Thouvenel's plans for obtaining
supply of, 214, 215; discussed in
message to Confederate Con-
gress, 220; influence in behalf
of Confederacy, 302.
Council of Appointments, New
York, 1777, composition of, i., 14.
Crawford, Martin J., i., 503; ii.,
107, 108, 119. See Confederate
commissioners to Washington.
Crawford, William H., i., 15.
Crittenden, John J., i., 112; ii.,
267.

Crittenden resolution, ii., 319,
362.

Crittenden compromise, ii., 5, 30,
33.

Croswell, Edwin, i., 37; anti-Whig

editorial articles, 74; superseded
by Weed as state printer, 81;
succeeds Weed as state printer,
134.

511; recollections of an inter-
rupted talk with Seward, 513 n.
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., ou Sew-
ard's argument in Trent affair,
ii., 243; on Seward's conversa-
tion, 511.

Davis, Jefferson, i., 211, 220; fears
for the government, 225; on
compromise of 1850, 232; series
of resolutions repudiating Free-
port doctrine, etc., 506; on doc-
trine of coercion, ii., 14; con-
versation with Seward, 85;
compared with Seward, 90; proc-
lamation offering letters of
marque, 163; attitude toward
declaration of Paris, 198; anger
at Russell's protest against build-
ing ships, 393; treatment of
Blair's Mexican scheme, 410, 411;
after Hampton Roads confer-
ence, 415.

Cuba, acquisition of, desired by Davis, Jefferson C., ii., 517, 518.
President Polk, i., 466; Spain |
declines to sell, 466; French and
British Ministers at Washington
propose mutual agreement with
the United States not to seek
the possession of, 466; Cass on,
466, 467; Soulé on, 467; Hale on,
467; Seward on, 467-469; Pierce
on, 469; Africanization" of
Cuba, 470-471; Walker on, 472;
Buchanan on, 472, 473; Slidell
on, 473; Douglas on, 473; Brown
on, 478.

Curtis, George Ticknor, on Trent
affair, ii., 230.

Curtis, George William, on Sew-
ard's speech of January 12, 1861,
ii., 17.

DALLAS, GEORGE M., ii., 168; in-
formed by Russell of arrival of
Confederate commissioners, 168;
France and Great Britain to
take the same course as to rec-
ognition, 168.

Dana, Charles A., on Seward's jo-

Dawson, of Georgia, ii., 85.
Dayton, William L., ii., 153; first
important despatch to, 162, 163;
defines attitude of United States
in reference to signing conven-
tion, 194; on Trent affair, 230,
231; effect of preliminary proc-
lamation of emancipation, 340;
on French aims, 426.
Declaration of Paris, etc., ii., 187
ff.; amendment of, suggested
by Marcy, 188.

De Leon, Edwin E., sent to Europe,
ii., 291, 342.

Democratic national convention
of 1844, i., 144; of 1848, 159; of
1852, 304; of 1856, 422; of 1860,
520, 521; of 1864, ii., 407.
Democrats, partisan, 1864, ii., 407.
Denmark, attitude in regard to
selling West Indian possessions,
ii., 480 ff.

Dennison, William, ii., 458.
Dicey, Edward, description of
Seward, ii., 501; on Seward as
good company, etc., 513.

cose discussion at a dinner, ii., | Dickinson, Daniel S., i., 74.

Diplomatic corps in Washington, | Emerence, log of, ii.,
ii., 155.
Erie canal, i., 86-91.
Disunion, talk of, i., 234, 235, 237,
248, 282, 284, 289, 295, 299, 392,
434, 456.

Dix, John A., i., 74; ii., 256, 278;
Free-Soil candidate for gover-
nor, 161.

Doolittle, James R., ii., 482, 483.
Douglas, Stephen A., i., 208; Ne-
braska to be admitted with
slavery optional, 335; proposes
the new territory of Kansas, 337,
338; speech on Kansas and Ne-
braska bill, 340-342; speech on
repeal of Missouri compromise,
353-355; introduces bill to post-
pone the admission of Kansas,
403; eager for presidential nom-
ination, 422; active in campaign
of 1860, 545; helps to defeat
English's Kansas bill, 454; com-
pared with Seward, ii., 90; fa-
vors abandoning forts, 122.
Dred Scott case, i., 437-439, 446-
449.

Drouyn de Lhuys, Edmond, suc-

ceeds Thouvenel, ii., 307; sur-
prised at Dayton's revelations,
395; on French aims, 426; "War
or peace ?" 429; asks recogni-
tion for Maximilian, 437, 438;
meeting with Seward, 523.

EARLY, JUBAL E., tries to take
Washington, ii., 407.
Edmonds, J. W., i., 37.
Election of 1860, summary of, i.,

552, 553; 1862, significance of,
ii., 311; 1864, significance of,
415; 1868, 468.

Ely, H., writes to Seward about
Baltimore outrage, ii., 255 n.
Emancipation, proposed proclama-

73-75.

Europe, public opinion in, in re-
gard to the Confederacy, ii., 166.
Evarts, William M., letter to Sew-
ard, ii., 360; sent abroad, 387.
Evening Journal, Albany, first is-
sue of, i., 30; publishes Sew-
ard's letters of European travel,
49; opinions of, in March, 1861,
ii., 121, 122.

