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tured tastes. With her husband she lived on great good terms, and he left a monument to her credit in that respect in his will; but she was not so successful after his death with others, as her own last will and testament manifests. Age and disease, unfortunately, together or singly, do not always soften. temper. In her friendships she was very exclusive; no bad quality, however; and especially had she little inclination to take into favor or notice poor relatives. Nor in this latter trait was she unlike most other people, perhaps. But she had few relatives of any kind, and no very near ones.

The Fillmore residence, that in which the President and this wife lived and died, was bought by Mr. Fillmore soon after his service as President, of James Hollister, an old merchant of Buffalo. It stands on the corner of Delaware Avenue, facing Niagara Square or Circle, the most beautiful part of the city, perhaps, and is an old Gothic structure, with two worthless towers in front, and a broad, deep church-like entrance, and is two stories high, having about fourteen rooms. It stands full out on the sidewalk, but the beautiful hard-maple and elm trees nearly conceal it from view. There is a little inside rear yard, in which there is a flower-house. A carriage-house and stable connect with the dwelling in the rear on the avenue. Externally this is not an attractive house; but within it is a wonder of abundance, if not of richness. Mrs. Fillmore (Mrs. McIntosh) had a passion for pictures, and the result was that she turned her house into a gallery.

The walls were lined with pictures of almost every description. Among these were pictures of herself and Mr. Fillmore, also of his daughter and other members of his family. In the library-room, on the first floor, the second room from the front entrance on the right side of the hall, Mr. Fillmore died. When I visited this place in July, 1881, Mrs. Fillmore, having had recently two strokes of paralysis, was unable to speak the simplest word. She lingered along but a short time, and died on Thursday night, August 11, 1881. On the following Saturday her remains were placed by the side of those of her husband.

INDEX.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY-Visits Buf-
falo, 80 his warm eulogy of

Mr. Fillmore, 82.
Atchison, David R.-elected Pres-
ident of the Senate, 376.

BATES, EDWARD-offered a place
in the Cabinet, 122.
Bell, John-introduces a plan of
compromise, 150.
Benton, Thomas H.-his view of
the mode of settling the right
of petition, 57-describes the
inauguration of Mr. Fillmore
as President, 117- his view of
Mr. Calhoun, 125-opposes the
Southern protest, 139-his his-
tory of Southern side of the
slavery contest up to 1850, 170
to 183.

Bill, Omnibus - introduced in

Congress, 150-its text and fea-
tures, 150, 151.
Boyd, Linn-elected Speaker of
the House, 248.

CABINET members of General
Taylor's, resign, 120-members
of Mr. Fillmore's, 122- осси-
pied with Kossuth, 285, 287.
Calhoun, J. C.-his last efforts to
divide the country, 124, 125-
his demands for slavery, 168.

Clary, Joseph-first law partner
of Mr. Fillmore, 48.
Clay, Henry - his defeats, 88–
course in 1844, 89-recommends
Daniel Webster, 121, 227-his
last efforts for peace, 124, 125,
148, 149-where he would have
stood in 1860, 126-his Omnibus
Bill, 150, 151-his death, 127, 302.
Congress the Omnibus Bill in,
125, 127, 135, 138, 140, 150, 151,
165-confirms the Compromises
of 1850, 152, 153-its early unan-
imous legislation on slavery,
155, 156-attempts to strengthen
the act of 1793, 160-in session
in the winter of 1850, 191, 224,
225-in session in the winter
of 1851, 248, 300, 302-provides
for Kossuth, 285, 286-is not
they, 307.
Conrad, Charles M.-becomes Sec-
retary of War, 122.
Convention, Presidential
Whig, in 1844, 100, 108
Whig, in 1848, 104, 105
Whig, in 1852, 320, 321, 322-
Free-soil, in 1852, 325, 326-
State- Rights, in 1852, 327-
American, in 1856, 398, 399-
the Whig, in 1856, 399- the
Republican, in 1856, 410.
Corwin, Thomas-becomes Secre-
tary of the Treasury, 122.
Crittenden, John J.-becomes At-
torney-General, 122-removes

475

the

the
the

the President's doubts, 166-
writes a sharp letter as Secre-
tary of State, 246- his speech
against Kossuth, 291, 292 -
wants Mr. Fillmore's nomina-
tion, 308.

Cuba - filibustering for its inde-

pendence and annexation to the
United States, 223 to 246-diffi-
culties with Spain on account
of, 245, 246, 247, 368, 369, 376-
Mr. Fillmore's view of, 374,
375-her condition, 375.

DAVIS, JEFFERSON-supports the
Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850, 165.
Democrats-founders of the Inde-
pendent National Treasury, 68-
their success in 1844, 88, 89-
have the organization of Con-
gress, 248.

Disunion the South begins the

talk of, 185, 186-a paper estab-
lished in the interest of, 227.

FILLMORES-their origin, the early
American representatives of, 11,
12-their character, 16, 18.
Fillmore, John - his birth and
adventure on the sea, 11,
12, 13.

