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Prentiss, George L., Memoir of Sargent S. Prentiss, 2 vols., New York, 1855.-The memoir, by a brother, is simply a frame-work for numerous letters. Important for the party history of Mississippi.

Quaife, M. M., The Diary of James K. Polk, 4 vols., Chicago, 1910.—A painstaking diary of great value. Polk's acute observations throw much light on party relations during

his administration.

Seward, William H. An Autobiography from 1801-1834; with a Memoir of his Life, etc., 1832-1872, by Frederick W. Seward, 3 vols., New York, 1891.-An important work. The memoir is largely made up of correspondence. Tyler, Lyon G., Letters and Times of the Tylers, 3 vols., Richmond and Williamsburg, 1884-1896.-Includes a careful and generally accurate review of the party history of the South during the thirties and forties. By far the most valuable parts are the numerous letters of contemporaries. Van Tyne, C. H., The Letters of Daniel Webster, New York, 1902.-A careful and excellent selection from the collections of Webster letters that have survived.

Webster, Fletcher, Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Boston, 1857.-A collection with many faults and entirely superseded by the preceding work.

White, Hugh L. Memoir of Hugh L. White, with selections from his speeches and correspondence, edited by Nancy N. Scott, Philadelphia, 1856.—An important body of material for the history of parties in Tennessee in the thirties.

III. MEMOIRS AND REMINISCENCES.

Baldwin, Joseph G., Flush Times in Alabama and Mississippi, New York, 1853.-A volume of interesting reminiscences of men and events in these states.

Benton, Thomas Hart, Thirty Years' View, or a History of the Workings of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850, 2 vols., New York, 1854.-A brilliant review of the leading events of his long career in the United States Senate; generally accurate.

✔ Brownlow, W. G., Sketches of the Rise, Progress and Decline of Secession; with a narrative of personal adventures

among the rebels, Philadelphia, 1862.-The autobiographical sketch in the early portion acquaints us with his political views and explains the basis of his opposition to secession and his adherence to the Union. The work illustrates the eccentricities of the “Fighting Parson."

Claiborne, J. F. H., Mississippi as a Province, Territory, and State, I vol., Jackson, 1880.-Nominally a history of Mississippi, the later portion embodies the reminiscences of a close connection with the affairs of the state. Contains useful material relative to the origin of the Whig party there.

Claiborne, John H., Seventy-five years in Old Virginia, New York, 1904.-The author was of Whig antecedents and connections but was one of those of the second generation who began their political careers as Democrats.

Davis, Reuben, Recollections of Mississippi and Mississippians, Boston, 1889.-The author was prominent in the political affairs of North Mississippi. The account is rambling but the local coloring is good.

Foote, Henry S., The Bench and Bar of the South and Southwest, St. Louis, 1876.—Without attempting anything biographical in character, the volume consists of interesting personal reminiscences of the public men, chiefly of Mississippi and Tennessee.

Casket of Reminiscences, Washington, 1874.-Of less value than the succeeding work, which it in part duplicates.

War of the Rebellion; or, Scylla and Charybdis, New York, 1866.-A careful, faithful, and unprejudiced review of the sectional struggle and its culmination in civil war. He deprecates the sway of ultraism in the South and praises the moderation of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. Fulkerson, H. S., Random Recollections of Early Days in Mississippi, Vicksburg, 1885.—Of some value in portraying the local situation.

Garrett, William, Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for thirty years, Atlanta, 1872.—The most important work of the sort on Alabama by a man in intimate touch with the political affairs of the state.

Gilmer, George R., Sketches of some of the first settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Cherokees, and of the author, New

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York, 1855.-A careful work, which aids in clearing up the complicated condition of political parties in Georgia. A frank exposition of the author's own political affiliations. Goode, John, Recollections of a Life Time, New York, 1906.— Throws some light on political parties in Virginia.

Greeley, Horace, Recollections of a Busy Life, New York, 1868.-An interesting summary of the observations of a skillful politician and journalist.

The American Conflict, 2 vols., Hartford, 1864.An excellent review of the sectional controversy in its many phases.

Green, Duff, Facts and Suggestions, Biographical, Historical, Financial and Political, New York, 1866.-A spirited but controversial review of his public career and political beliefs, embodying some private correspondence and other source material.

Hamilton, James A., Reminiscences, New York, 1869.—Of little value for the present study.

Harvey, Peter, Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Daniel Webster, Boston, 1901.-Contains some material relative to Webster's presidential aspirations in 1852 when Harvey was Webster's closest friend.

