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North and south wings of the Capitol designed, ii. 96
North A Street, i. 202
North Bend, i. 358, 362, 364
North Carolina secedes, il. 192 restored to the Union, ii. 331
Northern press, ii. 137, 174
North Point, battle of, i. 140
Northwest, exploration of the, i. 104 Norvell, John, i. 292
Nullification, doctrine of, i. 273 refutation of, i. 274, 275
Jackson's attitude towards, i. 275. 276, 288 attitude of States towards, i. 2SS incident ended, i. 290 Nye, James W., ii. 213
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Oak Hill Cemetery, i. 86, 396, ii. 53
Octagon, the,i. 150-152
Office-seekers, ii. 119, 147, 190, 195 Ohio, settlement of, i. 83
O'Laughlin, Michael, ii. 287
"Old Capitol Prison," i. 394
Old Hickory, a glimpse of, i. 307
Oliphant, Lawrence, ii. 127 Oliver Oldschool, i. 309 Ordinance of secession, ii. 33 adopted, ii. 174 Oregon, i. 381, 401
Oregon boundary, i. 380, ii. 47, 54 55 Orr, James L., ii. 155
Orth, Goodlove S., ii. 218
Otis, Harrison Gray, i. 61, 189
Owen, Robert Dale, ii. 25
"Owen Meredith," ii. 72
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Paine, Thomas, i. 75 Painter, Uriah H., ii. 317 Palfrey, John G., ii. 21
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Palmerston, i. 379 Palo Alto, ii. 51 Panama, congress at, i. 245, 246
Panic of 1837, i. 352
Parker, Theodore, ii. 46 Parliament, i. 121
Parmelee, Theodore N., i. 308 Parsons, Theophilus, i. 47
Parton, James, quoted, i. 221
Paterson, John, Colonel, i. 83
Paterson, William, i. 51, 52, 94 Patterson, David T., ii. 315
Patterson, Martha Johnson, Mrs., ii. 315, 316
Patuxent, i. 129, 132
Paulding, James K., i. 334
Paul Pry, newspaper, i. 306
Payne, Henry B., ii. 350
Payne, John Howard, i. 395, 396
Payne, Lewis, ii. 287, 293, 304
Peace Conference, ii. 179, 180
Peacock, Mr., i. 41
Pearce, James A., i. 296, ii. 102
Pendleton, Edward, i. 392
Pendleton, George H., ii. 161
Pennington, William, ii. 164 Pennsylvania Avenue in 1799, i. 35 shops in, i. 54 opening of, i. 86 at Lincoln's inauguration, ii. 186
afternoon parade on, ii. 387 Pension Bureau building, ii. 382 Perry, i. 121, 124, 182
Petersburg, siege of, ii. 265, 271 Peyton, Bailie, i. 296
Phelps, John S., ii. 25
Phelps, William Walter, ii. 350 Philadelphia as the seat of gov- ernment, i. 15 Aurora, the, i. 218 Press, i. 309 Pickens, Francis W., i. 296
Pickering, Timothy, i. 79
Pierce, Jane Appleton, Mrs., ii. 118, 119 Pierce, Franklin, completes first term in Congress, i. 295 nominated for President, ii. IOI electoral votes for, ii. 116 inauguration of, ii. 117 marriage and devotion of, ii. 118 waning popularity of, ii. 119 incompetency shown by, ii. 119, 120 Cabinet of, ii. 120, 121 first message of, ii. 135
Pierrepont, Edwards, ii. 359
Pinckney, Charles, i. 56, 57
Pinckney, Henry I,., i. 296 Pinckney, Thomas, i. 60, 64
Pinckney, William, i. 103
Pinkney, William, i. 132, 191, 192 197
Pitkin, William, i. S3
Platt, Thomas C., ii. 350
Pleasants, James, i. 109
Plumer, William, i. 193
Poindexter, George, i. 194, 271
Poinsett, Joel R., i. 334
Poland, Like, ii. 319
Polk, James K., enters Congress, 1. 239 Speaker, i. 295 re-elected Speaker, i. 343 nominated for President, i. 403 previous positions of, i. 403 elected, i. 405
inaugurated, ii. 36
