interested in first balance dock, 67-68;Minister to Portugal, 157n;grief at Lincoln's declaration of war, 158;reunion doubtful, 159;indignation at conduct of Democratic party, 160;feelings with the South, 161.Ottendorfer, Oswald, heads delegation to State convention, 282;opposed to continuance of Grant's administration, 305-06.Packard, S. B., Chandler's telegram to,478.Palmer, Mr., organizer, 242.Parker, N. W., advice to, from Tilden, on investments, 318-19;urges Tilden not to withdraw as candidate for Governor, 336-37.Parks, Marshall, inland project,703-04.Parnell, Charles S.,622.Peckham, Wheeler H., on Tweed civil cases, 330, 357, 373;suggested as Corporation Counsel, 360;bill for appropriation for Tweed Ring suits,402-03.Pelton, William R., 346, 362,512,513,526.Pendleton, George H., candidate for Presidency, 216, 221, 223, 231, 232.Peninsular Railroad, the, 186-90.Phelps, Royal, check to Tilden to defray election expenses, 287.Pierce, Franklin, election to Presidency, 80;candidates for positions in cabinet of, 83-91, 95.Pierrepont, Edward, suggests Tilden as United States Senator,487.Pierrepont, Judge, 164, 167.Pillow, Gid. J., fears for the government,489-90.Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 129, 130, 298, 299, 301-03.Polk, James K., nomination for the Presidency, 14;Tilden's zeal in canvass of, 17;Tilden's interview with, 33-36.Pond, Mr., appealed to for help for theNational Intelligencer, 177-79.Pope, H. A., on Hayes-Tilden contest,521-24.Potter, Clarkson N., as candidate for Governor, 332;congratulates Tilden on Presidential nomination,436.Potter, Eliphalet Nott, 1.Potter, George, pardon of, 31, 32.Potter, Howard, resignation, 345.Potter Committee, the investigation of,483.Preston, General William,600-01.Purcell, William, promoter ofRochester Union and Advertiser, 275;on O'Conor's nomination to the Assembly, 285;offered appointment on Governor's staff, 342;declined appointment, 342-43;mentioned for Secretary of State,620,621n.Putnam, G. P., tax collector, 169.Railey, Logan, sale of "Topic," 270;dealer in horses, 303.Randall, Samuel J., agent of protectionists,663n;apprehension of the compulsory coinage of silver dollars,671,680.Randolph, L. V. F., executor and trustee of Tilden's estate, iii.Reed, William B., on the Conscription act, 179-80;capable writer, 366.Reid, John R., Tilden to, on candidate for Chief Judge, 265.Reid, Whitelaw, to Bigelow on Presidential nomination,439;dinner to Bayard Taylor,572-73.Reynolds, P., recommended Tilden as Attorney to the Corporation, 13.Rice, R. D., approving Tilden's rebel claims letter,471.Richmond, Dean, chairman Democratic State Committee, 117, 166.Ritchie, Mr., editor of theUnion, 102.Roberts, Marshall O., 102.Robertson, Alex. H., Deputy County Clerk, 38.Robertson, Wyndham, Tilden to, on Lincoln's election, 150-51.Robinson, E. R., choice for Corporation Counsel, 353.Robinson, Governor Lucius,573,587.Robinson, L., recommends Tilden as Attorney to the Corporation, 13.Rochester Union and Advertiser, 275,86.Roosevelt, James J., recommends Tilden as Attorney to the Corporation, 13.Root, R. C., suggests Tilden as candidate for Presidency, 218-19.Rowley, William C., for Revenue Collector, 205.Rush, Benjamin, congratulates Tilden on supposed election to Presidency,488-89.Sage, Russell, contemplated discrimination against, 255-56.Sandford, Lewis H., recommends Tilden as Attorney to the Corporation, 13.Sands, Mahlon, 304.Schell, Augustus, subscription to election expenses of Seymour and Blair, 245;on contemplated change of Democratic ticket, 250-51.Schell, Richard, subscription to election expenses of Seymour and Blair, 245.Schurz, Hon. Carl, opposes continuance of Grant's administration at Fifth Avenue Hotel conference,430-32.Scott, General Winfield, on secession, 156-57;his "Wayward sisters, depart in peace" letter, 156, 166.Scott, W. P., on Tilden's refusal to be candidate for Presidency,633-35.Scribner, G. Hilton, on canal abuses, 372.Sears, William S., recommends Tilden as Attorney to the Corporation, 13.Secor, C. A., interested in first balance dock, 67-68.Sedgwick, Theodore, recommends Tilden as Attorney to the Corporation, 13.Semple, Henry C., urges Tilden as Presidential candidate in 1884,640.Seward, Governor William H., 92;General Scott to, on secession, 156-57;Andrews' opinion