A

Abolition, in District of Columbia,
proposed by Lincoln in Con-
gress, i., 108; with compensa-
tion advocated by Lincoln, 108;
societies in Virginia, ii., 257
Abolitionist, Lincoln called an, in
1855, ii., 246; term of oppro-
brium, 252

Abolitionists urged to unite with
Whigs, ii., 9

Adams, letter from Seward to,
February 7, 1865, vii., 319 ff.
Adams, James, vs. heirs of Joseph
Anderson, case of, i., 166
Adams, Lucian, affidavit of, in
land case, i., 179, 182 ff.
Adams, General, reply of Lincoln
and Talbott to, i., 171

Address by Lincoln:

Sept. 8, 1858, at Paris, Ill.,

ΙΟ

V.,

Feb. 18, 1861, at Utica, N. Y.,

224

Feb. 18, 1861, to Mayor of
Albany, 225

Feb. 18, 1861, to Governor
Morgan, 225

Feb. 18, 1861, to Legislature of
New York, 227

Feb. 19, 1861, at Troy, N. Y.,
229

Feb. 19, 1861, at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., 229

Feb. 19, 1861, at Hudson, N.

Y., 231

Feb. 19, 1861, at Peekskill,

N. Y., 231

Feb. 19, 1861, at Fishkill Land-
ing, N. Y., 232

Feb. 19, 1861, at the Astor
House, New York City, 233
Feb. 19, 1861, at New York
City, 233

Feb. 20, 1861, to Mayor of
New York City, 235

Address by Lincoln-Continued:
Feb. 21, 1801, at Jersey City, 237
Feb. 21, 1861, to Mayor of New-
ark, N. J., 237

Feb. 21, 1861, at the Trenton
House, 238

Feb. 21, 1861, to Senate of
New Jersey, 239

Feb. 21, 1861, to Assembly of
New Jersey, 240

Feb. 21, 1861, to Mayor of
Philadelphia, 242

Feb. 22, 1861, in the Hall of
Independence, Philadelphia,

244

Feb. 22, 1861, to Wilmington
delegation, 246

Feb. 22, 1861, at Lancaster,
Pa., 247

Feb. 22, 1861, to Legislature of
Pennsylvania, 247

Feb. 27, 1861, to Mayor of
Washington, D. C., 250
Feb. 28, 1861, in reply to sere-
nade at Washington, D. C.,
251
March 4, 1861, at Washington,
First Inaugural, 253
March 5, 1861, to Pennsylvania
delegation, 267

March 5, 1861, to Massachusetts
delegation, 268

March 7, 1861, to Diplomatic
Corps, 270

April 13, 1861, reply to Vir-
ginia convention, 282
April 27, 1861, at Washington,

to a military company, 292
March 4, 1862, to Peruvian Min-
ister, 438

March 13, 1862, to a party
of Massachusetts gentlemen,
454
May 15 (?), 1862, to the 12th

Indiana regiment, vi., 6
June 24, 1862, at Jersey City, 56
Aug. 6, 1862, at a war meeting,

110; to a deputation of col-
ored men, on colonization, 113
July 7, 1863, in reply to sere-
nade, 350

March 9, 1864, to General Grant,
vii., IOI

March 21, 1864, in reply to
committee from the Working-
men's Association, 106

April 18, 1864, at sanitary fair
in Baltimore, 120 ff.
May 9, 1864, in reply to sere-
nade, 135

Aug. 18, 1864, to 164th Ohio
regiment, 194

Aug. 22, 1864, to 166th Ohio
regiment, 195

Jan. 24, 1865, to a committee,
286

Jan. 31, 1865, in reply to sere-
nade, 291

March 17, 1865, to an Indiana
regiment, 336

April 11, 1865, last public, 362
Sept. 8, 1858, at Clinton, Ill.,
390

Adjutant-general, letter to, July
19, 1861, V., 342

Africa, slaves of, compared with
Territorial slaves, v., 68
Esop's Fables, read by Lincoln
as a boy, i., 7, 84
Agriculture, condition of, Dec.,
1861, V., 398 ff.

