The Evening Post

INDEX

Reading edition

Abolitionists, E. P. defends, 145–148

Abyssinia, 505

Adams, Charles, 112

Adams, Charles Follen, contributes, 414

Adams, Charles Francis, Sr., 243, 394, 513

Adams, Henry, 449, 554

Adams, John, 9, 10;

death, 89, 90

Adams, J. Q., 82, 124, 131;

and “gag” resolution, 170, 182

Adee, A. A., 414

Advertisements, see Evening Post

Advertiser, Boston, 460

Alaska, purchased, 503

Albion, The, 355, 407

Alden, H. M., 317, 318

Aldrich, T. B., offered literary editorship, 413, 417

Allston, Washington, 107, 125

Altgeld, J. P., 500, 502, 542

American Citizen, The, 9, 12, 18, 19, 25, 27

“American Flag, The,” 104

“American Notes,” Dickens’s, 223

Anderson, Henry J., 125, 127;

on staff, 163

Anderson, Major Robert, 273

Anthon, Prof. Charles, 125

Antietam, Battle of, 294

Apartment houses introduced, 367ff.

Appomattox, 314, 323

Armistad Affair, 172

Army and Navy Journal, The, 318

Arthur, Chester A., 450, 451

Arden, Francis, 23, 109

Arndt, Walter T., 578

Arrears, of subscriptions, 93

Asphalt, E. P. advocates, 375

Astor, John Jacob, 18, 46, 106, 131

Astor, William B., 273, 364, 385

Astor House, opened, 162

Astor Library, 364

Astor Place riot, 226

Atlanta captured, 310

Aurora, Philadelphia, 9, 13, 31, 80, 94

Audubon, John J., visits E. P., 191

Australian ballot, advocated, 537

“Ballads and Other Poems” (Longfellow’s), 219

Ballinger Affair, 572

Baltimore Convention, in 1844, 176, 177

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened, 78

Bancroft, George, 178, 191, 215, 329, 339

Bandelier, A. F., contributes, 527, 554

Banks, N. P., 251, 321

Barker, Jacob, 100

Barnard, Frederick, 341

Barnard, Judge, 536

Barnburners, E. P. joins, 243

Barney, Hiram, 265, 277

Barnum, P. T., 366

Beecher, Henry Ward, 255, 312, 328, 338;

praises E. P., 464

Bellairs, E. G., correspondent, 552, 553

Bellamy, Mrs. Frederick P., quoted, 546

Belmont, August, 304, 485

Bellows, Dr. Henry, 361

Belshazzar’s Feast, 464

Benjamin, Judah P., 327

Benjamin, Park, contributes, 325

Bennett, James Gordon, early career, 156;

revolutionizes New York journalism, 157ff.;

social ostracism of, 160;

later mention, 244, 271ff., 286, 326, 537

Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., 511

Benson, Egbert, 54

Benton, Thomas Hart, contributes, 234, 235, 242, 247, 251

Béranger, 240, 241

Bergh, Henry, E. P. defends, 375

Berlin Decree, 39

Bernhardt, Sarah, 435

Biddle, Commodore James, 183

Biddle, Nicholas, 153, 356

Bigelow, John, 216;

career, 228;

character, 228, 229;

becomes part owner and editor, 230;

political activity, 231;

controversy with Sparks, 231–234;

obtains Benton’s book, 235;

business acumen, 236–240;

and Sainte-Beuve, 239, 240;

Minister to France, 241, 286, 311, 313, 341–343;

his “Jamaica,” 346;

on Bryant’s style, 347;

as Bryant’s associate, 352, 358, 359;

as Tilden’s friend, 400–405;

later mentions, 424, 438, 439

Binns, John 21, 53

Birney, J. G., 171

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, joins E. P., 455;

and Mugwump campaign, 461;

and the fight against Tammany, 481;

as associate editor, 526;

on election of 1900, 568, 569

Bismarck, 452

Black Friday, 392, 425

Bladensburg, 55

Blaine, James G., 394, 446, 447;

E. P. attacks, 450;

campaign of 1884, 459–466;

Secretary of State, 468, 471, 472

Blair, Francis P., 251, 314

Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-General, 285

Bland Act, E. P. attacks, 436

Bland, Richard, silver leader, 499

Blankenburg, Rudolph, writes Schurz, 445

Bleecker, Anthony, 15, 18, 97, 114

Bleecker, Leonard, 18

Bliss & White, 125

Blockade of South, 284, 286

Blunt, Orison, runs for Mayor, 378

Board of Health organized, 371

Boggs, W. G., part owner, employee, 230, 231, 431

Book-reviews, early, 107–111;

1830–1855, 207, 216ff.;

1865–1881, 406–419;

1881–1901. 553–560

Boole, F. I. A., Tammany leader, 378

Booth, Edwin, and star system, 565

Booth, John Wilkes, death, 318

Booth, Junius Brutus, his début, 118;

career ends, 564

Boutelle, Representative, Charles A., on Spanish War, 515

Boutwell, George S., as Secretary of Treasury, 392

Bowles, Samuel, 362;

and Liberal Republican movement, 394–400

Boyce, S. S., reporter, 319

Boyesen, H. H., contributes, 527

Brace, Charles Loring, 485, 524

“Bracebridge Hall,” Irving’s, reviewed, 111

Bradford, Gamaliel, contributes, 559

Bradley, Gen. Stephen T., 23

“Bramble, Matthew,” contributes, 100

Brevoort, Henry, contributes, 95, 109, 110

Bridges, Robert, on staff, 439

Briggs, James A., on Lincoln at Cooper Union, 260

Bristow, Ex-Gov. Benj. H., trustee, 444

Bronson & Chauncey, 91

Brooklyn, 224, 365;

union with New York, 494

Brooks, James and Erastus, found the Express, 156;

later careers, 262, 271, 304

Brooks, Preston S., assaults Sumner, 252, 359

Brown, Charles Brockden, 15;

works reviewed, 109, 110

Brown, John, at Harper’s Ferry, 256–258

Brownell, W. C., 449, 554, 558

Bryce, James, 443, 448, 523, 532, 553;

as a contributor, 556, 557, 559

Bryan, Wm. J., and campaign of 1896, 500–503;

and campaign of 1900, 568, 569;

as Secretary of State, 574

Bryant, William Cullen, acquaintance with Coleman, 21–23, 96, 97;

comes to New York, 121;

associate editor E. P., 122;

early labors on E. P., 125–133;

becomes editor in chief, 134;

in Europe, 138;

returns in 1836, 163;

rescues E. P. from failure, 166–169;

free speech and free soil, 170–173;

in campaign of 1840 and Mexican War, 173–179;

travels, 182, 183;

buys Roslyn, 190;

literary friends, 191;

advocates Central Park, 192–201;

begins fight for international copyright, 211–216;

literary judgments, 216–224;

asks Bigelow to join E. P., 230;

anti-slavery utterances, 242–266;

ardent supporter of Union and emancipation in Civil War, 267–315;

