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All the Great Prizes

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by John Taliaferro


  Harcourt, Sir William, 305

  Harper & Row, 227, 228

  Harper’s, 115, 128–29

  Harper’s Monthly, 291–92

  Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 110

  Harper’s Weekly, 140

  Harris, Clara, 103

  Harrison, Benjamin, 257–60, 264, 280, 296, 297, 335

  Harrison, Caroline Scott, 264

  Harrison, Peachy Quinn, 30

  Harrison, William Henry “Tippecanoe,” 257

  Hart, Charles, 422, 431, 432

  Harte, Bret, 134–36, 148, 214, 269

  Hay’s friendship with, 147, 234, 303

  Hay’s helping of, 189–90

  poetry of, 134–36, 139, 140

  Harvard College, 40, 54, 177, 259–60, 263, 401, 436–37, 508

  Hay’s honorary degree from, 395, 402, 436

  Hasheesh Eater, The (Ludlow), 27

  Hassard, John, 144

  Hatch, Ozias, 32, 35

  Haussmann, Baron Georges-Eugéne, 109, 128

  Hawaii, 256, 301, 322, 326, 327, 331, 349, 444, 517

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 133, 190, 212

  Hay, Adelbert Stone “Del,” 38–39, 171, 175, 186, 257, 271, 350, 401–5

  birth of, 169–70

  as consul to Pretoria, 373–74, 391, 401, 403

  death of, 402–5, 409, 413, 418, 543, 545

  education of, 264, 283, 288

  European travel of, 213, 214, 217, 251, 332, 373, 401

  father’s correspondence with, 373–74, 391

  father’s relationship with, 273–74

  football playing of, 274, 289, 295

  in New Hampshire, 272, 273–74, 279, 295, 402

  at Yellowstone, 288–91

  Hay, Adam, 14

  Hay, Alice Evelyn, see Wadsworth, Alice Evelyn Hay

  Hay, Augustus Leonard “Gus,” “Leonard,” 16–17, 23, 68, 217, 281

  death of, 526–27

  European tour of, 179–80

  Hay’s correspondence with, 112

  Hay, Charles, Jr., 19, 20, 22, 217

  in Boston, 523, 526

  in Civil War, 66–68, 523

  Hay’s correspondence with, 101, 112–13

  marriage of, 31

  Hay, Charles, Sr., 15–17, 19, 57, 112–15, 162, 164, 194

  death of, 235

  Hay’s correspondence with, 108, 112, 123

  Hay’s education and, 24–25, 29

  land speculation of, 16, 68

  Lincoln compared with, 54

  Mormon “war” and, 21

  Hay, Clara Stone, 10, 150–53, 160–67, 175, 208, 220–24, 252, 267–69, 277, 395, 464, 534–47, 551

  Adams’s correspondence with, 405, 439, 440, 546–47

  appearance of, 11, 152, 166, 195, 333, 348

  death of, 550

  Del’s consul position and, 373, 374

  Del’s death and, 403, 404–5

  education of, 151, 152

  engagement and marriage of, 7, 160–64

  family background of, 155–58

  father’s estate and, 223–24

  as grandmother, 523

  Hay’s correspondence edited by, 415, 550, 551

  Hay’s correspondence with, 153, 155, 160–63, 165–66, 179, 185, 186, 189, 191, 192, 233–34, 269, 271, 290–91, 304, 321, 335, 336, 338, 404, 407, 413, 455, 465, 482, 483, 484, 493

