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Weed, Thurlow,
mentioned, 474;
quoted, 257-260;
discusses cabinet appointments, 257-259;
L's letter to, Dec. 17, 1860, extract, 262;
objects to Welles, 365
Weitzel, Godfrey,
occupies Richmond, 568;
headquarters in Richmond, 572
Weldon, Lawrence, quoted, 139, 334
Welles, Gideon,
mentioned, 347, 460, 511;
cabinet possibility, 259;
appointed secretary of the navy, 293;
approves Mason and Slidell capture, 341;
calmness of, 364;
antagonism to Stanton, 364, 368;
at L's death-bed, 591-594;
quoted, 292-293, 320, 325, 333, 345, 365-366, 367,
368-369, 411-412, 412-413, 417, 423-424, 432, 438,
439, 440, 457-458, 473-474, 492, 493, 497, 501, 506,
511, 531, 535, 538, 540, 551-552, 555, 556-557, 563,
577, 581, 583-584, 591-594, 597
Welles, Mrs. Gideon, mentioned, 591
"Westminster Review," on Gettysburg address, 513
Wheeler, William A., quoted, 376-378
Whig Party,
L. a delegate to presidential convention, 104;
L. believes he is a Whig, 153, 157;
symptoms of disintegration, 159;
L. a leader, 162-163;
dissolution, 165
White, Dr., 592
White, Mrs., 453
White House,
L.'s first night at, 292,
L's family life, 464-465;
office of L. described, 299-300;
official precedence, 300-301;
New Year's receptions, 350, 441;
society in 1862-63, 449-450;
L's informal receptions, 450-451;
freedom of access, 459-461;
Grant's ovation at reception, 517-518;
reception, 1865, negroes attend, 552-553
Whiting,
solicitor of war department, 375;
candidate for attorney general, 522
Whitman, Walt, quoted, 263, 589-590, 597-598
Whittier, John Greenleaf, abolitionist, 245
"Wide-awake" clubs, 250
Wigfall, Senator, 286
Wilcox, Major, quoted, 106
Willard's Hotel, Washington, headquarters of L., 281, 282
Willis, David, 515
Wilmington, L's dream, 583
Wilmot Proviso, L. votes for, 153
Wilkes, Charles, 341, 342
Wilson, Robert L., quoted, 62, 85
Wilson, Henry, 357, 482
Winchell, J.M.,
quoted, 382;
interview with L., 531
Winslow, John F., builder of "Monitor," 345-347
Winthrop, Robert C., quoted, 100
Wisconsin State Fair, addressed by L. in 1859, 389
Wood, Fernando, 474
Wool, John E., 392
Workingmen, L's speech to, 272-273
Wright, Elizur, 492
Wright, Horatio, 504
Writings.
_See_ Letters and telegrams;
Messages and proclamations;
Speeches and lectures
Yates, Richard,
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