My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands, Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth YearTrain, George Francis
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My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands, Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year
Train, George Francis
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
ENGLAND AND OUR CIVIL WAR--BLOCKADE RUNNING. 271
Speeches for the Union in London halls--A plan to end the
war--Lincoln and Seward--Arrested for interrupting Sumner
in Boston--Dining with Seward when Antietam was
fought.
CHAPTER XXIII
BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY. 1862-1870 283
Early belief in such a project--The Crédit Mobilier and its
origin--Men with whom I was associated.
CHAPTER XXIV
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FAR WEST. 1863-1870 293
Plan for a chain of great cities across the continent--The
creation of Omaha--Cozzen's Hotel--Tour of the Pacific
Coast.
CHAPTER XXV
THE SHARE I HAD IN THE FRENCH COMMUNE. 1870 301
In Marseilles I help to organize the "Ligue du Midi" of the
Commune or "Red Republic"--Attacked by soldiers and
almost shot--Imprisoned and poisoned--Deported by Gambetta.
CHAPTER XXVI
A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. 1872 314
"Train Villa" at Newport--Independent candidate for the
presidency against Grant and Greeley--A tour of the country,
in which I address hundreds of thousands.
CHAPTER XXVII
DECLARED A LUNATIC. 1872-1873 323
I defend Mrs. Woodhull--Arrested and imprisoned for
quoting Scripture--Fifteenth imprisonment without a
crime.
CHAPTER XXVIII
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY, SIXTY-SEVEN, AND
SIXTY DAYS. 1870, 1890, 1892 331
The tour that Jules Verne used as the basis of his famous
story--In '90 I circle the globe in 67 days; and in '92 in 60
days.
ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING
PAGE
Portrait of Citizen Train made recently _Frontispiece_
Portrait of Citizen Train's grandfather, the Rev. George
Pickering 2
Portrait of Mrs. George Francis Train 110
Citizen Train in the Mills Hotel dictating his Reminiscences 200
Citizen Train's former residence in Madison Avenue,
New York 286
Citizen Train's former villa at Newport 314
Citizen Train with the children in Madison Square 324
Citizen Train and his guests at dinner in the Mills Hotel 338
MY LIFE IN MANY STATES AND IN FOREIGN LANDS
CHAPTER I
WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD
1833
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