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He shared with the men..."guests of the nation": NYT, December 29, 1863.
Lincoln invited Stanton...Point Lookout: AL to EMS, December 26, 1863, in CW, VII, p. 95 (quote); NYTrib, December 29, 1863.
He had heard that...Confederate strongholds: Thomas and Hyman, Stanton, p. 309; "28 December 1863, Monday," in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, p. 134.
"Oh! dying year!...brighter hopes dawn": Entry for December 31, 1863, in Adam Gurowski, Diary: 1863'64'65, Vol. III. Burt Franklin: Research & Source Works #229 (Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., 1866; New York: Burt Franklin, 1968), p. 57.
"a tall...polish of appearance": Entry for February 24, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
"sphere of civilization": Entry for March 8, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
no "heroic qualities": Entry for February 21, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
"not equal...of his position": Entry for August 16, 1861, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 76.
At a festive dinner..."to one great purpose": Charles Francis Adams, quoted in NR, February 2, 1864.
"foremost American...in his time": "Lowell, James Russell," in Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VI, ed. Dumas Malone (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933), p. 458.
"Never did a President...still in wild water": James Russell Lowell, "The President's Policy," North American Review 98 (January 1864), pp. 24143, 249, 25455.
"very excellent...over-much credit": Entry for January 5, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 504.
CHAPTER 23: "THERE'S A MAN IN IT!"
New Year's Day...scattered the clouds: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln's Was.h.i.+ngton, pp. 27374 (quote); Star, January 1, 1864; NR, January 2, 1864.
"Murfreesboro...excel these": NR, January 1, 1864.
"We have a right...weathered the gale": NR, January 13, 1864.
"The instinct of all...danger is over": Dispatch of January 18, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln's White House, p. 203.
the traditional New Year's reception: Entry for January 1, 1864, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 231; dispatch of January 4, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln's White House, p. 199.
"a human kaleidescope...pet.i.tioners": NR, January 2, 1864.
"public-opinion baths... and duty": Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, pp. 28182.
"European democrats...American a custom": Dispatch of January 4, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln's White House, p. 199.
Lincoln "appeared to be...word or two": NR, January 2, 1864.
Mary Lincoln "never looked better"...velvet dress: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln's Was.h.i.+ngton, pp. 27475 (quote p. 275).
"We seem to have...cared about it": FWS, quoted in Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, p. 207.
The winter social calendar...of cabinet officers: NR, January 19, 1864.
"grace and elegance": NR, January 26, 1864.
"who with such...once a week": NR, January 16, 1864.
"observed of all observers": NR, January 2, 1864.
"one of the most lovable women": Entry for January 3, 1864, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 443.
"frosty...a very close examination": Brooks, Mr. Lincoln's Was.h.i.+ngton, p. 275.
Mary found it necessary..."human tide": Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 49; NR, January 2, 1864.
ill dressed...their carpetbags: NR, January 13, 1864.
"the lace curtains...as a man's hand": Brooks, Mr. Lincoln's Was.h.i.+ngton, p. 253 (quote); B. B. French to Charles R. Train, January 5, 1863, p. 181, Vol. 14, reel 7; French to John H. Rice, March 7, 1864, p. 313, Vol. 14, reel 7; French to Rice, June 16, 1864, pp. 37576, Vol. 14, reel 7, M371, RG 42, DNA.
would inaugurate "the fas.h.i.+onable 'season'": NR, January 6, 1864.
visiting members..."with their families": NYT, January 8, 1864.
"not so largely attended as usual": NYH, January 13, 1864.
she was "disappointed": Entry for January 14, 1864, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 443.
The Sewards hosted..."most brilliant": NR, January 26, 1864 (first quote); NR, January 15, 1864 (second quote); NYT, January 26, 1864 (third quote); Star, January 26, 1864.
a pleasant evening..."relief from care": Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, p. 208.
Mary could not relinquish...and supporters: Anson G. Henry to Isaac Newton, April 21, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Mary's anger..."a patriot": Keckley, Behind the Scenes, pp. 12729 (quotes pp. 128, 129).
and crossed out..."Schleswig-Holstein difficulty": JGN to JH, January 18, 1864, in Nicolay, With Lincoln in the White House, p. 124.
directed her wrath..."night or two": JGN to JH, January 29, 1864, in ibid., p. 125.
dinner "was pleasant...off very well": Entry for January 22, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 512.
unable to share..."merry-making at a funeral": GW to Edgar T. Welles, February 14, 1864, reel 22, Welles Papers.
"the old secession"...stars of every occasion: Dispatch of February 6, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln's White House, pp. 20607 (quote p. 206).
Ulric...expert waltzer: Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 128.
Fernando Wood..."personal intercourse": Dispatch of February 1, 1864, in Stoddard, Dispatches from Lincoln's White House, p. 205.
