Garfield’s assassination and, 205–7
Gould’s rescue of, 158–59
Grant criticized in, 153–54, 199
Hay’s poetry in, 136–39
Hay’s rejection of editor’s post at, 263–64
Hay’s temporary replacement of Reid at, 200, 202–8, 297, 541
Hay’s work for, 6, 7, 50, 89–90, 136–46, 153–54, 155, 159–60, 164, 166, 167, 228, 323
as Liberal Republican paper, 143, 153–54, 155
literary reviews in, 210–12
offices of, 141, 162, 166
Open Door and, 366
Reid’s homecoming to, 208
slavery and, 61, 86
stock of, 149, 158, 159, 200
New York World, 47, 49, 427, 428, 472, 476
Niagara Falls, N.Y., 85–88, 130, 133, 153, 400, 406
Niagara Manifesto, 87–90
Nicaragua, 301, 349, 352, 368, 487
canal cost for, 412
Hay’s treaty negotiations with, 432, 442
Hepburn bill and, 413, 421, 427
Morgan bill ad, 345–46
Panama vs., 191, 366, 392, 411, 412, 425–35, 470, 471, 473–74, 498
as “the American route,” 345, 425
volcanoes in, 427, 433–34, 435
Nicaragua, Lake, 434
Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 462, 466, 508
Nicolay, John George, 1–7, 31–32, 118, 133, 176, 180–83, 186
background of, 23
Colorado trip of, 232, 239, 249, 257
as consul to Paris, 4, 101, 108, 109, 110, 113, 115, 125
death of, 411
election of 1864 and, 90–91
as German-born, 3, 23, 32, 43
Hay compared with, 3, 32
Hay’s correspondence with, 67, 68, 71–72, 73, 82, 90, 114, 115, 117, 120, 132, 133, 137, 152, 160, 169, 178, 183, 213, 238, 251, 257–58, 262, 383
Hay’s engagement and, 163
Hay’s evolving relationship with, 169
Hay’s job offer from, 125, 130, 132
Hay’s meeting of, 23
Hay’s renewed friendship with, 31
interviews for Lincoln biography by, 167, 169, 235
Lamon’s biography and, 180–82
as Lincoln’s private secretary, 1–4, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42–43, 45, 46, 50–54, 61, 65, 66, 71–76, 83–85, 97–102, 144, 169, 198, 245, 335–36
marriage of, 4, 99, 101
in New Hampshire, 237
White House duties of, 45
at work on Lincoln biography, 167, 169, 213, 228, 235–39, 245, 248–51, 260, 262–63, 294
Nicolay, Therena Bates, 66, 120
death of, 245, 249
European travels of, 5, 101, 107, 109, 110
marriage of, 4, 99, 101
Nicolay’s correspondence with, 4, 43, 53–54, 65, 84, 97
Norris, Billy, 24
North, 57, 60, 71, 88, 100, 158, 193
North American Review, 177, 340
Northern Pacific Railroad, 163, 289
Northern Securities, 424
North German Confederation, 126
“Northward” (Hay), 140
Oak Ridge Cemetery, 4
Obaldía, José Domingo de, 478, 485, 487, 489
“Obedience” (Hay), 292
Ohio, 19, 92, 133, 309–10, 361
founding fathers of, 183
legislature of, 173
McKinley as governor of, 281, 282, 298
Republican Central Committee of, 192
Ohio Republican Party, 300
Ohio Society of New York, 456
oil, 156–57, 354, 422, 458
O’Leary, Mr. and Mrs., 145
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 296
Olney, Richard, 289, 304–5, 317, 318, 326
Olustee, Fla., 81–82
“On the Bluff” (Hay), 18, 140
Open Door, 9, 12, 356–67, 376, 384–90, 393, 398, 406, 421, 458–60, 505, 506, 517, 547
benefits of, 364–65
Beresford and, 356–57, 359
first note, 360, 381, 507
negotiations over, 362–66
second note, 380–81
Orange Free State, 362
orange groves, 67–68, 79
Organization of American States, 349
Orinoco (Royal Mail Company packet), 491
Osgood, James R., 132, 140, 148, 214
Ottoman Empire, 496, 521
“Outcasts of Poker Flat” (Harte), 134
Outlook, 453–54
Overland Monthly, 134, 135, 136, 148
Oyster Bay, Long Island, 261, 437–38, 465–66, 473, 477
Pacific Express, 171–72
Pacific Ocean, 9, 337, 344, 352–53, 356
McKinley and Hay in visit to, 399
