New York draft-riot, 1863, iii. 68, 69.

New York _Evening Post_, established by Hamilton and Jay, i. 117;
edited by William Coleman, 117.

New York Legislature, gerrymander of, iii. 397-8.

New York troops, promptly forwarded after Lincoln's call, 1861, iii. 7;
engaged at battle of Bull Run, 12, note.

Nicholas, John, member of Council of Appointment, 1807, i. 156.

Nichols, Asher P., nominated for state comp., 1870, iii. 231;
elected, 244;
renominated, 1871, 273;
defeated, 275;
renominated, 308;
defeated, 309.

Noah, Mordecai Manesseh, editor _National Advocate_, i. 262;
character and career of, 262, 351;
opposed to Erie canal, 262;
opposition silenced by Van Buren, 262;
supports Clinton for gov., 1826, 351.

North, S. Newton Dexter, Albany _Express_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

North, William, elected to U.S. senate, i. 70;
service and character of, 71;
on staff of Baron Steuben, 71 and note;
speaker of Assembly, 171.

Nott, Eliphalet, President Union College, ii. 34.

Noyes, William Curtis, at peace congress, ii. 350.

Presents letter from Morgan, 1862, iii. 44;
would welcome Lincoln's withdrawal, 1864, 104.

O'Conor, Charles, in constitutional con., 1846, ii. 104;
opposes negro suffrage, 107;
on elective judiciary, 109;
opposed constitution of 1846, 112;
conservatism of, 112;
nominated for lt.-gov., 1848, 134;
career of, 134-5;
in campaign, 1852, 178;
declines to support the Softs, 186.

Sympathy with the South, iii. 4;
supports' Tilden's attack upon the Tweed ring, 268;
letter to Dem. state con., 1871, 272;
credits Tilden with impeachment of Tweed judges, 293.

O'Rourke, Matthew J., aids in exposure of Tweed ring, iii. 246;
estimated aggregate of sum stolen, 248-9.

Oakley, Thomas J., surrogate of Dutchess County, i. 171;
removed, 179;
friend of Clinton, 254;
displaces Van Buren as atty.-gen., 273;
opposes Tompkins' accounts, 276;
removed as atty.-gen., 287.

Oaksmith, Appleton, del. to seceding states, ii. 351-2.

Office-seekers, number and persistence of, ii. 388-9.

Ogden, Darius A., nominated for canal com., 1876, iii. 347;
elected, 351.

"Ohio Idea," The, iii. 179-181.

Olcott, Frederick P., nominated for state comp., 1877, iii. 384;
elected, 387;
renominated, 1879, 424;
defeated, 427.

Olcott, Thomas W., financier of Albany Regency, ii. 20;
refuses nomination for state comp., 1863,