[994] Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, pp. 126-127.
[995] Arnold, Lincoln, p. 201, note.
[996] The speech was printed in full in the New York Tribune, May 1, 1861.
[997] The New York Tribune, June 13th, and the Philadelphia Press, June 14th, published this speech in full.
[998] Arnold, Lincoln, p. 193. See also his remarks in the Senate, January 3, 1861.
INDEX[ToC]
- Abolitionism, debate in the Senate on, [124-126].
- Abolitionists, in Illinois, [156], [158-160];
- agitation of, [194-195].
- Adams, John Quincy, on Douglas, [72], [76], [89], [98];
- Albany Regency, [10].
- Anderson, Robert, dispatch to War Department, [442];
- moves garrison to Port Sumter, [451].
- Andrews, Sherlock J., [11].
- Anti-Masonry, in New York, [10].
- Anti-Nebraska party. See Republican party.
- "Appeal of the Independent Democrats," origin, [240];
- assails motives of Douglas, [241].
- Arnold, Martha, grandmother of Stephen A. Douglas, [4].
- Arnold, William, ancestor of Stephen A. Douglas, [4].
- Ashmun, George, [475], [476], [477].
- Atchison, David R., pro-slavery leader in Missouri, [223];
- Badger, George E., [215].
- "Barnburners," [132].
- Bay Islands, Colony of, [209], [213].
- Bell, John, presidential candidate, [425], [429], [440].
- Benjamin, Judah P., quoted, [402], [453].
- Benton, Thomas H., [44], [117], [223].
- Berrien, John M., [185].
- Bigler, William, [333], [335], [417], [446].
- Bissell, William H., [305].
- Black, Jeremiah S., controversy with Douglas, [409-410].
- "Black Republicans," origin of epithet, [275];
- "Blue Lodges" of Missouri, [283], [286].
- Boyd, Linn, [182].
- Brandon, birthplace of Douglas, [5], [9], [69].
- Brandon Academy, [7], [9].
- Breckinridge, John C., [382];
- Breese, Sidney, judge of Circuit Court, [52];
- Bright, Jesse D., [119], [417].
- Broderick, David C., and Lecompton constitution, [335];
- Brooks, S.S., editor of Jacksonville News, [19], [20], [25], [40].
- Brooks, Preston, assaults Sumner, [298].
- Brown, Albert G., [247], [340], [341], [397-398], [402].
- Brown, John, Pottawatomie massacre, [299];
- Brown, Milton, of Tennessee, [89].
- Browning, O.H., [66], [67], [115].
- Buchanan, James, candidacy (1852), [206];
- Bulwer, Sir Henry, Clayton-Bulwer treaty, [209].
- Butler, Andrew P., [119], [137], [216].
- Calhoun, John, president of Lecompton Convention, [327].
- Calhoun, John C., [120];
- California, coveted by Polk, [109];
- Canandaigua Academy, [9], [10].
- Carlin, Thomas, [42], [45], [51].
- Cass, Lewis, defends Oregon policy, [99];
- Charleston Convention, delegates to, [413], [416];
- Chase, Salmon P., joint author of the "Appeal," [240-241];
- investments of Douglas in, [310].
- Chicago, residence of Douglas, [309];
- Chicago Convention, [425].
- declares Springfield resolutions a forgery, [370].
- Chicago Press and Tribune, on Douglas, [349];
- Chicago Times, Douglas organ in Northwest, [305], [328].
- Chicago University, gift of Douglas to, [310].
- Clark Resolution (1861), [452].
- Clay, Henry, compromise programme, [176];
- Clayton-Bulwer treaty, [209-214].
- Clayton, John M., [119];
- Clingman, Thomas L., [425], [444], [466].
- Colfax, Schuyler, [348].
- Collamer, Jacob, [289], [338], [446-447].
- Colorado bill, [456];
- Committee on Territories, Douglas as chairman, in House, [99-100];
- Compromise of 1850, Clay's resolutions, [176-177];
- Constitutional Union party, possibility of, [349];
- Cook, Isaac, [418].
- Crittenden Compromise, [446-447];
- Crittenden, John J., favors Douglas's re-election, [382];
- Cuba, acquisition of, favored by Douglas, [199], [208], [396-397].
- Cutts, J. Madison, father of Adèle Cutts Douglas, [255], [316].
