Source Notes for The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War.

All but a few of the sources for the quotes and historical details in The Hour of Peril are listed in the bibliography. Many of the sources are specified in the context, and a number of the quotes appear in multiple references works. The notes below will assist readers in locating important sources that may not be clear otherwise. In cases where the bibliography includes more than one work by a particular scholar, a more specific reference is given. Unless otherwise stated, quotes from Lincoln’s letters and speeches are drawn from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy Basler. The following abbreviations are used: AL – Abraham Lincoln ALPLC – Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress AP – Allan Pinkerton APLC – Records of Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, Library of Congress HIST -- History  and  Evidence  of  the  Passage  of  Abraham  Lincoln  from  Harrisburg,  PA,  to  Washington,  D.C.  on  the  22d  and  23d  of  February,  1861,  by  Allan  Pinkerton LBP -- Lincoln  and  the  Baltimore  Plot,  1861:  From  Pinkerton  Records  and  Related  Papers,  edited  by  Norma  B.  Cuthbert    SOTR  –  The  Spy  of  the  Rebellion,  by  Allan  Pinkerton     Introduction: “Long, Narrow Boxes.”

1. “This trip of ours,” John Hay to Annie E. Johnston, February 22, 1861, Hay Library, Brown

University.

1-2. “clear and well-considered . . . necessary and urgent measures . . . not the slightest idea of it.”

AP to William Herndon, August 5, 1866, LBP.

2. “Our operations are necessarily tedious,” AP to Samuel Felton, January 27, 1861, LBP.

2. “All imagination,” Sandburg, War Years, pg. 256.

3. “Had Mr. Lincoln fallen,” AP to William Herndon, Aug. 5, 1866, LBP, pg. 8.

3. “The gradual disruption,” Mary Livermore, My Story of the War, pg. 553.

3. “It had been fully determined,” SOTR, pg. 77.

3. “Excuse me for endeavoring,” AP to William Herndon, Aug. 5, 1866, LBP, pg. 8.

3. “Statesmen laid the plan,” New York Times, February 25, 1861.

5. “neither been proved,” Nicolay, Abraham Lincoln, A History, vol. 3, pg. 303.

6. “assassination is not congenial,” New York Times, February 27, 1861.

6. “The events about to be related,” SOTR, pg. 45.

6. “Fair fame of one,” Scharf, History of Maryland From the Earliest Period, pg. 397.

 

Prologue: His Hour Had Not Yet Come.

10. “uneasy state . . . dancing horses,” Charles P. Stone quoted in Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect,

448.

10. “much more justly . . . toes of generals,” Hawthorne, Atlantic Monthly, July, 1862.

11. “The trees upon the corners,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 1861.

11. “An imbecile official,” Atlanta Southern Confederacy, March 4, 1861.

11 - 12. “if you are as happy,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pg. 450.

12. “A more enviable,” Villard, pp. 66-67.

13. “the magnanimity of a victor,” Frederick Seward, Autobiography of William H. Seward, pg.

512.

13. Every thought that we think,” Seward to AL, January 27, 1861, ALPLC.

13. “Mr. Lincoln entered Washington,” Greeley, Recollections, pg. 404.

13. “There is some apprehension . . . I am prepared to meet it,” New York Times, March 4, 1861.

13. “Beware the Ides of March,” Anonymous to AL, January 20, 1861, ALPLC.

13. “sworn band of 10,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pg. 194.

14. “Nothing could have been . . . armed to the teeth,” Diary of a Public Man, North American

Review, 1879.

14. “I have seen today,” Charleston Mercury, March 7, 1861.

14. “I shall plant cannon,” Herndon’s Lincoln, pg. 295

14. “grave and impassive,” Lossing, pg. 289.

14. “Mr. Buchanan sighed audibly,” New York Times, March 5, 1861.

15. “The ten thousand threats,” New York Tribune, March 5, 1861.

16. “No mean courage,” Foner, pg. 432.

16. “I sat just behind him . . . hour had not yet come” Greeley, Recollections, pg. 404.

1. The Apprentice.

17. Pinkerton had traveled . . . “most ardent Chartist in Scotland,” Horan, pg. 5, Mackay, pg. 37.

18. “there was a scene . . . ankle-deep in gore,” Special Constable Thomas Watkins, 1839 account,

Weisser, pg. 129.

19. “It was a bad day,” AP to Robert Pinkerton, 1879, APLC.

19. “I believe that I . . . a working man . . . stick and bundle. . . laboring men,” AP, Strikers,

Communists, Tramps and Detectives, pp. x – xii.

19. “Twenty-five years ago . . . a society of equals,” Basler, vol. 3, pg. 462.

20.  “from dawn to dusk for pennies . . . dreary existence,”AP to Robert Pinkerton, 1879, APLC.

21. “peaceably if we may,” Wilson, The Chartist Movement in Scotland, pg. 94.

22. “I got to sort of hanging around her . . . a price on my head,” Harper’s Weekly, July 12, 1884;

Horan, pg. 10.

22. “I had become an outlaw,” Horan, pg. 10.

22. “When I had the price,” AP to Joan Pinkerton, 1878, APLC.

22. “Within a few hours,” Lavine, Allan Pinkerton, pg. 3. A detailed accounting of Pinkerton’s

exaggerations concerning his marriage and escape to America can be found in Mackay, pp. 49-52.

23. “I have been a poor lad,” AP, Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives, pg. 64.

23. “In my native country,” AP to unknown correspondent, October 6, 1861, APLC.

2. How I Became a Detective.

Unless otherwise indicated, Pinkerton’s account of his pursuit of the counterfeiter John Craig is

drawn from Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches, pp. 9 – 51.