mild reconstruction views, 326–337;

character as an editor, 338–359;

becomes rich, 359–362;

influence, 362, 363;

and Tweed Ring, 386, 387;

in elections of 1872 and 1876, 389–405;

death, 420

Bryant, Mrs. W. C., on Bryant’s overwork, 179

Bryant Building, 412

Buckingham, J. T., defends free speech, 148

Budget, executive, 451

Buell, General, 313

Bull Run, battle of, 284, 285, 323;

second battle of, 291

Burch, Robert, managing editor, 351, 455

Burnham, Michael, 125, 138

Burns, the slave, 250

Burnside, Gen. Ambrose, 297, 298, 322

Burr, Aaron, 9, 10, 25, 29, 51, 107

Butler, Benj. F., 459, 464

Calhoun, John C., E. P. characterizes, 21, 29, 35

Callender, J. T., 12, 20, 36

Cameron, Simon, in Lincoln’s Cabinet, 277, 278

Canby, Henry Seidel, 579

Carey, Matthew, on international copyright, 215, 417

Carleton, C. C., 322

Carrier-pigeons, early use of, 82;

later use, 161

Carter, James C., 485, 524

Cartoons, first, 86

Cass, Lewis, E. P. opposes for President, 243, 247

Censorship, Civil War, 321–323

Central Park, E. P. champions, 193–201

Cervera defeated, 553

Chancellorsville, battle of, 298, 322

Charter, agitation for a reform, 205, 206;

Tweed charter, 378–388;

reform charters, 401, 494

Chase, Salmon P., contributes, 242, 243;

in Lincoln’s Cabinet, 277, 278;

a “radical,” 285;

corresponds with Bryant, 286, 290;

financial policies, 295–297, 313;

on reconstruction, 327, 334;

for Presidency, 390

Chatham Street chapel, riot at, 145

Chandler, William E., 450

Cheetham, James, 12, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 48, 50, 51, 81

Child, Lydia Maria, 294

Chinese question, 451

Choate Joseph H., 440, 527, 561, 562

Cholera epidemic of 1832, 142

“Christmas in 1875,” 414

Church, W. C., 318, 369

Civil Rights bill, E. P. advocates, 329

Civil service reform, E. P. champions, 391, 393, 405, 436, 451, 466–468, 522, 523, 547

Civil War, 267, 325

Civil War poetry in E. P., 323–325

Clark, E. P., associate editor, 526

Clarkin, Franklin, war correspondent, 552

Clay, Henry, 46, 50, 127;

E. P. characterizes, 143, 173;

“Raleigh letter,” 177;

Compromise of 1850, 244–247, 454, 537

Cleveland, Grover, on Schurz, 446, 450, 451;

E. P. supports in 1884, 462–466;

as President, 466–468;

re-election, 469, 470;

and Venezuela affair, 470–475;

and silver, 498, 499;

and New York Journal, 511

Cobb, Howell, 254, 264

Cobbett, William, 13, 104

Cockran, Bourke, and Tammany, 480–495

Coghlan, Charles and Rose, 564

Colden, Cadwallader, 11, 108

Cole, Thomas, 338

Coleman, William, early career, 14–17;

becomes editor-in-chief, 17–20;

character, 21–24;

relations with Hamilton, 25–34;

Federalist views, 39–47;

methods as editor, 46–51;

in War of 1812, 52–62;

comments on city affairs, 63–76;

and “Croaker” poets, 101–105;

dramatic tastes, 112–120;

death, 133, 134

Colored Orphan Asylum, burned, 307

Columbian, the New York, 95

Commercial, New York, 128, 246, 252, 342

Commercial, Cincinnati, 390, 462

Commercial Advertiser, New York, 12, 77, 95, 108, 117, 128, 321, 404, 439, 440, 550

Committee of Seventy, in Tweed Affair, 388

Concrete sidewalks, first in New York, 365

Conkling, Roscoe, 450, 451

Connolly, Richard B., in Tweed Affair, 376–388

Conservation, 448

Constitution, frigate, 52, 53, 83

Cooke, George Frederick, 115

Cooper, Fenimore, visits E. P., 190, 191;

last years, 206, 215, 216;

E. P. on “Deerslayer,” 222;

contributes to E. P., 223, 224, 225;

mentioned, 338

Cooper, Peter, 524, 539

Corbett, Sergeant Boston, contributes, 318

Courier and Enquirer, New York, 137, 146;

assails E. P., 147, 154;

news enterprise, 155;

attacks Cooper, 223;

supports Fremont, 251;

absorbed by World, 270

Courrier des Etats Unis, on Dickens, 211;

on secession, 272;

on emancipation, 295;

a “copperhead” paper, 301

Cox, Dr. F. F., abolitionist, 145

Cox, Gen. Jacob 393, 394, 399, 559

Cox, Kenyon, contributes, 554

Cranch, Christopher Pearse, contributes, 189, 324

Crawford, W. C., supported in 1824, 124

Crime in New York in 1839, 192

Crimean War, news of, 189, 504

Crittenden Compromise, 272–274

“Croaker” poems, 100–107

Croker, Richard, 478, 480, 494, 518, 550

Croton Aqueduct, 194, 196, 197

Cruger, Henry, 106

Crystal Palace, 205

Cushing, Caleb, 341

Cushman, Charlotte, benefit for, 339;

retires, 564

Cuba, war in, 506–515;

E. P. opposes annexation of, 515ff.

Curtis, George W., 362, 524

Cutting, R. Fulton, and W. Bayard, 485

Daily Advertiser, New York, 12

Daily Gazette, New York, 12, 76, 93, 94, 95, 104

Daily Graphic, New York, 406

Daily News, New York, 252;

on secession, 271–283;

mob threatens, 301;

“copperhead,” 302ff.;

calls war a failure, 312;

on reconstruction, 326

Daly, Augustin, his stock company, 564

Dana, Charles A., 326;

on impeachment, 331ff., 349, 363;

on Tweed Charter, 382;

supports Grant, 390;

supports Greeley, 399, 434;

campaign of 1884, 464ff.;

and Cleveland, 466, 469;

a Tammany adherent, 476, 485;

and free silver, 502;

epigrams, 532;

lack of principle, 538;

character as editor, 546, 547

Dana, R. H., Sr., 121, 123, 162, 166, 216, 223

Dana, R. H., Jr., 339

Danish West Indies, annexation of, 503

Darwin, Charles, Bryce upon, 557

Davenport, Fanny, 564

Davis, Jefferson, 272, 274, 299, 306, 327

Davis, R. B., 109

Davis, Royal J., literary editor, editorial writer, 576, 577

Day, Benjamin H., founds Sun, 157

Day Book, New York, on secession, 271–283;

mob threatens, 301

Decatur, Stephen, 86

“Deerslayer, The,” reviewed, 222

De Lome, Dupuy, dismissed, 507, 508

Delta, New Orleans, 184, 185

Democratic Review, 224, 229

Dennie, Joseph, 100

Dewey, Chester P., correspondent, 258

Dewey, Orville, 225

Dewey, Admiral George, at Manila, 514

Dicey, A. V., on Godkin, 531;

a contributor, 558

Dicey, Edward, on J. G. Bennett, 160

Dickens, Charles, 192, 207;

visit in 1842, 209ff.;

E. P. upon, 223, 353

District of Columbia, emancipation in, 172

Dithmar, Henry, foreman, 342, 343, 354, 422

Dix, John A., 329

Dodge, William E., 374

Dolliver, Senator Jonathan P., 472

Dom Pedro, Emperor, visits E. P., 356

Dorr, Rheta Childe, 578

Douglas, Stephen A., E. P. attacks, 247ff.;

debate with Lincoln, 258ff.

