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Aberdeen, Lady, influence of, in Canada—her zeal for Irish Home Rule, [279-280]

Aberdeen, Lord, Governor-General of Canada, [279]; succeeded by Lord Minto, [281]

Abolitionists, the, counsels of, governed by Phillips, [104]; desire to adopt legal measures, [108]; meetings held by, [33-35], [85]; unprotected by police against the rioters, [99], [100]

Adams, Charles Francis, American minister in England, [49]; his services to his country, [194-5]; introduction to, [196]

Adams, John, rank of, as a diplomatist, [194]

Agassiz, Professor, influence of, on thought in Massachusetts, [11], [212]