renominated for President, 447, 448;
  refuses to intimate his preference for Vice-President, 448, 449;
  indorsement on Nicolay’s letter, 448, 449;
  reply to committee of notification, 450;
  letter accepting nomination, 450, 451;
  his attitude toward the French in Mexico, 451, 452;
  opposition to, in Congress, 454;
  on Davis’s reconstruction bill, 454-456;
  proclamation of July 8, 1864, 456;
  accepts Chase’s resignation, 457;
  nominates David Tod to succeed him, 457;
  substitutes name of W.P.  Fessenden, 457, 458;
  correspondence with Greeley, 458-460;
  criticized because of Niagara conference, 460, 461;
  draft of letter to C.D.  Robinson, 461;
  indorsement on Jaquess’s application to go South, 462;
  answer to Raymond’s proposition, 463;
  interview with John T. Mills, 464, 465;
  memorandum, August 23, 1864, 466;
  speech on morning after election, 469, 470;
  popular and electoral votes for, 470;
  summing up of results of the election, 470;
  suggests key-note of Morgan’s opening speech before Baltimore
  convention, 471;
  message to Congress, December 6, 1864, 471, 472, 476-478;
  answer to serenade, 474, 475;
  opinion on ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, 475;
  two constitutional amendments offered to the
  people during his administration, 476;
  gives Blair permission to go South, 478;
  letter to Blair in reply to Jefferson Davis, 481;
  sends Major Eckert to meet peace commissioners, 482;
  instructions to Seward, 483;
  instructions to Grant, 483;
  goes to Fortress Monroe, 484;
  conference with peace commissioners, 484, 485;
  pressure upon him to dismiss Montgomery Blair, 487, 489;
  personal regard for the Blairs, 488;
  letter to Stanton, 488;
  lecture to cabinet, 489;
  requests resignation of Blair, 489;
  nominates Chase for chief justice, 490, 491;
  opinion of Chase, 490, 491;
  offers attorney-generalship to Holt and Speed, 491;
  offers cabinet appointment to Governor Morgan, 492;
  appoints Hugh McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury, 492;
  indorsements on Usher’s resignation, 492;
  his plans for the future, 492, 493;
  submits to cabinet draft of joint resolution offering
  the South $400,000,000, 493;
  his second inauguration, 493-496;
  the second inaugural, 494-496;
  letter to Weed, 497;
  his literary rank, 497;
  last public address, 498;
  despatch to Grant, March 3, 1865, 503, 504;
  at City Point, 506;
  telegraphs Grant, “Let the thing be pressed,” 511;
  visit to Richmond, 517, 518;
  interviews with John A. Campbell, 519;
  gives permission for meeting of Virginia legislature, 519;
  regret of army for, 529;
  return to Washington, 530;
  last cabinet meeting, 531, 532;
  14th of April, 532, 533, 536-540;
  danger from assassination, 533, 534;