Downing, A. J., and Central Park, 193, 196

Draft Riots, 300, 305ff.

Drake, Joseph Rodman, 96;

contributes “Croaker” poems, 100–107

Drama, in early E. P., 111–119;

before Civil War, 226, 227;

after Civil War, 421;

under J. R. Towse, 562–565

Dred Scott decision, 254ff.

Drew, John, 564

Duane, William, as editor, 12, 21, 23, 31, 50, 51, 94

Du Chaillu, 320

Duncan, Norman, 577

Dunlap, William, 15, 111, 113, 114, 125

Dupont, Admiral S. F., 318

Dwight, Theodore, as Federalist editor, 17, 23, 45, 57, 124

Eacker, George L., fights Hamilton’s son, 28

Eggleston, Edward, 412;

contributes, 414, 554

Eggleston, George Cary, 348;

on Bryant, 354–358;

as literary editor, 412–419;

on Parke Godwin, 435;

resigns, 449

Elevated railways, movement for, 372ff.

Elevators, first, 365

Electoral Commission of 1876, 405

Emancipation, 293–295

Embargo, 42–44, 46

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, lectures reported, 180, 225;

E. P. upon, 221–223, 339;

“Fortune of the Republic,” 415

Enquirer, Richmond, 235, 248

Ericsson, John, and E. P. press, 237;

and Civil War, 286

Erie Railway, early career, 159

Evarts, William M., 229, 334, 338, 339, 428

Evening Post, weekly, begins in 1842, 179

Evening Post, The, see table of contents:

Advertisements in, 72, 73, 91–92, 94, 135, 153, 238, 360, 361, 430, 431, 567

Circulation of, 18, 20, 77, 92, 93, 189, 237, 238, 268, 326, 359, 360, 361, 474, 530

Finances of, 92–95, 123, 124, 135, 136, 153, 190, 236, 238, 239, 359–362, 426, 427, 433, 566, 567

News pages, 78–90, 125, 179, 180–189, 316–323, 421–426, 546–566

Express, New York, 221, 252, 256;

views of secession, 267–283;

mob threatens, 301;

on reconstruction, 326ff.; 342;

in election of 1872, 399

Farragut, David, 314

Fawcett, Edgar, contributes, 414

Federal aid to schools, 451

Fenton, R. E., 397

Fessenden, T. G., 109

Fessenden, W. P., 334

Field, Cyrus W., 464, 524

Field, D. D., 178, 243, 339

Field, Henry M., 364, 524

Fields, James T., 407

Finck, Henry T., 530;

on W. P. Garrison, 555;

as musical editor, 565, 566

Firemen, New York, 76;

in forties and fifties, 202–204

Fisk, James, 392

Fiske, John, 309, 415, 449;

contributes, 554

Five Points in New York history, 146, 370

Flagg, Azariah, as controller, 205

Foote, Ebenezer, 16, 31, 32

Ford, W. C., 527

Forrest, Edwin, début, 118;

Leggett upon, 225;

Parke Godwin quarrels with, 226, 227;

retires, 564

Fort Dearborn massacre, 83

Fort Donelson, 309

Fourteenth Amendment, 330

Fowler, Senator G. S., 334, 335

Francis, Dr. John W., 24

Franco-Prussian War, 504

Franklin, Dr. Fabian, assistant editor, 576, 577

Fraser’s Magazine on American Press, 346

Fredericksburg, battle of, 297, 322

Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, 329

Freeman’s Journal, 301

Free Silver, 425, 446, 469;

E. P. campaign against, 496–503

Free Soil Party, E. P. supports, 243, 244

Fremont, Jessie Benton, 231

Fremont, John C., 231;

E. P. supports in 1856, 251, 252;

defeated, 252;

emancipation proclamation, 293

Freneau, Philip, 97

“Friar Lubin,” 231

Fugitive Slave Law, 351

Fuller, Margaret, as critic, 215

Fulton, Robert, 73, 74, 78

Funk, Dr. I. K., and international copyright, 561, 562

Furness, H. H., contributes, 554

Furness, W. H., 341

Galaxy, The, 318, 369

Gallatin, Albert, 37, 46

Gannett, Henry, contributes, 554

Garfield, James A., E. P. supports for President, 436, 437;

mentioned, 440, 450

Garrison, W. L., 145

Garrison, W. P., literary editor, 441, 447, 458, 530;

character and work, 554–556

Gavit, John Palmer, 577, 578

Gay, Edwin F., President Evening Post Company, 578, 579

Gay, Sidney Howard, managing editor, 413, 424

Genung, C. H., contributes, 559

George, Henry, political career, 478, 479, 494, 533

Germany, Schurz on, 452;

Franco-Prussian War, 504;

war with, 574–576

Gettysburg, battle of, 298–300, 322

Ghent, treaty of, 58, 59, 87

Gibbons, John S., writes war-song, 325

Giddings, Joshua, 243

Gilbert, Mrs. C. H., 564

Gilbert, John, 564

Gilder, Richard Watson, 411

Gildersleeve, Basil, contributes, 559

Gilman, Daniel Coit, 492, 493

Gilroy, Thomas F., Tammany career of, 480–495 passim.

Gladden, Washington, and reading notices, 430

Gladstone, W. E., 523, 557

Goelet, Peter and R. H., 364

Godkin, E. L., Paris correspondent, 318;

on reconstruction, 327ff.;

and Liberal Republican movement, 394–400;

associate editor E. P., 438ff.;

career, 442, 443;

quarrel with Schurz, 454–457;

editor-in-chief, 457, 458;

campaign of 1884, 459, 466;

and Cleveland’s Administration, 466–470;

and Venezuela affair, 470–475;

war upon Tammany, 476–495;

fight against free silver, 496–503;

Spanish war and Philippines, 503–518;

resignation, 518;

character, 519–543;

influence, 543–545;

ideal of a newspaper, 546–550;

dispute with merchants, 566, 567

Goff, John W., and city reform, 487ff.

