ilda, admired by L., 95

Edwards, Ninian W.,
mentioned, 74;
candidate for legislature, 58

Edwards, Mrs. Ninian W., sister of Mary Todd, 94

Egan, Dr., of Chicago, 171

Eggleston, Edward, quoted, 225

Elkin, Elder, funeral services for Nancy Hanks, 10

Ellis, A.Y., quoted, 42

Ellsworth, E.E., member of inaugural party, 266

Emancipation,
discussion of measures, 419-448;
Fremont's proclamation, 420;
gradual, advocated, 420-423;
first discussed by L. with cabinet members, 423-424;
military, authorized, 421;
Quaker delegation demands, 425-427;
Chicago clergymen demand, 427;
Lincoln and Channing interview, 427;
Lincoln and Greeley, 429-431;
Greeley's "Prayer of twenty millions," and L's reply, 429-430;
compensation suggested, 428, 433, 447;
deportation suggested, 439-440;
L's message to congress, 1862, 440-441;
"Boston set" discussed with L., 482-484;
defended by L., 507

Emancipation proclamation,
issued, 419;
official measures preceding, 419-422;
preliminary text, 432-435;
L's own account of, 436-438, 444-445;
Seward's view of, 436-437;
Welles's account, 438-439;
text, 441-443;
signed, 441;
pen used, 445

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
quoted, 304-305;
belief in L., 482

England,
neutrality established, 343;
controversies with, 344-345

Ericsson, John, inventor of "Monitor," 345-346

Evarts, Mr., of N.Y., grieved over Seward's defeat, 234

Everett, Edward,
nominated for vice-president, 251;
appreciation of L's Gettysburg address, 513;
impression of L., 515

Ewing, Lee D., opposed to change in Illinois State capital, 66

Farragut, David G., 537;
compared with DuPont, 458

Fell, Jesse W., 32

Fessenden, William P., 185, 368;
secretary of the treasury, 294

Ficklin, O.B., 126

Fithian, Dr., 126

Flatboat, constructed by L., 17-18

Florida, secedes, 261

Ford's Theatre, scene of assassination, 586-591

Forquer, George, lightning rod anecdote, 57

Forrest, Edwin, 469

Forrest, Thomas L., 458

Fort Sumter,
held by Anderson, 262;
attack, 312, 316;
L's dream, 583;

Fortress Monroe, L. visits, 386-392;

Foster, Major-General, 385, 400

Fox, G.V., assistant secretary of the navy, 536

Franklin, Benjamin, L. ranked with, 549

Fredericksburg,
repulse at, 368;
attacked, 417;
L's grief over, 461-462;
defeat, 487, 488, 506;

Free-Soil Party, 150, 172, 173

Free-state cause, L. sympathises