of, 163.Seymour, Horatio, Democratic candidate for Governor, 85, 86, 166seeks Tilden's aid, 110, 111;asks help of friends, 168;in danger of arrest, 179;on the Conscription act, 183-84;urges printing of Adams's speech, 211;political forecast, 214-15;mentioned as Presidential candidate, 216, 217, 222-24, 229-31;favors Hendricks for Presidency, 221;on Tilden's Democratic convention speech, 224-25;nominated for Presidency, 233n;on organization, 242-43;subscriptions to election expenses of, 245;support of New YorkHeraldsought for, 246;"privy council," 247;suggested reception to Generals, 248-49;on corruption in party, 274,83-85;hard to support Greeley, 311;on Tilden as candidate for Governor, 335-36;advice to Tilden on message, 337-38, 341;poor health,470,699-700;as a possible candidate for Presidency in 1880,589,594-95;death,707.Seymour, John F.,707.Shepard, Judge,639.Shepard, Lorenzo B., delegate to convention to revise Constitution of the State of New York, 45, 46.Shepherd, Honoria, pardon of, 30.Sherman, General, looks for Presidential nomination,515-16.Sherman, John, on Tilden's circular to bondholders of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, 254.Shieffelen, R. L., President of the Common Council, 16.Shuey, Theodore F., possessor of a Jefferson "Financial Diary,"669.Sibley, Hiram,706-08.Sickles, D. E., 103.Silliman, A. E., on financial affairs,399-402.Slave-Extension party, 17.Small, Wilson, elected to the Assembly, 38.Smith, A. J., under suspicion, 293.Smith, C. B., approving Tilden's rebel claims letter,470-71.Smith, E. Delafield, to quash Tweed Ring prosecutions, 342;choice of successor of, 353;arranges to dismiss Peckham and Barlow, 355, 357-58;removed, 385-86.Smith, Emily Josephine, delusive notice of wedding to S. J. Tilden, 290.Smith, George W., executor and trustee of Tilden's estate, iii.,539;Tilden's private secretary, 276, 320,528,608,614,621,623,666,688,689,711,719,720,730.Smith, Gerrit, 58.Smith, Hugh, under suspicion, 293.Smith, J. A., under suspicion, 293.Smith, J. W., under suspicion, 293.Smith, Perry H.,638.Society for the Diffusion of Political Information, the, 172."Softshells," name for Democratic party led by Silas Wright, 24.Spafford, Thomas, elected to the Assembly, 38.Spencer, James, organizer, 242.Sperry, Mr., managing editorEvening Post,446,466.Sprague, Mrs. Katherine Chase, and the Electoral Commission of 1876,511-13.Sprigg, J. Thomas, conversation with Senator Conkling,491-92.Standard Oil Company,602,603.Stansbery, Mr., 142, 146.Stanton, Edwin McMasters, Secretary of War, frequent conferences with Tilden,458.Stanton, Governor F. P., 240.Starbuck, James F., "Political cowards,"608-11;death,611.Stebbins, Charles, private secretary to Governor Tilden, 362.Stemmler, Judge, reported death of, 346-47;death, 369.Stephens, John L., delegate to convention to revise Constitution of the State of New York, 45, 46.Stetson, Francis Lynde, 288-89.Stevenson, Jonathan D., elected to the Assembly, 38.Stevenson, Senator John W.,512.Stewart, Alexander, election to the Assembly, 38.Storrs, Richard A., removal of, as deputy comptroller, 280.Sullivan, Algernon S., to Tilden, on canal message, 362.Sun, the, extracts from,430-32,482-83,492-94,499-501,535-36,553,565-67,708-11;calls for Judge Bradley's impeachment,569.Swayne, W. H., Tilden to, on the reorganization of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 129-30;on procuring charter for, 141-47.Sweeney, James B., under suspicion, 293.Sweeney, Peter B., under suspicion, 293.Sweet, Elkanah, investigation of canal work,406.Tammany Hall, reorganized, xiii.;dispenses with primary elections, 126;as organized in 1876,398-99.Taylor, George, 332.Taylor, J. J., Harbor Master of New York in 1873, 172.Taylor, John J., on Greeley's nomination, 306-07.Taylor, President, death of, 77.Telegrams:Babcock, O. C., to Z. Chandler,498.Barnum, W. H., to Tilden,655.Belmont, August, to W. F. Story, 250.Cooper, Edward, to A. S. Hewitt,533.Cox, S. S., to Tilden, 328.Hendricks, T. A., to Tilden,442.Hewitt, A. S., to Edward Cooper,533.Manning, Daniel, to Tilden,655.Marble, Manton, to Perry H. Smith,435.Parker, N. W., to Tilden, 336.Schell, Augustus, to W. F. Story, 250.Smith, George W., to John Bigelow,730.Smith, P. H., to Tilden,435.Tilden, S. J., to W. F. Story, 250;to Francis