appearance of, ii. 36
marriage of, ii. 37
Cabinet-making of, ii. 39 champions the annexation of Texas, ii. 40 removes Blair, ii. 40, 41
sends messages to Congress, ii. 51, 53
acts in the Oregon boundary question, ii, 55, 56 seeks no renomination, ii. 60 Polk, Sarah Childress, Mrs., ii. 36- 38
Pomeroy, Theodore M., ii. 217 Poore, Ben: Perley, ii. 125, 126 Pope, John, i. 337
"Popular sovereignty," doctrine of, ii. 58
Porter, Albert G., ii. 161
Porter, Alexander, i. 293
Porter, James M., i. 399, 400
Porter, Peter B., i. 109, 235
Posey, Thomas, General, i. 107
Post, William B., ii. 248, 249
Post-Office building, site of the, i. 161
Potomac, i. 17, 38, 45, 127, 14S, 228, 229, ii. 301, 310, 383 Potter, Jolin F., ii. 162, 163, 164, 167, 169
Poussin, William Tell, ii. 72-74
Powell, Levin, Colonel, i. 60 Pratt, Thomas G., ii. 78 Prentis, Sargeant S., i. 338, 339 Presidential campaign, Jack- so11's, i. 286
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Presidential contest of 1824, i. 220- 224 of 1828, i. 248 of 1844, 1. 402 of 1848, ii. 60 of 1860, i. 239 of 1876, ii. 222
Preston, William B., ii. 68, 69, 102
Preston, William Campbell, i. 77, 293, 294, 371, 378
Price, Rodman M., ii. 110
Prince of Wales, ii. 146, 151, 152
Pryor, Roger A., ii. 165-169
Public buildings, i. 25, 26, 33, 34, 36 Library, ii, 382 Pugh, George E., ii. 130 Pushmatalia, i. 208-210
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Quesenberry, E. R., Mrs., ii. 299 Quincy, Josiah, i. S2, 83 Quitman, John A., ii. 156
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Rae, James M., i. 309
Ramsey, Alexander, ii. 23, 212, 336 Randall, Alexander W., ii. 332
Randall, Josiah, ii. 68
Randall, Samuel J., ii. 218, 221, 222
Randolph, John, i. 58 Republican leader of the House, i. 62 appearance of, i. 62, 63
joins Federalists, i. 93 conducts prosecution against Chase, i. 93, 94 argues against war, i. 119
appointed to the Senate, i. 243 attacks Clay, i. 243, 246, 247 encounters Burges, i. 247 accepts the Russian mission, i. 315 returns to America, i. 315 has last interview with Clay, 1. 316 deatlı of, i. 316 Randolph, Martha, Mrs., i. 68 Randolph, Thomas Mann, i. S4 Ratlıbone, Major, ii. 289 seizes Booth, ii. 291, 292 Rawlins, Jolin A., ii. 344, 345 Rea, Jolin, i. 84 Read, Jacob, i. 57 II .- 27
Recharter of the Bank of the United States, i. 278 Whig advocacy of, i, 283 controversy regarding, i. 283, 284 Jackson's hostility to, i. 284 bill for, i. 2S4 Jackson's veto of, i. 2S5, 286 Reconstruction, ii. 312, 324, 326, 330, 331
Reid, John C., ii. 365, 366
Reid, Whitelaw, ii. 317
Republic, editors of, ii. 69
Republican convention at Balti- inore, ii. 270 at Chicago, ii. 169, 339 national convention of ISSo, ii. 27 at Cincinnati, ii. 362, 363 at Philadelphia, ii. 358 party, founders of, ii. 130 organized, ii. 138
Resaca de la Palma, ii. 51
"Returning boards," ii. 356, 366 Review of the Grand Army, il. 311
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, i. 337, 345
Rice, Thomas D., i. 305
Riceknight, Nehemiah, i. 190
Richard, Gabriel, i. 210, 211
Richardson, William A., ii. 15-17, 359 Richmond the Confederate capi- tal, ii. 192
Ringgold, Thomas, i. 109
Ritchie, Thomas, ii. 41, 42, 143
Rives, John C., i. 310, 311, ii. 41
Rives, William C., i. 213, 271
Roberts, Jonathan, i. 109
