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Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield Dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860-1861 Villard, Henry. Sixteenth President in Waiting: Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield Dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860-1861. Edited by Michael Burlingame. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2018. Election of Lincoln and potential cabinet, 12-13 Lincoln’s mail, office seekers, Greeley, 13 Lincoln and secession, 14 Lincoln talks to everyone but announces no policy, 14-15 John Wentworth, 15, 22 Mary Lincoln, 15 Springfield, 15 Lincoln, office seekers, secession,16 Herndon and newspaper quarrel, 17 John G. Nicolay, 17 Trumbull, 17 Buchanan, 17 Possible cabinet, 18-19 Douglas letter and Lincoln, 19 Covode, 19 Seward and his supporters, New York, 19-20 Visitors to Lincoln at State Capitol, 20-22 Trumbull, 22-23 Douglas, 23 Lincoln policy, 23 Southern stocks, 24 Bank panic, 24 Possible cabinet, 25 Lincoln says little, 26 Celebration of Lincoln victory, Lincoln and Trumbull speeches, 26, 33-39 Lincoln described, 26-27, 29-30 Wall Street, banks, 27 Westerners and secession, 27 Lincoln at the state capitol, 28-29 Appointments, 30 Lincoln and humor, 30 Lincoln’s daily routine, 31-32 Visitors, correspondence, 32 No announced of intentions before March 4, 33 Illinois banks, 39 Lincoln and crowd at state capitol, 39-40 Crowds at Lincoln’s home, 40-41 Trumbull speech and Lincoln policy, 41-43 Springfield, 43 Office seekers, 43 Douglas, Trumbull, Lincoln’s conservatism, 44 Springfield has attracted office seekers and characters from all over the Union, 44-45 1 Lincoln’s bearing, 45-46 Lincoln’s day and time, 46 Lincoln on secession, slavery, Trumbull, conservatism, 46-48 Office seekers, 48-49 Lincoln and Douglas in 1858, correspondence, 49-51 Lincoln in Chicago, visitors and letters, 52 Lincoln and slavery, 53 New York Tribune silent on Trumbull speech, 53 Edward Bates, 53-54 Lincoln and the political parties, 55 Trumbull speech, 55-56 Lincoln presented with large turnips, 56 Lincoln and California, 56-57 Lincoln excursion to Chicago, 57-58 Lincoln correspondence, 58-59 Presents given to Lincoln, 59-60 Thanksgiving, 60 Local people tell Lincoln stories, 60-61 Lincoln and southern opinion, Alexander Stephens, 61-62 Decline of Thurlow Weed and Albany politicians, Seward, 63-64, 76-77 Trumbull, Lincoln and the southern press, 64 Hugh White and Horace Greeley, 64-65 People constantly questioning Lincoln about policy, 65-67 Rumor about when Lincoln will declare his policy, 67 Lincoln and secession, 68 Lincoln’s cabinet, 68-69 Lincoln and southern Unionism, 69 Appointments in California, 69-70 Lincoln and eastern Republican Press, 70-71 Visitors and office seekers, 71-72 Electors, electoral college, 72-73 Cabinet selections, 73 Joshua Giddings, 73 Germans in the Midwest, 74-75 Lincoln and cabinet, 77-78 Congress and Lincoln, 78 Meeting of electors of Illinois, 78-81 Lincoln and Buchanan’s annual message, 79-82, 92-94 Secession, 82 Former Governor Reeder of Kansas, 82-83 Notes Lincoln conscientiousness and sense of duty, qualifications for leadership, 83-84 Plans for Lincoln trip to Washington, 84-859 95 Lincoln in Congress and slavery in Washington, 85-88 Lincoln and office appointments, 88 Possible cabinet appointments, 89-90 Douglas and the Democrats in Illinois, 90-92 2 Census and Illinois congressional representation, 92 Lincoln and Republican congressmen, 94-95 Cabinet, 95-97 Congress and Lincoln’s attention, 97 Lincoln mode of thought and attitude, 98-99 Prospects for secession, 99-100 European opinion and election of 1860, 100 Cabinet prospects, 100-101 Prospects for peaceable secession, 101-2 Southern mobs, 102 Frank Blair and Lincoln, 102 John Bell’s Union letter, Wentworth, McClernand, 103-4 Cabinet questions, 104-6 Lincoln and Bell, 106-7 Secession fever, 107 Rumors, 107-8 Blair, Bates, Lincoln, 108-110 Union meetings in New Jersey and Philadelphia, 110 Cabinet choices, 110-11 Lincoln and slavery, 111 Lincoln’s appearance, 111 Fear of the effects of Lincoln’s good nature, office seekers, 112-13 Edward Bates, cabinet, 113-14, 116 Frémont cabinet appointment, 114 Need for Republicans to stand