Birthday receptions, M.'s, 225, 305, | Burlington Clipper, on M.'s reëlection
Blacksmith, Morrills as, 3, 6. Blaine, J. G., popularity, 95; on lead- ers of House, 101; on Stevens, 106; introduction to M., 152; on M. and Senate, letter, 165, 183; visit to Eu- rope with M., 185-207; letter to M. on it, 185; on covering ground, 186; on visit to Parliament, 186, 187; presidential candidacy (1876), 286; M. and candidacy for nomina- tion (1880), 296; M. and candidacy (1884), 306-08; and reciprocity, 320.
Blair, F. P., Jr. (or S. S.), smokes in House, 120.
Boggs, L. W., murder, 88.
Books, M. on boy's right to, 10; M.'s libraries, 24, 223; M.'s bent and taste, 34, 250-52.
Bounty, M. and maple sugar, 338. Boutwell, G. S., and Crime of '73, 344.
Bowie, T. F., drunk in House, 63, 66. Bowles, Samuel, and M., 334. Brewer, W. H., on authorship of Mor- rill Act, 283.
Bright, John, on Lincoln, 161. Brooks, P. S., and method of disun- ion, 67; assault on Sumner, 75-77, 80.
Brown, Amos, and M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 264, 277. Bryan, W. J., M. on, 345. Buchanan, James, on campaign (1856) and disunion, 81; Lecomp- ton message, 91, 100; M. on weak- ness, 121; veto of M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 267, 268.
Buckham, M. H., and M., 261; letter from M. on Milton and Euripides, 353.
Building and Grounds, Senate Com-
mittee on, M. as member, 249. Bull Run, M. on battle, 125-27. Burke, Edmund, M. on self-con- sciousness, 326.
Burlingame, Anson, and Kansas, 93.
Buzzell, Aaron, and Plattsburgh inva- sion, 4; character, 14.
Calais, M. on, 192.
Caldwell, Alexander, bribery case, 244-46.
Calvin, Jean, M. on church, 201. Cameron, Simon, Green controversy, 92; letters to M. on improvement of Washington, 250, 251; and M., M. on, 251, 252.
Campbell, L. D., in Speakership con- test (1855), 68.
Canada, M. and annexation, 151,
320, 321. See also Reciprocity. Capitol, Statuary Hall, 159, 248; M. and grounds and building, 249-52. Carney, Thomas, Caldwell bribery. 245, 246.
Carpenter, Edna (Morrill), 8. Carpenter, Ephraim, wife, 8. Caruthers, Samuel, speech in House, 63.
Cary, H. C., and M., 334. Chandler, Zachariah, and South- erners, 92; and Motley's removal, 236.
Chase, S. P., and M. as financier, 133; and M.'s opposition to legal tender, 134; judicial opinion on legal ten- der, 138.
Chichester, M. on races, 203. Child labor in Belgium, 194. Choate, Rufus, and Zollverein Treaty, 255.
Civil service reform under Hayes,
controversy, 289-91.
Civil War, foreshadowed, 73; M. on outbreak, 124, 125; Bull Run, 125- 27; doubts and successes, 127, 128, 131; suffering of soldiers, 129; M. and removal of intoxicated officers, 129, 130; Wilderness, 131, 132; tar- iff, 133, 147, 148; legal tender, 134, 136-42, 144, 146; internal revenue acts, 142, 143, 146; M. on national progress during, 145, 146; extrava-
ner break, 233; and removal of Arthur, 291; and Edmunds, 300; M. and Reid on (1884), 303.
gance, 146, 147; denunciation of Reciprocity Treaty, 148-51; M.'s resolution on conduct, 158. Clark, Edward, architect of M.'s Consular Reports, M. on wrapping, house, 222.
Clay, C. C., and M.'s Land-Grant Cooke, Jay, on payment of bonds,
College Bill, 267. Cleveland, Grover, M. and, 313; and death of Grant, 313; and silver (1885), M.'s correspondence on, 314-16; M. and tariff message, 318, 319.
Copperas works at Strafford, 22, 31. Cornell, Ezra, and Land-Grant Col- lege Act, 271.