  Hay’s death and, 542–47

  Hay’s meeting of, 110, 150, 151–52

  Hay’s relationship with, 11, 160–64, 179, 189, 233, 234, 269, 271

  Hay’s romances and, 10, 11, 254, 264, 267, 268, 269, 275, 279, 342, 371

  Lizzie Cameron’s correspondence with, 244

  Money-Makers and, 231, 232

  as mother, 273

  in New Hampshire, 249, 272, 279, 350, 402, 404, 522, 541, 542–43, 550

  New York visits of, 150–53, 160, 208–9, 401, 550

  pregnancies and childbirths of, 166, 169–70, 171, 184, 186, 195, 234, 235

  as Presbyterian, 195, 545

  travel abroad of, 151, 152, 213–17, 220–22, 251, 261, 286–88, 315–17, 320, 321, 323–24, 332, 333, 335, 338, 532, 534, 537, 538, 539

  twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of, 348

  in Washington, 176, 186, 191–92, 194, 195, 198, 342, 531, 532

  at White House, 264

  Hay, Clarence Leonard, 257, 264, 401, 403, 496, 532, 534, 550

  birth of, 235

  in New Hampshire, 272, 273, 279, 295, 523, 542, 550

  travel abroad of, 251, 286, 287, 332

  Hay, Edward Leonard, 16, 19

  Hay, Helen (daughter of Helen Leonard Hay), 19, 162, 166

  Hay, Helen Julia, see Whitney, Helen Julia Hay

  Hay, Helen Leonard, 15–17, 21, 29, 57, 114, 115, 162, 166, 235, 272

  childbirths of, 16–17, 19

  death of, 281

  Hay’s correspondence with, 67, 158, 159

  Hay’s education and, 24–25

  health problems of, 183

  Hay, Jemima Coulter, 14

  Hay, John (grandfather), 14, 23, 30, 68

  Hay, John (great-great-grandfather), 14

  Hay, John Milton:

  affability of, 43, 190, 323–24

  ambassadorship sought by, 310–14

  as ambassador to England, 7–8, 9, 26, 102, 124, 314–35, 356, 444

  ambition of, 79, 113

  as Anglophile, 7, 116–17, 221, 251, 288

  appearance of, 3, 31, 32, 46–47, 74–75, 111, 130, 140, 149, 179, 297, 316, 398, 423, 458

  army commission of, 78, 107

  art collection of, 7, 171, 180, 234, 337, 457–58, 531

  as assistant secretary of state, 125, 184–91, 204

  awards and honors of, 395, 402, 412, 436, 520

  bachelor life of, 149, 163, 233

  birth of, 17

  broker role of, 258

  confidence of, 6, 31, 107, 155

  contemporaries’ praise for, 12–13

  cosmopolitanism of, 6, 19, 23, 130, 168, 179, 290

  death of, 190, 268, 415, 542–48

  depression of, 28, 36, 216, 334

  dreams of, 539–40, 543

  education of, 19–20, 22–29, 108

  election of 1904 and, 504, 509–11, 514–19, 523–26

  eyesight problems of, 169, 178–80

  fame of, 7, 139–40, 164, 168, 519–20

  family background of, 14–20

  as father, 166, 169–70, 186, 217, 235, 273–74, 295, 373–74, 401–5, 413, 418

  in fiction, 229–30

  formative years of, 17–22

  as gracious statesman, 12–13, 26

  as grandfather, 458, 464, 465

  health problems of, 48, 162, 166, 178–80, 208, 213, 216, 257, 269, 270, 273, 334, 348, 383, 385, 388, 394, 395, 398, 399, 504–5, 509, 520, 522, 527, 529, 530, 532, 534–39, 541–42, 546

  homesickness of, 112–13, 233, 269

  humor and punning of, 25, 31, 34, 43, 46, 52, 95–96, 143, 401, 420

  Lamon’s biography and, 180–82

  lecturing of, 29, 120, 140–41, 158

  legacy of, 458, 504, 547–49

  legal studies of, 29–30, 33, 35, 38–39

  as Lincoln’s private secretary, 1–6, 35–36, 38–106, 144, 169, 177, 198, 245, 335–36, 374, 401

  linguistic skills of, 6, 19–20, 25, 31, 95, 101, 108, 117, 123, 190

  in Madrid legation, 6, 121–25, 129, 308, 323

  marital medicine of, 149–50

  marriage of, see Hay, Clara Stone

  as native son, 548–49

  negotiating skills and diplomacy learned by, 89, 119

  as old man, 411–12

  in Paris legation, 4, 101–2, 106, 109–13, 119, 122, 129, 151

  political contributions of, 297, 300, 302

  portrait of, 457–58, 504

  racial prejudice of, 58, 118–19, 462

  rise of, 6–7

  romances of, see Cameron, Elizabeth Sherman “Lizzie”; Lodge, Anna C
abot Mills “Nannie”

