Newspapers, as historical sources, [29]–[32], [83]–[97]; use by Von Holst, [29]; as registers of facts, [30], [86]–[89]; importance for dates, [30], [87]; as guide of public opinion, [31], [89]–[92]; power of New York Weekly Tribune, [31], [90], [91], [267]–[269]; qualities of evidence, [83], [84]; value in American history, for period 1850–1860, [85]–[92]; and correction of logical assumptions, [87]–[89]; as record of speeches and letters, [89]; value of partisanship, [91]; value of Northern, for Civil War period, [92], [93]; of Southern, [93]; laboriousness of research, [93]; value for Reconstruction, [94]; canons of use, [96]; as fourth estate, [96]; criticisms of Presidents, [239]. See also Nation.
Niebuhr, B. G., on Gibbon, [10], [109]; on training of historian, [29].
North, Sir Thomas, translation of Plutarch, [1].
Norton, C. E., on Godkin, [270]; and foundation of The Nation, [273], [274].
Note-making in historical work, [76].
Nullification, Jackson’s course, [210].
“Official Records of Union and Confederate armies,” value as historical source, [92].
“Ohio idea,” [259].
Oliver, J. M., at burning of Columbia, [313].
Olmsted, F. L., Godkin on Southern books, [273]; interest in The Nation, [274]; on importance of Godkin to it, [275].