Note 257 — Chapter XXI · SEWARD DEFEATED AT CHICAGO 1860
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"Mr. Seward seemed to be certain of receiving the nomination at Chicago. He felt that it belonged to him. His flatterers had encouraged him in the error that he was the sole creator of the Republican party."—H.B. Stanton, Random Recollections, p. 214. "I hear of so many fickle and timid friends as almost to make me sorry that I have ever attempted to organise a party to save my country." Letter of W.H. Seward to his wife, May 2, 1860.—F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 448.