lly, 259, 260, 273, 279, 283, 287-291, 294, 303, 307, 503
Henry controversy, 261-266, 318, 329, 402, 405, 476-479, 500, 504
progress of telegraph, displacement of other systems, 269, 270, 313,
321, 349, 350, 352, 367
on Mexican War, 270
printing telegraph, 271
and lawsuits, 272, 320, 371
and salaries of operators, 274
and Vail, 275, 307, 327, 401, 422, 423
financial stress, 276, 310, 311, 336, 460
and Rogers, 277, 278
on aviation, 300, 301
hostility of newspapers, 304-307
and death of Cooper, 314
on origin of "telegram", 316
destruction of papers and evidence, 316
and instruments for Perry's Japanese expedition, 317
and consolidation of lines and monopoly, 320, 326, 341, 405, 444
defeated for Congress (1854), 331, 334
and Know-Nothingism, 331-333
and dishonesty in telegraph organisation, 338, 339, 444-446
and sale of interests, 340, 341
and organisation of Atlantic cable company, 344
private connection with telegraph line, 344
trip to Newfoundland (1855), 345, 346
verse on invention, 346
trip to Europe (1856), 347
and pecuniary reward from foreign nations, their honorary gratuity,
347, 373, 390-395, 409-412, 422, 423, 493
experiments for Atlantic cable, 348, 366
attentions in England, banquet, Cooke's toast, 349, 367-370, 373
and Cooke, 350
visit to Leslie, 351
attentions on Continent, 353
private interview with King of Denmark, 353
at Copenhagen, 354, 355
on Oersted, 354
on St. Petersburg, 355
on presentation to czar at Peterhoff, 356-364
and Humboldt, 365
on Buchanan's election, 371
Kendall's caution against cable company, 372
on laying of first Atlantic cable (1857), 374-383
and Whitehouse's log, 378
doubts success of first and second cables, 379, 386, 387
forced withdrawal from cable company, 384-387
on office-seeking, 387
family party to Europe (1858), 396
visit to daughter in Porto Rico, 397-400, 406
on St. Thomas, 397, 398
on change of climate and clothes, 398
on son-in-law's estate, 399
on death of Vail, 400
constructs first line In Porto Rico, public breakfast, 404
and proposed Spanish cable, 404-406
on Porto Rican fleas, 406
greeting at Poughkeepsie (1859), 407, 408
on proposed candidacy for Presidency, 408
financially independent, 409, 434
and visit of