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of. i. 230, 231
Adams's Administration, party opposing the, i. 245 diary, i. 228, 229 war, 247 Admission of Kansas, ii. 154, 155, 158 Advance on Washington, pre- pared for, ii. 193, 195 Advertiser, the New York, i. 308
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Agg, John T., i. 217
Agreement of the North to sup- port bill for Capitol on the Po- tomac, i. 14-16
Agricultural South, opposition of the, i. 272 Aiken, William, ii. 139
Alabama, Representatives from, i. 269, ii. 26 restored to the Union, ii. 331 Senators from, i. 107, ii. 78
Alabama and Mississippi, land ceded for, i. 92
" Alabama letter," the, i. 404 Alamo, defelice of the, i. 240 Albany, i. 195
Alexandria, i. 123, 140, 204, 321 Alien and Sedition laws, i. 93
Allen, Ethan, i. 63
Allen, William, 1. 341
Alston, William, i. 84
Alston, Willis, i. 213
Amendment abolishing slavery, ii. 278 Hayne's, i. 282
prohibiting slavery, i. 198
restricting slavery, i. 196, 197 thirteenthi, ii. 178
Amendments proposed, ii. 179, 180
American and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society, ii. 44 "Archives," publication of, i. 311, 312 contents of, i. 312 placed in the Library, i. 312 bar, i. 169
colonization deterred, i. 380
commerce, aggression upon, i. 113 literature, i. 303 manufactures, protection of, i. 172 minister at Paris, ii. 73 party, the, ii. 142 sailors, i. 114, 116, 121 slips, i. 121 Amitsements, i. 233, ii. 93
Anacostia, ii. 383
Anderson, Joseph, i. 57 Annapolis, i. 130 Junction, ii. 197 Annexation of Texas, i. 401, 402 secured, i. 406, ii. 11, 55
Anthony, Henry B., ii. 159 Anthracite, i. 303 Antietam, ii. 256
Anti-slavery factions, ii. 60, 61 journals, ii. 44 leaders, ii. 21, 24, 61, 92 Aqueduct, ii. 373
Archer, Senator, argues with President Taylor, ii. 68, 69 Archer, William S., i. 212, 37I Arkansas, i. 209
Representatives from, ii. 233 restored to the Union, ii. 331 secedes, ii. 192, 326
Arkansas River, i. 380
Arlington Cemetery, ii. 395 Armies of the West, ii. 260
Armstrong, John, i. 55, 56, 125, 136, 149
Armstrong, Robert, General, ii. 122
Army appropriation bill, ii. 329, 330 of Meade at Washington, ii. 310, 3II
of Sherman at Washington, ii. 310, 311
of the Cumberland, ii. 261
of the Potomac, ii. 260, 269, 271 of Thomas, ii. 310
of Virginia, ii. 280
Ross's, march of, i. 132, 133 march to the Capitol grounds,
i. 137 Winder's, i. 131
Arnold, Isaac N., ii. 218, 231
Arnold, Samuel, ii. 287, 304
Arthur's Cabinet, ii. 322
Artillery, i. 130
Ashburton, Lord, mission of, i. 379 Ashley, James M., ii. 218 Ashmun, George, ii. 21
Assassination, attempted, i. 320, 322
Associated Press organized, ii. 70
Assumption bill, i. 13-16
Atchison, David R., ii. 18
Atherton, Charles G., i. 336
Atlanta, ii. 273
Atlantic coast, blockade of tlie, i. 124 Atzerot, George, ii. 287, 288, 293
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Bachelor President, first, ii. 148 Badger, George E., i. 359, ii. 107 Bagot, Charles, Sir, i. 182 Bailey, Gamaliel, record of, ii. 44 edits the National Era, ii. 44 Successful defence of, ii. 45, 46, 92, 172 Bainbridge, A. R., aids Booth, ii. 300, 30I Bainbridge, Commodore, i. 120, 121, 182