Agriculture, Department of, re-
port on development of, vii., 49
Alabama, action with Kearsarge,
June 19, 1864, vii., 242
Alabama, State of, v., 125
Albee, Second Lieutenant, in-
dorsement of, Sept. 30, 1864,
vii., 213

Aliens, order regarding behavior
of, July 21, 1862, vi., 99 ff.;
must serve in army if oath
of allegiance has been taken,
vi., 290

Allegiance to the Constitution, of
members of Congress, v., 255
Allen, Commander James, recom-
mended to receive vote of
thanks from Congress, vi., 4
Allen, Colonel Robert, letter to,
June 21, 1836, i., 132
Alton, place of Lincoln-Shields
duel, i., 297, 319

Amalgamation of black and white
races, ii., 299

American Colonies, controversy
of, v., 42

American consuls, exemption of,
from military service, May 19,
1864, vii., 141 ff.

Amnesty proclamation issued by
Lincoln, i., 62

Anderson, Joseph, heirs of, vs.
James Adams, case of, i., 166
Anderson, Colonel, order to, May

7, 1861, v., 298

Andrew, Governor John A., tele-
gram to, Sept. 11, 1861, V., 359;
Jan. 11, 1862, 420; telegram
from Stanton to, May 27, 1862,
vi., 29; telegram to, Aug. 12,
1862, 112; telegram to, Dec.
20, 1862, 222
Armstrong, Mrs. Hannah, tele-
gram to, Sept. 18, 1863, vi., 415
Army, power of, discussed, vii., 56
Army of the Potomac, remarks to,
Oct. 4, 1862, vi., 151; congratu-
lations
to, Dec. 22, 1862,

223
Army of Virginia, order constitut-
ing the, June 26, 1862, vi., 57
Articles of Association, drawn up
in 1774, origin of the Union,
V., 257

Asbury, Henry, letter to, Nov.

19, 1858, v., 18
Ashley, J. M., indorsement on
letter of Jan. 31, 1865, vii., 289
Ashmer, Mr., note concerning,
April 14, 1865, vii., 371
Ashmun, Hon. George, letter to,
May 23, 1860, v., 182; June 4,
1860, 184

Atlantic telegraph, project of,
favored, vi., 184
Autobiography, brief, 1858, ii.,
323; of Lincoln, v., 118 ff.

B

Backus, Abner L., letter to, June

29, 1863, vi., 338 ff.
Baily, Captain Theodorus, recom-
mended to receive a vote of
thanks from Congress, vi., 4
Baldwin, Acting Lieutenant Com-
manding Charles H., recom-
mended to receive vote of
thanks from Congress, vi., 5
Baltimore, Republican National
Convention of 1864 at, i., 64;
critical situation at, v., 289;
address at sanitary fair in, April
18, 1864, vii., 120 ff.
Bank, speech dealing with legal-
ity of a certain, i., 135

Banks, Major-General N. P., tele-
gram to, May 29, 1862, vi., 34;
May 30, 1862, 36; June 9, 1862,
42; June 22, 1862, 52; Aug. 30,
1862, 127; letter to, Nov. 22,
1862, 173 ff.; Aug. 5, 1863, 374;
Dec. 29, 1863, vii., 68
Baptist Delegation, reply to, May
14, 1864, 138
Barney, Hon. Hiram, letter to,
Aug. 16, 1862, vi., 121; tele-
gram to, Nov. 11, 1863, vii., 18
Bartlett, Colonel W. A., letter to,
May 27, 1861, V., 310
Bartley, T. W., letter to, June 29,
1863, vi., 338 ff.

Bates, Attorney-General, letter
to, Nov. 29, 1862, vi., 177;
June 24, 1864, vii., 157
Bates egg, in the South, v., 120
Bedell, Grace, letter to, Oct. 19,
1860, V., 192

Bell, Commander Henry H., re-
commended to receive vote of
thanks from Congress, vi., 4
Belmont, August, extract from
letter to, July 31, 1862, vi., 107
Bennett, John, letter to, Aug. 5,
1837, i., 163; March 7, 1843,
315; Jan. 15, 1846, ii., 13;
Aug. 4, 1856, 279

Berdan, James, letter to, Apr. 26,
1846, ii., 14; May 7, 1846,

15
Berry, Governor H. S., telegram
to, Sept. 11, 1861, V., 359; of
New Hampshire, recommends
a call for volunteers, July 1,
1862, vi., 70

Bill to abolish slavery in District
of Columbia, Jan. 16, 1849, ii.,

121

Bingham, Hon. John A., telegram.
to, Aug. 4, 1863, vi., 374
Binney, Horace, telegram to, June
16, 1863, vi., 328

Birchard, M., letter to, June 29,
1863, vi., 338 ff.

