70;
prosecuted Major Andre, 70;
marriage of, 70.

Lawrence, Lewis, editor of Utica _Republican_, iii. 385.

Leavenworth, Elias W., nominated for sec. of state, ii. 258.

Lecompton constitution, character of, ii. 246;
Douglas on, 246;
see Kansas.

Ledyard, Isaac, supports Burr for gov., 1792, i. 50.

Lester, Albert, in canal debate, ii. 63.

Lewis, Harris, nominated for gov., 1879, iii. 412;
defeated, 427.

Lewis, Morgan, brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, i. 49;
atty.-gen., 49;
chief justice Supreme Court, 115;
nominated for gov., 1804, 136;
reasons for it, 137;
career of, 136-7;
powerful support, 137;
elected, 138;
practices nepotism, 147, 155, 156;
favours Merchants' Bank, 148, 190;
Clinton opposed to, 149-50;
secures Council, 154;
removes Clinton from mayoralty, 154-5;
opposed by Tompkins, 155;
renominated for gov., 161;
defeated, 161;
member of Council, 217;
supports Riker for Supreme Court, 217;
in war of 1812, 221;
character as a soldier, 221;
retires in disgrace, 225.

Lewis, William B., candidate for state treas., 1861, iii. 23, note;
elected, 29.

L'Hommedieu, Ezra, in first constitutional con., i. 5;
ridicules Livingston's steamboat, 76.

Liberal Republican party, organisation, 1872, iii. 280;
calls Nat. con., 280;
prominent Reps. aid movement, 280;
Greeley's reasons for joining it, 281-2;
nominate Greeley for President, 286;
ticket endorsed by Dems., 289;
defeated, 302;
leaders in N.Y. return to Rep. party, 1874, 315.

Liberal Republican state conventions, 1872, Syracuse, iii. 296;
1874, Albany, 315-6;
1875, Albany, 326;
1876, Saratoga, 337;
unites with Rep. state con., 1876, 337.

Lieutenant-governorship, not necessarily stepping stone to gov., i. 180.

Lincoln, Abraham, first meeting with Seward, ii. 143;
defeated for nomination for Vice-President, 229;
lectures in New York City, 262-4;
Greeley on, 263-4;
defeats Crittenden compromise, 344;
Greeley's relations with, 402-3.

Orders relief of Fort Sumter, iii. 1;
call for troops, 3;
reply to Greeley, 35;
letter to Seymour, 63;
to Erastus Corning on Vallandigham, 65-6;
letter to Seymour about draft, 71;
letter to Rep. state con., 1863, 77-8;
its influence, 79-80;
relations with Seward, 84;
with Weed, 85-7;
veiled opposition to, 87;
effort to postpone Rep. nat. con., 1864, 88-9;
Radicals resent his