elected Vice-President of Confederate States, [205];

denies plot to seize Washington, [209];

letter of Lincoln to, [210], [211];

wishes to treat for peace with Lincoln, ii. 152;

his attempt foiled by Lincoln, 153;

admits desire to place Lincoln in false position, 153;

nominated by Davis on peace commission, 305.

Stevens, Thaddeus,

leader of House in 1861, i. [297];

denounces Lincoln's emancipation scheme, ii. 22;