26. “roof over my head . . . I could na bear it . . . In the little shop . . . all my life,” Chicago Eagle,

October 16, 1897; Horan, pp. 13-14 .

27. “He didn’t think much of you,” Horan, pg. 14.

27. “This institution of human bondage,” AP, SOTR, pg. xxv.

28. “oppressed and shackled. . . curse was effectually removed,” SOTR, pg. 244.

32. “vile two-storied barrack,” Herbert Asbury, Gem of the Prairie, pg. 13.

3. Ardent Spirits.

37-38. Accounts of Pinkerton’s clash with Pastor Wisner and his departure from Dundee appear in

the Kane County Western Citizen of March 1847; Horan, pg. 4 and Mackay, pp. 62-65.

37. “obliged to take their children,” AP to Robert Pinkerton, 1879, APLC.

39. “The pistol was of large caliber,” Chicago Daily Democratic Press, September 9, 1853.

40-41. Accounts of Pinkerton’s pursuit and arrest of Theodore Dennison appear in the Chicago

Daily Democratic Press and the Chicago Daily Tribune of September 9, 1853, as well as Horan,

pp. 23-24 and Mackay, pp. 69-70.

42. “attend to the investigation and depredation,” APLC.

43. “The Agency will not . . . secret which devours him,” General Principles of Pinkerton’s

National Detective Agency, APLC.

44. “capable of moral reform . . . too little thought of,” Proceedings of the Annual Conference of

the National Prison Association, 1874.

44. “the ends justify the means . . . a necessity in the detection of crime,” General Principles of

Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, APLC, and AP, Bucholz and the Detectives, pg. xiii.

45. “He was a man of,” SOTR, pg. 56.

46. “At an instant's warning,” AP, Claude Melnotte as a Detective, pg. 251.

4. Pink Lady.

47. “special and sudden exigencies . . . hereinafter specified,” Horan, pg. 32.

47. “I am overwhelmed,” AP to Henry Hunt, October 10, 1856, APLC.

47-50. Pinkerton’s comments on the hiring of Kate Warne are drawn from The Expressman and

the Detective, pp. 49-50; The Somnambulist and the Detective, pp. 144-149; and Box #25, APLC.

51-58. Unless otherwise indicated, Pinkerton’s account of the Adams Express robbery is drawn

from The Expressman and the Detective and materials in the Adams Express file, Box #68, APLC.

51. “under strict surveillance,” Horan, pg. 45.

52. “low, contemptible . . . denunciations hurled,” New York Times, May 20, 1858.

5. Let Us Dare to Do Our Duty

59-63. The account of John Brown’s visit to Chicago is drawn from the Chicago Times, September

1, 1882; SOTR, pp. xxvi, 36, 233-34; Campbell, Fighting Slavery in Chicago, pp. 115-16, 138-39;

Lloyd Lewis, “Pinkerton and Lincoln,” Illinois Historical Journal, pp. 376-377; Horan, pp. 37-42

and Mackay, pp. 82-86.

64. “proud and honored,” SOTR, pg. xxviii.

64. “those poor blacks . . . I will not fight,” Sears, George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon, pp.

117.

64. “From its earliest incipiency,” SOTR, pg. 153.

64. “More than once . . . always to the point,” McClellan’s Own Story, pg. 162.

65. “At all points . . . a special car was furnished . . . smelt no royalty,” Lamon, Recollections, pg.

22.

65. “That swarthy face,” Starr, pg. 138.

65. “The famous contest . . . half slave and half free . . . a scene of political agitation,” SOTR, pp.

35-36.

66. “It is true . . . our dingy office” Herndon’s Lincoln, pg. 243, 460.

66. “a growing sentiment,” SOTR, pg. 36.

67. “Mr. Lincoln is one of Nature's orators,” Donald, Lincoln, pp. 239-40.

67. “The taste is in my mouth,” Holzer, Lincoln at Cooper Union, pg. 210.

67. “I am waiting the hour,” Oswald Villard, John Brown, 1800-1859, pg. 551.

67. “[H]ad it not been for the excessive,” SOTR, pg. 26.

6. It’s Coming Yet.

69. “said good-bye . . . patriotic mission . . . they were there,” New York Times, May 18, 1860.

69-71. The details of the Chicago Republican National Convention are drawn from Goodwin, pp.

237-258; Donald, Lincoln, pp. 230-256; Burlingame, A Life, pp. 558-626.

70. “The youngster who . . . Abram [Sic] Lincoln,” New York Times, May 18, 1860.

71. “The lines of battle,” SOTR, pp. 38-39.

71. “Don’t come here,” Donald, Lincoln, pg. 251.

71. “You fellows knew,” Goodwin, pg. 262.

71. “The Southern ‘Fire-eaters,’ . . . boldly advocated,” SOTR, pg. 59.

72. “The election was not the Cause,” Davis, Jefferson Davis, pg. 293.

72. “The tea has been thrown,” Charleston Mercury, November 8, 1860.

72. “Much has been said,” George N. Eckert to AL, Friday, November 23, 1860, ALPLC.

72. “What we want most,” Elihu B. Washburne to AL, December 09, 1860, ALPLC.

72. “willingly take out,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, 171.

72-73. “The political horizon was . . . object of just abhorrence,” SOTR, pp. 34-35, 43-44.

73-74. “It is, perhaps, a matter not,” AP, Thirty Years a Detective, pg. 22.

74. “It is said . . . favorite poet,” Szasz, Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns, pg. 64.

7. A Pig-Tail Whistle

79-82. Unless otherwise indicated, the account of Thomas D. Jones’s visit to Springfield is drawn

his Memories of Lincoln, pp. 5-9.

79. “groveling time-wasters,” Villard, pg. 40.

79. “Individuals, deputations, and delegations,” Lamon, Life, pg. 457.