- Buchanan Democrats, [382].
- Danites, Mormon order, [90];
- Davis, Jefferson, and Douglas, [189];
- Davis, John, [119].
- campaign, [80-81];
- platform, [84], [98-99], [104-105];
- convention of 1848, [131-132];
- Cass and Barnburners, [132-133];
- convention of 1852, [204-206];
- campaign, [207];
- Cincinnati convention, [276-278];
- platform and candidate, [278-279];
- "Bleeding Kansas," [299] ff.;
- election of 1856, [305-306];
- Charleston convention, [413] ff.;
- Davis resolutions, [415-416];
- minority report, [418-420];
- secession, [420];
- adjournment, [421];
- Baltimore convention, [426-428];
- Bolters' convention, [428];
- campaign of 1860, [429-441].
- Democratic party, Baltimore convention (1844), [79];
- Democratic Review, and candidacy of Douglas (1852), [200-202].
- Dickinson, Daniel S., [128], [382].
- Divorce, Douglas on, [33-34].
- and Nebraska bill, [239].
- Dixon, Archibald, and repeal of Missouri Compromise, [235-236];
- favors two Territories, [239].
- Dodge, Augustus C., Nebraska bill of, [228];
- Doolittle, James R., [446].
- Douglas, Adèle Cutts, wife of Stephen A., [316-317];
- Douglas, Martha (née Martha Denny Martin), daughter of
- Early years:
- Beginnings in Politics:
- first public speech, [20-21];
- elected State's attorney, [22];
- first indictments, [23-24];
- defends Caucus system, [26-27];
- candidate for Legislature, [27-29];
- in Legislature, [29-34];
- Register of Land Office, [35-36];
- nominated for Congress (1837), [40-41];
- campaign against Stuart, [42-44];
- resumes law practice, [45];
- chairman of State committee, [47-50];
- Secretary of State, [53];
- appointed judge, [56-57];
- visits Mormons, [58];
- on the Bench, [63-64];
- candidate for Senate, [62];
- nominated for Congress, [65];
- elected, [67].
- Congressman:
- defends Jackson, [69-72];
- reports on Election Law, [73-76];
- plea for Internal Improvements, [77-78];
- on Polk, [80];
- meets Jackson, [81-82];
- re-elected (1844), [83];
- advocates annexation of Texas, [85-90];
- and the Mormons, [91-92];
- proposes Oregon bills, [95];
- urges "re-occupation of Oregon," [96-98];
- supports Polk's policy, [99];
- appointed chairman of Committee on Territories, [99];
- offers bill on Oregon, [101];
- opposes compromise and arbitration, [101-103];
- renominated for Congress, [103];
- and the President, [104-106];
- proposes organization of Oregon, [106];
- advocates admission of Florida, [107];
- defends Mexican War, [109-110];
- claims Rio Grande as boundary, [111-114];
- seeks military appointment, [114-115];
- re-elected (1846), [115];
- defends Polk's war policy, [116-117];
- elected Senator (1847), [117-118].
- United States Senator:
- appointed chairman of Committee on Territories, [119];
- on Ten Regiments bill, [120-122];
- on Abolitionism, [124-126];
- second attempt to organize Oregon, [129];
- favors Clayton Compromise, [130];
- proposes extension of Missouri Compromise line, [131];
- offers California statehood bills, [134-137];
- advocates "squatter sovereignty," [138-139];
- presents resolutions of Illinois Legislature, [140];
- marriage, [147];
- denies ownership of slaves, [149-150];
- removes to Chicago, [169];
- advocates central railroad, [169-172];
- speech on California (1850), [177] ff.;
- concerts territorial bills with Toombs and Stephens, [181-182];
- vote on compromise measures, [187-188];
- defends Fugitive Slave Law, [191-194];
- presidential aspirations, [195-196];
- on intervention in Hungary, [199-200];
- candidacy (1852), [200-206];
- in campaign of 1852, [207];
- re-elected Senator, [208] n.;
- death of his wife, [208];
- on Clayton-Bulwer treaty, [211-214];
- hostility to Great Britain, [215-216];
- travels abroad, [217-219];
- proposes military colonization of Nebraska, [221];
- urges organization of Nebraska, [224-225];
- report of January 4, 1854, [229] ff.;
- offers substitute for Dodge bill, [231-232];
