Duluth, Minn., 43
Duncan, Dr., 151

E

Eaton, Hon. John H., 136, 138,
140, 144, 145

Eaton, Mrs. John H., 136, 137, 138,
141, 142, 143, 144, 145
Edwards, Ninian, 96
Electoral college, 78

Electoral Commission, 14-18, 33, 77
Elkins, Senator, 24
Ellsworth, Miss, 134
Ellsworth, Oliver, 72

Emancipation, proclamation of, 90
"English_Amendment," 108
English, R. W., 173

English, Thomas Dunn, 393
Evarts, William M., 80, 262-267
Everett, Edward, 134, 311, 314, 339
Ewing, Adlai, 322
Ewing, Finis, 322

Ewing, James S., 9, 96, 250, 274,
346, 378, 401

Ewing, Hon. William Lee D., 417

F

Fairbanks, Charles W., 61
Fell, Hon. Jesse W., 9
Fellows, John R., 271, 272
Ferguson, William I., 170
Fessenden, Senator, 339
Ficklin, Representative, 98
Field, Cyrus W., 32, 33
Field, Dr. Henry M., 32
Field, Hon. David Dudley, 32
Field, Stephen J., 32, 167, 386
Fifer, Joseph W., 250, 346, 347
Fillmore, Millard, 61, 62, 194
Fish, Hon. Hamilton, 20, 98
Florida, 15-17, 76, 125
Flower, Representative, 285
'Flush Times, The," 386
Flynn, Dennis, 53

Foltz, Dr., 151

Force Bill, 29, 31, 242

Ford Governor, 3, 186, 198, 202,

204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210,
211, 212, 213

Ford, Judge, 97

Forrest, Edwin, 303, 304, 305
Forrest, General, 257

Franklin, Benjamin, 69, 132, 147,
337

Freeport, Ill., 119, 121, 122
Fremont, John C., 106, 114, 169
Fry, General S. S., 258-261
Frye, Senator, 24

Fugitive Slave Law, 103, 115, 119,
120

Fuller, Melville W., 240, 252

G

Gaines, General Edmund P.,

137

Gaines, Myra Clark, 136, 137
Gallatin, Albert, 220
Gardner, Mr., 222

Gardner, Miss, 222, 223

136,

Garfield, James A., 12, 21, 22, 62,
227

Garland, Senator, 240

Gates, General Horatio, 155, 156
George the Third, 85
Gerry, Elbridge, 61, 63
Giddings, Joshua R., 98

Giles, Senator William B., 219-221
Gilmer, Hon. Thomas W., 221, 222
Gilmer, Miss, 219

Gordon, General, 285, 325

Grady, Henry W., 285

Graham, Miss, 219, 220

Grant, Ulysses S., 101

Graves, William J., 150, 151, 152

Greeley, Horace, 294, 391, 392
Greene, Nathaniel, 155
Gridley, General, 274

Grundy, Felix, 138, 194, 216
Gwin, William M., 169, 170
Gwinett, Button, 154, 155

H

Hale, Senator, 24, 36, 102
Hamilton, Alexander, 63, 69, 75,
76, 157, 160-166, 297, 336
Hamilton, Gail, 20
Hamlin, Hannibal, 61, 98
Hancock, Gen. Winfield Scott, 19,
20, 101

Hardin, Ben, 194

Hardin, John J., 93, 96, 173, 213,
214, 409, 420

Harlan, John Marshall, 29

Harrison, Benjamin, 242
Harrison, Hon. Carter H., 27
Harrison, William Henry, 62, 98,
106, 114, 311

L

La Salle, Robert de, 425-427
Lake Front Bill, 249, 250
Lamar, Lucius Q. C., 12, 28-30,
Lamont, Daniel S., 239, 244
Langley, S. P., 174, 176, 181
Latta, James, 417
Laurens, Col. John, 157
Law, William, 206, 209
Law, Wilson, 209
Lawrence, James, 85, 148
"Lecompton Constitution," 107, 108
Lee, Arthur, 357, 429