P. Blair, Sr., 251;to Augustus Schell, 251;to Francis Kernan, 282;to S. S. Cox, 328;to W. H. Barnum,655.Testimonial to General Grant, 199;list of subscribers to, 200-01.Thayer, Francis S., auditor of Canal Board, 383;suspended,417,426,427.Thompson, John C.,608.Thurman, A. G., hard to support Greeley, 311.Thurston, George A., on the Kent letter, 171.Tilden, Elam, to Robert R. Livingston, 1-2.Tilden, Henry A., further aid refused to, 327-28;Gould to, on brother's nomination for Governor, 332-33;at Cincinnati convention,598,601-03;death,643.Tilden, Isaac, search for family records of, 257-58.Tilden, Mary, on Tilden's ancestry,626-27.Tilden, Moses, 119.Tilden, Samuel J., vast correspondence carefully preserved, v.;entry into politics, vi.;independence, vi., xxii., xxiii.;overthrow of Tweed Ring, vii., xii.;elected Governor, vii., xii.;canal investigations, vii., xii., xiii., xxvii., xxviii., 370, 382;nomination for Presidency, vii., xxiv.,434;maker of American history, viii.;an "Appreciation" of, by James C. Carter, ix., xi.-xxxii.;chairman Democratic State Committee, xii.;opposition to Tammany Hall, xiii., xxii.;powerful messages, xiv.;and paper-money delusion, xiv., xx.;intellectual endowments, xiv., xv., xx.;defence of Azariah C. Flagg, xv.-xviii.;methods employed in the Six Million Audit Frauds, xviii.;stigmatized a railroad-wrecker, xxiii.;personal vanity, xxiii., xxvii.;reasons for adhering to the Democratic party, xxv., xxvi.;letter to William Kent in 1860, xxxi., 148, 149, 169, 171, 172,455;on the great fire of 1835, 2, 3;to his sister Henrietta, 5, 6;criticism of President Tyler, 8;recommended for appointment as attorney for the City and County of New York, 13influence in the dispensation of patronage, 14;on the probability of Van Buren's renomination, 14, 15;resignation as Attorney to the Corporation, 16;removed,ibid.;zeal in canvass for President Polk, 17;outline of plan for paper between J. L. O'Sullivan and, 17, 18;establishes theDaily News, 19, 20;offered naval office, 23;offer declined, 24;on the appointment of Van Ness, 24, 34, 35;on President Polk's cabinet appointments, 26-27;name discussed in reference to Collectorship, 29, 30, 34;interview with President Polk, 33-36;declines nomination to the Assembly, 37;certificate of election to the Assembly, 38;desire to unite theArgusand theAtlas, 42, 43;delegate to convention to revise Constitution of the State of New York, 45, 46;retires from theMorning News, 47;supports M. Van Buren, 54, 55;article inEvening Poston "Greeley, the Legislator, and the Slavery Question," 58-63;leased first office, 63;bills, 65-67;bill for personal taxes, 67;interest in first balance dock, 67, 68;opposes Erie Canal enlargement bill, 76, 77;suggestions for President Pierce in the organization and conduct of his administration, 81-95, 97-99;favors appointment of General Dix for cabinet position, 88;on the removal of Judge Bronson, 106-109;not in favor of fusion party, 112, 113;on Colonel Benton as Presidential candidate,ibid.;rumored engagement, 114;interest in friends, 115;mentioned as nominee for comptroller and Secretary of State, 116;notified of nomination as Attorney-General, 117;letter of acceptance, 117-18;interest in bill for floating docks, 123-24;on the mayoralty election of 1859, 126-28;preparations for the reorganization of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 128;proposed partnership with J. Van Buren, 130-31;declines invitation to act as Vice-President at Cooper Institute meeting, 131;theEvening Post'soffer to publish unfinished speech of, 132;advice sought on establishment of New York daily, 135-37;letter to theEvening Post, 137-40;to Swayne on the procuring of a charter for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 141-47;on the dangers of disunion, 147-48, 167;on Lincoln's election, 150-51;favors a national constitutional convention, 151;fear of war as result of Lincoln's election, 151-52;his patriotic address to a regiment in 1861, 160,460;internal revenue tax, 168-69;Hogeboom proposes business connection with, 172-73;invited to serve on advisory committee of State Soldiers' Depot, 174-75;financial contributions to theNational Intelligencer, 177;reply to Hogeboom's proposal, 180-83;William C. Whitney seeks advice of, 192;interest in Iron Cliff Mines, 