97. Secretary William Henry Seward and President Abraham Lincoln:

The Secretary and the Master, 1861

98. John Bright, M.P.:

A Friend in Need, 1861

99. Secretary William Henry Seward:

The Trent Affair, 1861

100. Commissioner John Slidell:

Interview with Napoleon Third, 1863 .

101. President Abraham Lincoln:

Speeches on Liberty, 1864

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143. Major-General Carl Schurz:

An Impartial View, 1865

145. President Abraham Lincoln:

The First Theory, 1863

146. Senator Charles Sumner:

147. New York Tribune:

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144. Lieutenant-General Ulysses Simpson Grant:

A Soldier's Observations, 1865.

CHAPTER XXIV-PRINCIPLES OF RECONSTRUCTION

The State-Suicide Theory, 1863

Military Government, 1867-1868.

154. Manager Benjamin Franklin Butler and William Maxwell Evarts:

Issue in the Impeachment of the President, 1868.

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162. Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart., M.P.:

The American Railway System, 1865 .

163. Henry Varnum Poor :

Completion of the Pacific Railroad, 1869

164. President Grover Cleveland:

"A Condition, not a Theory," 1887

165. Aldace Freeman Walker:

The Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-1891

166. President Benjamin Harrison:

The Tariff and Reciprocity, 1890

167. Comptrollers Edward Samuel Lacy and James H. Eckels:

The Clearing-House System, 1890-1893

CHAPTER XXVIII - FINANCES AND CURRENCY

168. Members of the House of Representatives:

Demonetization of Silver, 1872 .

169. Secretary John Sherman :

Resumption of Specie Payments, 1879

170. Professor Frank William Taussig:

The Sherman Act, 1890