Cornell University, and Land-Grant College Act, 271; portrait of M., 304.
Corning, Erastus, and M., 334. Cotton goods, South and tariff, 108.
Clifford, Nathan, M. on, 91. Cobb, Daniel, and battle of Platts- burgh, 4. Cobb, David, and grammar lessons, Covode, John, and Keitt-Grow affair,
Cobb, Howell, and Speakership con- Craige, B. F., and Keitt-Grow affair,
Crawford, M. J., correspondence with M. on amnesty, 177, 178. Crédit Mobilier, M. and, 244. Crime of '73, M. on, 344. Crittenden, J. J., and M.'s Land- Grant College Bill, 264, 277. Cullen, E. D., drunk in House, 63, 66.
test (1885), 67. Cobb, W. R. W., and M.'s Land- Grant College Bill, 95, 263, 265, 266; character, and secession, 266. Colfax, Schuyler, on Ompompanoo- | suc River, 17; and M., 102; letter from M., 154; Speaker, 162; and M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 271. Collamer, Jacob, and Daniel Cobb, 4; and M., 36, 102; mess, 62; on | Curtin, A. G., at Homberg, 197. Kansas and slavery, 93; and le- Curtis, Mrs. -, boarding-house, 62. gal tender, 142; death, 163; on M. Curtis, G. W., and M., 256. as successor, 170; statue for Fed- Cushing, Caleb, M.'s attack on, 123. eral Capitol, 248; and M.'s Land- Grant College Bill, 267; M.'s eu- logy, 329.
Dam, M.'s father's rights, 5-7. Danites, M. on, 28. Davenport, Eugene, on authorship of Morrill Act, 283. Davis, H. W., and M.'s tariff bill, 103, 104, 113; M. on, 103; on M. as fi- nancier, 133.
Davis, John, period of congressional services, 337.
Dawes, H. L., and M., 222; on M.'s speeches, 329; period of congres- sional services, 337. Debating society, M. and, 39. Derby, Lord, in debate, 206. Dillingham, Paul, and M.'s candidacy for Senate, 170.
Disunion, Southern disagreement on
method, 67; threat in 1856, 81. See also Secession.
Dough faces, M. on repudiation, 64, 75.
Douglas, S. A., popularity, 95; and
M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 267. Dow, Jeremiah, M. clerks for, 29. Dow, Neal, presidential candidacy, 297.
paign of generals, 287; (1884) M. on Republican aspirants, 305; (1896) M. on Bryan, 345; M. in campaign, 345.
Eliot, C. W., M. and slur on Washing- ton, 253.
Emancipation, M.'s attitude, 127; M. and amendment, 162, 163. England, M. in, 188-91, 203-07.
Dred Scott decision, reception, 89; M. English, M. on, 205.
Drunkenness, in House of Represen- tatives, 63, 66; M. on, of army offi- cers, 129, 130. Dunn, G. G., dough face, 75.
Earle,, office-seeker, 257. Economic conditions in America, dur- ing M.'s early years, 11. Edinburgh, M. on, 207. Edmunds, G. E., appointment to Senate, 172; and M., letters, 222, 308, 309; presidential candidacy, M. on it, 286, 297, 305-07; and Jus- ticeship, letter to M., 289, 290, 300; and civil service reform, 290; and reciprocity, 320; on M.'s speeches, 329; period of congres- sional services, 337. Edmundson, H. A., and Giddings, 72. | Education, M. on boy's right, 10; M.'s, 23, 24. See also Land-Grant College Acts.
Eight-hour day, M.'s opposition, 341. Elections, (1848) M. and Taylor's candidacy, 50; (1852) Whig Con- vention, 53-56; (1854) M.'s candi- dacy for Congress, 56-60; (1856) issues, 80; result, 84; (1860) Mor- rill's Tariff Bill as issue, 109, 110; (1864) M. on Union confidence, 160; M. on renomination of Lin- coln, 161; result, 162; (1868) M. and Greenback movement, 216, 218; M. on issue, 218-20; (1872) Greeley's candidacy, 240; M. in, 240; (1876) Republican timber, 286, 287; M. and crisis, 287; (1880) M. on Republican aspirants, 296; cam-
Euripides, M. on, 352, 353.
