Stalwarts, 496;
pathetic appeal, 497;
pure and useful life crushed by defeat, 498.

Foote, Ebenezer, resents methods of Council, i. 120-1;
character of, 120;
Ambrose Spencer on, 120.

Ford, Elijah, nominated for lt.-gov. by the Hards, ii. 203;
ran ahead of ticket, 203.

Forrest, David P., nominated for prison insp., 1864, iii. 117;
elected, 125.

Fort Niagara, captured by British, i. 224;
Morgan left in magazine of, 359.

Fort, Daniel G., nominated for state treas., 1873, iii. 308;
defeated, 309.

Fort Sumter, relief of, iii. 1;
bombardment, 2;
surrender of, 3.

Foster, Henry A., character of, ii. 53;
leading conservative, 59;
president of State Senate, 59;
formidable in debate, 63.

Foster, John W., opinion of Jay's treaty of 1795, i. 67.

Foster, William Edward, Buffalo _Commercial_, a leading Rep. editor,
iii. 414.

Fowler, Isaac V., defalcation as postmaster, ii. 352, note.

Fowler, John Walker, brother of Isaac V., absconds with trust funds,
ii. 352, note.

France, threatens war, i. 81-2;
preparations to resist by the United States, 83-4.

Francis, John M., Troy _Times_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

Franklin, Walter, father of DeWitt Clinton's wife, i. 183.

Free-soil Movement, principles proclaimed, ii. 127;
see Barnburners.

Fremont, John C., nominated for President, ii. 228-9;
defeated, 241;
nominated for President at Cleveland con., 1864, iii. 92;
withdraws, 120.

French, Stephen B., a friend of Arthur, iii. 493;
efforts to defeat Cornell's renomination, 493;
obtains proxy by unmoral methods, 493, note;
principal cause of Folger's defeat, 498.

Fry, James B., account of New York draft-riot, iii. 69;
influence of Seymour, 69;
dilatoriness of Seymour, 70;
draft completed, 71.

Frye, William P., U.S. senator from Maine, iii. 471;
on Robertson's appointment, 471;
on Conkling's resignation, 478, note.

Fuller, Philo C., career and character of, i. 371;
a Weed lieutenant, 371;
clerk in Wadsworth's office, 371.

Fulton, Robert, history of steam navigation, i. 74-7;
associated with R.R. Livingston, 77.

Furman, Gabriel, nominated for lt.-gov., 1842, ii. 52;
character of, 52;
defeated, 55.

Fusion ticket, 1860, ii. 331-2;
money given for it, 332-3.

Gallagher, Frank B., nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii. 159;
defeated, 165.

Ganson, John, delegate to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii. 108.

Gardiner, A