Everett, Edward, i., 356,522; ii.,221.
Ewing, Thomas, advice on Trent
affair, ii., 229.
Expansion, territorial, ii., 470 ff.

FAULKNER, CHARLES J., political
prisoner, ii., 164, 165, 268.
Fenian movement, ii., 494.
Fessenden, W. P., ii., 86.
Field, Cyrus W., ii., 66.
Fillmore, Millard, i., 38; Whig
vice-presidential nominee, 159;
relations with Seward, 213-215,
278, 279; succeeds to the pres-
idency, 278.

Fish, Hamilton, i., 297, 486; criti-
cism of Seward's Trent argu-
ment, ii., 251, 252.

Fitnan, Thomas, letter to Sew-
ard, Appendix G.

Flagg, Azariah C., i., 74 ; succeeds

Solomon Van Rensselaer as post-
master, 81; reinstated comp-
troller, 92.

Florida, the, ii., 383.

Foote, Henry S., i., 274; called to
order, 284; moves for congres-
sional reception to Kossuth,
314; resolution in behalf of ex-
iled Irish patriots, 323; Sew-
ard's political assailant, ii., 81.
Foreign policy, Seward's, charac-
ter of, ii., 134.

tion of, ii., 332, 333; prelimi-Forey, Élie Frédéric, ii., 423.
nary proclamation of, 336; proc-Forsyth, John, ii., 107. See Con-
lamation of, 340, 341; English federate commissioners to Wash-
ington.

opinion awakened by, 341; Cob-

den on, 341; French opinion Fort Donelson, effect in Europe
on, 341, 342.
of victory at, ii., 285.

Fort Henry, effect in Europe of | Gortschakoff, Alexander Michail-

ard, 418; tribute to Weed, 523; | Hawaii, Seward's wish to annex,
opposes Seward's nomination,

ii., 489.

523, 524, 533; charged with Hawley, Seth C., ii., 278.
Seward's defeat, 541; election
as United States Senator pre-
vented by Seward and Weed,
ii., 41; one of the radical Repub-
lican leaders, 358; attacks Sew-
ard, 370; negotiations for peace,
409; presidential nominee, 1872,
525.

"Helderberg War," the, i., 108-
110.

Green, Archibald, i., 22.
Grimes, James W., ii., 372.
Grinnell, Moses H., writes to Sew-

ard about Hicks's correspond-
ence, ii., 255 n.; letter to Sew-
ard, Appendix B.

Guthrie, James, ii., 267.
Gwin, William M., relations with
Seward, ii., 25, 26; Seward
dined by, 83; acts as interme-
diary between Confederate com-
missioners and Seward, 108-111;
arrest, trial, and liberation of,
264-266.

HABEAS CORPUS, Lincoln's attitude
toward the writ of, ii., 256.
Hale, John P., i., 212; speech on
the compromise of 1850, 266-
268; on southern aggressions,
ii., 3; criticism of Seward, 86;
on Trent affair, 236.
Hampton Roads conference, ii.,
411-415.

"Hards" and "Softs" (Democrats)
described by D. S. Dickenson, i.,
368; nominees, 368.
Harlan, James, ii., 458.
Harper's Ferry, John Brown's raid

at, i., 495-498; call for investi-
gation of, 498-500.

Harvey, James E., telegraphs Con-
federacy concerning Sumter ex-
pedition, ii., 145; Minister to
Portugal, 145; Northern news-
papers and Senate committee
demand his recall, 145; shielded
by Seward, 145; despatch to,
about Camoens, 504 n.

Helper's The Impending Crisis,
resolution declaring indorsers
of, ineligible to be Speaker of
the House, i., 500; merits and
defects of, 501; extracts from,
501 n., 502 n.; welcomed by Re-
publicans, 502; gratuitous dis-
tribution of, 503.

Henderson, John B., on Seward's
entertaining conversation, ii.,
511, 512.

Herald, N. Y., assails radicals and

defends Seward, ii., 364.

Hicks, Thomas H., requests troops
and suggests mediation, ii.,
254.
"Higher-law" speech, i., 243-263;
Tribune, N. Y., on, 252; Washing-
ton Republic on, 253; Calhoun
on, 253; Cass on, 253; Badger
on, 254; Coit on, 254 n.; Pratt
on, 255 n., 256 n.; Foote on, 258.
Hoffman, Ogden, i., 10.
Holland Land Company, i., 57-59.
Holt, Joseph, ii., 93.
Houston, Sam, i., 210.
Hughes, John [Archbishop of New

York], i., 96-101; ii., 221; Sew-
ard's Friday dinner to, 510.
Hungarian revolution, i., 313 ff.
"Hunkers," i., 135.

Hunter, David, issues order against
slavery, ii., 327.

Hunter, Robert M. T., i., 212; om-
nipresence of slavery question,
225; ii., 62, 108; acts as inter-
mediary between Confederate
commissioners and Seward, 111,
112; relations with Seward and
commissioners, 113-117; at
Hampton Roads conference, 411,
415; treated kindly by Seward,
448.
Hurlbut, S. A., sent to Charleston,
ii., 107.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, ii., 57-| Johnson, Reverdy, becomes Minis-