CONTENTS OF VOLUME III
| 1874. | |
| PAGE | |
| To Charles Francis Adams, Jr., March 4th | 1 |
| Comments on his recent speech and his opponents—Hard-money league should be on large scale and ostensibly a Western movement. | |
| Eulogy on Charles Sumner, April 29th | 2 |
| To James S. Rollins, August 4th | 72 |
| Attitude toward reëlection as Senator—Farmers movement—Hopes Rollins will some time represent Missouri. | |
| Speech: The Issues of 1874, Especially in Missouri, September 24th | 74 |
| To Samuel Bowles, November 27th | 113 |
| Contemplates writing a political history of the United States—Wants a good publisher—Thinks of removing to Boston. | |
| From Samuel Bowles, December 3d | 115 |
| Political history much needed—Publishers suggested—Western vs. eastern Massachusetts as a place in which to live while writing history. | |
| 1875. | |
| Speech: Military Interference in Louisiana, January 11th | 115 |
| To James S. Rollins, April 2d | 152 |
| Congressional duties and lecturing have interfered with his correspondence—Gratified by the good opinion of men of a high class—Regrets narrow-minded partisanship that defeated his reëlection—Hopes for a reform movement in 1876. | |
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