  Saint-Gaudens sculpture of, 483–84, 504, 520

  as secretary of state, 8, 10, 12–13, 102, 117, 248, 322, 331, 334–542, 546, 548

  secrets of, 10, 11, 176, 321

  snobbery of, 28–29

  speeches of, 67, 183, 192–94, 202, 307, 318, 328, 400, 419–23, 436, 448, 456, 509–11, 515–19, 523–25, 528

  as translator, 168, 190–91

  Tribune stock and, 149, 159

  vacations of, 179–80, 213–17, 220–22, 232, 233–34, 251, 261, 269–71, 283–84, 286–91, 303–5, 324–26, 333–34, 352, 360–61, 383, 437, 468, 505–6, 520, 523, 532, 534–40, 542, 546

  in Vienna legation, 6, 116–19, 122, 129, 328

  White House duties of, 45

  at Yellowstone, 288–91, 356, 417

  Hay, John Milton, finances of, 113

  investments, 67–68, 79, 82, 112, 114, 116, 264

  salary, 42, 116, 121, 125, 133, 144, 159, 164, 168, 315

  wife’s family money and, 7, 11, 163, 169, 223–24

  Hay, John Milton, writing of:

  abstinence from, 294–95

  articles, 21–22, 33–36, 39, 40, 44, 49, 51–52, 55–56, 76, 121, 122, 128–29, 133, 228

  biographical, see Abraham Lincoln

  college, 25–26

  editorial, 6, 7, 133, 141–44, 153–54, 155, 159–60, 166, 167, 228, 323

  final testament, 543

  novel, see Bread-Winners, The

  poetry, 3, 6–7, 18, 27–30, 33, 45, 73, 82, 95, 110–11, 136–41, 264–67, 284, 291–92, 504, 541, 551–52

  prose style, 96

  reviews, 139, 140, 148–49

  short stories, 18, 110, 115, 125, 140, 225, 228, 402

  see also specific works

  Hay, Mary (sister of John Milton Hay), 17, 162, 281

  Hay, Mary Ridgley (wife of Charles Hay, Jr.), 31, 32

  Hay, Milton, 16, 17, 35, 36, 183

  Hay’s correspondence with, 26, 29

  Hay’s education and, 23, 24–25

  law career of, 24, 29, 30, 33

  Hay, Nathaniel, 23

  Hay-Adams Hotel, 9, 550

  Hay-Bond Treaty, 527–28

  Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, 494–503, 505

  Amador and Boyd’s reaction to, 497

  Panama’s ratification of, 497, 501–2

  Senate ratification of, 503

  Hay-Concha Treaty, 431–32, 436, 441

  Haydn, Hiram, 422, 545

  Hayes, Lucy “Lemonade Lucy,” 176, 418

  Hayes, Rutherford B., 184–87, 297

  in election of 1876, 170–71, 184, 196

  Hay’s gift to, 171, 311, 531

  as president, 7, 183, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 198, 297, 304, 310, 318, 335, 345, 418, 531