193-95;homage to victorious soldiers and sailors, 196;subscription to Grant's testimonial, 199, 200;suggested as candidate for Governor, 202, 227;on federal appointments, 203, 204;invitation to John A. Dix, 207;degree of LL.D. conferred on, 208, 209, 384;member of Constitutional Convention, 209;invitation from Andrew Johnson, 211;check for theArgus, 213;suggested as candidate for Presidency, 218-19;on paramount issues in election of 1868, 219-21;delivered speech at Democratic State Convention in 1868, 224n;letter to the Tammany Society, 236-39;on Seymour's nomination to Presidency, 239;subscription to election expenses of Seymour and Blair, 245;receipt to Allan McLane, 249;telegram to W. F. Story on contemplated change of Democratic ticket, 250-51;distrust of S. E. Church, 252;tribute to Peter Cagger, 252-53;Sherman to, on circular to bondholders of P., F. W. & C. R. R. Co., 254;on contemplated discrimination against Russell Sage, 255-56;search for family records, 257-58;Jay Gould to, on retainer for Erie R. R., 258;on Erie R. R. retainer, 258-61, 267-69, 297-301;circular to State Committee, 262;on candidate for Chief Judge, 263-66;purchase of "Topic," 270;blamed for arrest of R. B. Connolly, 270;circular "Evils of Our Times," 271-72;on the exposures of theTimes, 272-73;circular letter as chairman Democratic State Committee, 276-78;urged for Assembly, 285-87;check from Royal Phelps for election expenses, 287;congratulations from Hamilton Fish, 287;asked to write an account of the Tammany frauds for theNorth American Review, 288;deceptive wedding notice, 290;A. Oakey Hall's appeal to, 295-96;remarks before the Bar Association in 1870, 300, 301;buys "Morris Miller," 303;address to the Bar Association in 1872, 307-10;on Kernan's nomination for Governor, 311-16;financial advice to Mrs. Cassidy, 316-17;advice to N. W. Parker on investments, 318-19;visits Old World, 319;view of federal politics in 1873, 320;resigns chairmanship of the Democratic State Committee, 320-24;wrote the Mayor's message announcing death of A. C. Flagg, 326n;refuses further aid to Henry Tilden, 327-28;on Presidential candidates in 1876, 330-32;spoken of as candidate for Governor, 332-36, 339-41;asked to retire in favor of Judge Church, 336-37;advice to, from Seymour and Cowen, 337-39;extract from New YorkTribuneon nomination of, for Governor, 339-41;offers William Purcell staff appointment, 342;to Kelly on appointments and removals, 343-46;Kelly to, on McLaughlin's appointment, 346-47, 368-69;letters to, on Green's removal, 350-52, 358-61, 374;offers judgeship to Samuel Hand, 354;letters to, on "Tweed Ring" trials, 355, 358-59, 373, 377-81;pardons J. H. Ingersoll, 375;removes E. Delafield Smith, 386-87;appoints Erie Canal Commission,405;report of commission to,407-426;suspends auditor Thayer,426-27;nominated for President,434;congratulations on nomination,436-37;statement on federal taxation,441-42;early recollections of Ed. Livingston,447;congratulations on acceptance letter,449,451;John Bigelow on war record of,453-62;on secession,455;opinions on slavery,ibid.;labors to avert war,457,460;conferences with Secretary Stanton,458;views on financial situation,459;delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1864,461;application for arrest of Tweed,464-65;approval of letter on rebel claims,470-473,488;Presidential vote,474;counted out481;congratulations to, on supposed election to Presidency,486,487,489,495;suggested for United States Senator,487;letters to, on Presidential contest,488-496,503-506;declared President-elect by House of Representatives,517-521;and the Electoral Commission,528-32;faith in Governor Hampton,541-42;letters of sympathy to, on action of Electoral Commission,545-49,553-54,575;interview withWorldcorrespondent,560-62;visits Europe,562;speech to Young Men's Democratic Club,562-65;appreciation of Mr. Henderson,573;to the Directors of the Louisville Industrial Exposition,575-76;why he did not take the oath as President,576-77;buys Yonkers property,578;estimated cost of Greystone,578-79;Bigelow on the possibility of the renomination of, in 1880,579-82;campaign of defamation against,582-83;income-tax case against,582-86;suggested as candidate for Governor in 1879,587;denies statement of negotiations to obtain electoral vote of South Carolina,588-89;no