Europe, M.'s trips, 185-207, 297, 298. Expansion, M.'s opposition, 229, 254, 345, 346.
Expenditures, M. and war-time ex- travagance, 146, 147; reduction as M.'s financial remedy, 217.
Farming. See Agriculture. Fessenden, W. P., first election to Senate, 58; mess, 62, 114; and M., 102; M. on, 115; and Sumner, 115; and sons in army, 132; and M. as financier, 133; and legal tender, 142; and M. on Finance Commit- tee, 182; and trial of Johnson, 210, 212, 213; letter from M. on trial, 211; defeat and death, 216. Field, R. B., and M., 99. Fillmore, Millard, candidacy (1852),
Finance Committee of Senate, M. as
member, 182, 226, 287, 291, 301. Finances, governmental, and panic of 1857, 103; M.'s ability, 133-36; M. and wartime extravagance, 146, 147; M. and McCulloch's policy, 227-29; M.'s consistent principles, 254. See also Money; Taxation. Fish, Hamilton, and Grant, 229; and
Grant-Sumner break, correspond- ence with M., 233-35; letter from M. on reciprocity, 255; M. and presidential candidacy, 287, 297. Fitch, John, as teacher, 24. Fleischman, C. L., memorial for agri- cultural schools, 274.
Foot, Solomon, letter to M. on mess,
62; and Giddings, 72; death, 165;
and M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 265.
Forney, J. W., and M., 253. Forster, W. E., M. meets, 186. Forum, M.'s reminiscences in, 333, 334, 336.
Foster, Charles, and silver, 288.
Fowler, J. S., and trial of Johnson, 213.
Fox, Daniel, and M., 29.
Frankfort, M. on, 196.
Free Soil Party, as temporary expe- dient, 58.
Frémont, J. C., candidacy, 81, 84. Frontier, American spirit, 11. Fruit, M. on, 49, 50.
Fugitive Slave Act, M. on, 60. Fuller, H. M., in Speakership contest (1855), 68.
Gambling, M. on European resorts, 197-99.
Garfield, J. A., on M. and protection, 103; in Scotland, 207; presidential candidacy, 297, 298; and M., 298; assassination, 298, 299.
General store of village, as institution,
Geneva, M. on Calvin's church, 201. George IV, M. on self-consciousness, 326.
Giddings, J. R., in Speakership con-
and Reid on schemes and finances (1884), 303, 304; funeral, 313. Grant, U. S., Jr., Reid on (1884), 304. Great Britain, M.'s prejudice against, 36, 136, 164; and Morrill Tariff, 113. See also Canada.
Greeley, Horace, break with Grant, correspondence with M., 238-40; M. on his political economy, 238; presidential campaign, 240; and M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 264. See also New York Tribune. Green, J. S., Cameron controversy,
92. Greenback issue, M. and (1868), 216–
18; (1877), 286-89. See also Paper money.
Grimes, J. W., and M., 102; mess,
114; M. on, 115; and trial of John- son, 210, 213; and M.'s Land- Grant College Bill, 270.
Grow, G. A., origin of first name, 68; Keitt affair, 69, 70, 92.
Hall, Abner, and Bible, 15. Hall, N. K., and land donation to en- courage agriculture, 275. Hamlin, Hannibal, birthday party for M., 225.
Hancock, W. S., presidential candi- dacy, 297.
Harlan, James, and M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 267, 277.
Harper's Weekly, and Morrill Tariff,
test (1855), 66, 68; M. on, 72. Gilman, D. C., and M., 256, 261. Gladstone, W. E., M.'s reply to free- trade article, 332; M.'s characteris- tics compared with, 349-57. Goodwood Races, M. on, 203. Grant, U. S., Wilderness campaign, 131; candidacy (1868), 218-20; M. and administration, 229; M. op- poses generalship, 229, 230; break with Sumner, M. as mediator, 231- 37; break with Greeley, 237-40; M. and scandals, 244; and Belknap im- peachment, 246; effect of adminis- tration on Republican party, 285; and Edmunds, 289; M. and candi- dacy for nomination (1880), 296; M. | Harrison, J. S., dough face, 75.
