Fessenden, W. P., and Whig nominations in 1852, [87].

Fillmore, Martin, as President, [212].

Finances, greenback craze, [219], [246], [281]; silver agitation of 1878, [221], [259], [260]; Silver Act of 1890, [224], [227]; Cleveland’s soundness, [225]; attitude of Republican party on money, [227], [257]; issue in campaign of 1896, [228], [286]; gold standard, [231]; depression (1877–1878), [251], [258]; Hayes’s administration, [257][260]; Sherman’s refunding, [257]; resumption of specie payments, [258], [259]; The Nation and sound, [280][282].

Fine arts, and training of historian, [59].

Firth, C. H., to continue Gardiner’s history, [148].

Fish, Hamilton, and arbitration of Alabama claims, [218].

Fiske, John, anecdote of the Websters, [54]; as popular scientist, [58]; power of concentration, [69].

Footnotes, use in histories, [33].

Ford, P. L., on writing criticisms for The Nation, [292].

Foreign relations, under Washington, [206]; under Tyler and Polk, [211]; under Grant, [218]; under Cleveland, [225], [285]; under McKinley, [231][234]. See also Monroe Doctrine.