Prince of Wales, 413, 414
and secession and compromise, 414, 416, 418
attitude during Civil War, 415-421, 424, 432
president of Society for National Unity, 415
and founding of Vassar, 417
expects success of North, 419
belief in foreign machinations, 420
and sale of original wire of telegraph, 423
president of a peace society, 424
attitude toward Lincoln, 424, 429
supports McClellan's candidacy, 427, 429-431
and help for Southern prisoners of war, 428
on loyalty to Constitution, 428, 429
and brother's support of Lincoln, 429, 430
endows lectureship in Union Theological Seminary, 437
refused to attend class reunion (1865), rebukes sectional rejoicing,
438-441
statue proposed, 442
on benevolent use of telegraph wealth, 442
demands on, for leadership and aid, 443, 446
and American Asiatic Society, 443
characteristic deadhead, 445
on President Johnson, 446
final trip to Europe (1866), 447
Paris headquarters, family gathering there, 447, 448
presentation at court, court costume, 448-450
on Field and success of cable, 450, 451
on incident of Louis Napoleon's stay at Now York, 451-453
on Paris Exposition, fetes, 453-456
report on electrical display, 454, 457, 460, 464, 475
on Isle Of Wight, 456
winter plans (1867), 457
on Italy and union of Church and State, 458
on reaction of _Reconstruction_ (1867), 458
at Dresden, 459
at Berlin, Von Phillipsborn's courtesy, 461-464
return to America, 464
and presidential election (1868), 465, 466
New York banquet (1868), speeches, 467-475
on science and art, 471
on death of Kendall, 481
unveiling of statue, 482-484
farewell message over the world by telegraph, 485, 486
replies, 486
address, 487-491
abandons plan for trip abroad (1871), 493
last summer, 493
on neutralisation of telegraph, 497, 498
last public appearance, unveils statue of Franklin, address, 505
last illness, 506
death, 507
tributes to, 507-511
funeral, 511, 512
grave, 513
memorial services in Congress, 513-516
and at Boston, 516
summary of inventions, 520
fame, 521
_Letters: See_ J.S.C. Abbott, Allston, Alston, Andrews, Aycrigg, Ball,
Bellows, Blake, Boardman, Bodisco, Breguet, Brett, Bromfield, Bryant,
Burbank, Mrs. Cass, Chevalier, Christy, Clarke, Cole, Cooper, G.