Godwin, Parke, on Bryant, 125;

on J. G. Bennett, 161;

joins E. P., 163, 164, 167, 168;

as Bryant’s associate, 179;

on Bryant’s habits, 190, 191;

lectures, 225, 229;

buys share of E. P., 238, 291, 313, 339, 343;

on Bryant as editor, 349, 352, 353, 354;

newspaper profits, 359, 392;

in Hayes-Tilden campaign, 403ff.; 413;

trustee of E. P., 420;

editor-in-chief, 420, 426–437;

early career, 434, 435;

sells E. P., 438–440, 448

Gordon, “Chinese,” 505

Gould, Jay, 392, 439, 453, 464, 465

Grace, W. R., runs for Mayor, 477

Gracie, Archibald, a founder, 17, 18, 63

Graham’s Magazine, 218

Granger movement, 436

Grant, Hugh J., and city politics, 477–495 passim.

Grant, U. S., 299, 302;

E. P. praises military career, 309ff.; 313, 319;

E. P. supports in 1868, 389;

attacks, 389–395;

for re-election, 395–400, 459

Graves, Ralph, 578

Greeley, Horace, founds Tribune, 160;

lectures, 225, 261;

on secession, 270, 271, 273;

on Bull Run, 285, 322;

on reconstruction, 326, 329, 334;

debates with Raymond, 345, 349;

influence, 362;

on Tweed Charter, 382, 390;

candidate for Presidency, 395–400;

Watterson upon, 435;

mentioned, 538

Green, Andrew H., and Tweed Ring, 388, 401

Greenback movement, 425

Grimes, James W., 334, 335

Griswold, R. W., 217

Gunsaulus, F. W., 414

Hackett, James, 106, 107, 119

Hackett, James K., 564

Hackett, Mrs. John, 355, 356

Hadley, A. T., contributes, 527

Hagerman, H. B., 48, 49

Hale, David, 155

Hall, A. Oakey, and Tweed Ring, 378–388

Hall, Capt. Basil, E. P. defends, 207, 208

Hallam, Henry, on Sparks, 232

Halleck, FitzGreene, 96, 97;

“Croaker” poems, 100–107, 108, 216, 338

Hallock, Gerard, 271, 279, 301

Halstead, Murat, 390, 546

Hamilton, Alexander, in campaign of 1800, 9–11;

interest in press, 12–15;

befriends Coleman, 14–17;

helps found E. P., 17–19;

helps conduct E. P., 25–34;

deprecates attack on Jefferson, 36;

death, 30

Hamilton, Philip, killed in duel, 28

Hammond, Charles, defends free speech, 148

Hampton Roads Conference, 314

Hancock, Winfield S., for Presidency, 437

Hapgood, Isabel, contributes, 560

Hapgood, Hutchins, 577

Hapgood, Norman, reporter, 527, 528, 550, 552, 577

Harper, Mayor James, 202

Harpers, publishers, 125, 219, 417

Harper’s Weekly, on reconstruction, 327ff.;

on Greeley, 399;

on Mugwump movement, 460;

on the “New Tammany,” 479, 480

Harris, Joel Chandler, 554

Harrison, W. H., E. P. attacks, 173, 174

Harrison, Benjamin, 468

Harte, Bret, on staff, 414

Hartford Convention, 57, 58

Harvey, W. H., 497ff.

Haswell, Chas. H., on Central Park, 193

Havemeyer, Mayor, 401

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, E. P. upon, 221;

upon Bryant, 358

Hay, John, 407, 532, 569

Hayes, Rutherford B., 362;

E. P. supports, 402–405;

reads E. P., 454;

Nation on, 459

Hearth and Home, 412, 414

Headley, J. T., 217

Headlines, Civil War, 323

Heilprin, Angelo, 554

Heilprin, Michael, 555, 556

Henderson, Isaac, joins E. P., 237, 238, 340;

Bryant’s loyalty to, 353;

grows rich, 359;

quarrels with Nordhoff, 385;

in Hayes-Tilden campaign, 403–405, 411;

builds Bryant building, 412, 420;

resigns as publisher, 420;

struggle with Parke Godwin, 426–437;

Civil War charges against, 427, 428;

character, 427;

sells E. P., 439, 440

Henderson, Isaac, Jr., 420, 426

Henderson, Senator John B., 334–337

Hendrick, Burton J., 577

Hendricks, M. M., 364

Herald (weekly edition of E. P.), 20, 30, 93

Herald, New York, founded, 157;

early character, 158ff.;

pro-slavery, 171;

news enterprise, 184, 188;

supports Taylor, 244, 256;

secession views, 267–283;

attacks Lincoln, 286;

and Stanton, 290;

and Lincoln’s Cabinet, 292;

on emancipation, 295ff.;

mob threatens, 301;

on draft, 305;

on Draft Riots, 309;

and censorship, 321;

war maps, 323;

on reconstruction, 326–337, 346, 360;

advertising in 1865, 361, 458;

on Spanish War, 511

Hergesheimer, Joseph, 567

Hewitt, Abram S., 478, 479

“Hiawatha” reviewed, 220

Hildreth, Richard, 346

Hill, David B., 468, 469, 544

Hoar, Gen. Ebenezer, 393

Hobson, R. P., 514

Hoffman, Ogden, 148

Hogs, in New York, 65, 66

Holmes, O. W., lectures reported, 225;

quoted, 315, 339

Holt, Charles, 25, 95

Holt, Henry, on Godkin, 545

Hone, Philip, 18

Hone, Philip, Jr., diary quoted, 139, 152, 356

Hooker, Gen. Joseph, 298, 322

Horse-railways in New York, 192, 372, 373

Hosack, Dr., 95

Housing crisis of 1864–66, 365ff.

Howard, Bronson, on staff, 422

Howe, Timothy, 237

Howe, Julia Ward, tribute to Bryant, 339

Howells, W. D., applies for work, 407;

novels reviewed, 417, 557, 558;

on Schurz, 448;

on Godkin, 476, 513, 522, 543

Hull’s surrender, 55, 82, 83

Hunt, Richard M., architect, 368

Huntington, Dr. W. R., 493

“Hyperion,” E. P. upon, 218

Independent, on reconstruction, 328ff.;

and reading notices, 430

Index Expurgatorius, Bryant’s, 348

Indian question, 451

Internal improvement system, E. P. attacks, 351

Irving, Dr. Peter, 25, 50, 51, 97, 112

Irving, Washington, 97–99, 107;

his books criticized, 110, 111, 206;

at Dickens dinner, 211;

mentioned, 216, 338

Irving, William, 97

Italy, and Abyssinia, 505

James, E. J. contributes, 527

James, Henry, books reviewed, 417, 518, 523, 557, 558

James, William, 545

Jay, John, 16, 54, 62

Jay, William, contributes, 245, 340

Jackson, Andrew, 101;

supported for Presidency, 131;

administration, 142, 143

Jackson, H. H., contributes, 325, 410

Jefferson, Thomas, election of 1800, 10, 27;

E. P. attacks, 36–43;

death, 89, 90

Jerome, Wm. Travers, 487ff.

Jewett, Helen, murder of, 180

Jingoism, Godkin attacks, 470–472, 511ff.