- interprets new bill, [233-234];
- and Dixon, [235-236];
- drafts Kansas-Nebraska bill, [237];
- secures support of administration, [237-238];
- reports bill, [239];
- arraigned by Independent Democrats, [241];
- replies to "Appeal," [241-243];
- proposes amendments to Kansas-Nebraska bill, [246], [249];
- closes debate, [251-254];
- answers protests, [256-257];
- faces mob in Chicago, [258-259];
- denounces Know-Nothings, [263];
- in campaign of 1854, [264] ff.;
- debate with Lincoln, [265-266];
- and Shields, [267], [268];
- on the elections, [269-272];
- and Wade, [272-273];
- on "Black Republicanism," [275-276];
- candidacy at Cincinnati, [276-278];
- supports Buchanan, [278];
- reports on Kansas, [289-293];
- proposes admission of Kansas, [293];
- replies to Trumbull, [294];
- and Sumner, [296-298];
- reports Toombs bill, [300-301];
- omits referendum provision, [302];
- subsequent defense, [303-304];
- in campaign of 1856, [304-306];
- second marriage, [316];
- on Dred Scott decision, [321-323];
- interview with Walker, [325];
- and Buchanan, [327-328];
- denounces Lecompton constitution, [329-332];
- report on Kansas, [338-340];
- speech on Lecomptonism, [341-343];
- rejects English bill, [345-347];
- Republican ally, [348];
- re-election opposed, [349-350];
- in Chicago, [352-354];
- opening speech of campaign, [354-357];
- speech at Bloomington, [358-360];
- speech at Springfield, [360-361];
- agrees to joint debate, [362];
- first debate at Ottawa, [363-370];
- Springfield resolutions, [370];
- Freeport debate, [370-375];
- debate at Jonesboro, [375-378];
- debate at Charleston, [378-381];
- friends and foes, [381-382];
- resources, [382-383];
- debate at Galesburg, [383-386];
- debate at Quincy, [386-388];
- debate at Alton, [388-390];
- the election, [391-392];
- journey to South and Cuba, [393-395];
- deposed from chairmanship of Committee on Territories, [395];
- supports Slidell project, [396];
- debate of February 23, 1859, [397] ff.;
- opposes slave-trade, [403-404];
- Harper's Magazine article, [405-409];
- controversy with Black, [409-410];
- in Ohio, [410-411];
- presidential candidate of Northwest, [413], [416];
- and the South, [414];
- and Republicans, [414-415];
- candidate at Charleston, [416] ff.;
- defends his orthodoxy, [422-424];
- nominated at Baltimore, [427];
- letter of acceptance, [428];
- personal canvass, [429-439];
- on election of Lincoln, [439] ff.;
- and Crittenden compromise, [446-448];
- speech of January 3, 1861, [449] ff.;
- efforts for peace, [448], [452], [453];
- offers fugitive slave bill, [454];
- and Mason, [454-455];
- and Wigfall, [455-456];
- fears the Blairs, [461];
- opinion of President-elect, [461];
- and Lincoln, [462-463];
- at inauguration, [464];
- and the inaugural, [466-468];
- on reinforcement of Sumter, [468-469];
- in the confidence of Lincoln, [469-470];
- on policy of administration, [471-473];
- faces war, [474];
- closeted with Lincoln, April [14], [475-477];
- press dispatch, [477];
- first War Democrat, [478];
- mission in Northwest, [478-480];
- speech at Bellaire, [480-482];
- speech at Columbus, [482-483];
- speech at Springfield, [483-485];
- speech at Chicago, [485-487];
- premonitions of war, [487-488];
- last illness and death, [488-489].
- Personal traits:
- Physical appearance, [22-23], [69], [294-295], [364-365];
- limitations upon his culture, [36-37], [119-120], [215-217], [270-272];
- his indebtedness to Southern associations, [147-148], [317-318];
- advocate rather than judge, [70-71], [121-122], [177-181], [270-272], [321];
- liberal in religion, [263], [317];
- retentive memory, [319-320];
- his impulsiveness, [320];
- his generosity of temper, [320];
- his loyalty to friends, [267-268], [318-319];
- his prodigality in pecuniary matters, [309-310];
- his domestic relations, [317];
- the man and the politician, [270-272].