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Baird, Spencer T., ii. 50
Baker, C. I., Colonel, ii. 301
Baker, Edward D., ii. 26, 188
Baker, L. B., ii. 301 Baldwin, Abraham, i. 57 Baldwin, Henry, i. 313, 407
Balls, i. 155, 216, 408, ii. 36, 66
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad constructed, i. 303, 304
Baltimore, i. 130, 140 convention, i. 403
of 1848, committee from, i. 341 criminal court, i. 51
Democratic Convention, i. 325 plot, ii. 182, 183
riot in, i. 51 sends a brigade, i. 131 Sun, i. 219, 310
Bancroft, George, Secretary of the Navy, ii. 40 Bank of Maryland, i. 144 of the United States, i. 278, 230 stock, i. 285 Bankers, London, ii. 52, 53
Bankrupt act passed, i. 367
Bankruptcy, general, i. 335, 352
Banks, Nathaniel P., ii. 139, 140, 319
Barbary corsairs, i. 337
Barber-shops, customs of the, i. 54
Barbour, James, in the Senate, i. 164 Barbour, Jolin Strode, i. 212 Barbour, Philip, in the House, i. 164
Barksdale of Mississippi, ii. 157, 158
Barlow, Joel, i. 76, 188 Barn-Burners, ii. 60, 61
Barney, Commodore, i. 129-136
Barnum, William H., ii. 319 Barron, James, Captain, i. 113, IS5
Barry, William T., i. 259, 260
Bateman, Ephraim, i. 166
Bates, Edward, i. 238, ii. 67, 102, 189, 206
Battle of Bennington, i. 55 of Bladensburg, i. 143, 152
of Buena Vista described, ii. 63- 65 of Fredericksburg, ii. 200 of Gettysburg, ii. 260 of Lake Erie, i. 124 of Monocacy, ii. 266, 267
of New Orleans, i. 154 of North Point, i. 140 of the Thames. i. 124 of the Wilderness, ii. 264
Bayard, James A., i. 61, 62, ii. 109 Bayard, Richard Henry, i. 293
Bayard, Thomas F., ii. 353 Bayly of Virginia, ii. 76
Beale, E. F., Colonel, ii. 167
Beale, Mrs., i. 256 Beardsley, Samuel, i. 270 Beck, James B., ii. 320
Beck, Nathaniel P., ii. 319 Beckley, Jolını, i. 90 Belknap, William W., ii. 345, 360 Bell, Jolin, enters Congress, i. 239, 295, 357, ii. 18, 169 Belle Plain, il. 301
" Belle sauvage, la," i. 232 Belmont, ii. 260
Benjamin, Judah P., ii. 129
Bennett, James Gordon, i. 308
Benton family, the, i. 388
Benton, Thomas Hart, speaks of Macon, i. 162, 163 Senator, i. 200
opposition of, i. 245
disputes Miller's removal, i. 265, 266
opens debate on the tariff act, 1. 272
leads Democrats, i. 284
upholds Jackson, i. 291, 292
described in the Senate, i. 320
daughter of, i. 388, 389
narrow escape from death, i. 400 speaks of Polk's nomination, i. 403
remarks on Douglas, ii. 10 praises the Senate, ii. 56
assails Clay's compromise, ii. 85 encounters Foote, ii. 85-87 death-bed of, ii. 150, 151
Benton's abridginent of the de- bates in Congress, ii. 150
resolution, i. 298, 299, 365 Thirty Years' View, i. 299 Bent's Fort, i. 380
Berdan, Hiranı, Colonel, ii. 234
Bermuda, embarkation at, i. 126 Berret, James G., recollections of, 1. 332, 333 Berrien, John M., i, 241, 259, 340
Bibb, George M., i. 400
Biddle, Nicholas, i. 283, 318
Bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, ii. 224
admitting Kansas as a free State, ii. 178
appropriating funds to pur- chase territory from Mexico, ii. 53. 54 army appropriation, ii. 329, 330 Clay's, i. 289
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Bill, compromise, i. 289
continuing protective duties of 1833, i. 369 for a capital on the Potomac, i. 14 for arrest of ministers refusing recall, 1. 71