Johnson, Andrew, reconstruction and impeachment, 327–337;

Nation upon, 459

Job-Printing Office, 236

“Jonathan Oldstyle Papers,” 97, 98

Jones’s Wood, park scheme for, 194–201

Journal, New York, and Bryan campaign, 502, 503;

and Spanish War, 509–515;

Godkin upon, 549ff.

Journal of Commerce, New York, 145, 155;

pro-slavery, 171;

opposes Central Park, 199, 200;

supports Buchanan, 252, 256;

secession views, 267–283;

on emancipation, 295;

mob threatens, 301;

“copperhead” tendency, 302ff.;

on Bryant, 362;

on Venezuela affair, 474

Journalism, revolution in New York in thirties, 154ff.

Julian, George W., 453

Kansas, war in, 253, 255ff.

Kansas-Nebraska bill, 247–250

Kean, Charles, acting reviewed, 116–118, 562

Kelly, Boss John, 477, 478

Kemble, Charles and Fanny, their acting, 225, 226

Kendall, Amos, censors mails, 148;

penalizes E. P., 153

Kendall, E. A., 212

Kendall, G. W., reports Mexican War, 184ff.

Kent, Judge William, 340

King, Charles, 95, 152, 156, 291

King, Edward, 415

King, Preston, 243, 247

King, Rufus, 13;

contributes, 42, 43, 45, 52, 54, 60, 106, 131

Kingsland, Mayor A. C., 197

Kittredge, George L., contributes, 559

Knickerbocker School, 96, 97

“Knickerbocker History,” advertised in E. P., 98, 99

Kossuth, visits America, 206

Labor, 163–165, 540, 542

Labor, Knights of, Godkin attacks, 541, 542

Lamont, Hammond, 577

Lamont, Thomas W., owner of E. P., 578

Lang, John, 12, 104

Lanman, Charles, contributes, 410

Lansing, Chancellor, disappearance of, 162, 163

Lathrop, George Parsons, Boston correspondent, 414, 415

Laugel, Auguste, 558, 560

Lawrence, David, 578

Lea, Henry C., 554, 559

Learned, J. E., managing editor, 527, 549, 550

Learoyd, H. J., 577

Leavitt, Joshua, 145

Ledger, Philadelphia, 362

Lee, General Robert E., 298–300, 323

Lee, General Henry, 53

Leggett, Wm., becomes assistant editor, 134;

made acting editor, 138;

violent language, 140;

character, 140–142;

last days and death, 166, 167;

dramatic criticism, 225, 346

Lenox, James, 364

Lenox Library, 364

Lenox, Robert, 64, 91

Lesugg, Catherine, 106, 107, 115

Leupp, Francis E., Washington correspondent, 578

Levermore, C. H., on J. G. Bennett, 161

Lewis, Charlton M., 385, 397, 421;

character and career, 422, 423

Lewis, Morgan, 77, 106

Lexow, Clarence, and city reform, 487ff.

Libel, Godkin on, 548, 549

Liberal Republican Movement, 394–400

Lind, Jenny, 192

Lingan, Gen. James, 53

Linn, Wm. Alexander, city editor, 421, 449, 450, 527, 549, 550

Literary Review, the, 579

Littell’s Living Age, on E. P., 340

Loco-foco movement, E. P. promotes, 151ff.;

vote 169

Lodge, Henry C., 447;

as jingo, 471, 472, 496, 497, 502, 504

Log-cabin campaign, disgusts E. P., 173–174

Longfellow, H. W., Bryant’s opinion of, 217–220, 225, 408

Lord, Rufus M., 364

Lorillard, Peter, 364

Lossing, B. J., contributes, 414

Lotteries, hostility of E. P. to, 71, 72, 132

Louisiana Purchase, E. P. upon, 37, 38

Lounsbury, T. R., 559

Lovejoy, Elijah P., murder of, 171

Low, Seth, 494

Lowell, J. R., on Bryant, 217;

Bryant’s opinion of, 220, 221;

mentioned, 339, 389, 442, 448, 469, 521, 523

Lowry, E. G., 577, 578

“Lucius Crassus,” letters of, 27

Ludlow, Rev. Mr., 145, 146

Lusitania, sinking of, 575

MacAlarney, Robert E., 578

Macready, W. C., acting reviewed, 118, 119;

riot, 226

MacVeagh, Wayne, congratulates Godkin, 493

Madison, James, attacked, 52–59;

E. P. supports, 61;

his messages, 82, 83

Madison Square, laid out, 192, 195

Mahon, Lord, and Sparks controversy, 233

Mail and Express, New York, 465

Maine, destruction of, 508ff.

Managing editorship, creation of, 421

Mapleson, James Henry, 425, 556

Marble, Manton, 302, 312, 382, 390, 435

Marcy, Gov. W. M., 151;

assails Leggett, 152

Mario, Jessie White, 342, 559

Mark Twain, on Schurz, 447

Marryat, Capt., Frederick, E. P. criticizes, 208

Marshall, John, E. P. attacks, 152

Martineau, Harriet, Bryant’s opinion of, 208, 212

“Martin Chuzzlewit,” 223

Mason, Charles, edits E. P., 153, 163

Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr., 576

Matthews, Brander, contributes, 554

Maverick, Augustus, 425

Maynard, J. H., 467

Maxwell, Wm. H., heads schools, 492

McKinley, William, and free silver campaign, 499–503;

and Spanish War, 505–515, 523;

and Boxer rebellion, 569

Meade, Gen. George Gordon, 299, 300

Means, David M., on staff, 527

Mercantile Advertiser, New York, 93, 94

Mercantile Library, 364

Metropolitan Museum, E. P. calls for, 364;

enlarged, 493

Meyer, Brantz, correspondent, 317

Mexico, war with, 179, 180;

news of war with, 183, 187;

intervention under Wilson, 573, 574

Milan Decree, 40

Mill, John Stuart, praises E. P., 341

Minshull, John, 103

Minturn & Barker, 91

Missolonghi, news of, 80, 81

Missouri Compromise, 61

Mitchell, Donald G., 408

Mitchill, Dr. Samuel Latham, 64, 95, 103

Monell, Judge John J., president Evening Post Company, 420;

inquires into business affairs, 433, 434

Monroe, James, 39

Mooney, William, 79

Moore, Thomas, contributes, 100, 102

Moore, John Bassett, 474

More, Paul Elmer, 576

Morning Chronicle, New York, 25, 76, 77, 92

Morgan, E. P., 251

Morris, Clara, 564

Morris, George P., 100

Morris, Gouverneur, 10;

contributes, 27, 31, 45, 54, 108

Morse, S. F. B., invents telegraph, 187–189, 304

Morton, Levi P., 490, 491

Moscow, burning of, 59, 60

Moss, Frank, and city reform, 487ff.

