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 INDEX 283 Freeport, 111., debate between Lincoln and Douglas at, ii. 257. Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., secre tary of state under Arthur, iii. 215. Frelinghuysen, Theodore, ii. 13, 211. Fremont, Gen., candidate for presi dency against Buchanan in 1856, ii. 227; order of, confiscating and emancipating slaves in Missouri 266-267. French, Sheridan s demonstration against, in Mexico, iii. 65. French Revolution, views of John Adams on the, i. 92; difficulties caused by, between Jefferson and Hamilton, 134-135. French spoliation claims, i. 302-303, ii. 212-213, iii. 230. Friar lands problem in the Philippines, iv. 164-165. Frothingham, Rev. N. L., i. 243. Frye, William P., iii. 124, iv. 74. Fugitive-slave law, ii. 159-160, 187. Gage, Lyman J., secretary of treasury under McKinley, iv. 54. Gag rule, i. 238-239, ii. 64-65, 179. Gaines, Gen. Edmund P., ii. 127, 131. Gaines s Mill, battle of, ii. 263. Gallatin, Albert, commissioner to make treaties with Great Britain, i. 227-228, 229; secretary of treasury under Jefferson, 141, ii. 4. Garfield, Harry A., iii. 193. GARFIELD, JAMES A. (20th President), iii. 98, 123, 151, 198; account of early life, 163-164; towpath and canal-boat experience, 165; joins religious denomination of &quot;The Disciples,&quot; 166; graduates from Williams college, 168; president of Hiram college, 169; pre-eminent qualifications as an educator, 169; studies law, 169; elected to the state senate, 170; colonel of 42d Ohio volunteers, 170-171; wins battle of Middle Creek and is pro moted to office of brigadier- general, 171-172; subsequent distinguished career in the war, 173-174; resigns commission and takes seat in con gress, 174-175; important services in congress, 175 ff. ; devotes ener gies to national financial problems, 176-178; sent to New Orleans in 1876 to watch counting of Louisiana vote, 179; becomes leader of Re publican party in house of repre sentatives, 179; reaches climax of his career in fight to defend presi dent against congressional control through appropriations, 179-181; elected to senate, 181; calumnious attacks on, in connection with Credit Mobilier stock and De Golyer contract, 181-183; attends Republican presidential convention of 1880, 183; strongly opposes third term for Grant, 183-184; stampede of convention for, and nomination, 184-185; election and inaugural address, 185; cabinet, 185; contest with Senators Conkling and Platt over patronage, 185-186; assassi nation and death, 186-188, 212; national mourning for, 188; Blaine s memorial address, 188; last resting- place, 189; many-sided greatness of, 189-190; list of most important speeches, 190-191; immortal ad dress to mob upon news of Lincoln s death, 191-192; bibliographical matter, 192; monument to, in Washington, 192; wife and chil dren. 193. Garfield, James R., secretary of in terior under Roosevelt, iii. 193. Garfield, Lucretia R., iii. 165-166, 193. Garland, Augustus H., iii. 253. Garnett, Mary, i. 58. Garrison, William Lloyd, iii. 199. Gary, James A., iv. 54. &quot;Gazette,&quot; Boston, articles by John Adams in, i. 66, 70. Genet, Edmond, French plenipoten tiary, i. 41, 136; discussion of be havior in articles by J. Q. Adams, 221. Geneva award, final distribution of moneys derived from, iii. 231. Sec Alabama claims. Gentry, Meredith P., iii. 6. Gerry, Elbridge, member of commis sion to France, i. 97. Gerrymandering, i. 179. Gettysburg, battle of, ii. 279. Gettysburg speech, Lincoln s, ii. 280- 281. Ghent, Treaty of, i. 228, 239. Giles, William B., ii. 52. Goldfield outbreaks in 1907, iv. 126. Gordon, John B., iii. 156. Gouverneur, Maria Monroe, I. 212. Gouverneur, Samuel L., i. 212. Governors, conference of, at Washing ton during Roosevelt s administra tion, iv. 133-134. Graham, William A., ii. 157, 158. Granger, Francis, ii. 44, 72-73. Granger, Gideon, postmaster-general under Jeilerson, i. 141.