- As a party leader:
- As a statesman:
- readiness in debate, [320];
- early manner of speaking, [70] ff.;
- later manner, [251-252], [294-297];
- insight into value of the public domain, [36], [311-312];
- belief in territorial expansion, [100], [107-108];
- his Chauvinism, [87-88], [97-98], [101-103], [199], [211-214];
- his statecraft, [100], [107-108], [174-181], [270-272], [314-315];
- abhorrence of civil war, [449-451], [484-487];
- love of the Union, [324], [436-437], [481], [484], [489].
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold.
- Douglass, Benajah, grandfather of Stephen A. Douglas, [4-5].
- Douglass, Sally Fisk, mother of Stephen A. Douglas, [5].
- Douglass, Stephen A., father of Stephen A. Douglas, [5].
- Douglass, William, ancestor of Stephen A. Douglas, [4].
- Dred Scott decision, Douglas on, [321-323], [356], [359-360], [372-373], [377];
- Duncan, Joseph, [50], [60].
- Douglas on, [74-75].
- Election Law of 1842, [73];
- Elections, State and local, [22], [29], [50], [61], [158-159], [267];
- English bill, reported, [343];
- Everett, Edward, [256], [429].
- Fessenden, William P., [473-474].
- Field, Alexander P., [52].
- Fillmore, Millard, [280].
- Fitch, Graham N., [335], [336].
- Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, [428].
- Foote, Henry S., on Abolitionism, [124-125];
- Ford, Thomas, [61], [90], [154].
- on Douglas and Lincoln, [480].
- Forney, John W., [305], [437];
- Fort Pickens, question of evacuating, [468] ff.
- Fort Sumter, occupation advised, [442];
- Francis, Simeon, [46].
- Frémont, John C., [280].
- Freeport doctrine, foreshadowed, [322], [359-360];
- Free-Soil party, convention of, [132];
- Fugitive Slave Law, passed, [187];
- See Republican party.
- Fusion party, in Illinois, [264] ff.
- Galena alien case, [47], [48], [54].
- Granger, Gehazi, [9].
- Great Britain, animus of Douglas toward, concerning Oregon, [88],
- favors re-election of Douglas, [349].
- Great Western Railroad Company, [168].
- Greeley, Horace, and Douglas, [320], [348];
- Green, James S., [333], [335], [338], [401], [457].
- Greenhow's History of the Northwest Coast of North America, [94], [95].
- Grimes, James W., [446].
- Guthrie, James, [420], [427].
- Hale, John P., [124], [138], [186].
- Hall, Willard P., [223-224].
- Hannegan, Edward A., [103-104].
- Hardin, John J., [21-22], [27], [91], [92].
- Harper's Magazine, essay by Douglas in, [405] ff.
- Harris, Thomas L., [265].
- Helper's Impending Crisis, [412-413].
- Herndon, William H., Lincoln's law partner, [351].
- Hise, Elijah, drafts treaty, [210].
- Hoge, Joseph B., [118].
- Homestead bill of Douglas, [311].
- Honduras and its dependencies, claimed by Great Britain, [209-211].
- Howe, Henry, [9].
- Hunter, R.M.T., [420], [446].
- Illinois and Michigan Canal, lands granted to, [31];
- Illinois Central Railroad, inception of, [168];
- Illinois Republican, attack upon office of, [37-38].
- Illinois State Register, on Douglas, [46], [81-82];
- Douglas on, [30-31].
- Indian claims, in Nebraska, [220], [222-225], [238-239].
- Internal Improvements, agitation in Illinois, [29-30];
- Iverson, Alfred, [443], [444].
- Jackson, Andrew, [16], [20];
- Jacksonville, Illinois, early home of Douglas, [14] ff.
- Johnson, Hadley D., [226], [238-239].
- Johnson, Herschel V., [428].
- Johnson, Thomas, [225], [226].
- colonists of Emigrant Aid Company in, [283];
- defect in organic act of, [284];
- first elections in, [284] ff.;
- invasion by Missourians, [286];
- first territorial legislature, [286-287];
- Topeka convention and free State legislature, [288];
- sack of Lawrence, [299];
- raid of John Brown, [299];
- convention elected, [325];
- free State party in control of legislature, [326];
- Lecompton convention, [326-327];
- vote on constitution, [337-338];
- land ordinance rejected, [347].