  Hay-Herrán Treaty, 442–43, 454, 479, 484, 493, 494, 495

  rejection of, 468–75, 498

  Hay-Paunceforte Treaty, 367–71, 391–93, 400, 405, 410, 411, 429, 432, 447

  British rejection of, 396–97

  signing of, 412, 425, 496

  Hearst, William Randolph, 299, 316

  Hepburn, William P., 346, 366, 392

  Hepburn bill, 366, 392, 396, 427, 428, 431, 434, 435

  House passing of, 413, 421, 425

  Senate amendment of, 425–26

  Herbert, Michael, 440, 448, 449, 454, 455

  Herkomer, John, 167

  Herndon, William, 30, 94, 106, 181, 182, 236, 250

  Herodotus, 26

  Herrán, Tomás, 442–43, 471, 477–78, 484, 494, 500, 501

  Herter Brothers, 167

  Hill, David Jayne, 336

  Hilton Head, S.C., 66–68, 78, 79–80

  Hippisley, Alfred, 357–60

  History of Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slavery, The (Arnold), 115

  “History of the Jesuits” (Hay), 29

  Hobart, Garret, 300, 319, 337, 344, 350, 374

  death of, 368, 380

  Hohenzollern dynasty, 127

  Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Prince Leopold von, 127

  Holcombe, James, 87–88

  Holland, 180, 303

  Holleben, Theodore von, 447, 449–53

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 85

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr., 25, 179

  Holt, Henry, 186, 196

  Homer, Winslow, 171

  Honduras, 480–81

  Honest Money League, 183

  Hong Kong, 353, 354, 355

  Hood, John, 91

  Hood, Thomas, 51

  Hooker, Joseph “Fighting Joe,” 65, 68–69, 83, 121

  Hooper, Robert, 194, 196, 239, 240, 241

  Hoover, Herbert, 379

  Hoover, Lou, 379

  Horace, 29, 531

  Houghton Mifflin, 520

  House of Commons, British, 116, 215, 288, 305

  House of Lords, British, 116

  House of Representatives, U.S., 106, 114, 158, 258, 550

  Central America canal and, 346, 367, 392, 412–13, 425, 435

  Hay suggested as candidate for, 183–84, 191–92

  Johnson impeachment and, 119

  Thirteenth Amendment and, 97–99

  Houssaye, Arsène, 168

  Howe, William, 156

  Howells, William Dean, 19, 27, 177, 191, 212, 228, 256, 295, 403

  on Abraham Lincoln, 262

  American Academy of Arts and Letters and, 520, 530

  at Atlantic Monthly, 122, 132–34, 148, 168

  background of, 133–34

  Bread-Winners and, 215

  as campaign biographer, 35, 133, 171

  in Europe, 214, 221

  on Hay as native son, 548–49

  Hay’s correspondence with, 184, 194, 213, 232, 249, 284

  Twain’s work reviewed by, 210–11

  in Venice, 133, 190

  Howe truss system, 156, 172, 174

  Hoyt, James, 544

  Hubbard, John, 487, 488, 490–91

  Hugo, Victor, 45, 92, 109

  Humphrey, Chauncey, 484–85

  Hunt, Richard Morris, 162

  Hunter, David, 66–67

  hunting, 438, 465, 536

  duck, 252, 258, 274, 281, 307

  Huntington, Collis, 427

  Iddings, Joseph, 289

  Illinois, 4–24, 29–37, 289

  slavery proscribed in, 14

  Illinois State House, 4, 15, 24, 30

  Lincoln’s office in, 35–36

  Illinois State Journal, 120–21

  Illinois State University, 23–24

  immigrants, prejudice toward, 135, 547

  impeachment, 170

  Johnson and, 112, 119, 184

  imperialism, 361, 365, 372, 390

  Independent Order of B’nai B’rith, see B’nai B’rith

  Indiana, 16, 92

  industry, 151, 307, 308

  tariffs and, 280, 281