Lee, Gen. Charles, 155, 156, 157
Lee, Col. Phil, 410-412

Lee, Gen. Robert E., 101, 260, 288
Lewis, Meriwether, 84

Lincoln, Abraham, 2, 3, 6, 8-9, 62,
79, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91,
93, 96, 98, 102, 107, 109, 110,
111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 120, 122,
123, 124, 125, 171-173, 225, 226,
237, 246, 272, 274, 275, 286, 288,
304, 314, 322, 352–354, 377, 386,
402, 409, 419, 423, 433
Lincoln Centenary, 82
Linder, V. F., 409
Lockwood, Judge, 97, 422
Logan, Gen. John A., 93, 96
Longstreet, Gen. James, 101
Lord, Representative, 13
Louisiana, 15-17, 76, 125

McDuffie, Senator, 325

McIntosh, General, 154

McKenzie, Hon. James, 36, 49, 50,
51, 148, 321

McKibben, Joseph C., 166, 167
McKinley, William, 55, 56, 62, 246
McLean, John, 96, 417-420, 432
McLean County, 413-432

Menifee, Representative, 150, 151,
216, 407

Merryman, Dr., 172, 173
Metamora, Ill., 225, 273, 274, 281
Mexican War, 8, 101,

Milburn, Rev. W. H., 27, 332, 333
Mills, Senator Roger Q., 322
Mirabeau, Charles Maurice, 88, 307
Missouri Compromise, 2, 103, 105,
115, 117

Money, Senator, 24
Monroe, James, 76, 94, 139, 357,
429

Monroe Doctrine, 242, 243, 367
Montgomery, Richard, 330
Moore, A., 248, 249

Morehead, Governor, 321

Morgan, John, 257

Mormon exodus from

Illinois,

Mormonism, and the Mormon

war, 197-215

Oregon, 17, 100

Orendorff, Thomas, 417
Ottawa, Ill., 110, 111, 115, 124

P

Palmer, Gov. John M., 322
Paterson, William, 70

Peace Jubilee Banquet, 56
"Peggy O'Neal," see Eaton, Mrs.
John H.

Pendleton, Nathaniel, 162, 165
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 85, 148
Phelps, Professor, 4
Phillips, D. L., 250

Phillips, Hon. Isaac N., 314
Phillips, Wendell, 310

Pierce, Franklin, 8, 101, 194
Pierce, Representative, 16
Pinckney, Charles C., 69, 79, 251
Pocahontas, 360

Polk, James K., 24, 55, 100, 101,
128, 194, 332, 349

Pope, Hon. Nathaniel, 409
Pope, Judge, 205

Pratt, O. C., 171

Pratt, Orson, 215
Pratt, Parley P., 212

Prentiss, S. S., 41, 83, 216, 311, 312,
356

President, the office of, 56-58, 62,
63, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79
Presidential contest, of 1824, 138,
139; of 1856, 106; of 1860, 108,
225, 226; of 1876, 13-18, 76, 77;
of 1884, 239, 240; of 1888, 241;
of 1892, 241, 242.

Preston, Senator, 154, 194, 339
Previous question, 73, 74
Prime, Dr., 135

Princeton, man-of-war, 222, 223

Proctor, Senator, 36

Purman, Representative, 16

Purple, Judge, 274

Q

Quintard, Bishop, 19, 20

R

Randall, Hon. Samuel J., 31, 32, 54
Randolph, Edmund, 336
Randolph, John, 55, 69, 79, 138,

139, 140, 147, 220, 339, 356, 391

Reagan, Hon. John H., 12, 28
Reed, Hon. Thomas B., 53, 54, 55,
246, 268, 269

Reynolds, Gov. John, 182-196, 202,
203, 418

Rhett, Barnwell, 98
Rice, Nathan L., 322
Richmond, Judge, 274
Rigdon, Sydney, 199, 212
Robinson House, Beverly, 20
Rodes, Solomon P., 344, 345
Rogers, Dr. Thomas P., 246-250
Roosevelt, Theodore, 61, 62
Rush, Richard, 178, 179
Rutledge, Edward, 69

Scott, Matthew T., 371, 372, 373
Scott, Mrs. Julia Green, 371, 374
Seelye, Julius H., 16
Semple, Senator, 96