Motley, J. L., dismissed by Grant, 393

Mugwump movement, 459–466

Mullet, Abram B., 375

Mulligan letters, 459–466

Mulberry Court described, 372

Murray, Charles Augustus, E. P. defends, 208

Musical criticism, 421, 449, 565, 566

Nadal, E. S., on newspaper reviewing, 415, 416

Napoleonic Wars, 34, 39–44, 59, 60;

news of, 87, 88

Napoleon III, 504

Nast, Thomas, 377, 399

National Advocate, New York, 95, 124

National-Zeitung, New York, 302

Nation, New York, on reconstruction, 327ff.;

on Liberal Republican Movement, 390–400 passim;

connected with E. P., 438ff.;

political views, 458, 459;

influence, 543, 545;

separated from E. P., 578

Neilson, Adelaide, 564

Newbern, attack on, 321

Newcomb, Simon, contributes, 527, 554

New England Magazine, criticises Bryant, 137

New Madrid earthquake, 82

“Newspaper waifs,” 450

New Orleans, battle of, 84, 85

New York city, description in 1801, 63ff.;

hogs, 65, 66;

street-cleaning, 67;

health, 68–70;

morals, 70–72;

amusements, 72, 73;

transit, 73;

coal and gas, 75, 76;

police, 76;

burials, 76;

growth to 1850, 192;

parks, 192–201;

crime, 201;

police, 202;

fire department 1840–65, 202–204;

street cleaning, 204, 205;

corruption in fifties, 205, 206;

and Draft Riots, 300ff.;

growth after Civil War, 364, 365;

housing difficulties, 365–371;

health after Civil War, 369–372;

rapid transit, 372–375;

and the Tweed Ring, 376–388;

municipal misgovernment and reform, 476–495;

improvements under Mayor Strong, 492, 493;

creation of Greater New York, 49

New York Review, 122, 229

Nichols, Major George, contributes, 318

Niles, Nathaniel, correspondent, 186, 187

Noah, M. M., 51, 102, 108, 114;

joins Courier and Enquirer, 155

Nordhoff, Charles, 241, 291;

Draft Riots reported by, 306–309;

career, 315–317;

as managing editor, 317–323;

quarrels with Henderson, 385, 421, 429

Northern Securities Case, 571

Norton, Charles Eliot, 340, 449, 458, 513, 518, 522, 543;

contributes, 559

Noyes, Alexander Dana, and free silver campaign, 500–503;

as financial editor, 553

Nullification, 132, 133

O’Brien, James, 384, 387

O’Conor, Charles, 230, 231

Ogden, Rollo, 503, 523;

as associate editor, 526, 527;

as editor-in-chief, 569–578;

resigns, 578

Ogden, Wm. B., 374

Olmsted, F. L., 523

Olney, Richard B., 472ff.

Opera, first in New York, 119, 120

Opdyke, George, 263, 291, 303, 366

Orange Riot of 1871, 385–387

“Oregon Trail, The” (Parkman’s), E. P. reviews, 222

O’Reilly, Miles, contributes, 325, 410

Orders in Council, 39, 40;

repealed, 54

Osborne, W. H., 265, 310

Osgood, J. R. & Co., 417

Osgood, Samuel, contributes, 410

“Outre-Mer,” E. P. on, 218

Paine, Robert Treat, 21

Paine, Robert Treat, Jr., 107, 108

Paine, Thomas, 12, 43, 97

Panama, seizure of, 447, 570

Parkhurst Rev. Charles H., 486ff.

Parkman, Francis, 222, 449, 523, 554

Parks, growth of in New York, 192–201

Park Theater, 113, 114

Parsons, Rev. Willard, 372

Parton, James, on J. G. Bennett, 159, 160

Paulding, J. K., 96, 97, 110, 156;

contributes, 180;

on E. P., 340

Payne-Aldrich Tariff, 572

Payne, George Henry, 578

Peck, Harry Thurston, quoted, 538

Pensions legislation, E. P. opposes, 436, 468

Percival, J. G., 111

Perry, Lawrence, 577

Phelps, Wm. Walter, 451, 460–466

Philippines, E. P. opposes annexation, 515–518

Picayune, New Orleans, 184, 280

Pierce, Franklin, E. P. supports in 1852, 247;

attacks, 248, 249

Pierpont, John, 100, 107

Pinckney, Charles, 30

“Pindar, Peter,” 99, 102

Pitkin, Walter B., 577

Pittsburgh Landing, battle of, 318

Platt, T. C., 490, 491, 494, 502, 509, 516, 518

Poe, E. A., visits E. P., 190, 216;

E. P. upon, 221, 407, 418

Police, New York, 76;

in forties, 201, 203;

under Tammany, 1885–1895, 487–490

Polk, James K., E. P. supports, 172, 173, 177, 178;

E. P. attacks, 244

Pope, Gen. John, 290, 291, 302

Popular Science Monthly, 369

Populists, 469

Port Royal, capture of, 318

Post, Detroit, 445

Postage, cheaper, E. P. advocates, 351

Potter, Bishop H. C., 485, 494, 516, 524

Powderly, T. V., and Knights of Labor, 536

President and Little Belt, 41

Press, Philadelphia, 462

Prize-fights, 449

Prime, Nathaniel, 106

Prospect Park, 365, 366

Public Advertiser, New York, 50, 76, 77

Public Library, E. P. asks for consolidated, 364, 365

Puckette, Charles McD., 577

Putnam, George Haven, 560

Putnam, G. P., 368

Putnam’s, 417

Putnam’s Magazine, 434

Quay, Matthew S., 502, 516, 537

Queenstown, battle of, 83, 84

“Quince, Peter,” reviewed, 109

Randall, S. J., E. P. on, 547

Randolph, John, 61, 135

Rapid Transit, 372ff.

Raymond, Henry J., editor of the Times, 252, 255, 261, 281, 311, 326, 345, 362, 425

“Reading-Notices,” 430, 431

Reclus, Elie, 415, 416

Reconstruction, see Chapter Fourteen

Reed, T. B., 496

Rehan, Ada, 564

Reid, Whitelaw, 326, 411, 532

Repplier, Agnes, contributes, 414

“Representative Men” reviewed, 222

Republican, Springfield, in campaign of 1872, 390–400;

in Mugwump movement, 460ff.;

and Philippines, 515

Rhett, R. B. 317

Rhinelander, Wm. C., 364

Rhodes, James Ford, quoted, 247, 298, 306, 443

Riardon, W. L., reporter, 550ff.

Riggs, Caleb S., 17

Riis, Jacob, 551

Ripley, George, literary editor the Tribune, 216, 347, 406, 407

Ripley, Philip, war correspondent, 318

Robinson, A. G., war correspondent, 552

Roe, E. P., contributes, 414

Rogers, Samuel, contributes, 99

Ropes, John C., contributes, 554, 559

Rose, John C., on staff, 527

Roosevelt, C. V. S., 364

Roosevelt, James, 91

Roosevelt, Theodore, 447;

in city politics, 478, 479, 486;

Police Commissioner, 492, 551;

opinion of Journal, 511;

runs for Governor, 516;

on Quay, 537;

E. P. opposes in 1904, 570;

and Panama, 570;

his Presidency, 571;

and Taft, 573

Ross, Senator James, 334, 335

Roslyn, Bryant purchases home at, 190;

life at, 342, 411

“Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion,” 465

Russell, Wm. H., war correspondent, 184, 276, 301

Russian literature introduced, 559, 560

Salvini, Tommaso, 564

Soley, J. R., contributes, 554

Society Library, 364

South African War, 505

Southern Literary Messenger, criticizes Bryant, 137;

J. R. Thompson edits, 407

Sparks, Jared, Bigelow’s controversy with, 231–234

Spain, war with, 506–515

Specie resumption, E. P. advocates, 391, 392, 436

Speculation, E. P. attacks era of, 130ff.

