e treas., 1861, iii. 21, note;
declined to accept, 24.

Brown, D.D.S., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. 296;
on com. to confer with Dems., 296.

Brown, Jacob, valour at Sackett's Harbour, i. 223;
promoted, 225;
character and career of, 225;
on Niagara frontier, 226;
brilliant leadership, 227.

Brown, John, raid of, ii. 259;
career of, 259-60;
Douglas on, 260;
Emerson on, 260;
Thoreau on, 260;
Longfellow on, 260;
Lincoln on, 264;
Seward on, 266-7;
Andrew on, 269.

Brown, John W., nominated for judge Court of Appeals, 1865, iii. 129;
defeated, 135.

Brown University, William L. Marcy, graduate of, i. 292.

Bruce, Benjamin F., candidate for canal com., 1861, iii. 23, note;
elected, 29;
renominated, 1863, 76;
elected, 83.

Bryant, William Cullen, in campaign of 1844, ii. 84;
original Barnburner, 131;
supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, 177;
theory of, 177, note;
active in campaign of 1856, 240;
meets Lincoln, 266;
ch'm. of Lincoln meeting, 263;
opposes Seward for President, 285;
elector-at-large, 328;
opposes Seward for sec. of state, 394.

Favours postponing Nat. Rep. Con., 1864, iii. 88;
resents Lincoln's relations with Seward and Weed, 90;
denounces expulsion of Louisiana legislators, 328.

Buchanan, James, nominated for President, ii. 228;
supported by Hards, 227-8;
Softs forced to vote for, 227-8;
criticised by Southern press, iii. 10.

Bucktails, followers of Van Buren, i. 251;
origin of name, 251.

Bucktails and Clintonians, 1820, two opposing parties, i. 273.

Buel, Jesse, cand. for gov., 1836, ii. 12;
career and gifts of, 12;
defeated, 13.

Buffalo, burned by British, i. 224;
Clinton predicts its great growth, 243.

Bull Run, battle of, iii. 11-12;
Scott did not approve, 11;
Lincoln favoured it, 11;
urged by the N.Y. _Tribune_, 11.

Burr, Aaron, with Arnold at Quebec, i. 5;
supports Yates for gov., 43;
atty.-gen., 45;
early career, 45;
his character, 45;
first meeting with Hamilton, 45-6;
opinion of Washington, 46;
legend as to Hamilton and, 46;
atty.-gen., 46-7;
elected to U.S. Senate, 49;
ambitious to be gov., 50;
checked by Clinton and Hamilton, 50;
non-attention to public business, 55;
referee in Clinton-Jay contest, 57;
undertakes to carry New York, 89;
skilful methods of, 90;
meets Hamilton at the polls, 91;
courtesy of, 91;
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