Fillmore, Nathaniel-son of John,
a soldier in the Revolution,
13, 14.
Fillmore, Nathaniel-son of Na-
thaniel, father of the President,
his birth, life, character, 14, 15,
16, 18.

Fillmore, Phoebe (Millard)

mother of the President, her
life and character, 14, 17, 18—
her death, 18.

Fillmore, Gleazen-cousin of the

President, a Methodist minis-
ter, his standing, 18.
Fillmore, President-the key to
his success, 9, 10-his birth,
20-his own sketch of his early
life, education, and professional
career, 20 to 33-his education,
36, 37, 40, 41-his lack of ambi-
tion in early life, 37—begins the
study of the law, 37, 38, 39—
admitted to practice, 40-his
qualifications and standing as a
lawyer, 42, 44, 46, 50, 80, 91, 92,
94, 96, 99- begins his political
career, 42- becomes an Anti-
mason, 42, 43-elected to the
Legislature, 43-his course, 44—
re-elected, 44 his work, 44, 45,
46, 92, 93 — locates in Buffalo,
his law partnerships, 48, 99-
elected to Congress, 48, 49 -
stands with the Whigs, 50-re-
elected, 51, 63, 66- his course,
51, 54, 55, 60, 61, 64, 66, 68, 69, 71,
72, 75, 76-his character, 10, 36,
37, 38, 39, 40, 45, 72, 74, 75, 92, 95,
97, 98, 99, 153, 243, 434, 435, 437,
438, 440, 442, 454-his views and
course on slavery, 57, 58, 60,
153, 434, 435-takes the head of
his party in the House, 69-his
work, the tariff of 1842, 69, 71—
his feeling against President
Tyler, 75, 76-Whig candidate
for the Vice-Presidency, 83, 85,
108-candidate for Governor of
New York, 83-nominated in
1844, 87-defeated, 88-becomes
Comptroller of the State, 91-
his services in that office, 91,
100, 104, 112-quits his profes-
sion, 91-as a speaker, 92, 93,
94, 95-his marriage, 93, 458—
nominated for the Vice-Presi-
dency, 104 enters upon his

duties as Vice-President, 113,
114, 115-announces the death
of General Taylor, 115-be-
comes President, 116, 117-his
first act as President, 119-his
standing with General Taylor's
Cabinet, 120, 121-selects the
members of his Cabinet, 121,
122-goes to reside in the White
House, 123 - his message on
New Mexico and Texas, 128-
signs all the Compromise Bills,
140 has scruples about the
Fugitive Slave Bill, 165-signs
it, 166-accused of selling out
to slavery, 166-his administra-
tion of the affairs of the Gov-
ernment, 166, 167, 183, 184, 186,
189, 217, 227, 228, 230, 240, 243,
247, 248, 287, 304, 305, 306, 309,
332, 335, 368, 377, 428, 434, 435,
464-his course indorsed at the
North, 186 his views of the
Seminole Indians, 189—his first
annual message, 191, 214, 215-
visits New York, 231, 232 his
second annual message, 249 -
announces the death of Mr.
Clay, 302 his prospects for
nomination for the Presidency,
309, 31C, 320, 321 - his desires
for re-election, 311, 314, 315-his
last annual message, 341, 367,
368-his views as to Cuba, 369,
374 quits the White House,
377-death of his wife, makes a
trip to the South, 378-goes to
Europe, 381-his Nativism, 385,
nominated for the Presi-
dency, 398, 399, 425-returns to
America, 421 - his speech at
Albany, 421 vote for him,
427 — his position in 1860 and
during the Rebellion, 428, 429,
430, 431, 432, 433, 434-invited

428

to go to the South as a peace-
maker, 429-his later years at
Buffalo, 437, 438, 439, 440, 442—
his death, 442-opinions about,
441, 442, 446, 447, 454-action on
his death, 445, 446, 447, 449, 450--
his funeral and grave, 451, 452-
his second marriage, 471, 472-
his religion, 454, 455- in the
White House, 463, 464, 467-his
home in Buffalo, 473, 474.
Fillmore, Mrs. Abigail (Powers)—
her birth and family, 456, 457—
her qualities and character, 458,
459, 468-her life in the White
House, 459, 460, 467-her death,
467, 468.
Fillmore, Mary Abigail-daughter
of President Fillmore, mistress
of the White House, her char-
acter, death, 469, 470.
Fillmore, Millard Powers-son of
President Fillmore, 471.
Fremont, John C.-in Congress
from California, 140-nominated
for the Presidency, 411 his
letters of acceptance, 416, 417.
Free-soilers-increase in strength,
140, 301-a movement to check
their growth, 301.

Foote, Henry S.-proposes a com-
mittee of thirteen on a plan of
compromises, 150 proposes
preparations for receiving Kos-
suth, 286.
Forney, John W.-elected Clerk
of the House, 248.

GRAHAM, WILLIAM A.- becomes
Secretary of the Navy, 122.
Greatness-what it is and who
have it, 10, 11-its educational
beginning, 40, 41.

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