Sperry, Watson R., managing editor, 368, 408, 409, 413, 414, 426, 431

Staats-Zeitung, New York, opposes Pierce, 249;

on secession, 272–283;

a copperhead sheet, 302

Stanton, Secretary, 322, 331–334

Stedman, E. C., 318, 407;

contributes, 410, 411, 414

Steffens, Lincoln, reporter, 529, 530, 550ff., 577

Stephen, Leslie, contributes, 558

Stephens, Alexander H., 314

Stephens, John L., 191, 214

Stewart, Alexander, 64

Stockton, Frank R., 408

Stoddard, R. H., contributes, 324, 339, 408, 411, 418

Stoddard, Mrs. R. H., contributes, 325

Stoddard, W. O., contributes, 414

Stone, Col. Wm. L., 108, 126, 128, 404

Straus, Nathan, 490

Street-cleaning, in fifties, 204, 205

Strong, Wm. M., and city reform, 491–493

Strunsky, Simeon, 576–578

Subways, movement for, 372ff.

Sub-treasury system, 351

Sumner, Charles, friend of E. P., 231, 242, 285, 286, 340, 393

Sumner, Wm. Graham, contributes, 559

Sun, Baltimore, in Mexican War, 184, 185

Sun, New York, founded, 157;

circulation in 1860, 268;

in 1865, 326;

on reconstruction, 326–337;

advertising in 1865, 61;

on Tweed Charter, 382;

on Greeley, 399;

in Mugwump campaign, 464ff.;

and Cleveland, 466;

and free silver, 502, 503, 535;

character as newspaper under Dana, 546–548, 551

Sweeney, Peter B., and Tweed affair, 376–388

Swords, T. and J., 64, 91

Sykes, McCready, quoted, 542

Sagasta, Premier, and Cuban War, 512ff.

Safe-deposit vaults, first in New York, 365

Sainte-Beuve contributes to E. P., 239, 240

Salisbury, Lord, and Venezuela affair, 472ff.

“Salmagundi Papers,” 97

Sands, Joshua, 11, 17

Sands, Robert, 128, 134

Santiago campaign, 514

Santo Domingo, annexation attempted, 392, 393, 395, 447, 504

Sargent, Winthrop, 109

Sawyer, Charles Pike, sporting editor, 566

Schurz, Carl, 285, 286;

and Liberal Republican movement, 394–400;

becomes editor-in-chief, 438ff.;

career, 441–445;

character, 445–448;

as editor, 448–457, 463, 485;

on Spanish War, 513;

on Philippines, 515, 568, 569

Schieffelin, Wm. J., and city reform, 485

Scott, Francis M., 484

Scott, Winfield, in Mexican War, 184–186;

E. P. opposes for President, 247

Sedgwick, A. G., as managing editor, 423, 424, 431–433;

as associate editor, 461, 506, 525, 526

Sedgwick, Catharine, contributes, 233

Sedgwick, Henry D., 121, 123, 129;

helps edit E. P., 153, 164;

contributes, 172, 176, 178, 210

“Seaside and Fireside,” Longfellow’s, reviewed, 219

“Seventh of March Speech,” Webster’s, 245, 246

Seward, Wm. H., 155, 261–263;

in Lincoln’s Cabinet, 277, 278;

a “conservative,” 285, 290, 294

Seymour, Horatio, 304, 306, 334, 390

“Shakespeare Gallery,” 112

Sherman Silver Act, 468, 496, 499

Sherman, Stuart P., on staff, 577

Sherman, W. T., 302, 310, 313, 318, 319, 321

Shipping news, 90, 91

Sickles, Gen. Daniel, 392

Sigourney, Mrs., 107

Simms, Wm. Gillmore, 191, 407

Simpson, Manager, 102, 104

“Sketch Book,” reviewed, 110

Slocum, Henry W., 374

Smith, Gerrit, 339

Slavery, rise of the question, 145ff., 170ff.;

in 1850–1860, 242–283

Taft, William Howard, E. P. supports in 1908, 571;

his Presidency, 571–573

Tallmadge, Senator Nathaniel P., on free speech, 170

Tappan, Lewis and Arthur, abolitionists, 145, 146, 155

Tammany, 79, 205, 206;

and Tweed Affair, 364–388;

Godkin’s war upon, 476–495

Taney, Chief Justice Roger B., attacked, 254

Tanner, Corporal, 536

Tariff policy of E. P., 34, 129–131, 175, 228, 229, 361, 362, 391, 436, 468–470, 571, 572

Taylor, Gen. Zachary, in Mexican War, 184–186;

E. P. opposes for President, 243;

funeral, 192

Taylor, Bayard, 407, 417

Telegraph introduced, 187–189

Telegraphers’ strike of 1883, 455, 456

Tenure of Office Act, E. P. opposes, 331–334

Texas, annexation opposed, 175–179

Thayer, William Roscoe, contributes, 414

Thayer, W. S., Washington correspondent, 242, 256, 315, 342

“Thirty Years’ View,” published in E. P., 235, 250

Thomas, Gen. George H., 314

Thomas, A. E., 577

Thomas, Theodore, 365

Thompson, Captain, in duel with Coleman, 48

Thompson, Jacob, 254

Thompson, John R., literary editor, 353, 354, 407–411

Tilden, Samuel J., friendship with Bigelow, 228–231, 251;

opposes Lincoln, 265, 266;

a “copperhead,” 304;

and Tweed Affair, 383–388, 401;

as Governor, 401, 402;

candidate for Presidency, 402–405, 440

Tillman, Ben, 499, 500

Tilton, Theodore, 328, 334, 412

Times, Brooklyn, on Bryant, 362

Times, New York, supports Fremont, 251, 252;

slavery attitude, 255;

Seward organ, 260ff., 264;

view of secession, 267–283 passim;

criticises Lincoln’s Cabinet, 292;