80. “None of the streets,” Villard, pg. 12

81. “[Y]ou would look a great deal,” Grace Bedell to AL, October 18, 1860, ALPLC.

81. “As to the whiskers,” AL to Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860, ALPLC.

81. “It is allowed to be ugly,” Healy, Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter, pg. 70.

82. “Mr. Lincoln enjoyed the joke,” Villard, pg. 70.

82. “flaying alive, assassination, mayhem,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pg. 115.

82. “There were threats,” Whitney, Life on the Circuit with Lincoln, pg. 492.

82-85. The so-called “Hot Stove” letters and other threatening messages, as well as the letters of

concern from David Hunter and others, are gathered from Sandburg, Lincoln Collector, pp. 65-71;

Holzer, Dear Mr. Lincoln, pp. 340-42; and ALPLC.

85-86. “people who were intending . . . thought differently,” Seward, pg. 512.

86. The story of the “scowling Southron” appears in Villard, pp. 41-43; and New York Times,

December 27, 1860.

87. “intended somehow to get possession,” Goodwin, pg. 297.

87. “If that is true,” Burlingame, With Lincoln in the White House, pg. 21.

87. “There is a feverish excitement,” William H. Seward to AL, December 28, 1860, ALPLC.

88. “It pains me to learn,” William H. Seward to AL, Saturday, December 29, 1860, ALPLC.

88. “Yours without signature . . . ceremony is known,” AL to William H. Seward, Basler, vol. 4,

pg. 170.

89. “annoyed, not to say alarmed,” Herndon, pg. 398.

89. “I found the old warrior,” Wilson, Herndon’s Informants, pg. 709.

89-90. “impending removal to the federal capital . . . preferences are for a southerly route . . .

excusable curiosity,” Villard, pp. 64, 49-50.

90. “[Y]our life is not safe,” Horace Greeley to AL, December 22, 1860, ALPLC.

90. “He knew . . . hanged for it,” Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, pg. 533.

91-93. Samuel Felton’s account of his meeting with Dorothea Dix is drawn from Forney, pp. 248-

250.

8. Mobtown

95. “the roughs and secessionists . . . I entertained no serious fears . . . whatever assistance was in

my power,” SOTR, pp. 46-47.

96. “[S]hould the hour ever arrive,” Radcliffe, Governor Hicks of Maryland, pg. 521.

96. “The people of the District,” Seward, pg. 502.

97. “fall a sacrifice to the attempt,” Forney, pg. 248.

97-99. “Should the suspicions of danger . . . or what position, ” LBP, pp. 23-25.

99. “Her complexion was fresh and rosy,” SOTR, pg. 367.

100. “a thorough knowledge of the South,” LBP, pg. 20.

100. “I took passage . . . great danger was to be apprehended,” SOTR, pp. 48-50.

101-102. “the Pandemonium of American Cities,” The National Magazine of Western History, vol.

XI, 1889, pg. 245.

102. “The whole scene was extremely disgraceful,” New York Times, April 28, 1860.

102. “Our people behaved nobly,” Worthington G. Snethen to AL, November 03, 1860, ALPLC.

102. “The city of Baltimore . . . a slave-holding city,” SOTR, pg. 41.

102-103. “In a confederacy composed,” Greeley, pg. 420.

103. “The detective must always,” AP, Claude Melnotte as a Detective, pg. 251.

103-104. “I distributed my Operatives,” LBP, pg. 4.

104. “Mrs. Warne was eminently fitted,” SOTR, pg. 75.

104. “I was afraid . . . all classes of society,” LBP, pp. 24-26.

105. “It is now positively settled,” Baltimore Sun, January 28, 1861.

105-106. “The distance between the two . . . hands of those men” LBP, pg. 6-7.

106. “It is of great concern to all . . . his political opinions,” Baltimore Sun, February 23, 1860.

9. Suspicions of Danger

108. “I never saw him . . . never return alive . . . nothing had ever happened,” Herndon,

Herndon’s Life, pp. 389-91; Donald, pg. 272.

109. “The inhabitants all hastened,” Weems, Life of George Washington, pg. 133.

109. “I am glad you have relinquished,” Salmon P. Chase to AL, January 28, 1861, ALPLC.

109. “when we shall become,” Donald, pg. 280.

109. “rather circuitous route,” Basler, vol. 4, pg. 220.

110. “Will not this roundabout,” Salmon P. Chase to AL, Jan. 28, 1861, ALPLC.

110. “greatly impressed with the importance,” Villard, Memoirs, pg. 148.

111. “Circular of Instructions,” Sandburg, vol. 1, pg. 35.

112. “a great pet,” Pratt, Concerning Mr. Lincoln, p. 81.

112. “take PLENTY of EXERCISE . . . huge sweat . . .will surely be made,” Randall, pp. 138, 212.

113. “I expect the pleasure,” AL to David Hunter, Jan. 20, 1861.

113. “I have heard of threats,” Edwin V. Sumner to John G. Nicolay, January 7, 1861, ALPLC.

114. “a big brain and a big heart,” Goodwin, pg. 8.

114. “It looks as if we might have war,” Lamon, Recollections, pg. 29.

114. “The fear that Mr. Lincoln,” Lamon, Life, pp. 464-65.

115. “No such call or greeting,” Nicolay,  Abraham  Lincoln,  A  History, vol. 3, pg. 308.

115. “for a week or more,” R. B. Coleman to Simeon Draper, January 24, 1861, ALPLC.

115. “I hope the interest I feel . . . No answer is expected,” George W. Hazzard to AL, January

1861, ALPLC.

118. “In any event,” George W. Hazzard to AL, November 5, 1860, ALPLC.