Panama and, 430, 477, 485, 490
Pago Pago, 353
Panama, 346, 349, 366, 411, 425–33, 440–43, 468–82, 484–503, 517, 524
canal cost for, 392, 412, 425
flag of, 485, 489, 497
French canal company and, 190–91, 345, 425
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty and, 494–503
indemnity for, 495, 497, 503
secession and independence of, 9, 429, 468–69, 471, 473, 475–82, 484–94, 497–502, 528–29, 549
U.S. as protector of, 493, 494, 497
U.S. recognition of, 493
Panama City, 430, 440, 477, 485, 487–92, 494, 495
Panama Railroad, 440, 441, 475, 476, 487, 488, 489, 491
Panama Star and Herald, 476, 477
Pan-American Exposition, 400, 406
Panic of 1873, 163–64, 174
Panic of 1893, 281–85, 289, 300, 345
Paris, 108–16, 126–29, 177, 286, 326, 335, 341, 350, 363, 380, 398, 537
Adams–Lizzie Cameron meetings in, 272, 274–75, 276, 551
Guiteau’s seeking of consulship in, 204–5
Hay in legation in, 4, 101–2, 106, 109–13, 119, 122, 129, 151
Hay’s visits to, 11, 128, 215–16, 221, 234, 269–70, 284, 287, 304, 538, 546
James’s letters from, 168
as literary setting, 110, 115, 140, 402
peace commission in, 335, 339, 340
pleasures of, 110–11
Prussian siege on, 128
riots in, 126, 127
Tribune coverage of, 132
U.S. canal commission in, 426
Paris, Treaty of (1898), 334, 340, 341, 343–44, 350
Parker, Alton B., 509–10, 524, 526
Parkman, Francis, 241
Parsons, Alfred, 234
patronage, 95, 98, 120, 121, 204–5, 258, 294, 296, 309
Conkling and, 199, 201, 202
David Cameron and, 187, 188
Mary Lincoln and, 74
White House seekers of, 43, 74, 113
Paúl, Felipe, 441
Paunceforte, Julian, 335, 352, 367, 405, 411, 412, 424, 455
Pavey, Frank, 495
Payne, Oliver, 422, 505
Payson, Joan Whitney, 458, 464, 505, 523, 550
Pearl Harbor, 507
Peiho River, 355, 379
Peking, 326, 355, 357, 359, 377–88, 421, 460, 482, 522, 524
first relief expedition for, 379, 380
second relief expedition for, 383–88, 401
Pelée, Mount, 433
Pendleton, George, 98
Peninsula campaign, 56, 58, 59, 92
Pennsylvania, 69–70, 187, 252, 278, 280, 298–99
Cameron’s property in, 319, 350, 404
Perdicaris, Ion, 511–15
Permanent Court of Arbitration, 453, 528
Perry, Nora, 27, 28, 29, 38
Petersburg, Fla., 84, 91
Petropavlosk (Russian ship), 506
Philadelphia, Pa., 69, 84, 178–79, 231
Republican convention in (1900), 374–76
Philadelphia Press, 76, 366
Philermenian literary society, 25
Philip IV, King of Spain, 123
Philippines, 9, 322, 326, 330, 338–41, 358, 361, 373, 518, 524
China policy and, 349, 354, 356, 379, 390
Germany and, 327–28, 331, 339, 444
independence movement in, 331, 343–44
insurrection in, 344, 362, 390, 400, 518
Open Door and, 365
Roosevelt’s views on, 436, 444
Treaty of Paris and, 340, 343–44
undecided fate of, 331–32
U.S. brutality in, 424
Phillips, William “Bilfilips,” 289, 297, 315
Phoenix, Ariz., 398, 399, 412, 413
photographs, 74–75
by Clover Adams, 215, 241
of Hay, 46–47, 74–75, 215, 493
Pickett, George E., 70, 71
Pickett’s Charge, 70
Pike County, Ill., 135–36
Pike County, Mo., 135, 148
Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces (Hay), 140
Pike County Free Press, 23, 31–32
“Pikes,” 135–37, 148
Pittsburgh, Pa., 174, 545
Pittsfield, Ill., 4, 22–23, 383
Pittsfield, Mass, 438–39, 525
“Plain Language from Truthful James” (“The Heathen Chinee”; Harte), 134–36
Platt, Thomas “Me-Too,” 201, 203, 204, 205, 298, 349, 395
election of 1896 and, 296, 300, 303
election of 1900 and, 374, 375
McKinley appointments and, 309, 310, 312, 313–14
Reid’s feud with, 309, 310, 313–14
Poe, Edgar Allan, 27, 133
poetry, 17, 27–30, 134–40, 145