for distribution of proceeds of public lands, i. 367 for Morse's telegraph, i. 397, 398 for organization of Western territory, ii. 135 for revenue tariff, i. 370, ii. 56 for the declaration of war carried, i. 120
giving free homesteads to set- tlers, ii. 43
granting portion of school funds to Catholics, ii. 170
in the interest of freedmen, ii. 328, 356
increasing pay of members of the House, i. 173, 174
organizing the Territory of Oregon without slavery, ii. 58
permitting slavery north of the parallel 36° 30', ii. 136
recognizing war with Mexico, ii. 51
referring questions in respect to States to a commission, ii. 366, 367
to admit the Chinese to citizen- ship, ii. 213
Bills incorporating a national bank, i. 367, 36S
Bingham, John A., ii. 131
Bingham, William, Senator, i. 58 Binney, Horace, i. 295, 382, 407
Birney, James G., i. 335, 405
Bissell, William H., i. 338 " Black Hannibal," ii. 28
Black, Jeremialı S., ii. 145, 177 Blackburn, Joseph S. C., ii. 351 Bladensburg, i. 37, 132, 186, ii. 396 battle of, i. 134-136, 143, 152 Blaine, James G., asserts his opinion of Douglas, ii. 10, II Presidency lost to, ii. 220 popularity of, ii. 348 as Speaker, ii. 348 candidate for President, ii. 362 defeat of, ii. 362, 363 Blair, Austin, ji. 319 Blair, Francis P., i. 263, 307, ii. 40, 161, 206, 339 Blair, Henry W., ii. 350 Blair, Montgomery, ii. 190
Bland, Richard P., ii. 351
Bliss, Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs., in the White House, ii. 65
Bliss, William H., ii. 65 Blockading squadron, Cock- burn's, i. 126, 129
Bonaparte family, i. 231
Booth, John Wilkes, appearance and character of, ii. 286
plots to kidnap the Presi- dent, ji. 286, 287
assassinates Lincoln, ii. 290 flight of, ii. 292, 300 shot, ii. 303 Booth, the elder, i. 233, 234, 305
Borie, Adolph E., ii. 344 Boston massacre, i. 5
newspapers, i. 219, 309, ii. 125 Botts, Jolin Minor, i. 337
Boulanger's restaurant, ii. 92
Bouligny of Louisiana, ii. 175
Boundary between Texas and Mexico, ii. 51 northeastern, i. 379
Oregon, i. 380 Boutwell, George S., ii. 217, 345, 359
Bowling Green, ii. 301, 302
"Boyd, James," ii. 300
Boyd, Linn, i. 295, ii. 109, 139
Braddock, i. 17
Bradley, Joseph P., ii. 367
Bragg, ii. 261
Branch, John, i. 214, 259
Braves, Choctaw, i, 209 Breckinridge, John C., ii. 110 nominated, ii. 169 votes gained by, ii. 171 proves faithful, ii. 180-182
Brent, Robert, first mayor, i. 87
Brewer, Thomas M., 309
Brick-yards, i. 203
Bristow, Benjamin H., ii. 359 British claim, i. 379
India, i. 43
ininister, i. 390, ii. 72, 92, 152
Broderick, David C., 159-161
Brodhead, Richard, ii. 23
Brooks, Erastus, i. 308
Brooks, James, i. 220, 308, ii. 319
Brooks, Noah, ii. 252, 275
Brooks, Preston S., ii. 141
Brown, Aaron V., i. 338, ii. 145
Brown, Albert G., ii. 77
Brown, B. Gratz, ii. 212, 358, 361
Brown, General, i. 182
Brown, James, i. 164
Brown, Jesse B., tavern-keeper, i. 204 Brown, John, i. 57
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Brown University, i. 219 Browning, Orville, ii. 331 Bryant, 1. 303
Buchanan, James, speaks of Lowndes, i. 110 career of, i. 211, 212, ii. 144- 189
a groomsman, i. 390, ii. 18, 26, IOI noininated, ii. 142 elected, ii. 143
