediately from the Senate: Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, p. 229.
“When I went out…at every corner”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, pp. 453–54.
“give the malignants”: Israel Washburn to WHS, May 19, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“in the character…response in my heart”: WHS to FAS, May 30, 1860, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, pp. 454–56.
“responsibility…shorter every day”: WHS to home, June 13, 1860, quoted in ibid., p. 458.
“You have earned…reasonably claim”: FAS to WHS, May 30, 1860, reel 114, Seward Papers.
“Your services…highest success”: Charles Francis Adams to WHS, May 22, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“I am content…the public interest”: WHS to TW, June 26, 1860, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, p. 459.
“was about to take…depths of discouragement”: Procter, Lincoln and the Convention of 1860, p. 16.
John Nicolay…“life ran down”: Helen Nicolay, Lincoln’s Secretary: A Biography of John G. Nicolay (New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1949; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1971), pp. vii (quote), 27, 34, 36.
“He sat down…could have desired”: Utica Morning Herald, reprinted in NYTrib, July 9, 1860.
“can not only discuss…dress a deer-skin”: Missouri Democrat, reprinted in NYTrib, September 29, 1860.
“an air of quiet…unflinchingly”: Utica Morning Herald, reprinted in NYTrib, July 9, 1860.
“Ten thousand inquiries…create the necessity”: Press and Tribune, Chicago, May 23, 1860.
“Whatever of awkwardness…of society”: New York Evening Post, reprinted in Albany Evening Journal, May 24, 1860.
“a very handsome…sparkling talker”: Ohio State Journal, Columbus, Ohio, May 29, 1860.
“a Man of the People”: NYTrib, May 26, 1860, quoted in Nevins, Ordeal of the Union. Vol. II: The Emergence of Lincoln, part II, Prologue to Civil War, 1857–1861, p. 274.
“log-cabin, hard-cider”: Samuel Eliot Morison and Henry Steele Commager, The Growth of the American Republic, 4th edn. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1930; 1950), p. 556.
“It has also afforded…be inspired”: Ryland Fletcher, quoted in Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, p. 169.
a “nullity…a nullity anywhere”: Quoted in Tarbell, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I, p. 365.
“here is a stick…in 1825”: NYH, October 20, 1860.
“it would be both…willingly say”: AL to T. Apolion Cheney, August 14, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 93.
“Your letter…I write at all”: AL to Leonard Swett, May 30, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 57.
“he would like…of being lynched”: Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, p. 170.
the cohesion of the new Republican Party: Ibid., pp. 21–22.
“our adversaries…to the charge”: AL to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 86.
this election would not be determined…carefully addressed in the Republican Party platform: Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, pp. 13 (quote), 148–53.
an entourage: Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, p. 461; Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, pp. 232–33.
“cannons…‘Wide Awakes’”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, p. 461; Oldroyd, Lincoln’s Campaign, pp. 104–07.
“Viewed from…in wild cheerings”: “Springfield Correspondence, 9 August 1860,” in Hay, Lincoln’s Journalist, p. 6.
the “Chloroformers”: Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, p. 174.
“procession of young men…carts and wagons”: Entry for September 8, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 75.
“All of this reminded…a gaping crowd”: Ibid.
In St. Paul, Minnesota…steps of the Capitol: Press and Tribune, Chicago, September 24, 1860.
“without repetition…of the auditors”: Fite, The First Presidential Campaign, p. 213.
“the whole population…Well, I ought to”: Supplement to NYT, September 29, 1860.
“where, when…‘this tobacco question’”: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Charles Francis Adams, 1835–1915: An Autobiography, with a Memorial Address Delivered November 17, 1915, by Henry Cabot Lodge (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916), pp. 61–62.
“integrity…grandest & highest”: Israel Washburn, Jr., to WHS, November 14, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.
“I am sure…taken a-back by”: Richard Blatchford to FAS, October 3, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.
“marveled more & more…by any American”: CS to FAS, October 10, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.
“Yes Henry is…Is that the word”: FAS to CS, September 5, 1860, reel 20, Sumner Papers.
“There was a rush…Seward was seated”: NYH, October 2, 1860.
“was a revelation…out of place”: Adams, Jr., Charles Francis Adams, 1835–1915, pp. 61, 64 (quote).
“Twelve years ago…believed that it would be”: NYH, October 2, 1860.
Lincoln asked…“it already existed”: King, Lincoln’s Manager, p. 157.
Seward readily agreed…intercourse with the South: NYT, September 27, 1860; Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, p. 233.
“noisy throng…approaching greatness”: Adams, Jr., Charles Francis Adams, 1835–1915, pp. 67–68.
“Remembering that Peter…I will not”: AL to Lyman Trumbull, June 5, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 71.
a humorous fictional dialogue: AL, “Dialogue between Stephen A. Douglas and John C. Breckinridge,” September 29, 1860, in ibid., pp. 123–24.
“I give the leave…in any respect”: AL to William D. Kelley, October 13, 1860, in ibid., p. 127.
“for your face…like whiskers”: Grace Bedell to AL, October 15, 1860, in ibid., p. 130.
“As to the whiskers…begin it now?”: AL to Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860, in ibid., p. 129.
“Election news…heir apparent”: “Springfield Correspondence, 7 January 1861,” in Hay, Lincoln’s Journalist, p. 17.
biased…prospects in each state: AL to John Pettit, September 14, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 115.
“the dry, and irksome…monster meetings”: AL to Henry Wilson, September 1, 1860, in ibid., p. 109.