Robeson, George M., ii. 345
Robinson, William E. ( "Riche- lien"), ii. 42, 43 Rock Creek, 1. 17, 202
Rogers, John, Commodore, i. 182
Rollins, Williani, ii. 300-302
Root, Erastus, i. S3
Ross, Edmund G., ii. 324, 336
Ross, James, i. 57, 58
Ross, Robert, General, lands, i. 128 advance of, i. 129 command of, i. 132 march of, i. 132, 133 takes Bladensburg road, i. 133 inarches to Capitol grounds, i. 137 in the Capitol, i. 137 regains his ships, i. 140 Gies, i. 140
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Rotunda, i. 157, 158, 159 Rowan, John, i. 241
Royall, Mrs. Anne, i. 306, 307
Ruggles, Benjamin, i. 189
Rush, Richard, i. 125, 235, ii. 73
Rusk, Jeremiah, ii. 351 Rusk, Thomas J., ii. 18 Rutledge, John, i. 62
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Sackett, William A., ii. 77
Saltonstall, Leverett, i. 337
Sanford, Nathan, i. 164
San Jacinto, battle of, ii. 50 Santa Anna, i. 240
Sargent, John, i. 337, 359, 382, 407
Sargent, Nathan, i. 308, 309
Sartoris, Algernon, i. 342
Sartoris, Nellie Grant, Mrs., ii. 341-343
Saunders, Romulus M., i. 213
Sawyer, Lemuel, i. 85
Sawyer, Philetus, ii. 320
Schenck, Robert C., ii. 26, 28, 29
Schurz, Carl, ii. 317
Scofield, Glenni W., ii. 218
Scott, Winfield, General, i. 182 at cards, i. 184, 391
takes command at Charles- to11, i. 288 home of, i. 385
candidate for the Presidency, ii. 114
acts against secession, ii. 176 takes measures against out- break, ii. 181, 182
guards Lincoln, ii. 186, 187 plans the defence of Wash- ington, ii. 191 receives Lincoln, ii. 227, 228 gives place to McClellan, ii. 260
Scott, William, Lieutenant-Colo- 11el, i. 132
Seaton, William W., i. 123, 218, ii. 69
Seceded States, reconstruction of, ii. 330, 331
Second war with England, i. 84, 112, 171, 172
Secret service, ii. 30
Sedgwick, Theodore, i. 41, 58
Seminole War, i. 221
Semple, Letitia Tyler, Mrs., i. 384, 385
Senate, the, in 1800, i. 55-58 during Madison's Presidency, i. 106-108 between 1813 and 1817, i. 162-165
Senate in Monroe's time, i. 188- 192 in Monroe's second term, i. 214- 216
in Adams's term, i. 240-262 between 1829 and 1833, 1. 271 in Jackson's second terin, i. 292 in Van Buren's time, i. 340, 341 takes leave of Clay, i. 378 in Polk's time, ii. 10
in Taylor's time, ii. 78, 79 occupies new chamber, ii 97
in Pierce's time, ii. 129-131
in Buchanan's time, ii. 159
in the war period, ii. 212 in Johnson's time, ii. 322 in Grant's time, ii. 353, 354 Senate chamber, i. 53, 86, 158, 159, 160
Sentinel, the, founded, ii. 125
Sergeant, John, i. 109, ii. 69
Sergeant, John O., ii. 59
Seventh New York arrives at the Capital, ii. 196, 197
Sevier, Ambrose H., i. 238
Sevier, John, i. 112
Seward, Augustus H., ii. 294
Seward, Frederick W., ii. 293, 294 Seward, William H., enters the Senate, ii. 78
reputation and utterances of, 11. 79, 80
opposes Clay's propositions, ii. 85 names the new party, ii. 138
Secretary of State, ii. 159 unsuccessful candidate for President, ii. 169 stabbed by Payne, ii. 293
Seymour, Horatio, i. 214, if. 337, 338, 339, 340
Seymour, Thomas H., ii. 22
Shellabarger, Samuel, ii. 218
Shenandoah Valley, ii. 273
Shepherd, Alexander R., career of, ii. 373, 374 in charge of the board of public works, ii. 373-377 fate of, ii. 377 later years of, ii. 378
Sheridan, Philip H., ii. 273, 278
