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242 "a guileless man": David Davis to [John Wentworth], Sept. 25, 1859, Davis MSS, ISHL.
243 ten, years younger: CW, 4:36.
243 for his nomination: CW, 4:43.
243 "chances of success": CW, 4:33.
243 attending the convention: CW, 4:32.
244 "any positive objection": CW, 4:47.
244 "their first love": CW, 4:34.
244 "a few men": N. B. Judd to AL, Dec. 12, 1859, Lincoln MSS, LC.
244 "be very well": CW, 3:509.
244 "our friends here": CW, 3:509.
244 more dynamic image: This account closely follows Wayne C. Temple's excellent article, "Lincoln's Fence Rails," JISHS 47 (Spring 1954): 2034.
245 "grown to manhood": CW, 4:48.
245 only partially true: Although admitting that "Lincoln was an exceptionally decent and honest politician," Gabor S. Boritt suggests that had voters known the reality rather than the myth he might have been defeated in 1860. "Was Lincoln a Vulnerable Candidate in 1860?" Civil War History 27 (Mar. 1981): 3148.
245 sent to Chicago: Isaac N. Arnold, The Life of Abraham Lincoln (Chicago: Jansen, McClurg, & Co., 1885), p. 163.
246 "unit for him": Baringer, Lincoln's Rise to Power, p. 186.
246 "stay at home": Rufus Rockwell Wilson, ed., Intimate Memories of Lincoln (Elmira, N.Y.: The Primavera Press, Inc., 1945), p. 294.
246 the Republican ticket: Jackson Grimshaw to WHH, Apr. 28, 1866, HWC.
246 "'Higher Law' doctrine": CW, 4:50.
246 Pennsylvania and New Jersey: Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, chap. 9, offers an excellent account of the convention proceedings.
247 "home and abroad": Proceedings of the First Three Republican National Conventions, pp. 131133.
247 a dark horse: William Safire, Safire's New Political Dictionary (New York: Random House, 1993), pp. 166167.
248 of the operation: King, Lincoln's Manager, pp. 135142.
248 to do so: Stephen T. Logan, statement to WHH, undated, Lamon MSS, HEH.
248 Seward backers arrived: For a spirited account, see Baringer, Lincoln's Rise to Power, chap. 5.
248 Indiana Republican parties: William Butler to AL, May 15, 1860, Lincoln MSS, LC.