appearance and service of, ii. 145 love-affair of, ii. 148
niece of, ii. 149
follows the social code, ii. 105 Southern support of, ii. 154, 176
at Lincoln's inauguration, ii. 187, 188
leaves Washington, ii. 189 Buchanan's Administration, ii. 144-189
inaugural address, ii. 144
message urging the admission of Kansas, ii. 154, 155, 158 Buckalew, Charles R., ii. 212
Buckingham, Joseph T., i. 219
Buicktails, ii. 202, 203
Bullfinch, Charles, i. 158, 159
Bullitt, Alexander, ii. 69
Bullitt, Mrs., appeals to Senator Voorhees, ii. 237, 283
seeks pardon for her father, ii. 238-240 Bulwer, Henry, Sir, ii. 72
Bulwer, Robert, Lord Lytton, ii. 72
Bureau of Engraving, ii. 382
Burke, Edmund, i. 310
Burnes, David, i. 18
Burnside, ii. 260
Burr, Aaron, nominated for Vice- President, i. 64 dreams of empire, i. 70 at Georgetown, 1. 74 later years of, i. 95 trial of, i. 180 Burr, Theodosia, i. 74
Burrill, Jonathan, i. 190, 191
Butler, Benjamin F., made Attor- ney-General, i. 333 with the Eighth Regiment, ii. 196 in the House, ii. 319, 320 Butler, Pierce, i. So, 305 Butler, Pierce M., Colonel, at the battle of Buena Vista, ii. 63-65 Butler, Senator, ii. 63, 141 II .- 26
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Cabinet, Adams's, i. 46, 47
Adamis's (J. Q.), i. 225, 235, 236
Arthur's, il. 322
Buchanan's, il. 145, 177, 207
Fillmore's, i. 192, 372
Grant's, ii. 344, 345, 359
Harrison's, 1. 169, 192, 359, 366
Jackson's, i. 242, 259
Jolinison's, ii. 331, 332
Lincolit's, ii. 189, 200, 237, 238
Madison's, i. 125, 151
Monroe's, i. 179, 180, 187
Pierce's, il. 120, 121
Polk's, i. 294 Taylor's, ii. 18, 67-69
Tyler's, i. 368, 378, 381, 399, 401
Van Buren's, i. 335, 397
Washington's, i. 14
"Cadmus," the, i. 207 Calhoun, Jolin Caldwell, enters the House, i. 110
urges war, i. 118
inade, Secretary of War, i. 179 Vice-Presidency of, i. 241, 279 opposition of, to Adams, i. 245 returns to the Senate, i. 271 doctrine of, i. 273
and Presideut Jackson, i. 279- 290 resigns the Vice-Presidency, i. 288 allied with the Wliigs, i. 292 influences Hugh I,. White, i. 326 defection of, i. 342
replies to Clay, i. 342, 343 shakes hands with Clay, i. 378
Secretary of State, i. 400
works for annexation of
Texas, i. 401, 402
returns to the Senate, ii. 19
ill-will of, ii. 40
speaks of "squatter sover- eighty," ii. 58
pleads for equilibrium in the Union, ii. 82, 83 death of, ii. 87 tributes to, ii. 87
Calhoun, Mrs., refuses to recog- nize Mrs. Eaton, i. 279
California, admission of, ii. 80- 82 conquest of, ii. 110 Southern mnen in, ii. 160 Cambreling, Churchill C., i. 212
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Cameron, Don, defeats Blaine, ii. 362 Cameron, Simon, ii. 18, 159, 189, 206, 215, 322
Campbell, George W., i. 106
Campbell, James, ii, 121
Campbell, John A., ii. 153
Campbell, Sally, i. 77
Canada, invasion of, i. 118, 120, 124 Canning, Stratford, Sir, i. 182, 188
Capitol, the Old, i. 161
Capitol, the site of, i. 16, 25
designs for, i. 26, 28
north wing of, i. 29
work on, i. 33, 86, 87
removal of, i. 38
date of rebuilding of, i. 53 burning of, i. 87, 146, 152
books housed in, 1. 90
prediction regarding, i. 119
defence of, i. 130, 136, ii. 268
rebuilding of, i. 155
dome, i. 158, ii. 97
brick for, i. 203
east portico of, i. 250, 357