Sherman, Johni, ii. 131, 134, 164
Sherman, William T., ii. 264, 271, 273, 278, 310 Sherwood, John, Mrs., ii. 66 Shields, James, ii. 78 Shiloh, il. 260
Silver Grays, ii. 195 Silver Springs, ii. 41, 269
Simmons, James F., i. 371, 372
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Simonton, James W., ii. 70, 71 Simpson, Bishop, ii. 306, 309 Site for the capital, selection of a, i. 12-17 contest over the, i. 14 traditions of the use of, i. 18
a meeting place for Indians, i. IS Owners of the, i. 18-20
Six Buildings, the, i. 35
Sixth Massachusetts attacked, ii. 193 Slade, William, i. 295
Slavery, restrictions of, i. 196- 199 prohibition of, ii. 58
growing feeling against, ii. 116 amendment abolishing, ii. 279 Slidell, John, ii. 26, 129
Slocum, Henry W., ii. 350
Smilie, James, i. 60
Smith, Caleb B., ii. 25, 190, 206
Smith, Gerrit, ii. 131
Smith, John Cotton, i. 34-36, 61
Smith, John Speed, i. 213, 214
Smith, Jonathan, 1. 45
Smith, Joseph, i. 80
Smith, Kirby, ii. 310
Smith, Samuel Harrison, i. 43, 46
Smith, Truman, i. 337, ii. 78
Smith, William, i. So, 190
Smithson, James, ii. 48
Smithsonian Institution, ii. 47-50, 383
Society of the Cincinnati, i. 23
Soldiers' Home, ii. 249, 250
Soulé, Pierre, career of, ii. 19-21
Southard, Henry, i. 83
Southard, Samuel L., i. 80, 214, 236, 292, 364 Southworth, E. D. E. N., Mrs., ii. 46, 47
Southworth, Sylvester S., i. 309 Spangler, Edmund, ii. 304
Spanish boundary question, i. 70, 71
Speed, Joshua F., ii. 250
Spencer, Ambrose, i. 270
Spencer, John C., i. 369, 399, 400
Sprague, Kate Chase, Mrs., ii. 369, 370 Sprague, William E., ii. 212 Springer, William M., ii. 351 Squatter sovereignty, ii. 80, 82 Stanbery, Henry M., ii. 332 Stanley, Edward, i. 337 Stansberry, William, i. 317 Stansbury, Joseph, General, i. 132
Stanton, Edwin M., mnade Secre- tary of War, ii. 206
spirit of, ii. 207, 208
anecdotes of, ii. 207-21I
kindness of, ii. 209
at Lincoln's deatli-bed, ii. 294- 296 appeals against removal, ii. 332 resigns, ii. 337
Star, the, established, ii. 124, 125 Stark, Jolin, i. 55
State Department, i. 290, ii. 382
State sovereignty, doctrines of 1. 50 State, War, and Navy building, ii. 374
Stephens, Alexander HI., ii. 26, 31, 32, 351
Stevens, Edward L., i. 309
Stevens, Thaddeus, ii. 77, 222- 224
Stevenson, Andrew, i. 213, 236, 295
Stewart, Alexander T., ii. 344. 345
Stewart, Commodore, i. 120, 121
Stewart, William M., ii. 212
St. Mary's College, i. 211
Stockton, Richard, i. 166
Storrs, Henry R., i. 194, 196
Story, Joseph, i. 106, 319, 406
Strong, William, ii. 23
Stuart, Alexander H. H., i. 372, ii. 102
Stuart, David, i. 22
Stuart, Gilbert, i. 75
Sturgeon, Daniel, i. 340
Sullivan, William, i. 77. 78
Sumner, Charles, elected to the Senate, ii. 104 assaulted, ii. 14I
supports the bill for Chinese citizenship, ii. 213
Sumter, Fort, ii. 30, 175, 191
Suinter, Thomas, General, i. 58
Sunday Chronicle established, ii. 172 Supreme Court, the, i. 46, 47, 50, 93, 94, 106, 188, 191, 337, 367, 351, 11. 153, 27S
Surratt, John H., ii. 287, 305
Surratt, Mary E., Mrs., il. 304
Swayne, Noah II., ii. 278
Swift, Benjamin, i. 292
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Tait, Charles, i. 107 Talbot, Ishani, 1. 52, 107 Taliaferro, Benjamin, i. 60
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Tallmadge, James, i. 194, 196, 197 Tallmadge, Nathaniel P., i. 292, 364 Tallmage, Benjamin, i. 83