Birney, Colonel, telegram to, Oct.
3, 1863, vi., 432

Bishop, Captain, Mexican War
defended by, ii., 50

Bixby, Mrs., letter to, Nov. 21,
1864, vii., 238 ff.

Black Hawk War, Lincoln a
captain in, i., 11

Black Republican, defined, v., 78
Blaine, Hon. James G., telegram

to, Sept. 15, 1863, vi., 410;
Sept. 13, 1864, vii., 205
Blair, Austin, Governor of Michi-
gan, recommends a call for
volunteers, July 1, 1862, vi.,

70

Blair, General F. P., telegram to,

Nov. 17, 1862, vi., 171; let-
ter to, Jan. 18, 1865, vii., 283;
card to pass Southern lines,
299; letter to, Jan. 18, 1865,
300; Jan. 18, 1865, 305
Blair, Hon. Frank P., Jr., men-
tioned, v., 163; paper of, 349
Blair, Hon. Montgomery, Post-
master-General, letter to, July
24, 1863, vi., 364; Nov. 2, 1863,
vii., 10; Sept. 23, 1864, 209
Blake, Commander George S.,
telegram to, Feb. 19, 1864, vii.,
88
Blankenship, E. C., letter to, Aug.
10, 1833, i., 129

Blenker's division ordered to Fré-
mont, March 31, 1862, V., 456
Bliss, Colone! William S., tele-
gram to, June 16, 1863, vi., 329
Bliss, George, letter to, June 29,
1863, vi., 338 ff.

Blizzard, A., letter to, Oct. 22,
1864, vii., 222 ff.
Blockade, order concerning, Nov.
12, 1862, vi., 168

Blond, F. C. Le, letter to, June

29, 1863, vi., 338 ff.
Blount, William, mentioned, v.,

123

Blow, H. T., telegram to, May 15,
1863, vi., 295; March 13, 1865,
vii., 335
Boal, Dr. Robert, letter to, Jan.

7, 1846, ii., 11: Sept. 14, 1856,
282; Dec. 25, 1856, 286
Boggs, Commander Charles Stew-
art, recommended to receive
vote of thanks from Congress,

vi., 4
Bond, Benjamin, recommended
for U. S. marshal for Illinois,
ii., 128

Bond, L. Montgomery, letter to,
Oct. 15, 1860, V., 192

Books read by Lincoln in boy-
hood, i., 7, 84

Border State Representatives, ap-

peal to, in favor of compensated
emancipation, vi., 87

Botts, Hon. John Minor, letter to,
mentioned, v., 188

Bounty lands, donation of, ii., 59
Bowers, Colonel T. S., telegram to,
from Grant, Apr. 2, 1865, vii.,
348

Boyle, General J. T., telegram to,
July 13, 1862, vi., 91; Aug. 31,
1862, 128; Sept. 7, 1862, 129;
Sept. 12, 1862, 134; Oct. 11,
1862, 154; Oct. 12, 1862, 154;
June 28, 1863, 337
Bradford, A. W., Governor of
Maryland, recommends a call
for volunteers, July 1, 1862,
vi., 70: letter to, Nov. 2, 1863,
vii., 12

Bragg, General, battle between,

and General Rosecrans, vi., 426
Bramlette, Governor, telegram to,
Jan. 6, 1864, vii., 72; Jan. 31,
1864, 79; letter to, Nov. 10,
1864, 233; telegram to, Nov.
22, 1864, 240
Breckinridge, Vice-President, v.,
96

Breckinridge, General John C.,
arrest of, possible, vi., 317
Breese, Lieutenant Commanding
K. Randolph, recommended to
receive vote of thanks from
Congress, vi., 5

Brewster, Hon. B. H., telegram
to, Aug. 30, 1864, vii., 197
Broadhead, J. O., telegram to,
July 15, 1863, vi., 361
Brough, John, Governor of Ohio,
telegram to, Jan. 15, 1864, vii.,
73; indorsement on offer of
troops, April 23, 1864, 126;
May 24, 1864, 144

Brown, Hon. B. Gratz, telegram
to, Dec. 7, 1862, vi., 212; Jan.
7, 1863, 237

Brown, Hon. J. V., letter to, Oct.
18, 1858, V., 15

Brown, John, execution of, i.,

97; mentioned, v., 114; com-
mented on, 141 ff.