additions to, ii. 96
western front destroyed, ii. 96 reconstruction of, ii. 96, 97
wings of, ii. 96, 97
merits of, ii. 98
guarded, ii. 180
barricades at, ii. 194
Lincoln's coffin in, ii, 306, 307
Capitol Hill, i. 102, 138, 159, 202, ii. 194
Carey sisters, ii. 46
Carnegie, Andrew, ii. 382
Carpenter, Commander, claims salvage, ii. 72
Carpenter, Matthew II., ii. 353, 354
Carroll, Charles, i. 21, 188 (laughter of, i. 60
Carroll, Daniel, i. 21, 22, 26, 29
Carter, Nathaniel, i. 219
Carusi's saloon, i. 330, ii. 36 Cass, Lewis, i. 262
appointed minister to France, 1. 334
competes with Van Buren, i. 403 positions held by, ii. 18 doctrine of, ii. 58
named for nomination, ii. 60 accepts defeat, ii. 61 candidacy of, ii. 13 retirement of, ii. 177
Catalogue of the Library, first, i. 90, 9I
Catholic bishop of Baltimore, first, i. 21
priest elected to Congress, i. 210
University, ii. 385, 386
Catron, John, appointed justice, 1. 313, 367
Centennial Exposition in Phila- delphia, ii. 371
Central and South America, i. 220
Chambers, John, Colonel, ap- pointment of, i. 360, 361
Chandler, Zachariah, ii. 159, 359, 365
Charles County, ii. 297, 298 Charleston, i. 27
Charleston Convention, ii. 129, I74
Charleston Courier, i. 219
"Charter of the City of Wash- ington," i. SS
Charter, bank, i. 278
Chase, Dudley, i. 107
Chase, Salmon P., a national fig- ure, ii. 78 opposes Clay's compromise, ii. 85 fights the Nebraska bill, ii. 137 Secretary of the Treasury, ii. 189 in the war period, ii. 205 underestimates Lincoln, ii. 275
ambition of, ii. 276, 337 resigns, ii. 276
appointed chief justice, ii. 277
administers the oath to Jolin- son, ii. 314, 315
presides at impeachment of Jolinson, ii. 333, 335
administers the oath toGrant, ii. 341, 342 Chase, Samuel, Justice, i. 51, 92, 94
Chattanooga, ii. 261
Chesapeake affair, i. 113, 185
Cheetham, James, i. 218
Cheeves, Langdon, i. 110, 165
Cherokees, i. 209. 242
Chesapeake affair, i. 113, 185
Chicago Convention, ii. 272 ministers, demand of, ii. 234, 235 nominations, ii. 273 Child, Daniel H., i. 219
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Chilton, Thomas, i. 269 China, minister to, ii. 25
Chinese citizenship, speeches on, ii. 213, 214
Chippewa, battle of, i. 125
Choate, Rufus, in the Senate, i. 267, 371
Choetaws, delegation of, i. 209 Cilley, Jonathan, fights duel with Graves, i. 346, 347 killing of, i. 374
Cincinnati Convention, ii. 358, 362, 363
Cincinnati district represented, i. 166
Civil War, i. 37, 108, 192, 289 311, 393, 399, 11. 29, 32, 125, 161 act which brought about, ii. 129 Clark, Daniel, will of, i. 386
Clay Battalion, ii. 195
Clay, Cassius M., ii. 195
Clay, Henry, plays. cards, i. 73 appearance and qualities of, 1. 81, 82 Speaker, i. 108, 188
lirges war, i. 118
solves the Missouri problem, i. 199, 200, 212
Presidential candidacy of, i. 220
attacks Jackson, i. 221
bills supported by, i. 222
supports Adams, i. 223
dinners and receptions of, i. 236 duel with, i. 243
nomination of, i. 245
charges against, i. 246
despises Jackson, i. 253
returns to the House, 1. 271
returns to the Senate to figlit Jackson, i. 277
submits a resolution on tariff revision, i. 278 a bank champion, i. 284
policy of, i. 286, 287