10. Hostile Organizations

119-121. “was one of the fast ‘bloods’ . . . the subject of violence . . . because it was

fashionable . . . a pliant tool in our hands,” SOTR, pp. 59-67.

121. “Such a technique was distasteful,” AP, Bucholz and the Detectives, pp. 8-9.

121-122. A report from Charles Williams, LBP, pp. 26-27.

122-125. A significant break came . . . “I dare not,” LBP, pp. 28-30.

125-127. Hillard’s trip to Washington, Reports of the Select Committee of Five, 36th Congress, 2nd

Session, 1861, pp. 144-155.

128. “Will they be good men,” Brown, Baltimore & the Nineteenth of April, 1861, pg. 128.

128. “If this can be accomplished,” New York Times, January 4, 1861.

128. “by persons having the opportunity . . . are to provoke it,” Reports of the Select Committee of

Five, 36th Congress, 2nd Session, 1861, pp. 166-178.

128-129. “The pressure . . . Indeed, so embittered,” Alexander K. McClure to AL, January 15,

1861, ALPLC.

129. “On Sunday last . . . will not give his name,” George Stearns to Thomas Hicks, February 7,

1861, Maryland Historical Society.

129-131. The Governor’s testimony, Reports of the Select Committee of Five, 36th Congress, 2nd

Session, 1861, pp. 166-178.

11. The Man and the Hour

133-137. The account of Lincoln’s departure from Springfield is drawn from Holzer, Lincoln

President-Elect, pp. 288-308; Villard, pp. 66-74; Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pp. 23-27;

SOTR, pp. 51-54; and Donald, pg. 273.

134. “make a bishop forget his prayers,” Epstein, The Lincolns, pg. 6.

136. “Prince of Rails,” Villard, pg. 78.

136. “We can't take all Illinois,” Epstein, Lincoln’s Men, pg. 14.

138. “the saddest day,” Cooper, Jefferson Davis, American, pg. 3.

138. “What is party,” New York Times, February 6, 1861.

139-142. “Let them call it Treason . . . true friend of the South . . . would kill him . . . I determined

to take the chances,” LBP, pp. 32-36.

143. “I have a message of importance,” Wilson, Herndon’s Informants, Pg. 269.

12. If I Alone Must Do It.

145. “She stood at the gate,” Sandburg, Prairie Years, pg. 462.

145. “Abe was fond of music,” Lamon, Life, pg. 58.

146. “Refreshments for the thirsty,” Villard, pg. 74.

146. “Thousands and tens of thousands,” James A. Briggs to AL, February 16, 1861, ALPLC.

146-148. “The enthusiasm all along . . . a man standing there with a shotgun,” McClure’s

Magazine, vol. 12, 1889, pg. 170.

146. “There were many way stations . . . but to hear his voice,” Burlingame, Oral History, pg. 112.

147. “wherever the iron horse,” Holzer, Lincoln Seen and Heard, pg. 78.

148. “It has been asserted,” Lamon, Life, pg. 507.

148. “The horse was so confoundedly slow,” Dearborn Independent Magazine, February 12, 1927,

pg. 18.

149. “insolent and rough curiosity . . . determined manner,” Villard, pg. 78.

149. “The crowd came up one staircase . . . assigned to bronze statues,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s

Journalist, pp. 26, 34-35.

150. “In the push and crush,” Burlingame, Life, vol. 2, pg. 3.

150. “It has been a serious task,” Helen Nicolay, Lincoln’s Secretary, pg. 66.

150. “I am now public property,” Lamon, Recollections, pg. 35.

151. “it is most proper,” New York Times, February 18, 1861.

151. “That’s the talk,” Mansch, pg. 132.

151. “sporting with fire-balls in a powder magazine,” Burlingame, Life, vol. 2, pg. 5.

152. “seemed to amuse,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 26.

152. “A look of stupefaction,” Burlingame, Oral History, pg. 109.

153. “We intrust the sacred life,” Lamon, Recollections, pg. 33.

153-157. The account of Pinkerton’s meeting with Ferrandini is drawn from SOTR, pp. 60-73 and

LBP, pp. 33-37.

153. “In twenty-four hours,” SOTR, pg. 57.

157. “If I alone must do it,” LBP, pg. 37.

13. A Postponed Rebellion.

159. “Bob, with a fine display of pluck,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 28.

160. “took hold of him in a melodramatic manner,” Villard, pg. 79.

160. “the entire population of Indianapolis,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 29

160. “He has shaken off the despondency,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 28

160. “[T]he young representative of the house of Lincoln,” New York Times, March 5, 1911.

161. “considering what they are,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pg. 332.

161-162. “I hope to have God,” Ronald C. White, A. Lincoln: A Biography, pg. 449.

162. “What Kentuckian,” Mansch, pg. 214.

162. “a grenade of the most destructive character,” Tidwell, Come Retribution, pg. 227.

163-165. William H. Scott’s report on his meeting with Norman Judd appears in LBP, pp. 31-32.

164-165. “I had reason to believe . . . act at the proper time,” SOTR, pg. 74.

165. “The arrangements here throughout,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 31.

165. “although somewhat stiffened,” Villard, pg. 81.

166. “The Special Committee are unanimously,” New York Times, February 13, 1861.

166. “The air was filled with rumors . . . if words could kill,“ Chittenden, pg. 36-41.

167. “lashed to the muzzle,” Fishel, pg. 15.

167. “[H]e had determined . . . similar epithets were showered upon him,” Chittenden, pg. 43-45.

168. “What a pity,” SOTR, pg. 68.

14. A Rabid Rebel

169. “The President-elect will need no,” American Annual Cyclopaedia, pg. 419

170. “At Columbus . . . hurried to a more secure place,” Burlingame, Oral History, pp. 113-14.

