Sumner, Charles. The Selected Letters of . Edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer. 2 vols. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1990.

Vol. 2 Lawyers and politicians, 20 Lincoln, Seward, Sumner, Chicago convention nomination, 23-24 Law, barbarism of slavery, Lewis Tappan, 26 Crime Against Kansas speech, 29-30 Fugitive slave law, 31-32 Election, Lincoln, secession threats, 34 Seward, 37 Secession, 37ff Secession and possible civil war, 38-39 Thurlow Weed, Lincoln, , 40-41 Scott, Seward, 42 John A. Andrew, no compromise, 43, 47-48 Fears compromise and surrender, 44 Massachusetts men need to stand firm, 46 Massachusetts, Buchanan, Crittenden compromise, 50-51 Personal liberty laws, 51-52 Fort Sumter, forts, 53 Virginia secession election, 54 New Mexico compromise, 55-57 Lincoln, 59 Lincoln and office seekers, 64 Seward influence, 64 Lincoln and war, 65 Northern unity, Lincoln, 69 John Lothrop Motley, 70-71 Congressional session, legislation, 71-72 Blockade, 73 Bull Run defeat, Lincoln, 74 Cameron and contrabands, 75 Lincoln, duty of emancipation, 76 William Howard Russell, Bull Run, 76-78 Slavery, Frémont, Lincoln, 79 Frémont, 80 Wendell Phillips, Sumner speech on slavery, 80 Slavery, English opinion, emancipation, Cameron, contraband order, 81-87 War, slavery, tariff, 82 , Mason and Slidell, 85-94 Charles Stone, 95 Lieber, Stanton, Trent affair, 98 Stanton, 99 Lincoln, Chase, 100 Davis and Lincoln, 101

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Andrew, McClellan, Lincoln, 103 Establishing territorial governments in rebel states, 103-8 Fugitive slaves, 104 Slavery, emancipation in Washington, 109 McClellan, Yorktown, 110 Lincoln, McClellan, Blair, Stanton, 112 Saxton and emancipation, 113 Emancipation of Confederate independence, 114 McClellan, Stanton, Lincoln, 114-15 Emancipation inevitable, 115 Lincoln and administration panic over Jackson in the Valley, 116 McClellan on Peninsula, 118 Edward Stanly, Seward, 118 Seward, short war, 119 Future of states and slavery, 119-20 Congress, Lincoln, cabinet, 122 Lincoln, Frémont, 123 Brownson, emancipation, 124 Emancipation Proclamation, 126-28 Thurlow Weed, 129 elections, Seymour, 130 Elections, Lincoln, Seward, Weed, 131-32 Burnside, 132 Fredericksburg, cabinet crisis, 133-34 Freedmen, black troops, Stanton, 134-36 Lincoln and Emancipation Proclamation, 135-36 Benjamin F. Butler, 139 Lincoln, signing Emancipation Proclamation, 139-40 Army at Fredericksburg, 141 Seward, cabinet, French mediation, 143-44 Foreign intervention in the war, 144-45 Brooks-Sumner affair, Mason, Davis, Toombs, 146 Letters of marque, Montgomery Blair, 146-47, 150-53 Confederate commerce raider Alabama, 147 Seward, very critical, 148-49 England should have supported Union, ignored moral nature of the cause, 154 Charleston, 155-56 English policy, 160-62 [much correspondence in this volume with Englishmen] American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 163 Lord Lyons and Democrats, 164-65 Seward, American diplomats in England and France, 167-68 British and French policy, 175-76 Army of the Potomac, 177 Lincoln, black troops, threats of violence against them, 178 Conscription, Seymour, 179 Stanton, 180

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Seward, amnesty, slavery, 184 Abolition of slavery by proclamation, 185 Possible retreat on slavery, Weed, Seward, Lincoln, 186 Course of war, slavery, 189 Lincoln, Conkling letter, 190 England and France, 191-92, 195, 205-212 Rosecrans, 195 Northern prosperity, 195-96 Congress reducing southern states to territories, 196 Montgomery Blair, Reconstruction, 204-5 African American troops, pay, 212-13 Lincoln, emancipation, reconstruction, 216-17 Reconstruction, Confederate debt, compensation, 217 Length of war, Grant, 230 Civil Service examinations, 232-33 Freedmen’s Bureau, 233-34 Fugitive slave laws, 236, 248 African American troops, 237 Republican convention, 238, 249 Freedmen’s Bureau, 238 Butler, Banks, Louisiana, reconstruction, 239 Mexico, France, 239-40 Seward, Lincoln, reading, 239-40 Banks, Louisiana, 250 Charles Stone, 245 Higginson, African American troops, 245-46 Lincoln, Republican convention, 251 , 252 Democratic platform, Chicago convention, 253 Chase, 253 Chase, Chief Justice, 254-57 Slavery, emancipation, 256 Edward Everett, 260-61 Butler, Fort Fisher, 261-62 Lincoln, Louisiana reconstruction, Banks, 262 Blair mission to Richmond, 266 Andrew Johnson, drunkeneness. 272 Reconstruction, Lincoln, Lousiana, 173-74 Lord Lyons, British-American relations, 277-80 Lincoln, reconstruction, Virginia, 282 Lincoln, Stanton, Virginia, reconstruction, 284 Lincoln assassination, slavery, 294-97 Andrew Johnson, 297

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