of Harte, 134–36, 139, 140
of Hay, 3, 6–7, 18, 27–30, 33, 45, 73, 82, 95, 110–11, 136–41, 264–67, 284, 291–92, 504, 541, 551–52
Polk, James Knox, 439
Pope, John, 59, 238
Populists, Populist Party, 280, 308
Port Arthur, 354, 355, 362, 458
Russo-Japanese War and, 506–7, 508, 521, 532–33
Porter, David, 96–97
Porter, Fitz-John, 262
Porter, Jane, 17, 18
Portrait of a Lady, The (James), 211–12, 228, 286
portrait painting, 234, 265, 324, 456–58, 504, 539
Potomac River, 41
Civil War and, 44, 47, 49, 60, 71, 84, 85
Prado, 123
“Prayer for Twenty Millions” (Greeley), 86
preparedness policy, 524
Presbyterians, 157, 164–65, 195, 422, 545
Prescott, Herbert, 485–86
presidential succession, order of, 411, 437, 439
Prince and the Pauper, The (Twain), 210–11
Pritchett, Henry, 494–95
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, 77–78
see also Ten Percent Plan
“Progress of Democracy in Europe, The” (Hay), 120, 140, 141
prostitutes, 121
Protestants, 377
see also specific sects
Providence, R.I., 15, 24–28, 33
Providence Journal, 33–34
Prussia, 117, 120
see also Franco-Prussian War
Puerto Cabello, 447, 451
Puerto Rico, 322, 330, 331, 340, 343, 361, 445
Pullman, George, 282
Pullman Palace Car Company, 289
Qing government, 354
Quay, Matthew, 298–99, 300, 303, 395
railroads, 156, 157, 163, 164, 171–75, 220, 249, 422, 446
Ashtabula disaster, 171–75, 220
China and, 353, 354, 355, 360, 362, 363, 365, 377, 458
Christmas travel on, 186
failure of, 281–82
labor unrest and, 174–75
in Panama, 440, 441, 475, 487, 488, 489, 491
stock in, 155, 156, 159, 174
Raisuli, Muali Ahmed er, 511–15
Rapadan River, 83, 84
Rappahannock River, 68–69
Rathbone, Henry, 103–4, 247–48
Raymond, Henry, 90
Reade (Hay children’s nurse), 214
reconstruction, 72, 77–82, 93, 107
Grant and, 153
Johnson administration and, 112, 113, 122
Ten Percent Plan, 78–82
Reed, Thomas, 258, 296, 300
reform, 131, 170, 184, 196, 218, 259
Reid, Elisabeth Mills, 199–200, 281, 296, 312, 320, 321, 405, 439
Reid, Whitelaw, 130–34, 141, 143, 144, 147, 154, 162, 168–71, 176, 321, 541
as ambassador to England, 530
bachelor life of, 149
Conkling and, 199, 201–4
Diamond Jubilee and, 319, 320
election of 1876 and, 171
election of 1880 and, 192, 193, 194
election of 1888 and, 257
election of 1892 and, 280, 281, 296
election of 1896 and, 296, 298, 306–7
in fiction, 229
Hay compared with, 131
Hay’s acceptance of State Department position and, 184
Hay’s correspondence with, 132, 146, 164, 166, 169–70, 171, 183–84, 194, 198, 201–4, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 273, 280, 284, 288, 294, 295–96, 306–7, 309, 312, 319, 335, 385, 404–5, 413, 439, 468, 530
Hay’s damaged friendship with, 350
health problems of, 297, 311–12, 314
James hired by, 168
McKinley appointments and, 309–14, 348, 349–50
marriage of, 199–200
as minister to France, 258, 261, 264, 269, 296
as peace commissioner, 335, 348
Tribune troubles of, 158–59
Twain’s damning of, 210–11
as Washington correspondent, 130
Republican, 125, 130, 132
Republican National Committee, 428
Republican National Conventions:
of 1856, 31–32
of 1864, 79, 84
of 1880, 192, 199
of 1896, 296, 300, 301, 310
of 1900, 374–76
of 1904, 514–15
Republicans, Republican Party, 5, 6, 7, 12, 26, 38, 101, 111–12, 119, 120, 176, 183, 191–94, 264, 340, 342, 346, 349, 361, 494, 528
birth of, 86, 515–16
Conkling vs. Garfield and, 201, 202
emancipation and, 62, 64
in fiction, 196
as futurists, 548
Grant criticized by, 142–43
Illinois state convention of (1858), 54