170. “For his own sake,” New York Times, February 13, 1861.

170. “When he read it he smiled,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pg. 324.

171. “Abe, they say you,” Sandburg, pg. 199.

171. “I understand that arrangements,” Newark North American, February 14, 1861.

172. “Notwithstanding the troubles,” Pittsburgh Dispatch, February 16, 1861.

172. “three lassies also,” Villard, pp. 85-86.

173. “The anxiety to greet,” Villard, pg. 86.

173. “I think that there is no occasion,” Cleveland Commercial, February 16, 1861.

173. “Here lies a people,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 13, 1861.

174. “Some three months ago,” Philadelphia, Inquirer, February 20, 1861.

174. “I let these whiskers grow,” Burlingame, Life, pg. 18.

174. “that mysteriously durable garment,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pp. 32.

174. “His passage through the country,” Ronald C. White, The Eloquent President, pg. 48.

175. “in peril of outrage,” New York Independent, February 21, 1861.

175-179. The account of Pinkerton’s encounter with George P. Kane is drawn from SOTR, pp. 50,

60-66; LBP, 5-6, 34, 53, 65, 127; Scharf, History of Baltimore City, pg. 788; and the Baltimore

American, February 26, 1861.

15. A Single Red Ballot.

181. “The man and the hour,” McPherson, pg. 259.

181. “The whole city is agog,” Stegeman, These Men She Gave, pg. 19.

181. “The time for compromise,” New York Times, February 18, 1861.

182. “Mr. Davis made five and twenty,” quoted in Hudson Stroke, Jefferson Davis, American

Patriot 1808-1861, pg. 418.

182. “ill conducted affair . . . cries of distress,” Villard, pg. 88.

182-183. “the hug of Barnum’s grizzly . . . crushed violently,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist,

pp. 34.

183. “We are getting along badly,” Drake, Life of General Robert Hatton, pg. 344.

183. “Lincoln is to be assassinated,” Chittenden, pg. 58.

183-186. The account of Lucius Chittenden’s visit to Baltimore is drawn from Chittenden’s

Recollections, pp. 55-64.

186-187. “a sample of the feeling . . . I loved Rome more,“ LBP, pg. 6.

187. “resolved upon prompt and decisive . . . succeed in making his escape,” SOTR, pp. 68-76.

187-193. The account of Davies, Hillard and the red ballots is drawn from SOTR, pp. 74-79 and

LBP pp. 7, 29, 46-48.

16. Whitewash.

195. “an ease of manner,” SOTR, pg. 75.

196. Mrs. Warne was to leave immediately, LBP pp. 9, 50.

197. “One of these organizations,” Nicolay, Abraham  Lincoln,  A  History, vol. 3, pg. 305.

197. “combustible materials . . . Mr. Lincoln to be put out of the way . . . disguise themselves as

negroes,” Forney, 249-250.

197. In a report dated Tuesday, February 19, LBP, pp. 45-46.

198. “ about on thousand men. . .if they killed him,” LBP, pg. 45

198. “As soon as the deed,” SOTR, pg. 51, 72.

199. “became the nine-days wonder,” Forney, pg. 252.

199. “At that hour the waking human,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pp. 36-38.

199. “Crowds, cannon, and cheers,” New York World, February 21, 1861.

199. “I do not mean to say,” Philadelphia, Inquirer February 22, 1861.

199. “You must not . . legitimate right to stand on,” New York Herald, February 20, 1861.

200. “Short-hand would express,” Donald & Holzer, Lincoln in the Times, pg. 73.

200. “little boys and big men . . . mud, riot and discomfort,” Villard, pg. 92.

200. “the humblest of all individuals,” New York Tribune, February 19, 1861.

200. “I have not kept silent . . . party wantonness,” New York Herald, February 20, 1861.

201. “On consultation . . . Republican friends,” Worthington G. Snethen to AL, February 15, 1861,

ALPLC.

202. “never felt so mortified,” LBP, pg. 45.

202. “miserable botch . . . safe deliverance,” Villard, pg. 95-96.

202. “continuous fringe of humanity . . . The police arrangements were among the most perfect,”

Burlingame, Oral History, pg. 118.

203. “When Disunion has become,” Lossing, The Empire State, pg. 520.

203. “Wood evidently wants,” Spann, Gotham at War, pg. 6.

203. “I reckon . . . its own account,” Holzer, Lincoln at Cooper Union, pg. 241.

203. “The figure, the look, the gait,” Whitman, Civil War Poetry and Prose, pg. 47.

204. “I had no doubt,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pg. 358.

204-209. The account of Kate Warne’s meeting with Norman Judd is drawn from her field report

in LBP, pp. 41-45; Judd’s account in LBP, pp. 107-112; and Judd’s letter in HIST.

17. The Music Agent.

211. “I was advised on Thursday morning,” Seward, pg. 511.

211. “the handsomest man,” Milton, Abraham Lincoln and the Fifth Column, pg. 183.

212-213. “Mr. Lincoln entered, hat in hand . . . throwing passengers and cargo overboard . . .

discharged by a piece of ordnance,” Donald & Holzer, Lincoln in the Times, pg. 50-52.

212-213. Comments of Reverend Irenaeus Prime, Browne, The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln,

pp. 314-15.

213. “They mutually surpassed each other,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pp. 364.

213. Hannibal Hamlin’s meeting with Lincoln in New York is recounted in Scroggins, Hannibal:

The Life of Abraham Lincoln’s First Vice President.

214. “I said that it would never do,” LBP, pg. 44.

214. “I informed her that I should be in the carriage,” Judd’s letter in HIST.

214. “frequently expressed his admiration,” New York Times, February 20, 1861.