Taney, Roger B., i. 262, 291, 313, 330, ii. 62, 144, 153, ISS, 276
Tappan, Benjamin, 1. 341
Tappan, Lewis, ii. 44
Tariff of 1816, i. 173 of 1824, i. 221, 222 of 1828, i. 274, 283 protective, i. 365 revision, i. 278, 289
Tayloe, Benjamin Ogle, i. 232,
233, ii. 100
Tayloe, John, Colonel, i. 150, 151
Tayloe, Julia Maria Dickenson, 1. 232, 233
Tayloe, William, Colonel, i. 232
Taylor, Bayard, ii. 46
Taylor, Dick, ii. 310
Taylor, John W., i. 165, 166, 236
Taylor, Margaret Smith, Mrs., ii. 65 Taylor, Waller, i. 191
Taylor, Zachary, candidate for President, ii. 60
votes received by, ii. 60
attends inaugural balls, ii. 62
appearance, dress, and speech of, ii. 63 wife and daughter of, ii. 65 selects official advisers, ii. 67- 69
only message of, ii. 80 illness and death of, ii. 88 burial of, ii. 88, 89
Tazewell, Littleton, i. 62, 214 Tecumseh, i. 84, 209
Telegraph, development of, i. 397-399
Tenally-town, figliting at, ii. 268 Territory of Columbia changed to District of Columbia, i. 23 Terry, David S., ii. 160
Texas, independence of, i. 401 admitted to the Union, ii. 83
Thames, battle of the, i. 124, 358 Thayer, Jolin M., ii. 322, 323 The States, ii. 172
Thirteenth amendment, ii. 178 Thomas, Francis, i. 270
Thomas, Jesse B., i. 189
Thomas, Philip F., ii. 177, 278 Thompson, Jacob, ii. 145, 284 Thompson, James, i. 407, il. 23
Thompson, John B., ii. 130 Thompson, John R., ii. 130 Thompson, Richard W., i. 372 Thompson, Waddy, i. 337
Thornton, William, Dr., i. 27 Thurman, Allan G., ii. 25, 354 Tiber Creek, ii. 374
Tilden, Samuel J., plans to nomi- nate Seymour, ii. 338 a master politician, ii. 363 a nominee, ii. 364
loses the Presidency, ii. 370
Tillinghast, Joseph L., i. 337 Tippecanoe, i. 213, 358
Todd, Colonel, i. 356
Todd, Thomas, Justice, i. 94, 101 Tompkins, Daniel, i. 174, 175, 188 Tone, Theobald Wolfe, widow and son of, i. 232
Toombs, Robert, ii. 26, 33, 67, 75, 129, 137, 167
Toncey, Isaac, ii. 40, 145
Townsend, George Alfred, ii. 317
Treasury building, i. 34, 138, ii. 374
Treaty, Clayton-Bulwer, ii. 72 of Ghent, i. 152
of peace with Mexico, ii. 59
of Washington, i. 379
settling the fishery question, ii. 126, 127 Webster-Ashburton, i. 380 with Great Britain, i. 378 with Texas, i. 401
Trimble, Robert, i. 232
Trimble, William, Colonel, i. 189
Troup, George M., i. 84, 271
Trumbull, Jonathan, i. 56
Trumbull, Joseph, i. 295
Trumbull, Lyman, ii. 130, 336
Tucker, George, i. 168
Tucker, Nathaniel B., ii. 125
Tucker, Randolphi, J., ii. 351
Tuyll, Baron, i. 182
Tyler, John, elected to the House, 1. 169 advanced to the Senate, i. 243
becomes President, i. 365
war declared on, i. 368
unceremonious life of, i. 383
second marriage of, i. 384 sends for Calhoun, i. 401
approves annexation resolu- tion, i. 406 leaves Washington, i. 408
presides at the Peace Confer- ence, ii. 179
Tyler, John, Jr., i. 384. 385
Tyler, Letitia Christian, Mrs., i. 384, 408 Tyler, Robert, Mrs., i. 384 Tyner, James N., ii. 351, 359
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Underwood, Joseph R., i. 296
Union, the, ii. 122, 172
Union Pacific Hotel, i. 161 Railway, ii. 361 Tavern, i. 39 United States Bank, i. 46
United States Gazette, i. 309
United States Telegraph, i. 248
Upslıur, Abel, i. 368, 399, 400