Senate, the, 64-66, 67-81, 337-341
Seward, William Henry, 90, 114,
154, 339, 423

Sharon, Senator, 169
Shaw, Judge, 274, 378

Shelley, Representative, 49

Sheridan, Phil., 330

Sherman, Gen. W. T., 101

Sherman, James S., 61

Sherman, Roger, 69, 72

Shields, Gen. James, 96, 171-173,

274, 330, 420

Slavery, 2, 3, 86, 102, 103, 105, 106,

108, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120,
121, 122, 123

Slidell, John, 89, 98

Smith, Capt. John, 360

Smith, Hon. David A., 409
Smith, Hiram, 206, 209, 211
Smith, Joseph, 198-213, 409
Smith, Joseph F., 208, 432
Smithson, James, 174-181
Smithsonian Institution, 174–181
Spears, Representative, 26
Spencer, Hon. Hamilton, 166

26, 49, 54

Stanberry, Henry, 80, 264
Stanford, Senator, 66

Stanley, Representative, 130
Stephens, Alexander H., 12, 30, 31,
98, 129, 133

Stevens, Hon. Thaddeus, 20, 80, 352
Stevenson, Adlai E., first impres-

sions of Lincoln, 8; on the law
and lawyers, 9-11; member forty-
fourth Congress, 12; speech in
favor of the Hayes-Tilden Elec-
toral Commission, 14-18; member
Board of Visitors to West Point
1877, 19, 20; member forty-sixth
Congress, 47; member Bimetallic
Commission to Europe, 56; speech
at Peace Jubilee Banquet, Chica-
go 1898, 56-59; speech before the
Senate upon retiring from office,
64-66; speech at Lincoln Centen-
nial Celebration, Bloomington,
Ill., 82-91; assistant Postmaster-
General, 243; speech at banquet
of United Irish Societies 1900,
329-331; speech at Centennial
celebration of laying of corner-
stone of the National Capitol,
334; speech at unveiling of statue
of Columbus, New York, 342-343;
Speech at Jamestown Exposition,
355-367; speech at dedication of
Matthew T. Scott, Jr., Collegi-
ate Institute, 371-375; speech at
dedication of Chickamauga Na-
tional Park, 376-377; address at
McLean County "Home Com-
ing," 413-433
Stevenson, James, 322
Stewart, Alphonso, 170,431
Stites, Judge, 321
Stockbridge, Senator, 66

Stockton, Commodore R. F., 222
Strode, Colonel, 111

Stuart, John T., 8, 93, 96, 353, 402,
409, 422

Sumner, Charles, 28, 114, 339, 352,
423

Swartout, John, 158

T

Talleyrand, Gabriel Honoré Ri-
quetti, 88
'Taney, R. B., 111, 119

Taylor, Senator, 24

Taylor, Zachary, 62, 101, 106, 114,
409

Telegraph, Morse's electro-mag-
netic, 129, 130-135

Terry, David S., 167, 168
Texas, 103, 125

Texas, annexation of, 101
Thatcher, Representative, 159
Thomas, Gen. George Henry, 101
Thornton, Colonel, 168

Tilden, Samuel J., 13-16, 40, 76, 394
Tipton, Hon. Thomas F., 47
Tombs, Senator, 114, 381, 423
Tompkins, Daniel D., 61
Travers, William R., 395

Treat, Judge Samuel H., 97, 274,
401, 402

Treaty of Ghent, 85, 100
Trent, S. S., 89

Trumbull, Senator Lyman, 339,
381, 382

Tucker, Randolph, 39
Turney, Hon. James, 187

Tyler, John, 61, 62, 98, 99, 101, 222,
223, 224, 310, 311

U

Upshur, A. P., 222
Utah, 103

V

Van Buren, Martin, 61, 75, 128, 129,
141, 142, 143, 144, 179, 203

Van Ness, W. P., 161, 162
Vance, Gen. R. B., 292

Vance, Zebulon B., 39, 66, 288-294
Vandalia, Ill., 96, 111

Venezuela, 242, 243

Vest, Senator, 37

Vice-presidency, the, 60-66
Vice-president, the, 60, 62, 63, 64,
75, 78, 79

Vigilance Committee, 168
Vilas, Hon. William F., 239, 240
Virginia, 356-367

Voorhees, Senator, 227, 333

W

Walker, Cyrus, 205, 206
Walker, Hon. Robert J., 107