Brown, Major, letter to, April 20,
1861, V., 289

Brown, W. H., letter to, Dec. 14,
1859, V., 114

Browning, Hon. O. H., letter to,
Sept. 22, 1861, v., 362; March
23, 1855, vii., 383
Browning, Mrs. O. H., letter to,
April 1, 1838, i., 189
Buchanan, Commodore Frank-
lin, arrest of, desirable, vi.,
317
Buckingham, Governor, telegram
to, Sept. 11, 1861, V., 359;
to, May 27, 1863, vi., 300
Buckingham, William A., Gover-

nor of Connecticut, recom-
mends a call for volunteers,
July 1, 1862, vi., 70
Buckner, General Simon B., ar-
rest of desirable, vi., 317
Buell, Brigadier-General D. C.,
telegram to, Jan. 1, 1862, V.,
412; letter to, Jan. 6, 1862, 415;
telegram to, Jan. 7, 1862,
416; letter to, Jan. 13, 1862,
420; telegram to, Sept. 8, 1862,
vi., 129

Bullitt, Cuthbert, letter to, July
28, 1862, vi., 103 ff.
Bulwark of our liberty, what con-
stitutes it, V., 14

Bunn, Jacob, letter to, May 29,
1863, vi., 304

Burbridge, General S. G., letter to,
Aug. 8, 1864, vii., 187; telegram
to, Nov. 4, 1864, 227; Nov. 10,
1864, 232.
Burnside, General A. E., telegram

to, June 28, 1862, vi., 60; Aug.
21, 1862, 122; Aug. 27, 1862,
125; Aug. 28, 1862, 126; Aug.
29, 1862, 126; appointed to
command Army of the Poto-
mac, Nov. 5, 1862, 166; tele-
gram to, Nov. 25, 1862, 176;
Dec. 16, 1862, 220; Dec. 17,
1862, 220; Dec. 19, 1862, 221;
Dec. 30, 1862, 226; correspon-
dence with, Jan. 8, 1863, 237;
telegram to, Jan. 23, 1863, 253;
Order relieving him of com-
mand of the Army of the Poto-
mac, 253; telegram to May
4, 1863, 286; May 26, 1863,
300; May 29, 1863, 304; June
28, 1863, 337; July 3, 1863,
347; July 27, 1863, 368; Sept.
II, 1863, 408; Sept. 21, 1863,
420, 421, Oct. 17, 1863, 454;

Nov. 9, 1863, vii., 15; Nov. 16,
1863, 19

Butler, William, recommended for
Illinois pension agent, ii., 132
Butler, General B.F., telegram to,
Jan. 28, 1863, vi., 256; Dec. 10,
1863, vii., 59; Dec. 30, 1863, 68;
Jan. 2, 1864, 70; March 4, 1864,
98; March 22, 1864, 110; April
12, 1864, 119; April 23, 1864,
126; May 18, 1864, 140; Aug.
20, 1864, 195; Dec. 29, 1864,
276; Jan. 10, 1865, 282; Jan. 13,
1865, 282

Butterfield, General D., telegram
to, May 3, 1863, ii., 286; May 3,
1863, 286; May 11, 1863, 293;
June 4, 1863, 306
Butterfield, Justin, opposed for
Illinois land commissioner, ii.,
135, 136, 139

C

Cabinet, opinion of members
asked on Fort Sumter, v.,
272
Caldwell, Lieutenant Command-
ing Charles H. B., recommend-
ed to receive vote of thanks
from Congress, vi., 5

Calhoun, J. C., speech of, quoted,
i., 302

California, question of slavery in,
ii., 187

Call for two hundred thousand
men, vii., 103

Cameron, Hon. Simon, Secretary
of War, letter of, to Nathaniel
Lyon, v., 293; letter to, May
21, 1861, 308; June 13, 1861,
311; June 13, 1861, 312; June
17, 1861, 312; June 17, 1861,
313; June 20, 1861, 314; Aug.
7, 1861, 349; Aug. 17, 1861,
356; Sept. 18, 1861, 361; tele-
gram to, Feb. 13, 1863, vi., 261;
July 15, 1863, 360
Campaign, plan of, memorandum
on, Oct. I [?], 1861, v., 365
Campbell, A., letter to, June 28,
1858, V., 4

Campbell, James, letter to, May
29, 1863, vi., 304
Campbell, J. A., letter from Eck-
ert to, Feb. 1, 1865, vii., 304