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"an intellectual face...from that State": Boston Daily Advertiser, September 14, 1848, reprinted as "Speech at Worcester, Ma.s.sachusetts," September 12, 1848, in CW, II, pp. 12, 5.
Whig rally at the Tremont Temple; Seward and Lincoln meet: James Schouler, "Abraham Lincoln at Tremont Temple in 1848," Ma.s.sachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, October, 1908June, 1909 XLII (1909), pp. 7083.
"had probably...Governor Seward's": AL, quoted in Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18461861, p. 80.
"the time will come...inst.i.tution of slavery": WHS, "Whig Ma.s.s Meeting, Boston, October 15, 1848," Works of William H. Seward, Vol. III, pp. 289, 288.
"a most forcible...applause": Boston Courier, September 23, 1848.
"rambling, story-telling...boldness of utterance": F. B. Carpenter, "A Day with Governor Seward at Auburn," July 1870, reel 196, Seward Papers.
"a thoughtful air": Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18461861, p. 80.
"I reckon...have been doing": AL, quoted in ibid., p. 80.
voted for the Wilmot Proviso...single speech on the issue: Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, pp. 12627.
"I went with...State in the Union": Edward L. Pierce to JWW, February 12, 1890, in HI, p. 697.
"a superb dinner...arranged at table": Governor Henry J. Gardner statement, [FebruaryMay 1890], enclosure in Edward L. Pierce to WHH, May 27, 1890, in HI, p. 699.
election results, 1848: Congressional Quarterly, Presidential Elections Since 1789 (Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1991), p. 106.
who, four years later...only four states: Allan Nevins, Ordeal of the Union. Vol. II: A House Dividing, 18521857 (New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947), p. 36.
he drafted a proposal: AL, "Remarks and Resolution Introduced in United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia," January 10, 1849, in CW, II, pp. 2022 (quote p. 21).
"that slave hound from Illinois": Wendell Phillips, quoted in Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln, 18091858, Vol. II, p. 185.
once the proposal was distributed...never introduced his bill: Donald, Lincoln, pp. 13637.
"Finding that I was...at that time": AL, quoted in James Q. Howard, Biographical Notes, May 1860, Lincoln Papers.
campaigned vigorously...Commissioner of the Land Office: Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, p. 129. See also Lincoln's correspondence from May to July 1849 in CW, II, pp. 5155, 5758.
"If I have one vice...tempted me": AL, quoted in Egbert L. Viele, "A Trip with Lincoln, Chase, and Stanton," Scribners Monthly 16 (October 1878), p. 818.
applied to patent..."buoyant chambers": AL, "Application for Patent on an Improved Method of Lifting Vessels over Shoals," March 10, 1849, in CW, II, p. 32.
"added practically...his reputation": John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln. Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History (New York: Century Co., 1902), p. 77.
Caleb Smith of Indiana: John P. Usher, President Lincoln's Cabinet, with a Foreword and a Sketch of the Life of the Author by Nelson H. Loomis (Omaha, Nebr.: n.p., 1925); Louis J. Bailey, "Caleb Blood Smith," Indiana Magazine of History 29 (September 1933), pp. 21339; Indianapolis Daily Journal, January 9, 1864.
"handsome, trimly-built man": C. P. Ferguson, quoted in Bailey, "Caleb Blood Smith," Indiana Magazine of History (1933), p. 237.
"smooth oval face": John Coburn, quoted in ibid., p. 236.
"feel the blood...up your spine": Usher, President Lincoln's Cabinet, p. 17.
Smith a more compelling public speaker: Macartney, Lincoln and His Cabinet, p. 49; Bailey, "Caleb Blood Smith," Indiana Magazine of History (1933), pp. 23739.
Joshua Giddings: James Brewer Stewart, Joshua R. Giddings and the Tactics of Radical Politics (Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1970); George W. Julian, The Life of Joshua R. Giddings (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1892).
"He had lived...with their lot": Julian, The Life of Joshua R. Giddings, p. 21.
"would walk clear to Illinois": Elihu B. Wasburne to AL, December 26, 1854, Lincoln Papers.
"a little slim...full of tears yet": AL to WHH, February 2, 1848, in CW, I, p. 448.
"Mr. Lincoln was careful...roar of laughter": Alexander Stephens recollection, in Osborn H. Oldroyd, comp., The Lincoln Memorial: Alb.u.m-Immortelles (New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1882), p. 241.
"was losing interest in politics": AL, "Autobiography Written for Jesse W. Fell," December 20, 1859, in CW, III, p. 512.
"the one great question of the day": AL, "Eulogy on Zachary Taylor," July 25, 1850, in CW, II, p. 89.
with "greater earnestness": AL, "Scripps autobiography," in CW, IV, p. 67.
deaths of Mary's father, grandmother, and Eddie: Randall, Mary Lincoln, pp. 13941; Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln, pp. 12528; Donald, Lincoln, p. 153.
That destiny had branded her: Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 128.
Mary's inconsolable weeping: Ibid., p. 126.
"Eat, Mary...for we must live": AL, quoted in Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 141.
found some solace...rented a family pew: Ibid., pp. 14344.
Eddie's death left an indelible scar: See Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln, pp. 12529.
"hysterical outbursts": Burlingame, The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, p. 296.
chased him through the yard: Stephen Whitehurst interview, 18851889, in HI, p. 722; WHH to JWW, January 23, 1886, reel 9, Herndon-Weik Collection, DLC.
drove him from the house: Mrs. Hillary Gobin to Alfred J. Beveridge, May 17, 1923, container 288, Papers of Alfred J. Beveridge, Ma.n.u.script Division, Library of Congress [hereafter Beveridge Papers, DLC].
smashed his head with a chunk of wood: Margaret Ryan interview, October 27, 1886, in HI, p. 597; WHH to JWW, January 23, 1886, reel 9, Herndon-Weik Collection, DLC.
"a protective deafness": J. P. McEvoy, quoted in Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 121.
quietly leave the room...for a walk: James Gourley interview, 18651866, in HI, p. 453.
If the discord continued...storm had ceased: Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, p. 91.
"a woman of more angelic...people outside": Milton Hay interview, c. 18831888, in HI, p. 729.
"rendering [himself] worthy": AL, "Communication to the People of Sangamo County," March 9, 1832, in CW, I, p. 8.
Weed's campaign for Senate seat for Seward: Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, pp. 11011; Van Deusen, Thurlow Weed, pp. 16566.