“niggerhead,” 305;

and peace, 311;

war censorship, 321;

circulation in 1865, 326;

on reconstruction, 326–337, 360;

exposes Tweed, 384–388;

supports Grant, 390ff.;

attacks Tilden, 401ff., 422, 431, 436, 454, 458;

in Mugwump movement, 460ff.;

and Tammany, 486, 535

“Tom Sawyer” reviewed, 417

Tompkins, Daniel D., 61

Towse, J. Ranken, on Bryant, 355, 356, 357;

on Bryant’s imperfect control of E. P., 403;

on John R. Thompson, 410;

becomes dramatic editor, 421, 426;

on Charlton Lewis, 423;

on W. G. Boggs, 431;

exposes Van Nort, 432, 433;

as dramatic editor, 562–565

Tracy, Gen. B. F., 494

Tribune, New York, founded, 160;

supports Zachary Taylor, 173;

supports Fremont, 251, 252, 260;

for Bates in 1860, 261, 264;

views of secession, 267–283;

on emancipation, 294;

criticises Lincoln, 297;

a “niggerhead” sheet, 305;

and censorship, 321, 322;

on reconstruction, 326–337 passim, 342;

business history in Civil War, 359, 360;

advertising in 1865, 361;

takes over Fresh Air Fund, 372;

on Tweed Charter, 382;

in campaign of 1872, 390ff., 436, 445;

in campaign of 1884, 462–466;

and Bryan campaign, 502, 503

Tribune, Chicago, 280, 290, 390, 393, 394, 462

Trollope, Anthony, Bryce upon, 556, 557

Trollope, Mrs., 181;

E. P. defends, 208, 209

Troup, Robert, 11, 14, 17, 62

Trumbull, Lyman, 285, 334

Trusts, 539

Tupper, Martin F., 223, 355

Tweed, W. M., emerges, 206;

his career, 376–388

Typhus in New York, 370ff.

Tyler, President, E. P. attacks, 175, 176

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” 249

Union, Brooklyn, 412

Union League Club, 382

Union, Washington, 248

Unions, Trade, defended by E. P., 164, 165

United States Bank, hostility of E. P. to, 131, 142, 143, 168

United States Review, 123

Van Buren, John, 247, 250, 339, 362

Van Buren, Martin, on E. P. tariff policy, 130;

befriends Leggett, 167;

E. P. supports, 169, 170;

on slavery, 172, 174;

renomination asked, 175, 176, 182;

supported in 1848, 243, 247

Vanderbilt, Commodore, 94

Vanderbilt, W. H., 336

Van Wyck, Augustus, 516

Van Wyck, Robert, 494, 510

Varick, Richard, 11, 17, 45, 51, 54

Vauxhall, 112

Veiller, Bayard, 577

Venezuela affair, 470–475

Verplanck, Gulian C., 110, 121, 130;

disagrees with E. P., 148, 216, 338

Vicksburg, capture of, 300, 309

Victoria, Queen, 181, 182

Villard, Henry, Civil War correspondent, 332;

purchases E. P., 438;

his career, 440, 441;

relations with Schurz, 453, 454, 522;

and E. P. finances, 566;

his unselfishness, 567

Villard, Mrs. Henry, her ownership, 567

Villard, O. G., interviews Bigelow, 237;

joins staff, 576;

as one of the editors, 577;

president of Evening Post Company, 578;

sells E. P., 578

“Voices of the Night,” E. P. on, 218

Wade, Benjamin, and reconstruction, 328;

and impeachment, 333ff.

Wadsworth, Gen. James, 286, 289, 304

Wagner, Richard, H. T. Finck upon, 565, 566

Walker’s Filibusterers, 503

Wallace, Alfred Russell, contributes, 558

Wallack’s Theater, 564

Wallack, James W., 106, 115, 564

Wallack, Lester, 564

Ware, Mrs. William, 179

Waring, Col. George E., 492

War of 1812, E. P. opposes, 44ff.;

views of, 82–87

Warner, Arthur, 578

Warner, Charles Dudley, on E. P., 340;

on Nation, 543

Washburne, Elihu, 392

Waterloo, news of, 89

Watterson, Henry, 35, 434, 435

“We Are Coming, Father Abraham,” published by E. P., 325

Webb, James Watson, character as editor, 154, 224

Webster, Daniel, 52, 89;

E. P. characterizes, 144;

tariff stand condemned, 168;

on Compromise of 1850, 244–247

Webster, Noah, 13, 14, 20;

Dictionary reviewed, 110

Weed, Thurlow, 95, 149, 168, 261, 356, 378, 428

Weeks, Capt. Seaman, 106

Welles, Gideon, contributes, 242;

in Lincoln’s Cabinet, 277, 278;

a “radical,” 285, 290;

on Henderson, 427, 428

Wellington, Lord, 88, 89

Wells, David A., 391, 394, 399;

trustee of E. P., 444;

mentioned, 524

Wells, John, friend to Coleman, 15–17, 23, 29, 32, 52, 97, 112, 114

Weyler, in Cuba, 506, 507

Westervelt, Mayor Jacob, opposes Central Park, 199, 200

Westliche Post, St. Louis, 445

Wharton, Edith, 567

Wheaton, Henry, 95

Whiting, James R., 374

Whiting, Newton F., financial editor, 424, 425

Whitman, Walt, on Bryant, 217;

contributes, 224

White, Horace, 337;

and Liberal Republican movement, 390–400;

becomes associate editor, 438ff.;

career, 443, 444;

trustee of E. P., 444, 461;

and war upon Tammany, 481;

and fight against free silver, 496–503, 524;

editor-in-chief, 368, 569

Whittier, John Greenleaf, Bryant upon, 221, 239;

contributes, 414

Wilder, Dr. A. P., Albany correspondent, 346

Wilmot Proviso, E. P. supports, 247, 351

Williams, Walter, 318

Williams, William F., 421, 425, 426

Willis, H. Parker, 577

Willis, N. P., 182, 227

Wilson, Gen. James Grant, 358

Wilson, Woodrow, contributes, 454;

E. P. supports in 1912 and 1916, 570;

his Presidency, 573, 574

Wines, E. C., contributes, 423

Winona Speech, Taft’s, 572

Wise, Gov. Henry A., 253, 327

Wolcot, Dr. John, contributes, 99

Wolcott, Oliver, 13, 14;

contributes, 27, 31

Wolfe, John D., 364

Wood, Fernando, 275, 301–306

Woodberry, George E., contributes, 554, 559

Woodford, Gen. Stewart L., 515, 524

Woodworth, Samuel, 100, 105, 107

Woolsey, W. W., 11, 17;

contributes, 31

World, New York, views of secession, 267–283;

attacks Lincoln, 287;

and Lincoln’s Cabinet, 292;

on Emancipation, 295;

“copperhead,” 301ff.;

on draft riots, 308;

wants war stopped, 312;

on reconstruction, 326–337;

attacks Bigelow and Thayer, 346, 356;

advertising in 1865, 361;

on Bryant, 362;

on Tweed Charter, 382;

supports Seymour, 390;

on Greeley’s candidacy, 398–400;

on Henry Villard, 453, 454, 465;

on Venezuela, 474;

and Tammany, 485, 486;

and free silver, 502, 503;

and Spanish war, 509–515;

E. L. Godkin upon, 549ff.

World War, the, 574–576

Wright, Fanny, 126

Wright, H. J., on Godkin, 525–529 passim;

as city editor, 550ff.;

becomes editor of Commercial Advertiser, 577

Wright, Silas, 229, 258