214-215. “During the journey the Superintendent . . .ingratiate themselves with disaffected

persons,” Walling, pp. 68-69.

215. “I ascertained from Marshal Kane himself,” Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War,

vol. 2, pg. 148.

216 “As soon as we reached . . .mixed freely with the secessionists,” Walling, pp. 69-71.

217-219. The account of David Bookstaver’s exploits is drawn from Lossing, Pictorial Field Book

of the Civil War, vol. 2, pp. 148-49; Tidwell, pp. 231-32; Burlingame, A Life, vol. 2, pg. 33;

McClure’s Magazine, November 1894; and Seward, pg. 139.

18. A Few Determined Men.

221. “The Jersey police . . . Vainly did they brandish their clubs . . . a hydraulic press,” Donald &

Holzer, Lincoln in the Times, pg. 59.

222. “The Traitor’s Doom,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pp. 370.

222. “beat down the line . . . pummeled, pushed and squeezed,” New York Times, February 22,

1861.

222. “I am exceedingly anxious . . . put the foot down firmly,” New York Tribune, February 22,

1861.

223. “The streets were alive,” SOTR, pg. 81.

223-226. Pinkerton’s dealings with Samuel Felton, and Felton’s concerns with Hannibal Hamlin

and Morton McMichael, are detailed in AP’s field report of February 21st, 1861, LBP, pp. 52 -57.

227. “swaying to and fro,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February, 23, 1861.

227-228. The crowd-diving exploits of George H. Burns are detailed in SOTR, pp. 81-82 and LBP,

pp. 9-10, 57-58.

228-231. The account of Pinkerton’s meeting with Norman Judd is drawn from LBP, pp. 58-62;

SOTR, pp. 82-83; Forney, pg. 253; and Norman Judd’s account in HIST.

231. “listen to those breathings,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 22, 1861.

19. An Assault of Some Kind.

233. “A dense crowd of people filled Chestnut Street . . . but such a jam.,” LBP, pp. 10, 63.

234-237. The details of Pinkerton’s meeting with Lincoln are drawn from SOTR pp. 83-85,

Pinkerton’s field report in LBP, pp. 7-8, 62-68, Norman Judd’s account in HIST and New York

Times, February 26, 1861.

238-240. The details of Frederick Seward’s meeting with Lincoln are drawn from Nicolay,

Abraham Lincoln vol. 3, pp. 311-313; Frederick Seward’s Reminiscences of a War-Time

Statesman and Diplomat, vol. 3, pp. 134-138 and Seward at Washington as Senator and Secretary

of State, pp. 509-514; and Sandburg, Prairie Years and the War Years, pp. 204-05.

240. “I never saw him more cool,” LBP, pg. 11.

240. “Up to this time,” SOTR, pg. 240.

240. “merely for making the remark . . . it will be madness,” Thomas Cadwallerder to AL,

December 31, 1860, ALPLC; Burlingame, A Life, vol. 2, pg. 33.

241. Bowen forwarded a note, Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pp. 381-382.

20. The Assassin’s Knife.

243. “The station was filled,” the account of Hannibal Hamlin’s passage through Baltimore is

drawn from Hamlin’s Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin, vol. 1, pp. 389-90.

244. “Mr. Lincoln, President-elect . . . foot upon Southern soil,” Baltimore Sun, February 23,

1861.

244. “I think it my duty to inform,” Holzer, Dear Mr. Lincoln, pg. 342.

245. “sick, and tired out,” LBP, pg. 80.

246. “Every possible contingency . . . sacrificing himself for his country,” Judd’s account in HIST.

246. “which was announced for sun-rise,” LBP, pg. 70.

246. “He gave a most eloquent expression . . . I cannot quote it correctly,” SOTR, pg. 87 and LBP

11-12.

246-247. “I am filled with deep emotion . . . I would rather be assassinated,” Philadelphia Inquirer,

February 23, 1861.

247. “sacrificing himself for his country,” Judd’s letter in HIST, pg. 9.

247. “They had come . . . solemn beauty of which,” Donald & Holzer, Lincoln in the Times, pg. 70.

247. “threw off his overcoat,” Basler, vol. 4, pg. 579.

248. “signified his readiness . . . No particulars were given . . . no intimation of our movements . . .

answer for his safety with my life,” SOTR, pg. 89; and LBP, pp. 67-68.

249. “I told Mr. Seward,” HIST, pg. 18.

249. “so unwell he could hardly,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 41.

249. “there is something up,” Wilson, Herndon’s Informants, pg. 434.

249. “It was therefore arranged,” SOTR, pg. 91.

250. “This morning . . . flaunting gloriously,” Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph, February 22, 1861.

250. “a conspiracy had been discovered,” Curtin’s account in HIST, pg. 16

250-253. The account of Lincoln’s meeting with his advisors is drawn from Wilson, Herndon’s

Informants, pp. 432-434; Mansch, pg. 181; Lamon, Life, pg. 522 and Recollections, pp. 40-43; and

AP’s HIST.

252. “Colonel Ellsworth was in his glory,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 41.

253-255. The account of Lincoln’s departure from the Jones House is drawn from LBP, pp. 13-14;

McClure, pp. 51-55; Lossing, Pictorial History, pg. 280; Sandburg, pp. 81-82; and Judd’s account

in HIST.

255-256. Pinkerton’s anecdote about the imprisoned journalists appears in SOTR, pp. 99-101.

256. “Mr. Lincoln being physically prostrated,” New York Times, February 23, 1861.

21. The Flight of Abraham.

259-260. “There were a few Republicans . . . nor Baltimore Plug-Uglies,“ Chittenden, pp. 65-66.

260-262. In Baltimore at nearly the same moment . . . “it will help our cause,” LBP, pp. 90-96,

149.