crisis averted by, i. 288, 290 introduces resolution of een- sure, i. 291 parts with Randolph, i. 316 visits Miss Martineau, 1. 319 refuses to be a candidate, i. 326 speaks to Van Buren, i. 329 impeaches Calhoun, i. 342 criticizes his friends, i. 354 charges against, i. 358 seleets Harrison's Cabinet, i. 359
Clay, Henry, rebuked by Har- riso11, i. 361
hopes for co-operation, i. 366 presents liis programine, i. 367
resigns from the Senate, i. 375 farewell address of, 375-377 parts with Calhoun, i. 378 nominated for President, i. 403 vacillating course of, i. 404
defeat of, i. 405
third and last compromise of, ii. SI, 82 returns to the Senate, ii. 82, 83 last service of, ii. 84
deatlı and funeral of, ii. 103
Clay, Mrs., i. 73, 74
Clay's compromise, last, ii. SI, 82 defeat in the Whig Convention, i. 353, 354
nomination, attempt against, i. 245
propositions, result of, ii. 87
resolution, i. 282, 283, 365
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, ii. 72
Clayton, Jolin M., i. 271, ii. 19, 67, 72 investigates Poussin's state- ments, ii. 73, 102
Clayton, Thomas, i. 340
Clemens, Jeremialı, ii. 78
Cleveland Convention, ii. 270
Clifford, Nathan, i. 336, ii. 40, 153, 368
Clingman, Thomas I,., in the House, ii. 26
Clinton, De Witt, i. 79 Presidential campaign of, i. 121, 122 Clinton, George, i. 103, 108
Coalition of Free-soilers and Democrats, ii. 78, 105
Cobb, Howell, ii. 26
votes for, for Speaker, ii. 75
declared Speaker, ii. 77, So Secretary of the Treasury, ii. 145 resignation of, ii. 177
Cobb, Thomas W., i. 194, 197
Cockburn, Admiral, i. 124, 129 in the Capitol. i. 137
Cold Harbor, ii. 265, 271
Coles, Edward, career of, i. 103- 105 Coles, Sally, i. 153 Colfax, Schuyler, ii. 131
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Colfax, Schuyler, public service of, ii. 134, 135 Speaker, ii. 217, 319 elected Vice-President, ii. 339 renomination of, ii. 358
Collamer, Jacob, ii. 21, 68, 129
Colombia, ininister to, i. 358
Colony of ex-Confederates, ii. 32 Colorado, ii. 135
Colquitt, Walter T., ii. 18
Columbia River, a boundary line, ii. 54, 55 valley of the, i. 380, 381
Columbian College, ii. 53, 358
Compromise measures of 1850, ii. 116, 135 of 1833, i. 289, 370 Condict, Jolin, i. So
Confederacy recognized, ii. 313 set afoot, ii. 174
Confederate capital, the, ii. 192 Conger, E. J., pursues Booth, ii. 301, 303
Conger, Ommer D., ii. 350
Congress, refuses the request of Southern States, i. 14
adopts act giving power to the President, i. 16 district retroceded by, i. 16
approves work of Commission- ers, i. 23
passes law allowing aliens to hold land, i. 32
endeavors to secure removal of the capital, i. 36
meets for the first time in Wash- ington, i. 53
subserviency of, i. 77
gifts of, i. So, 207, 208
votes appropriation for a fi- brary, i. 90
Yazoo matter, i. 92 passes Embargo Act, i. 114
sustains Madison, i. 116
considers declaration of war with England, i. 118-120
votes money for rebuilding the White House and Capitol, i. 155
in the Union Pacific Hotel, i. 161
leases the Old Capitol, i. 161
erects a monument to Gerry, i. 162
slavery opposed in, i. 166 appealed to, i. 172 changes compensation, i. 174 jurisdiction of, i. 197
in Monroe's time, i. 200, 210- 216
Congress censures Clay, i. 221 debates on Jackson's policy, i. 267