Harris, J. H., and battle of Platts-
burgh, 4; and M.'s education, 23; influence on M., 26, 59; M. clerks for, 25; store as institution, 25; M.'s partnership, 29-33; M.'s relations with family, 51, 52; hospitality, 52; death, 61.
Harris, Janette, and M., 51, 52; mar- riage, 52.
Harris, Judith (Young), 27. Harris, Marcia, and M., 51, 52. Harrison, Benjamin, M. on presiden- tial aspiration (1884), 307.
Harvey, J. E., and M.'s Land-Grant
Hatch, R. A., and Morrill dam, 6, 7. Hatch, Royal, M. clerks for, 25. Haven, S. G., dough face, 75. Hawaii, M. opposes annexation, 346. Hawley, J. R., M. on presidential as- piration, 307.
Hayes, R. B., and M., 222, 287; elec- tion, 287; M.'s fears on sound money, 288, 289; letter from M. on Edmunds for Supreme Court, 289, 290; New York controversy, 290. Healey, G. P. A., portrait of M., 304. Helper, H. R., congressional contro-
versy over Impending Crisis, 71. Henderson, J. B., and trial of Johnson, 213.
Herbert, P. T., trial, 76. Hickman, Bill, Danite, 88. Hitchcock, and M.'s Land-
Grant College Bill, 280. Hoar, G. F., and M., 222, 347; on Sumner's egotism, 235; and salary grab, 243; and Gray for Supreme Court, 300; on M.'s speeches, 329; and Imperialism, 345; on McKinley and M., 346; letter from M. on British Mission, 347; and rumor of M.'s resignation, 348.
Holman, W. S., and M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 270.
Holmes, O. W., as snob, III; and
poem at Washington Monument dedication, 311.
Homberg, M. on, gambling, 197, 198. Homestead, Morrill, 7.
Hooper, Samuel, M. on reëlection, 160. Horses, M. on English, 191; stables of Napoleon III, 202; Goodwood Races, 203; M.'s pair, 227. Hosford, Ralph, death, 29. Houghton, H. O., and M., 342. House of Representatives, character (1855), 62, 63; conditions and Speakership contest (1855), 64-68, 73-75; Keitt-Grow affair, 69, 70, 92; Kansas question, 77-80, 91-93;
service and leadership, 101; ante- bellum sectional hostility, Pryor- Potter affair, 115-17. See also Morrill, Justin S. (In House). Houses, M.'s, 51, 221-25.
Howard, W. A., and Morrill Tariff,
103, 104; and Senate (1870), 236. Hunt, Jacob, and M., 29. Hunt, Mary, M.'s mother, 3, 4. Hunter, R. M. T., and M.'s Land-
Grant College Bill, 267. Hunting, M. on experience, 47- Hyde Park, M. on, 191.
Illinois, M. on prairie farming (1841) and squatter claims, 46, 47. Impeachment, M. on Belknap case,
246, 247. See also Johnson, Andrew. Imperialism, M.'s opposition, 345, 346. Internal revenue, M. and first war- time bill, 142, 143; second bill, 146; postbellum bill, 168. Ireland, M. in, 188. Italy, M. in, 200, 201.
James, E. J., on authorship of Morrill Act, 278-84. Jewett, -, letter from M., 229. Johnson, Andrew, struggle with Con- gress, 176, 177, 183; historical ver- dict on impeachment, 208; M. and trial, 209, 210; M. and Fessenden's attitude, 209-11; popular demand for conviction, 212; M.'s statement, 213-14; M.'s social relations, 215. Johnson, Eastman, portraits of M., 225, 304, 305. Johnson, Samuel, M. on self-con- sciousness, 325, 327.
Jonson, G. W., letter from M., 155; to M. on trial of Johnson, 212. Joy, Arad, and M.'s Land-Grant Col- lege Bill, 264.
Julian, G. W., and M.'s Land-Grant College Bill, 271.
Kandel, J. L., on authorship of Land- Grant College Act, 284. Kansas, M. on free State, 77-80, 89;
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