Mugwumps, 8, 234, 235, 280, 281, 304, 500, 517
Radical wing of, 50, 54, 62, 77, 93, 112, 113
Stalwarts, 192, 204–7, 408
Tribune’s loss of, 158
see also specific elections
Rest Cure, 179–80, 213, 220, 285
Review of Reviews, 479, 480
Reyes, Rafael, 497, 500–501
Rhine River, 126, 128
Rhodes, Cecil, 372
Richardson, H. H., 233, 239, 241, 243–44
Richmond, Va., 56, 83, 84, 86, 87, 90, 91, 93, 96, 102
Rico, Luis Carlos, 471, 478
Ridgley, Mary, see Hay, Mary Ridgley
Rixey, Presley, 532, 534, 535, 541–42
Robertson, William, 199, 201, 203, 204
Rock Creek Cemetery, 484
Rockefeller, John D., 156, 403
Rockhill, William, 326, 336, 349
China policy and, 354, 356–60, 362, 363, 377, 381, 384, 388, 400–401, 482, 530
Roderick Hudson (James), 168
Romanian Jews, 462
Rome, 286–87, 290, 363, 380, 394, 530
Roosevelt, Anna, see Cowles, Anna Roosevelt “Bamie”
Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 534
Roosevelt, Corrine, 265
Roosevelt, Edith, 276, 412, 422, 440, 456
Roosevelt, Franklin, 534
Roosevelt, Ted, 501, 508
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 12, 176, 258–61, 264, 276, 289, 326, 342, 407–12
Adams’s criticism
of, 417–18, 424
aggressiveness of, 508, 519, 521
appetite for executive control of, 419
as assistant secretary of the navy, 323, 330, 445
autobiography of, 452–53
Central America canal and, 368, 410, 425, 426, 428, 435–36, 442, 443, 445, 472–80, 501, 503
as child, 8, 259, 444, 445
as civil service commissioner, 259
dynamism and robustness of, 259, 416, 417
election of 1896 and, 302, 306, 307
election of 1900 and, 374–76, 389–90
election of 1904 and, 509–11, 514–19, 523–26, 546
Germany and, 443–54
Hanna’s relationship with, 428
Hay compared with, 8–9, 416, 417, 419, 420, 457, 503, 548
Hay’s correspondence with, 308, 330–31, 408–12, 414, 417, 438, 447, 455–56, 459, 460–61, 466, 467–68, 468, 473–75, 477, 504, 505, 513, 520, 521–22, 526–27, 531–32, 536, 540, 541, 542
Hay’s death and, 543, 545–48
Hay’s gift to, 531–32
Hay’s relationship with, 390, 409–11, 414–19, 455–56, 465, 525, 545–48
health problems and accidents of, 438–40, 499, 524–25
honorary degree of, 436
hunting of, 438, 465, 536
inauguration of, 531–32
James introduced to, 531
Japan bias of, 508
Kishinev massacre and, 463–67
Lodge compared with, 259–60
McKinley compared with, 419
McKinley’s assassination and, 407–11
as N.Y. governor, 338, 368, 374
Panama’s independence and, 484–85, 487, 490, 492, 493–94, 498–99
portrait of, 456–57
as president, 8, 414–27, 435–57, 463–69, 472–80, 482, 484–85, 487, 490, 492, 493–94, 498–99, 501, 503–6, 508–34, 540–43, 545–46, 549
Russo-Japanese War mediated by, 540–41, 549
at Sagamore Hill, 437–38, 464–65, 477
Spanish-American War and, 323, 330–31, 338
Venezuela affair and, 443, 446–54
as vice president, 407–8, 445
Wilhelm II compared with, 445
writing of, 259, 260, 452–53
Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr., 258–59, 418
Root, Elihu, 372, 375, 385, 410, 412, 424, 440, 490, 493, 496
Alaska boundary treaty and, 454–55
replacement of, 518
as secretary of state, 13, 549
Rothschild, Baron Ferdinand James de, 462
Roughing It (Twain), 210–11
Rough Riders, 330, 338, 375
Royal Academy, 539
Ruskin, John, 284
Russia, 9, 141, 142, 327, 346, 458–68
anti-Semitism in, 461–67, 505
army of, 533
Bloody Sunday in, 533
China and, 353–54, 355, 358–60, 362–63, 365, 378, 380, 381, 383, 385–89, 401, 458–62, 464–68, 482, 499–500, 505–7, 521–22, 549
Foreign Ministry of, 466
navy of, 459, 506, 521, 522, 533, 540
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