- Judiciary bill, in Illinois legislature, [54-56], [59].
- in Democratic caucus, [243-245];
- wording criticised, [245];
- amended, [246], [248], [249], [250];
- passes to third reading in Senate, [250];
- course in House, [254-255];
- defeat of Clayton amendment, [255-256];
- passes Senate, [256];
- becomes law, [256];
- arouses North, [256] ff.;
- popular sovereignty in, [281-282].
- Kansas, first settlers in, [283];
- Kansas-Nebraska bill, origin of, [236-239];
- King, William F., [172].
- Knowlton, Caleb, [9].
- Know-Nothing party, origin, [262];
- Kossuth, Louis, reception of, [199] ff.
- Lamborn, Josiah, [16].
- Lane, James H., in Kansas, [287-288].
- Lane, Joseph, [205], [428].
- Lecompton constitution, origin, [326-327];
- Lee, Robert E., [482].
- Letcher, John, [480].
- leader of "the Long Nine," [34];
- debate with Douglas (1839), [46];
- on Douglas, [46];
- elected to Congress, [116];
- debate with Douglas (1854), [265-266];
- "the Peoria Truce," [266] n.;
- candidate for Senate, [268-269];
- Republican nominee for Senate (1858), [350];
- early career, [351];
- personal traits, [351-352];
- addresses Republican convention, [352-353];
- hears Douglas in Chicago, [354];
- replies to Douglas, [357-358];
- speech at Springfield, [361];
- proposes joint debates, [362];
- personal appearance, [364-365];
- debate at Ottawa, [365-370];
- Freeport debate, [370-375];
- debate at Jonesboro, [375-378];
- debate at Charleston, [378-381];
- resources, [382];
- debate at Galesburg, [383-386];
- debate at Quincy, [386-388];
- debate at Alton, [388-390];
- defeated, [392];
- in Ohio, [410-411];
- presidential candidate, [425];
- elected, [440-441];
- enters Washington, [461];
- and advisers, [461], [462];
- confers with Douglas, [463-464];
- inauguration, [464];
- address, [464-466];
- defended by Douglas, [466] ff.;
- consults Douglas, [469-470];
- not generally known, [471];
- decides to provision Sumter, [474];
- calls for troops, [475];
- confers with Douglas, [476-477], [478];
- last interview with Douglas, [479].
- Liberty party, [116], [158].
- Lincoln, Abraham, in Illinois legislature, [32] n.;
- Logan, Stephen T., [23].
- "Lord Coke's Assembly," [53], [55].
- McClernand, John A., [51], [55], [119], [182].
- McConnell, Murray, [14], [48].
- McRoberts, Samuel, [42].
- Marble, Mary Ann, wife of William Douglass, [4].
- Marble, Thomas, ancestor of Stephen A. Douglas, [4].
- Marshall, Edward C., [203].
- Martin, Colonel Robert, [145];
- letter of Douglas to, [313-314].
- Mason, James M., [454], [455], [469].
- Matteson, Joel A., [268-269];
- May, William L., [40].
- Mexico, Slidell's mission to, [109];
- to admit State, [340].
- Mexican War, announced by Polk, [105], [109];
- Minnesota bill, to organize territorial government, [142];
- Minnesota Block, Douglas residence in Washington, [337], [488].
- Missouri Compromise, and annexation of Texas, [89-90];
- Monroe doctrine, debated in Senate, [211-214].
- Moore, John, [60].
- Mormons, settle in Illinois, [57-58];
- Morris, Edward J., [96].
- Mosquito protectorate, [209], [210-211].
- Nashville convention (1844), [81].
- See Know-Nothing party.
- National Era, occasions controversy in Senate, [124].
- Native American party, [262].
- Nauvoo, settled by Mormons, [57];
- Nauvoo Legion, [58].
- Nebraska, first bill to organize, [95];
- Negro equality, Douglas on, [275-276], [356-357], [384];
- New England Emigrant Aid Company, [283].
- New Mexico, slavery in, [127] ff.;
- New York Times, supports Lincoln (1858), [382];
- New York Tribune, on Douglas, [332], [348], [403].
- Niles' Register, cited as a source, [112].
- Non-intervention, principle of, Cass on, [128];
- "Old Fogyism," [200].
- Oregon, emigration from Illinois to, [93];
- Pacific Railroad, and organization of Nebraska, [222-224], [238-239].