262-263. “The telegraph brings astonishing news,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 23, 1861.

263. “Abraham Lincoln . . . is safe in the capital of the nation,” New York Times, February 23,

1861.

263. “We don’t believe it,” New York World, February 24, 1861.

263. “Mr. Lincoln ought to have,” New York Times, February 25, 1861.

263. “The Republicans seem to feel the most chagrined,” New York World, February 24, 1861.

263-264. “I do not believe one word,” Diary of a Public Man, pg. 46.

264. “The manner in which Mr. L entered,” Foner, ed., The Life and Writings of Frederick

Douglass: 1861-1865, pg. 71.

264. “a Scotch plaid cap and a very long military cloak,” New York Times, February 25, 1861.

264. “a soft, low-crowned hat,” Elihu B. Washburne’s account in LBP, pg. 148.

265. “The story of the Scotch cap . . . whole cloth,” LBP, pg. 15.

265. “As Mr. Lincoln’s dress,” Lamon, Life, pg. 523.

265. “knitted woolen cap . . . no necessity for disguise,” Chittenden, pg. 65.

265. “picturesque illusion,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, 401.

266. “Everybody here is disgusted,” Charleston Mercury, February 26, 1861

266. “Had we any respect,” Baltimore Sun, February 25, 1861.

267. “The number of conjectures,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 42.

22. The Hour of Peril.

269. “Now the rumors hitherto . . . the revelations of tomorrow,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s

Journalist, pp. 43-45.

270. “as this package must go,” LBP, pg. 75.

270. “I marked it ‘Very important --,” Forney, pg. 254.

270. “the nom-de-plume I generally used,” SOTR, pp. 93-94.

270-283. The account of Lincoln’s movements on the night of February 22, 1861, is drawn from

SOTR, pp. 86-98; LBP, pp. 69-85 (including the field reports of AP and Kate Warne); Lamon, Life,

pp. 522-26 and Recollections, pp. 43-46; the statements of Daniel Garman and Edward Black, the

fireman and engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s special train, in “Garman, Black, and the

‘Baltimore Plot,’” ed. by Claude R. Flory in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,

January, 1970; and the statements of Norman Judd, Samuel Felton, Governor Andrew Curtin,

William Stearns, H.F. Kenney, George C. Franciscus, Enoch Lewis, George Dunn, H. E. Thayer

and Andrew Wynne in HIST.

271. “keenly, shrewdly and well,” LBP, pg. 111.

271. “get in the sleeping car,” Wilson, Herndon’s Informants, pg. 288.

272. “invalid brother,” Rowan, pg. 110.

272. “I had no hesitation,” LBP, pg. 12.

273. “The halls, stairways and pavement,” HIST, pg. 16.

273. “If ever I got a fast ride,” “Garman, Black, and the ‘Baltimore Plot,’” ed. by Claude R. Flory

in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, January, 1970.

275. “Where is Nuts? . . . all is right,” Wilson, Herndon’s Informants, pg. 289.

275. “Thus far . . . admirably,” SOTR, pg. 94.

276. “a small party of men,” LBP, pg. 144.

277. “Mr. Lincoln said that he knew me,” Wilson, Herndon’s Informants, pg. 290.

277. “Here was a plot big enough,” Lamon, Life, pg. 524.

277-278. “Mr. Lincoln was cool, calm . . . wanted no arms,” LBP, pg. 79.

279. “He talked very friendly,” LBP, pg. 81

280. “We are at Havre de Grace,” LBP, pg. 16.

281. “The city was in profound repose,” SOTR, pg. 96.

281. “lay close in his berth . . . as if Mr. Lincoln had never been born,” Lamon, Life, pg. 525.

281-282. “Perhaps, at this moment . . . joking with rare good humor,” SOTR, pg. 96-97.

282. “It was an Irishman,” Lamon, Life, pg. 525.

282. “No doubt there will be a great time in Dixie by and by,” SOTR, pg. 97.

23. Some Very Tall Swearing.

285-286. The account of Elihu B. Washburne greeting Lincoln’s arrival in Washington is drawn

from Chittenden, pg. 64; Rice, Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 34-41 (Washburne’s

account); SOTR, pp. 98-99; LBP, pg. 82.

287. “leaving the town agog,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 43.

287. “do or say aught,” LBP, pg. 82.

287. “We had not been in the hotel,” Rice, Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, pg. 39

288. “conclusive evidence . . . without blood-shed . . . I informed Governor Seward,” LBP, pg. 83.

288. “rather tired . . . talked over this danger,” LBP, pp. 83-84.

289. “break through the prejudices,” Henry L. Dawes in The Atlantic, August, 1893, pg. 167.

289. “a very cordial manner … reception at Harrisburg,” New York Herald, February 24, 1861.

290. “It would do . . .plumes of his chapeau,” Riddle, Recollections of War Times, pg. 11.

290. “Mr. Lincoln is in no way responsible,” Pittsburgh Gazette, February 26, 1861.

290. “no slip up, no stiletto,” New York Times, February 27, 1861.

290 -294. The account of Mrs. Lincoln’s passage through Baltimore is drawn from the Baltimore

Sun, February 25-28; The New York Times, February 26, 1861 (Howard’s account); LBP, pp. 17,

88-89, 133-35; New York World, February 24, 1861; Philadelphia Inquirer, February 24-27;

Scharf, History of Maryland From the Earliest Period, pp. 389-95 (Kane: “offensive Republican

display . . . meet Mr. Lincoln at the Maryland line,”); New York Times, March 1, 1861 (Kane: “I

did not recommend,”); Brown, pg. 10-12; Markens, Why President Lincoln Spared Three Lives, pg.

5.