Schurz’s “excellent plan…than yourself”: AL to Carl Schurz, June 18, 1860, in ibid., p. 78.
He urged Caleb Smith…an Indiana victory: AL to Caleb Smith, [July 23], 1860, in ibid., pp. 87–88.
“Ascertain…commit me to nothing”: AL, “Instructions for John G. Nicolay,” [c. July 16, 1860], in ibid., p. 83.
“Before this reaches…into the news-papers”: AL to Simon Cameron, August 6, 1860, in ibid., p. 91.
Cameron replied…writings: Simon Cameron to AL, August 1, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
“I am slow…present & future only”: AL to John M. Pomeroy, August 31, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 103.
“Write Mr. Casey…in that matter”: AL to Leonard Swett, July 16, 1860, in ibid., p. 84.
“After all…Sebastopol we must take”: John Z. Goodrich, quoted in Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, p. 205.
“such a result…must not allow it”: AL to Hannibal Hamlin, September 4, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 110.
“intimating that Douglas…Please write me”: AL to James F. Simmons, August 17, 1860, in ibid., p. 97.
“tomorrow is…of the Country”: David Davis, quoted in King, Lincoln’s Manager, p. 158.
“he was trying…the presidential Election”: Ward Hill Lamon to AL, October 10, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
“We are all in…be the next Pres’t”: David Davis to Sarah Davis, October 12, 1860, Davis Papers, ALPLM.
“I never was better…any trouble”: David Davis to Sarah Davis, October 15, 1860, Davis Papers, ALPLM.
With pride…“have the trial”: MTL to Hannah Shearer, October 20, 1860, in Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 66.
Douglas had been barnstorming…to the South: Johannsen, Stephen A. Douglas, pp. 778–81, 786–97 (quotep. 781).
“the first presidential…in person”: Paul F. Boller, Jr., Presidential Campaigns (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984), p. 101.
“Mr. Lincoln is the next…I will go South”: Stephen A. Douglas, quoted in Johannsen, Stephen A. Douglas, pp. 797–98.
“finest hour”: Nevins, Ordeal of the Union. Vol. II: The Emergence of Lincoln, part II, Prologue to Civil War, 1857–1861, p. 290.
“I believe there is…must be inaugurated”: Stephen A. Douglas, quoted in Johannsen, Stephen A. Douglas, p. 800.
“The cardinal error…danger of secession”: Nevins, Ordeal of the Union. Vol. II: The Emergence of Lincoln, part II, Prologue to Civil War, 1857–1861, p. 305.
“we all dwelt in a fool’s Paradise”: Adams, Jr., Charles Francis Adams, 1835–1915, p. 69.
“a sort of political…frighten the North”: Donn Piatt, Memories of the Men Who Saved the Union (New York and Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887), p. 30.
“people of the South…of the government”: AL to John B. Fry, August 15, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 95.
“the cry of disunion…‘sway Northern sentiment’”: Nashville Union and American, November 11, 1860, quoted and paraphrased in Craven, The Growth of Southern Nationalism, pp. 352–53.
shrugged…belligerent politicians: Press and Tribune, Chicago, October 3, 1860.
“they cry out…Nobody!”: WHS, “Political Equality the National Idea, Saint Paul, September 18, 1860,” in Works of William H. Seward, Vol. IV, p. 344.
“misrepresentations…triumph of our party”: FB, et al., to AL, October 31, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
Even John Breckinridge…splitting up the Union: Craven, The Growth of Southern Nationalism, p. 341.
“I have a good deal of news…it may be delusive”: AL to John Pettit, September 14, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 115.
“there will be the most…great adroitness”: AL to TW, August 17, 1860, in ibid., pp. 97–98.
“Can you afford…finish the work”: TW to WHS, October 25, 1860, reel 60, Seward Papers.
“the whole audience…tumultuous cheering”: NYTrib, November 3, 1860.
“to stir whatever…the populace”: NYTrib, November 10, 1860.
“was chatting…than the Presidency”: Samuel R. Weed, “Hearing the Returns with Mr. Lincoln,” New York Times Magazine, February 14, 1932, p. 8.
“the candidate…for his own electors”: William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik, Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Vol. III (Springfield, Ill.: Herndon’s Lincoln Publishing Co., 1888), p. 467.
“who welcomed him…the Court room”: [JGN to TB?], November 6, 1860, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
wild “burst of enthusiasm”: NYTrib, November 10, 1860.
“He said he had…read to the crowd”: Missouri Democrat, reprinted in Cincinnati Daily Commercial, November 9, 1860.
“seemed to understand…with previous elections”: Weed, “Hearing the Returns with Mr. Lincoln,” NYT Magazine, p. 8.
gathered at the telegraph office: Missouri Democrat, reprinted in Cincinnati Daily Commercial, November 9, 1860.
“The news would come…any hurry to hear it”: Weed, “Hearing the Returns with Mr. Lincoln,” NYT Magazine, p. 9.
“We have made steady…victory has been won”: Simeon Draper, quoted in ibid.
“Uncle Abe…I know it”: Lyman Trumbull, quoted in ibid.
“Not too fast…may not be over yet”: Ibid.
a “victory” supper: Oates, With Malice Toward None, p. 206.
“Don’t wait…before 10 o’clock”: TW, quoted in Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, p. 218.
“a very happy man…such circumstances?”: AL, quoted by Henry C. Bowen, Recollections, p. 31, reprinted in Whipple, The Story-Life of Lincoln, p. 345.
“Mary…we are elected!”: Henry C. Bowen, “Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,” The Independent, April 4, 1895, p. 4.