- Parker, Nahum, [8].
- resolution of, [463].
- Parker, Theodore, on Douglas, [393].
- Party organizations, beginnings of, in Illinois, [25-27], [38-42], [49-50];
- Payne, Henry B., [418-419].
- Peace Convention, [453];
- and Mexican War, [109];
- and slavery in Territories, [127-129];
- and election of 1848, [132-133];
- in Illinois, [157-158];
- and Free-Soilers, [158] ff.;
- and compromise of 1850, [195];
- nationalizing influence of, [260-262];
- decline of Whigs, [262];
- rise of Know-Nothings, [262];
- and Nebraska Act, [264] ff.;
- rise of Republican party, [273-274];
- and "Bleeding Kansas," [294], [299-302], [304-306];
- and Lecomptonism, [332] ff.;
- possible re-alignment of, [348-349];
- and Lincoln-Douglas contest, [349-350], [381-382], [393];
- and Freeport doctrine, [397-402], [413-414];
- and issues of 1860, [415] ff.;
- and election of 1860, [440-441].
- Peck, Ebenezer, [26], [56].
- indorsed by Douglas, [80];
- inaugural of, [98];
- on Oregon, [99];
- negotiates with Great Britain, [103-104];
- war message of, [105];
- and Douglas, [105-106];
- announces Oregon treaty, [106];
- covets California, [109];
- and appointments, [114], [118-119];
- urges indemnity, [127];
- and slavery in Territories, [131];
- proposes territorial governments, [133];
- proposes statehood bills, [135].
- Personal Liberty Acts, [445], [454].
- phrase coined, [253];
- in Kansas-Nebraska Act, [281-282];
- tested in Kansas, [283] ff.;
- and Dred Scott decision, [322];
- and Lecompton constitution, [326-327];
- defended by Douglas, [329-332], [338-340], [342-343];
- indorsed by Seward, [348];
- debated by Lincoln and Douglas, [355], [357], [359-360], [372-373], [376-377];
- denounced by South, [397] ff.;
- defended in Harper's Magazine [405-409];
- ridiculed by Black, [409-410];
- operates against slavery, [410-411], [429];
- Douglas urges further concessions to, [457], [459-460].
- Pierce, Franklin, presidential candidacy, [204-205];
- Political parties, and annexation of Texas, [84];
- Polk, James K., presidential candidacy, [70];
- Popular sovereignty, doctrine anticipated, [89];
- Powell, Lazarus W., [446].
- Public lands, granted to Illinois for canal, [31];
- Pugh, George E., and Lecompton constitution, [335];
- Ralston, J.H., [58].
- Raymond, Henry J., editor of New York Times, [436].
- Reapportionment Act of 1843, [64], [65].
- Reeder, A.H., governor of Kansas, [284];
- Reid, David S., [145], [146].
- Republican party, rise of, in Illinois, [264] ff.;
- See also Internal Improvements.
- Resolution of Illinois Legislature, presented in Senate, [139-140];
- Rice, Henry M., [446].
- attitude of Douglas toward, [317].
- Richardson, William A., on House Committee on Territories, [182];
- on Douglas, [41].
- Richmond, Dean, [426].
- River and harbor improvements, Douglas on, [77-78], [313-314].
- Robinson, Charles, leader of free State party in Kansas, [287], [288].
- Roman Church, Adèle Cutts an adherent of, [317];
- Sangamo Journal, on Caucus system, [28];
- Santa Anna, treaty with Texas, [111], [112].
- editor of Chicago Times, [305].
- Scott, Winfield, [482].
- Secession, apprehended, [442];
- Seward, William H., and Douglas, [251];
- Shadrach rescue, [194].
- condemned by Douglas, [403-404].
- Shannon, Wilson, governor of Kansas, [288].
- Sheahan, James W., biographer of Douglas, [218], [416];
- Sheridan, James B., [438].
- Shields, James, senator from Illinois, [171];
- Douglas on board of Regents, [310].
- Slavery, in North Carolina, [147-148];
- Slave-trade, revival proposed, [403], [421];
- Slidell, John, mission to Mexico, [109];
- Smith, Joseph, on Douglas, [58-59];
- Smith, Theophilus W., [48], [54], [55].
- Smithsonian Institution, foundation of, [310];
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