294. “Plums arrived here,” LBP, pg. 84;

294-295. The account of AP’s blow-up with Ward Lamon is drawn from LBP, pp. 85-90, 98,

SOTR, pg. 98-99, and the Ward H. Lamon papers at the Huntington Library.

296. “I sent a card,” LBP, pg. 88.

296. “my object had been fully accomplished,” SOTR, pg. 99.

296. “would yet make the attempt to assassinate Lincoln . . . swore very hard,” LBP, pg. 89.

296. “It was no laughing matter,” Walling, pg. 71.

297. “I swear to you,” LBP, pg. 150.

297. “the foolish conduct of Mr. Lamon,” LBP, pg. 89.

297. “One Mr. Detective Pinkerton of Chicago,” Burlingame, Lincoln’s Journalist, pg. 44.

297. “I directed Mr. Burns to say,” LBP, pg. 98.

298. “Everybody appeared to be swearing mad,” LBP, 90-91;

298-299. The account of Lincoln’s reception with the Peace Convention delegates is drawn from

Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pp. 413-16; Chittenden, pp. 69-78; and Sandburg, pg. 90.

300. “worthless as Dead Sea fruit,” Nicolay, Abraham Lincoln, A History, vol. 3, pg. 323.

300-301. “When I saw you last . . . that class of Secret Service,” AP to AL, April 21, 1861,

ALPLC.

Epilogue: An Infamous Lie.

303-306. The account of Colonel Ellsworth’s assault on Alexandria is drawn from Davis, Civil

War Journal: The Legacies; The Wisconsin Magazine of History, September, 1917; Randall, pp.

241-275; and Epstein, Lincoln’s Men, pp. 53-67.

304. “They are sleeping on a volcano,” Randall, pg. 230.

304. “My own darling Kitty,” The Wisconsin Magazine of History, September, 1917.

305. “The sudden shock,” New York Times, May 26, 1861.

306. “My boy! My boy!” Burlingame, Life, vol. 2, pg. 177.

306. “We needed just such a sacrifice,” Randall, pg. 274.

306-313. The account of the Baltimore riot of April 19, 1861, is drawn from Brown, Baltimore &

the Nineteenth of April, 1861; Schouler, A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War, pp. 90-99;

Ezratty, Baltimore in the Civil War, pp. 51-64; Mitchell, Maryland Voices of the Civil War, pp. 48-

88; and Lossing, pp. 409-20.

306-307. “You will undoubtedly be insulted . . . be sure you drop him,” Ezratty, Baltimore in the

Civil War, pg. 52-53.

307. “uttering cheers for Jefferson Davis,” Brown, pg. 46.

308. “It was impossible for the troops,” Brown, pg. 50.

308. “Thank God you have come,” Burlingame, Life, vol. 2, pg. 2439.

308. “[I]t was necessary to burn or disable,” Brown, pg. 58.

309. “Our men are not moles,” Donald, pg. 298.

309. “We will fight them,” The New York Times, December 21, 1862.

309. “The war spirit raged,” Brown, pg. 65.

310. “I had promised my old comrades of the Sixth Regiment,” Butler, Autobiography and

Personal Reminiscences, pg. 226.

310-311. “Whilst suffering great agony,” Mitchell, Maryland Voices of the Civil War, pg. 273.

311. “If Mr. Lincoln had arrived in Baltimore,” Brown, pg. 12.

311. “same spirit that slaughtered,” Judd’s account in HIST.

311. “crowning act of disloyalty . . . rage and disappointment” SOTR, pp. 109, 99.

312. Ferrandini’s obituary notices, Baltimore Sun, December 21 and 22, 1910.

312. “A general sentiment of rage and disappointment,” SOTR, pg. 99.

314. “The estimate was founded . . . and was made large,” AP to McClellan, November 15, 1861,

quoted in Fishel, pg. 105.

315. “no serious mistake in the estimates . . . I know to the contrary,” SOTR, pg. xxix.

315-317. The account of Timothy Webster’s death in Richmond is drawn from SOTR pp. 485-

560; Horan, pp. 98-114; Fishel, pp. 89-91, 148-49, 598; Mortimer, Double Death: The True Story

of Pryce Lewis, The Civil War’s Most Daring Spy, pp. 132-215; and Beymer, pp. 260-287.

318. “great man who now sleeps in a martyr's grave,” SOTR, pg. 102.

318. “This morning’s papers . . . the nation cannot spare you,” AP (as “E.J. Allen”) to Edwin M.

Stanton, April 19, 1865, in The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the

Union and Confederate Armies.

318. “watch the Western Rivers . . . If only I had been there,” Horan, pg. 148.

319. “organized a band of murderers,” Holzer, Lincoln President-Elect, pg. 403.

319. “He escaped condign punishment,” Boston Commonwealth, April 22, 1865.

319. “I did not then . . . no risk was necessary,” Arnold, Life of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 186-87.

319. “I have several times . . . grave mistakes in his public career,” McClure, pg. 55.

319. “much against his own will,” Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, pg. 279-80.

320. “I know he was neither . . . never had any such ‘desire’,” Rice, Reminiscences of Abraham

Lincoln, pg. 40.

320. “Who Saved Mr. Lincoln’s Life in 1861?” New York Times, October 31, 1867.

321. Pinkerton’s irritation with Kennedy . . . oddly conflicting statements, LBP, pg. 105; Scharf,

History of Maryland From the Earliest Period, pg. 393.

321-330. The account of the war of words between AP and Ward Lamon is drawn from LBP, pp.

114-23; Lamon’s Life, pp. 505-28 and Recollections, pp. 42-47; the Ward H. Lamon papers at the

Huntington Library; and HIST.

331. “Very often, as I sit in the twilight . . . I had redeemed my pledge,” SOTR, pp. 102-03, 584-

85.