first humorist in, i. 268
enacts a rule against petitions, i. 300
during Van Buren's terni, i. 336, 345
appropriates money for pur- chase of Madison's papers, i. 350
inquires into Van Buren's mode of living, i. 352
considers tariff bills, i. 369, 370 in Tyler's time, i. 367, 371
provides for the admission of Texas, ii. 51
votes funds for the Mexican War, ii. 51, 52
slavery legislation in, ii. 58 eulogizes Calhoun, ii. 87
supplies books to the Executive Mansion, ii. 91
honors Kossuth, ii. 94, 95
authorizes alterations of the Capitol, ii. 95
anthorizes completion of Monu- ment, ii. 99
pays respect to Benton's mein- ory, 11. 151
tries compromise with seces- sion, ii. 177, 178
in the Civil War period, ii. 212
important measures framed by, ii. 224 receives Lincoln's message, ii. 256
passes an amendment abolislı- ing slavery, ii. 278
Jolinson enters, ii. 314
excludes seceding States, ii. 328
quarrels over reconstruction of, ii. 328
millifies Johnson's power, ii. 329, 330
during Grant's terms of office, ii. 356, 357
demoralization of, ii. 360, 361
passes an election bill, ii. 367 establishes new government in the District, ii. 373
Congress at Panama, a, i. 245, 246
Congress, Continental, i. 55, ii. 386 Congress, first Federal, i. 108 Congressional Cemetery, i. 162, 210, 364
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Congressional Cemetery, Taylor's grave in, ii. SS Congressional Globe, ii. 41 Conkling, Roscoe, in the House and Senate, ii. 218 character of, ii. 219 vote of, ii. 369, 370
Conongocleague, i. 16 Constitution, i. 21, ii. 332 amendment of, i. 66, ii. 83, 178, 179, 278 slavery in, ii. 154, 179
Constitutional Union party, ii. 169
Convention at Cincinnati, ii. 358, 362, 363 at Philadelphia, ii. 358
at Monterey, ii. So at St. Louis, issue of, ii, 363 Baltimore, ii. 271
Charleston, ii. 174
Chicago, ii. 272 Republican, ii. 339 Cleveland, ii. 270 first political, i. 121 in New York, ii. 337, 338
Cook, Daniel P., i. 194
Cooper, Peter, i. 303, 304
Cooper, Thomas, i, 234
Corbett, Boston, shoots Booth, ii. 303 Corcoran Art Gallery, i. 151, ii. 53, 382
Corcoran, William W., under- takes finding of the loan for the Mexican War, ii. 52 large gifts of, ii. 53 removes Payne's body, i. 396 Corner-stone laid, i. 27, 32I, ii. 49, 96, 98
Corpus Christi, ii. 51 Correspondent, first professional, i. 219 Corwin, Thomas, i. 192, 296 in the House, i. 267, 268 as a stump orator, i. 268, ii. 18, 29, 68, 92, 102, 161 heads a committee, ii. 179
Cosmos Club, i. 350 Covode, John, ii. 158 Cowan, Edgar, ii. 212 Cox, Jacob D., ii. 344, 345 Cox, Samuel, Captain, helps Booth, ii. 298 Cox, Samuel S., ii. 161 political career of, ii. 351 establishes tlie life-saving service, ii. 352 Coyle, Jolin F., il. 318
Crampton, John, Sir, ii. 92, 121, I22
Crawford, George W., ii, 67 Crawford, William H., i. 80, 179 a Presidential candidate, i. 221, 222 writes a letter against Cal- hot11, 1. 279 Crawford's statue of Freedom, ii. 97 Credit Mobilier, ii. 360
Creswell, John A. J., ii. 345, 359
Crittenden, Jolin J., compromise fathered by, ii. 178 wise services of, i. 192 as debater, i. 293 made Attorney-General, i. 369, ii. 102 declines office, ii. 67
Crockett, David, i. 239