Hilliard, Henry W., Politics and Pen Pictures at home and abroad, New York, 1892.-A careful survey by a leading southern Whig of the more important political events that fell within his extended observation of public affairs. Holden, W. W. Memoirs of W. W. Holden, edited by W. K. Boyd (John Lawson Monographs of the Trinity College. Historical Society), Durham, N. C., 1911.-A disappointing body of reminiscences, written late in life, containing some material relative to political parties in North Carolina. [Jennings, D. S. ?], Nine Years of Democratic Rule in Mississippi, 1838-1847, Jackson, 1847.-An attempt to portray the mismanagement of the financial affairs of the state during the long period of Democratic control.

Julian, George W., Political Recollections, 1840-1872, Chicago, 1884.-Deals chiefly with the anti-slavery movement, in which Julian took a prominent part.

Mayo, Robert, Political Sketches of eight years in Washington, Baltimore, 1839.-A bitter arraignment of "Jacksonian Democracy" by a highly educated Virginian who had formerly served in the Jackson ranks.

Montgomery, F. A., Reminiscences of a Mississippian in War and Peace, Cincinnati, 1901.-Contains little information of value for the present study.

Sargent, Nathan, Public Men and Events, 2 vols., Philadelphia,

1875.-Sargent was in intimate touch with the workings of the Whig party and therefore able to speak with a degree of authority as to developments within it.

Scott, Winfield, Memoirs of Lieut.-General Scott, 2 vols., New

York, 1864.-Unsatisfactory so far as it attempts to explain Scott's political connections and his motives in the campaign of 1852.

Weed, Thurlow. The Life of Thurlow Weed, 2 vols. (vol. I, Autobiography, edited by his daughter, Harriet A. Weed; vol. II, Memoir by his grandson, Thurlow Weed Barnes). Both volumes embody a fine assortment of contemporary correspondence.

Wilson, Henry, History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave

Power in America, 3 vols., Boston, 1872.-A detailed study of the sectional controversy embodying his personal observations of the anti-slavery movement and of party history in general.

Wise, Henry A., Seven Decades of the Union, Philadelphia, 1881. The historical value of the work is lessened by the attempt to vindicate Tyler and his administration. It has, however, a certain value as a source.

IV. BIOGRAPHIES AND COLLECTIONS OF
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Ashe, Samuel A., ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, 7 vols., Greensboro, N. C., 1905-1908.-A superb collection of biographical sketches, carefully written and edited. Most important for our purposes are those of Mangum, Badger, Stanly, Morehead, Manly, etc.

Bancroft, Frederic, The Life of William H. Seward, 2 vols., New York, 1900.-A careful treatment of Seward's career in its many connections.

Butler, Pierce, Judah P. Benjamin, Philadelphia, 1907.-One of the best biographies in the southern field. It treats fully the local political situation in Louisiana.

Caldwell, J. W., "John Bell of Tennessee," in American Historical Review, IV.-A suggestive article which, in the absence of a suitable biography, gives the main facts of the political career of the Tennessee Whig leader. Claiborne, J. F. H., Life and Times of General Sam. Dale, the Mississippi partisan, New York, 1860.-A satisfactory biography.

Colton, Calvin, The Life and Times of Henry Clay, 2 vols., New York, 1846.—The intimate connection of the biographer with his subject and the authorized character of the work give it much the same value as a source. Collins, Lewis, History of Kentucky, revised by his son, Richard H. Collins, 2 vols., Covington, Ky., 1882.-Chiefly valuable for the very meagre sketches of the public men of that state.

Curtis, George T., Life of Daniel Webster, 2 vols., New York, 1870.-A satisfactory biography by the son of one of Webster's literary executors.

Davis, Mrs. Varina J., Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States: a Memoir, 2 vols., New York, 1890.Mrs. Davis was the daughter of an old-line Whig and gives the Whig point of view up to 1845.

Dodd, W. E., Life of Nathaniel Macon, Raleigh, 1903.—A small but scholarly work.

Dowd, Jerome, Sketches of Prominent Living North Carolinians, Raleigh, 1888.-The sketches are meagre but of some value.

DuBose, J. W., Life and Times of W. L. Yancey, Birmingham, 1892.-A large and carefully prepared volume containing considerable material relative to the history of political parties in the South.

Garland, Hugh A., Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, 2 vols., New York (12th ed.), 1859.—A satisfactory biography. Grayson, William J., James Louis Petigru, a Biographical Sketch, New York, 1866.-Its treatment of Petigru's political views is very inadequate.

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