Usher, John P., ii. 206, 294
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Van Buren, Abraham, i. 330 Van Buren, Angelica Singleton, Mrs., i. 330
Van Buren, John, i. 331
Van Buren, Martin, i. 213 enters the Senate, i. 215 Secretary of State, i. 259
appointed minister, i. 260
rejected as minister, i. 278
elected Vice-President, i. 287 nominated for President, i. 325 inaugurated, i. 329 refurnishes the White House, i. 331 manners of, i. 332
establishes an independent treasury, i. 335, 336 renomination of, i. 353 electoral votes for, i. 355
loses the renomination, i. 402, 403 nominated for President, ii. 61
Van Cortlandt, Philip, i. 59
Vanderlyn, John, i. 74
Vanderpoel, Aaron, i. 295, 296
Van Dyke, Nicholas, i. 84
Van Ness, John, i. 85, 86
Van Ness, Marcia, Mrs., i. 86
Van Rensselaer, Solomon, i. 194 Varmum, Joseph B., i. 59, 82, 108 Vaughan, George, ii. 242-244 Venable, Abraham, i. 81 Vice-Presidency, the, i. III Vicksburg, ii. 260 Villard, Henry, ii. 317 Vinton, Samuel F., i. 296, ii. 25, 68 Voorhees, Daniel W., ii. 218, 237, 239
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Wade, Ben, ii. 104, 107, 319, 339 Waite, Morrison R., ii. 367 Walker, Robert J., i. 292-295, 403, ii. 56
Wallace, Lew, ii. 266, 267 Wallach, William D., ii. 124
Waln, Robert, i. 61
Walter, Thomas W., ii. 96, 97
Walworth, Reuben H., i. 212 War Department, ii. 382 Office, i. 34
War of 1812, 1. 212 with Mexico, ii. 47 causes of, ii. 50, 51
Ward, Aaron, i. 237
Washburn, Cadwalader, ii. 132, 157 Washburn, Elihu, ii. 132, 344, 345 Washburn, Israel, ii. 132
Washburne, William D., ii. 218
Washington, Anna, Mrs., i. 101, 103
Washington, Bushrod, i. 51, 313 Washington correspondents, i. 308, 309, 396, ii, 42, 71, 125, 317, 3.58
Washington Deaf and Dumb Asylum, i. 399
Washington Federalist, i. 46
Washington, George, chooses the site of the Capital, i. 12-19 bargain made by, i. 20 selects commissioners, i. 22
elects L'Enfant, i. 23
decides location of Capitol and public buildings, i. 25 accepts a plan, i. 26 approves Thornton's design, i. 28 delivers an oration, i. 28 warns L'Enfant, i. 29 writes to commissioners, i. 30, 31 Washington, George C., i. 238 Washington Globe, i. 310 Washington, Lund, i. 219 Washington Monument, ii. 88, 98- 100
Washington, the capital city, site chosen for, i. 12-18
named for the President, i. 23 plan for, i. 24, 25
plans to provide building funds for, i. 32 growth of, i. 36, 37 proprieties of, i. 69 in Jefferson's time, i. 86
first mayor of, i. 87 defence of. i. 127, 128, 130
burning of, i. 137, 138, 141 peace rejoicings in, i. 152-154
in 1824, 1. 202, 203 as pictured in Van Buren's time, i. 332, 333
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Washington in Taylor's time, ii. 66, 67 in 1848, ii. 100 in 1854, ii. 127
at the coming of Lincoln, ii. 185, 186
prepares against attack by Southern troops, ii. 194, 195
changed by the Civil War, ii. 198, 373
threatened by Confederate forces, ii. 265
celebrates the fall of Rich- mond, ii. 279, 280
transformation of, ii. 372, 375
wealth and beauty of, ii. 381, 382 public buildings of, ii. 382 park system, ii. 383 schools and colleges of the, ii. 385
Washington turnpike, i. 134
Watterson, Henry, ii. 172, 351
Wayne, James M., i. 313, ii. 367
Webb, James Watson, i. 346
