Browning, Orville Hickman. Diary of Orville Hickman Browning. Edited by Theodore Calvin Peace and James G. Randall. 2 vols. Springfield: State Historical Library, 1925-1933.

Volume 1 Election of 1860, 435 New Year and religion, 446 Lincoln, 452 Lincoln and Washington Peace Conference, compromise, 453 Lincoln trip to Washington, 453ff Indianapolis, 454-55 Browning and Lincoln inaugural, 455-56 St. Louis and Edward Bates on Federal forts, 457 Lincoln inauguration, 458 Fort Sumter, 462-63, 466-67 Lincoln proclamation and Union meeting, 463-64 Stephen A. Douglas, 465-66 Sending off volunteers, 470 Browning and Lincoln's July 1861 message, 475-76 Fort Sumter, 476 War policy, Lincoln and slavery question, 477-78 Burnside, 480 Military policy, impatience, 481 Johnson-Crittenden resolutions on war, 483-84, 486-87 Bull Run, 484-85 Brigadier general appointments, 487-88 Lincoln melancholy, foreign policy, 488-89 Edward Bates writings on condition of the country, 492 Senate, drunken senators, 493 Illinois generals, 497 Fremont proclamation, 502-4 Lincoln and compensated emancipation, 512 Mason and Slidell, 513-14 Lincoln and Edward Baker, 514-15 Arbitrary arrests, 515 McClellan, 515-16. Lincoln and , 516-19 Frank Blair and Seward, 520 Reflections on New Year, 521 Cameron, minister to Russia, Trumbull opposition, 524-25 Death of Willie Lincoln, 530-31 Merrimack excitement, Lincoln, Stanton, 532-33 Confiscation bill, 533-34 Cornelius Vanderbilt and Lincoln, 535 Lincoln, slavery, and emancipation in Washington, 541 Lincoln and poetry, 542-43 Fugitive slave law in D.C. Lamon, 549-50 Alexander T. Stewart, McClellan, Lincoln, 552 Lincoln, Confiscation and slavery, 555 Emancipation Proclamation, 361-62 Seward and relations with England and France, 562-63 Slavery and Union, 567 Slavery and gradual emancipation, 570 Browning speech on the state of the country, 571, 573 Shiloh, 575 Presbyterians and emancipation, 576-77 Colonization, 577 Emancipation and the political parties, 578 Army and slaves, 578-79 Guerrillas, 581 Election of 1862, 582 Samuel R. Curtis, 583 General Oglsby, soldiers, slavery, Grant, 583-84 Rosecrans, 584 Fears war in free states if Lincoln gives up control to radicals, 586-87 Fessenden and Emancipation Proclamation, 387-88 Charles Sumner criticized, 388 Emancipation Proclamation and election, 388-89 Pope, Porter and Halleck, 389 McClellan and Burnside and Lincoln, 389-90 Lincoln's annual message, 591 Pope, Grant, McClellan, 591 Emancipation Proclamation, habeas corpus, elections, , Chase, 592 Sabbath dinner parties, 592 John C. Fremont, 593 Naval yard, 594 Cassius Clay, 595 Mary Lincoln, 595-96 West Virginia, 596 Fredericksburg, 596 Cabinet crisis, Lincoln, Seward, 597-604 Blair, McClellan, 601 Lincoln and Emancipation Proclamation, 606-7 Mary Lincoln and spiritualism and cabinet, 608-9 Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln, and Seward, 609 Emancipation Proclamation , Admiral Foote, and McClellan, 611. Senator Hale and the slavery question, 612 Colonization, 612 Selling cotton and Stanton, 615-16 David Davis, Emancipation Proclamation, and the cabinet, 616-17 Emancipation Proclamation, Seward, condition of the army, 618-19 Removal of Burnside, Hooker, McClellan, 619 Recruiting an army, 619-20 Senator Saulsbury and trouble in Senate, 620 Lincoln and Emancipation Proclamation, 625 Hooker and McClellan, 629 Arbitrary arrests, 631 Suppression of Times, Burnside, 632-33 Vicksburg, 636 Lincoln and Todd relatives, 651 New Years receptions, 653 Lincoln and Browning and widow whose slaves had been taken by the army, 659 Kentucky affairs and slave soldiers, 665 Grant, Lee, and coming campaign, 668 Lincoln and Grant's army, 673-74 Early raid on Washington, 675-76 Halleck, Stanton, Lincoln, and Montgomery Blair, 677 Atlanta and presidential election of 1864, reconciliation, conservative reconstruction, 680-83 Taney, Chase, Lincoln, 686-87 Stanton, 687-88 Lincoln, Canby, Hurlbut, and Louisiana affairs, 692 Peace negotiations and slavery, 693-94, 699

Volume 2

President, execution, Lincoln depressed, 7-8 Inaugural, , 9 Cotton trade, Stanton, 10-14 Lincoln assassination, 18-20 Assassination sermon, 21 Lincoln funeral, 23