right to seize the Presidency,591-94;sends letter to Cincinnati convention declining a renomination to the Presidency,598;suggested addition to General Hancock's letter of acceptance,604;first honorary member of the Jefferson Democratic Association,611;health five years before death,612;acquisition of works of art,613;disposed of N. Y. Elevated R. R. bonds,618;resolutions drawn by, on the death of President Garfield,619;not a candidate for Governor in 1882,620;letters to, asking financial contributions,621,625,626,627,628;ancestry,622,626,632;opposed to enlargement of canals,628;spoken of as candidate for President in 1884,633,635,638,640-42,644-48;remarks on death of Charles O'Conor,643-44;declines a renomination for the Presidency,648-52;reply to resolutions,652-54;declines a unanimous nomination,655;invites Cleveland to Greystone,665;troubled with a disorder of the nerves of motion,665,708;on the coinage of silver,672-75;on Manning's hesitancy of accepting the Treasury portfolio,675-78;suggests Bigelow as best substitute,677;advice to Manning on removals,681;to Governor Hill on Broadway Railroad bill,684-85;on the importance of the little postmasters,686-87;invites Manning to join him in the Catskills,692;answers to Dana's questions on the canal,695-699;to Cleveland on the removal of Mr. McKnight,701-02;his age,708;his "Accountability of Corporations,"708-11;on behalf of General Newton,712;sea-coast defences,714n,715-18;asked to consider scheme to reorganize Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company,720;suggestions to Governor Hill,721,724;interest in welfare of Central Park,723;on Manning's resignation,725-26;death,730.Times, the, exposure of the electoral fraud, 272.Titus, James H., elected to the Assembly, 38.Townsend, John, elected to the Assembly, 38.Townsend, Solomon, delegate to convention to revise Constitution of the State of New York, 45, 46.Trainor, H. F., expert accountant, 292.Tylden, Harriet F., on Tilden's ancestry,621-22.Tyler, President, desire for a national bank, 7;Tilden's criticism of, 8, 9.Tremain, Alva H., on Tilden's nomination for Governor, 334-35.Tribune, the New York circulation of, 136;extracts from, 339-42, 428-30;supports General Dix, 341.Trumbull, Lyman, urges Tilden as Presidential candidate in 1884,642.Tweed Ring, the, vii., 320, 322, 341, 349, 353, 359, 375, 378,402,403,429,502;parties under suspicion, 293.Tweed, William M., under suspicion, 293;criminal case of, 355;gives away city property, 366;application for arrest of,464-65;escape,467;arrest at Vigo,469.Vaché, Alexander F., delegate to convention to revise Constitution of the State of New York, 45, 46.Vallandigham, Mr., 179.Van Buren, John D., to Edwin Croswell, 44, 45;mentioned as candidate for Vice-Presidency, 51;names Dix for Collectorship, 100;proposed partnership with Tilden, 130-31;suggests Tilden for Governor, 202;member of Erie Canal Commission,422,426.Van Buren, Martin, to Tilden, 12, 13, 76;defeated for renomination to the Presidency, 14;nominated for the Presidency, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57;not an admirer of Buchanan, 102;favorable opinion of Fremont,ibid.;investment in Erie bonds, 125;speech on General Scott's letter, 166-67;death, 185n.Van Dyke, Mr., conducted the AlbanyAtlas, 41.Van Ness, Mr., appointment as Collector of the Port of New York, 23;Tilden on the appointment of, 24-26;talk of his removal, 34, 35, 36.Van Rensselaer, Thomas, to M. Van Buren, 57;conductor of theRam's Horn,ibid.Vaux, Richard, 254.Waddell, William Coventry H., United States marshal, 4.Walker, L. W., approving Tilden's rebel claims letter,472.Walker, R. J., advocates General Hancock as Presidential candidate, 233-36;Secretary of the Treasury under Polk, 233n.Ward, Samuel, suggests that Tilden assist at unveiling of statue of Daniel Webster,495.Ward, Townsend, on the Judge Kent letter, 148.Waring, J. F., sells Yonkers property to Tilden,578.Waterbury, Nelson J., 8, 9, 28, 29, 46, 47, 68,462.Watterson, Hon. Henry, controversy with Hewitt,482.Watson, Hon. Peter H., Assistant Secretary of War under Lincoln,459.Watson, James, under suspicion, 293.Webster, Sidney, congratulates Tilden on acceptance letter,449,451.Weed, Smith M., on impossibility of nominating Tilden at Cincinnati convention,599-600;on Cleveland,666-67;