  Innocents Abroad (Twain), 131, 134

  Interior Department, U.S., 42, 114

  International Congress of Peace, 523–24

  Interoceanic Canals Committee, 428, 431

  “In the Mist” (Hay), 29

  Ireland, Joseph, 233

  Irish Americans, 317, 358, 369

  iron, 151, 156, 172, 173–74

  Irving, Washington, 190

  Isabella II, Queen of Spain, 121, 127

  Isle of Wight, 335

  Isthmian Canal Commission, 346, 366, 428

  decision reversed by, 425, 430, 434

  first report of, 392, 412, 429

  Paris visit of, 426

  Italy, 178, 304, 446, 532

  China and, 360, 362, 380

  as Great Power, 9, 327

  Hay in, 118, 221, 286–87, 535–36

  Jackson, Andrew, 34, 158, 245

  Jackson, Mich., 515–19, 525

  Jackson, Stonewall, 59, 69

  Jacksonville, Fla., 79–80, 81

  Jamaica, 446, 486, 487

  James, Henry, Jr., 133, 167–68, 177, 216, 228, 239, 248, 279, 324,
403, 416, 530–31

  on Clover Adams, 194

  Hay’s correspondence with, 168, 216, 224, 265

  in London, 180, 214, 233–34, 251, 269, 295, 303, 315

  reviews of, 211–12

  Woolson and, 216, 233–34, 286, 287

  James, Henry, Sr., 168

  James, William, 133, 340, 417

  Jamestown & Franklin, 156

  Japan, 9, 252, 254, 327, 356

  army of, 353

  British treaty with, 459

  China and, 353, 355, 359, 362, 365, 376, 380, 383, 387, 459, 482, 499–500, 505–7, 521–22

  Korea and, 353, 459, 500, 505, 506

  navy of, 353, 506, 521, 540

  Russia’s war with, 365, 505–9, 512, 521–22, 532–34, 540–41, 549

  Jay, Mary, 57

  Jefferson, Thomas, 177, 248, 260

  Jewell, Theodore, 513

  Jewett, William “Colorado,” 88

  Jews, 547

  in U.S., 461–62, 463, 466–67, 545

  in Vienna, 117–18, 462

  see also anti-Semitism

  “Jim Bludso” (Hay), 137–39, 168

  Johnson, Andrew, 2–4, 7, 108, 114, 131, 171, 184

  impeachment and, 112, 119, 184

  Reconstruction and, 112, 122

  as vice president, 84

  Juárez, Benito, 126

  “Kane and Abel” (Hay), 140

  Kaneko, Baron Kentaro, 508

  Kansas-Nebraska Act, 515, 548

  Keenan, Henry, 144, 229–32

  Kempff, Louis, 379

  Kennedy, John F., 550

  Kent, 332–34

  Kentucky, 14, 15

  Ketteler, Baron Clemens von, 379

  Key, Philip Barton, 121, 248

  Kiaochow, 450

  kidnapping, 511–15

  Kimberley, Lord, 288

  King, Clarence, 177, 195, 208–10, 235, 289, 303, 401, 550–51

  in Arizona, 398, 399

  background of, 147–48

  committed to asylum, 285–86

  death of, 210, 413–14, 551

  in Europe, 213–16, 221, 233–34, 243, 256, 284

  in fiction, 239

  financial problems of, 256, 284–86, 398–99

  Hay’s correspondence with, 256, 403, 412, 413

  health problems of, 398, 399, 412

  in New Hampshire, 239, 249, 399

  secret marriage of, 10, 255–56, 285, 398, 399, 551

  in Washington, 10, 186, 195, 196–97, 232

  writing of, 148, 153, 216, 225, 228, 250

  Kingston, 446, 486, 487

  Kipling, Rudyard, 295, 403, 467

  Kishinev massacre, 461–67, 505, 547

  Kishinev petition, 464–67, 545

  Knox, Philander, 437, 496

  Kohlsaat, H. H., 299

  Korea, 353, 355, 459, 500, 505, 506, 540

  Kowloon, 354, 362

  Kruger, Paul, 362

  Kuang Hsu, Emperor of China, 376

  Ku Klux Klan, 153, 154

  Kuropatkin, Alexei, 533

  Kwangchowan, 354

  labor unrest:

 

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