losses of relatives in the Civil War, [180];
visits Paris, [205]–208;
Rome, [209];
returns to Elmwood, [209];
his stand in political matters, [211];
presidential elector, [212], [213];
offered several foreign missions, appointed to Spain, [192], [213], [214];
difficulties of the position, [215]–221, [225];
life in Madrid, [228]–234;
transferred to England, [234];