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| [Congratulations on the Presidential Election. Speech at a Public Meeting at Faneuil Hall, Boston, November 8, 1864] | 1 |
| [Jubilee of Liberty. Letter to the Young Men’s Republican Union of New York, November 10, 1864] | 5 |
| [Mr. Ashley and Reconstruction. Letter to a Public Banquet in Honor of Hon. James M. Ashley, at Toledo, Ohio, November 18, 1864] | 7 |
| [Case of the Florida: Illustrated by Precedents Of British Seizures in Neutral Waters. Articles in the Boston Daily Advertiser, November 29, 1864, and January 17, 1865] | 9 |
| [Relations With Great Britain: the St. Albans Raid. Speech in the Senate, on a Bill for Fortifications and Batteries on the Lakes, December 19, 1864] | 42 |
| [Termination of the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty. Speeches in the Senate, on the Joint Resolution giving Notice for the Termination of the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty, December 21, 1864, January 11 and 12, 1865] | 46 |
| [The Emancipation Proclamation and Equal Rights. Letter to a Public Meeting in Philadelphia, December 26, 1864] | 60 |
| [Freedom of Wives and Children of Colored Soldiers. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution for this Purpose, January 5, 1865] | 61 |
| [Massacre of the Cheyenne Indians. Remarks in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution relating thereto, January 13, 1865] | 66 |
| [The Late Hon. Edward Everett. Telegraphic Despatch to Joint Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, January 16, 1865] | 68 |
| [Termination of Treaties by Notice. Remarks in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution to terminate the Treaty of 1817 regulating the Naval Force on the Lakes, January 18, 1865] | 69 |
| [Retaliation, and Treatment of Prisoners of War. Speeches in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution advising Retaliation, January 24 and 29, 1865] | 74 |
| [Admission of a Colored Lawyer to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Motion in the Supreme Court, February 1, 1865] | 97 |
| [Participation of Rebel States not necessary in Ratification of Constitutional Amendments. Declaratory Resolutions in the Senate, February 4, 1865] | 101 |
| [Apportionment of Representatives according to Voters. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, February 6, 1865] | 104 |
| [Railroad Usurpation in New Jersey. Speech in the Senate, on a Bill to regulate Commerce among the Several States, February 14, 1865] | 105 |
| [Representation of Virginia in the Senate. Remarks in the Senate, on the Credentials of Hon. Joseph Segar, of Virginia, February 17, 1865] | 134 |
| [Repudiation of the Rebel Debt. Concurrent Resolution in the Senate, February 17, 1865] | 137 |
| [No Bust for Author of Dred Scott Decision. Speech in the Senate, on a Bill providing for a Bust of the Late Chief Justice Taney, February 23, 1865] | 138 |
| [No Reconstruction Without the Votes of the Blacks. Remarks in the Senate, on the Resolution recognizing the New State Government of Louisiana, February 24, 25, and 27, 1865] | 179 |
| [Guaranty of Republican Governments in the Rebel States. Resolutions in the Senate, February 25, 1865] | 197 |
| [No Picture at the Capitol of Victory Over Fellow-citizens. Remarks in the Senate, on Joint Resolution authorizing a Contract with William H. Powell, February 27, 1865] | 201 |
| [Free Schools and Free Books. Remarks in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Internal Revenue Act, making Books free, February 27, 1865] | 204 |
| [Three Conditions Precedent to the Reception of Senators From a Rebel State. Resolution in the Senate, March 8, 1865] | 208 |
| [Unjust Arrest and Prosecution of Two Boston Merchants. Protest and Opinion on the Case of the Messrs. Smith Brothers, March 17, 1865] | 209 |
| [Respect for the Memory of Abraham Lincoln. Resolution adopted at a Meeting of Senators and Representatives, April 17, 1865] | 229 |
| [Right and Duty of Colored Fellow-citizens in the Organization of Government. Letter to Colored Citizens of North Carolina, May 13, 1865] | 231 |
| [Hope and Encouragement for Colored Fellow-citizens. Letter to the Editor of “The Leader,” in Charleston, S. C., May, 1865] | 234 |
| [Promises of the Declaration of Independence, and Abraham Lincoln. Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, June 1, 1865] | 235 |
| [Ideas of the Declaration of Independence. Letter to the Mayor of Boston, on the Celebration of National Independence, July 4, 1865] | 297 |
| [Consent of the Governed necessary in the New Governments: Advice to Colored Citizens. Letter to a Committee of Colored Citizens at Savannah, July 8, 1865] | 298 |
| [Justice to the Colored Race. Letter to a Trustee for Colored Schools in the District of Columbia, August 16, 1865] | 300 |
| [The Late George Livermore, Esq. Article in the Boston Daily Advertiser, September 2, 1865] | 301 |
| [The National Security and the National Faith: Guaranties for the National Freedman and the National Creditor. Speech at the Republican State Convention, in Worcester, Massachusetts, September 14, 1865. With Appendix] | 305 |
| [Quorum of States necessary in Adoption of a Constitutional Amendment. Letter to the New York Evening Post, September 28, 1865] | 357 |
| [Self-Sacrifice for the Colored Race. Equestrian Statue of Colonel Shaw, First Commander of Massachusetts Colored Troops. Article in the Boston Daily Advertiser, October 2, 1865] | 361 |
| [The Late Richard Cobden. Letter to Mrs. Cobden, covering Resolutions of the Republican State Convention of Massachusetts, October 5, 1865] | 366 |
[Equal Rights vs. the Presidential Policy in Reconstruction.
Letter to the New York Independent, October
29, 1865] | 368 |
| [Clemency and Common Sense. A Curiosity of Literature with a Moral. Article in the Atlantic Monthly, December, 1865] | 371 |
