59;
Gladstone's tribute, 559-560.
_See also_ Speeches and Lectures

Metzgar murder case, 134

Mexican War, attitude of L. toward, 101-102, 131

Mexico, French invasion, 345

"Miami," Federal steamboat, 386, 391

Milroy, R.H., 333, 334

Milwaukee, speech of L. at State Fair, 389

Minnesota, asks execution of Indians, 453

Minter, Graham, L's schoolmaster, quoted, 32

"Mirror," The Manchester (N.H.), quoted, 221

Missionary Ridge, Grant's success, 516

Mississippi, seceded, 261

Missouri Compromise, views of L. and Douglas, 150-160

Missouri, factional quarrels, 454-457

Mitchell, General, telegram from, 388, 389

"Monitor,"
engagement with "Merrimac," 390-391;
origin of, 345-347

Moore, Ex-governor, 266

Moore, Mrs., step-sister, 263, 264

Morgan, Edwin D., 533

Morse, John T., quoted, 364

"Nasby, Petroleum V." (David Ross Locke), read by L., 467-468, 548

Nebraska Bill. _See_ Kansas-Nebraska Bill

Negroes,
enlistment in army, 373, 484-486;
justified by L., 507;
New Year's reception, 552-553;
grief over death of L., 597.
_See also_ Emancipation; Slavery

Neill, Secretary to L., quoted, 536-537, 585

New Brunswick affair, 356

New England,
dissatisfaction with L., 529,
speeches and visit of L., 221-223

New Salem, Ill.,
L. settles at, 24;
L. appointed postmaster, 44;
speech of L. before literary society, 44;
now a desolate waste, 54

New Year's presidential reception,
in 1862, 350;
in 1863, 441;
in 1865, 552-553

New York City,
visit of L. in 1860, 215-221, 225-226;
on inaugural journey, 276;
funeral ceremonies, 598

New York "Tribune." _See_ Greeley, Horace

New York troops, reviewed July 4, 1861, 326

Newpapers,
L's favorite newspaper, 27;
surveillance, 301

Nichols, John W., quoted, 541-542

Nicolay, John G.,
L's private secretary, 266;
quoted, 302, 361-362, 478

Norfolk captured, 391-392

Norris, James H., 134

Nott and Brainard, quoted, 220

Noyes, George C., quoted, 194

Oberkleine, Frederick,
address to L. at Cincinnati, 271-272;
L's reply, 272-273

Office-seekers,
patience of L. toward, 252;
demands of, 296;
annoy L., 353-354;
actor who wanted consulship, 470

Offutt, Denton, 26;
relations with L., 23-24; 26,
quoted, 27;
store closed in 1832, 35

Oglesby, Richard J., quoted, 229, 230

Oregon, federal office offered L., 107

Pain, John, 169

Parke, John G.,