Cullom, Shelby M., ii. 320
Curtin, Andrew G., story told of, ii. 200-205
Curtis, Benjamin R., ii. 152, 153
Curtis, Samuel R., ii. 161
Cushing, Caleb, i. 296, ii. 121, 123
Cushing, William, 1. 50, 106
Custis, George Washington
Parke, i. 145. 304 Cutts, James Madison, ii. 128 Cutts, Lucy, Mrs., i. 101, 103
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Dasclıkoff recalled, i. 104 Daily Era issued, ii. 172 Dallas, Alexander J., i. 125, 171 Dallas, George M., i. 271, 408, ii. 57 Dana, Assistant Secretary, seeks orders from Lincoln, ii. 284 Dana, Samuel W., i. 61 Dartmouth College case, i. 180, ISI
Davenport, Jolin, i. 59 Davidson, Samuel, i. 20
Davis, David, ii. 278 Davis, Garrett, ii. 26, 212
Davis, Henry Winter, ii. 13I Davis, Jefferson, Senatorship of, 11. 13, 14 Secretary of War, ii. 120 Senator, ii. 159 President of the Confederacy, ii. 174 calls for volunteers, ii. 192 Davis, Jefferson, Mrs., ii. 128 Davis, John, i. 237, 292, 295, 359, ii. 19, 21, 130 Davis, Matthew I,., i. 218
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Davis, Reuben, ii. 156
Dawson's on North A Street, i. 393
Dayton, William L., i. 371
De Bacourt describes city of Washington, i. 36
Debate on the admission of States, ii. 82
of the independent treasury bill, i. 336, 342, 343
on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, ii. 107
Debates in Congress abridged, ii. 150
De Bodisco, Baron, i. 389
Decatur, Stephen, i. 182, 185, 337 reputation of, i. 184 death of, i. 187
Decatur, Stephen, Mrs., i. 184, 185, 188
Declaration of Independence, i. 51, 55
of war against England, i. 118
De Joinville, Prince, visits Wash- ington, i. 394, 395
Delano, Columbus, ii. 25, 345, 353, 359
Delaware and Maryland, Feder- alist Members from, i. 66
Delaware, falls of the, as site for capital, i. 12
Representatives from, i. 61, 84 Senators from, i. 56, 293
Delmar, Alexander, il. 319
De Martini, i. 390
Democratic leaders, Northern, support doctrine of popular sovereignty, ii. 58 national conventions. i. 213, 281, 325, 403, ii. 55, 61, 337, 363
party at the close of Jackson's second terin, i. 298 in 1860, ii. 312 leaders'of, i. 172, ii. 20
Democrats, i. 80, 118, 277, 285, 383, 393, 11. 53, 55, 155, 164, 169, 272, 358, 361
De Neuville, Hyde, i. 182
Denison, Charles W., ii. 124
Dennison, William, ii. 206
De Paris, Comte, i. 395
Department of Agriculture, ii. 384 of the Interior, ii. 68 De Tocqueville, ii. 73 Detroit, i. 120, 211 Dexter, Samuel, Secretary, i. 46 Dickens, Charles, i. 394 Dickerson, Mahlon, i. 190, 333 Dickinson, Daniel S., ii. 17, 22, 86, 92, 109, 113
Distribution scheme, i. 370 District of Columbia, laying out of, i. 22
nanied, i. 22, 23
slavery in, i. 300, ii. 75, 82 government of, ii. 373, 379 commissioners for, ii. 378 Dix, John A., ii. 18, 120, 177 Dixon, Archibald, ii. 109
Dixon, James, ii. 22, 136, 137, 159 Dobbins, James C., ii. 120, 121
Dodge, Augustus, i. 372, ii. 19, 86
Dodge, Grenville M., ii. 320
Dodge, Henry, Colonel, i. 372, ii. 19, 86
Donelson, Andrew Jackson, i. 257, 324, ii. 260
Donelson, Mrs., i. 328
Donnelly, Ignatius, ii. 218
Doolittle, James R., ii. 159
Doty, James D., i. 338, ii. 77
Douglas, Stephen A., enters the Senate, ii. 10
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