Webster-Ashburton treaty, i. 380 Webster, Daniel, enters Congress, i. 168
traits of, i. 169-171 speaks for the tariff, i. 172, 173 advanced to the Senate, i. 243 speaks against nullification, i. 273, 275 master effort of, i. 274
a bank champion, i. 284 candidate for Vice-President, i. 326 made Secretary of State, i. 359
refuses nomination for Vice- President, i. 364 in Tyler's Cabinet, i. 368, 378, 381 appears in the Girard case, i. 382
returns to the Senate, ii. 19 denounces Taylor, ii. 69 speaks for slavery, ii. 83, 84 sings with Jenny Lind, ii. 93, 94
In Fillmore's Cabinet, ii. 102, 103
failing health of, ii. 103
Whig candidate for Presi- dent, ii. 114 Webster, Fletcher, i. 396
Weed, Thurlow, ii. 101, 160, 170 Welles, Gideon, ii. 180, 205-206 Welling, James C., ii. 123, 124
Wentworth, "Long" John, i. 408, ii. 25, 320
West, Benjamin, i. 29
West End, the, ii. 375
Wheeler, William A., ii. 217, 350
Whig convention at Harrisburg, 1. 353 in 1839, i. 364 of IS44, ii. 90
party loses the Presidency, i. 405, ii. 67 last stages of the, ii. 116
Whigs, huniliation of, i. 298, 368 triumph of, i. 345
enthusiasın of, i. 354
nominate Clay, i. 403 support the Mexican War, ii. 52 "Whisky Ring," ii. 360
White, Horace, ii. 317
White, Hugli L., i. 242, 326
White, John, i. 295, 367
White, Joseplı M., i. 231
White House, name of, i. 27
building of, i. 27, 33, 86
unfinished condition of, i. 41, 42 fired, i. 138
burning of, i. 148, 150
cost of restoring, i. 155
refurnished, i. 323, 331
in Van Buren's time, i. 383
mistress of, i. 384, ii. 66, IIS, 149, 204, 315, 316 Taylor's death in the, ii. SS
Miss Lane in, ii. 149
in Buchanan's time, ii. 1501 151
head-quarters for office- seekers, ii. 190
Lincoln's office in, ii. 231, 232 Tad Lincoln in, ii. 251, 252 surroundings of, ii. 373
Whitman, Marcus, Dr., i. 3So, 3SI
Whitney, William W., i. 387
Whitthorne, Washington C., ii. 351
Whittier, John G., i. 303
Whyte, William Pinkney, ii. 322 Wickliffe, Charles A., i. 214, 368, 369
Wigfall, Lewis T., ii. 175
Wilcox, Mary Emily Donelson, Mrs., i. 259
Wilde, Richard Henry, i. 168, 338
Wilkeson, Samuel, ii. 317
Wilkins, William, i. 400, 408
Wilkinson, General, i. 124, 131
Willard, Josephi, ii. 100
Willard's Hotel, ii. 62, 100
Williams, Eleazer, i. 234
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Williams, George H., ii. 320 Williams, John, i. 189
Williams Lewis, i. 109 Willing, Anne, i. 58
Willis, Nathaniel P., i. 307, 308 Wilmot, David, ii. 23, 24, 53, 57, 58 Wilson, Henry, ii. 130, 131, 358
Wilson, James F., ii. 218
Winder, William H., General, i. 127, 128, 130, 133, 142 Windom, William, ii. 218
Winthrop, Robert C., i. 372, ii. 21, 74-76, 99, 100
Wirt, William, i. ISo, 181, 236, 293 Wise, Henry A., i. 296, 297, 346, 365. 374. 400
Wolcott, Oliver, i. 39, 40, 46
Wood, Fernando, ii. 319, 372 Woodbridge, William, i. 371 Woodbury, Levi, i. 242, 262, 291 333, 371, 406, ii. 152, 153 Wool, General, ii. 65 Wright, Jolin C., i. 212
Wright, Silas, i. 237, 292, ii. 39 Wright, William, ii. 24, 130
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Yancy, William L., ii. 26, 34, 35 Yates, Richard, ii. 110
"Yazoo fraud," the, i. 92, 93 Young, Jolin, i. 372
Young, John Russell, ii. 317
Young, Notley, i. 20, 21 Yulee, David L., ii. 18
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