firm, 115 John Minor Botts, 115-16 Buchanan, resignation of Cass, 116 Northwest and secession, 116-17 Thomas Ewing letter a forgery, 117-18 Seward, Weed, Lincoln, 118 Cabinet, Bates, border slave states, 119 Secessionist visit to Springfield, 120, 135 Bates and Lincoln, 120-21, 123-24 Frémont and cabinet, 122 Lincoln and secession, 122-23 Forged Lincoln letter, 124 South Carolina secession, 124, 130 Thurlow Weed, possible compromise, 125-27, 129-30 Union and compromise, 128-29 Lincoln and Benjamin F. Wade, 130 Thurlow Weed, 131-32 Trumbull, 131-33 Cabinet appointments, 133 Lincoln and secession, 133-35 Lincoln and Clay, 134 Lincoln’s way of thinking, 136 3 Weed, Wilmot, Lincoln, Bates, 137-39, 141-42 Edward D. Baker, 138-40, 142-43, 146-47 Seward, Weed, and compromise, 140, 143 Territorial policy, 143 Christmas in Springfield, 143-44 Cabinet making, 144-46 Lincoln and the Herald correspondent, 148 Daniel Ullman, 148-49 Republican opinion and secession, 150-51 Bates, 151-54, 157 Simon Cameron, 152-53, 155-59, 164-73 Cabinet appointments, 159 Salmon Chase, 159-63, 167 Weed and Greeley, 161 New Mexico compromise proposal, 161-62 Seward, Weed, Greeley, 163-64 Trumbull, Douglas, 173-74 Seward, 174-75 Caleb Smith and Cameron, 174-75 Chase, 175 Cabinet, Seward, Chase, Smith, Cameron, 176-79 Possible agreements on territories, 180 Cabinet and southern representation, 180-82 Seward and Caleb Smith, 182-83 Governor Yates, 184, 187-88, 190-91 Henry Winter Davis, 184 Cameron, Edgar Cowan, 185-87, 192, 195 Cabinet prospects, 192-93 New Yorkers, free trade, and Cameron appointment, 193-94 Democratic state convention, 194-97 Cameron and Lincoln cabinet, New York spoilsmen, 197-201, 205-8 Chase, 202, 205 California politics, 202 Office seekers, 202-3 Benjamin Eggleston, 204-6, 208-9 Seward speech, 206 Burden on Lincoln, correspondence, 208 Mary Lincoln, 209 Disputes in Illinois legislature, 211 Chase, 211 Fate, Lincoln, enforcement of the laws, 212-13 Caleb Smith and Norman B. Judd, 213-15, 218-19 Committee of 33, Congressman Kellogg, 216 Cameron, 217-19 Border state compromise proposals, Lincoln, Kellogg, 219-224 Cabinet appointments, 223 4 Seward, 225 Chase and the cabinet, 225-226 Cameron, 226 Caleb Smith and Norman Judd, 226-27 Possible southern members of Lincoln’s cabinet, 227-228 Departure of Lincoln for Washington, 228 Chase, 228-30 Cameron, 229-30 Indiana politicians and Caleb Smith, 231-32 Cameron, 232-33 Lincoln and compromise proposals, 233-35 Chase, 234 Colfax, 235 Welles, 235 George Fogg, 235, 239-40 Cameron, 236, 239 Changing opinions on Seward, 236-37 Norman Judd, 237 Military escort for Lincoln to Washington, 237 Mary Lincoln, 237-38 Republicans and compromise, 238 Lincoln and seizure of Federal property, duty, 240-41 Lincoln journey to Washington, 241-47 Governors and adjustment of sectional difficulties, 245 Inaugural address, 246 Pressures for compromise, office seekers, 248-51 Washington peace convention, 253-56, 264-65, 269 Office seekers, 254 Lincoln, Colfax, border state compromise, 256-59 Bates speech, 258 Lincoln and secession, 260 Cameron, 261 George Fogg, compromise, 261 Journey to Washington, 261-63 Lincoln visit to Charleston, Illinois, 264, 266, 268 Chase, 269 Cameron, 270-71 Problems in Republican party, Greeley, 272-74 Elmer Ellsworth, 274-80 Greeley and Weed, Lincoln, 280-82 Lincoln and compromise proposals, 283-84 Lincoln and the Washington peace conference, 284-85 Cabinet making, 285 Lincoln’s visit to his stepmother, 285-86 Greeley and Lincoln, 287-89 Lincoln departure from Springfield, 289-90 5 Republicans, compromise, Greeley and Lincoln, 290-92 Lincoln journey to Washington, 293-94 Fears of division in Republican Party, 295-96 Newspaper divisions in Illinois, 296 Greeley and Lincoln, 296-99 Departure of Lincoln soon, 299, 302-3 Mary Lincoln, 300 Presents for Lincoln, 300-1 Lincoln quite grave at departing from Springfield, 301 Schedule for Lincoln journey to Washington, 303-5 Public reception for Lincoln, Springfield, 305 Office seekers, 305-6 Presents for Lincoln, 306 Those invited to accompany Lincoln to Washington, 307 Departure from Springfield, Lincoln speech, 307-9 Villard coverage of Lincoln-Douglas debates and election, 313-46 6 7 .
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