Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861; Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Everett, Edward, Webster desires appointment of as Commissioner to Greece,
135;
Minister to England, 252;
refuses Chinese mission, 260.
Farrar, Timothy, report of Dartmouth College case, 81, 86.
Federalists, ruling party in New Hampshire, 76;
defeated on college issue, 78;
movement of to get decision for college, 92-94;
position of in 1823, 130, 131;
hostility to John Quincy Adams, 145, 146;
attempted alliance with Crawford, 146-148;
to be recognized by Adams, 149;
free-traders in New England, 155 ff.
Fillmore, Millard, offers Mr. Webster secretaryship of state, 333;
candidate for Whig nomination, 338;
urges Mr. Webster to stay in the cabinet, 344.
Foote, Henry S., moves to refer admission of California to a select
committee, 301.
Foote, Samuel A., resolution regarding public lands, 172.
Force Bill, introduced, 214;
debated, 215, 216.
Forsyth, John, attacks Mr. Adams's message on Creek Indians, 142;
answered by Webster, 142, 143.
Fox, Charles James, "no good speech reads well," 189;
compared with Webster as an orator, 202;
as a statesman, 350.
Fox, Henry S., British minister at Harrison's reception of diplomatic
corps, 245;
demands release of McLeod, 248.
Free-Soil party, nominations in 1848 do not obtain Webster's support,
274, 296;
attitude in regard to slavery in 1860, 316;
injured by 7th of March speech, 324;
revival and victory, 325.
Fryeburg, Maine, Webster's school at, 26;
oration before citizens of, 27.
Gibbons vs. Ogden, case of, 99.
Giddings, Joshua R., opinion of Mr. Webster's attitude toward the South in
1838, 286;
says Mr. Webster inserted passage about free negroes and Mr. Hoar after
delivery of 7th of March speech, 303;
interview with Mr. Webster, 322.
Girard will case, 101, 261.
Goodrich, Dr. Chauncey A., description of close of Mr. Webster's argument
in Dartmouth case, 89, 90.
Goodridge, Major, case of, 198.
Gore, Christopher, admits Mr. Webster as a student in his office, 28;
character of, 29;
advises Webster to refuse clerkship, moves his admission to the bar, 31.
Greece, revolution in, 132.
Hamilton, Alexander, compared with Webster as an orator, 201;
as a financier, 208, 226, 228;
in regard to attack on Adams, 274;
Webster's opinion of, and feeling to, 349.
Hanover, oration before citizens of, 20, 22.
Harrison, William Henry, nominee of Whigs in 1836, 225;
nominated by Whigs again in 1839; elected President, 240;
character of inaugural speech, anecdote, 244;
reception of diplomatic corps, 245;
death of, 250.
Hartford Convention, Mr. Webster's view of, 58.
Harvey, Peter, character of his reminiscences, 95, note.
Hayne, Robert Y., first attack on New England, 172;
second speech, 173;
Webster's reply to, 174 ff., 279;
effect of reply to, 206.
Henry, Patrick, compared with Webster as an orator, 200.
Hoar, Samuel, treatment of at Charleston, 302.
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