in London for Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts, Maryland, and Georgia,
300; foreign degrees conferred upon
him, ib.; Chatham's estimation of,
302; two important letters from,
303; elected member of first Con-
gress, 306; a sympathetic story by,
308; appointed envoy to France,
309; a treaty negotiated by, 310; his
popularity in Paris, 312; appointed
delegate to the Convention, 313; his
religious views, 314; speech in Con-
vention, 318; his death, 320; tributes
of respect from France, ib.; eulo-
gium of, by Mr Rives, 321.
Franklin, William, takes the side of
the British, 306; appointed Gover-
nor of New Jersey, ib.; imprisoned
for three years, 307.

Free Trade, advanced views on, held
by Jefferson, 230.

Free-Traders v. Protectionists, 365.
French and British boundary disputes,

16.

Fundamental errors of ultra-democracy,

417.

Gage, General, shut up in Boston, 70.
Gates, General, a rival of Washington,
94; defeats General Burgoyne, ib.
General Congress held at Philadelphia,
57; Lord Chatham's opinion of, 58;
resolutions passed, 59; enlistment
of troops ordered, 63; unanimously
declare the Independence of the
States, 82; Constitution adopted
and ratified, 115, 117.
Genet ("Citizen Genet"), ambassador
from French Republic, 130; com-
missions American privateers, ib.;
is recalled to France, 133.
George III. on the right of taxation,
49; his change of opinion, 112.
Germantown, defeat of Washington at,
94; agreed on as seat of government,

192.

Gerry, Mr, Adams's letter to, 179; his
opposition to the Constitution, 319.
"Gift of the gab," a Scotsman's objec-
tion to, 299.

Giles, Mr, Virginia, 138.
Government transferred to Washing-
ton, 191.

Grange, a British ship, captured by
Genet's privateers, 131.
Grant, General, as President, 345.
Grant, Major, failure of his attack upon
Fort Duquesne, 24.

Granville Administration, Stamp-Du-
ties imposed by, 32.

Great Britain, abolition of negro slavery
by, its effect in the Northern States,
376.

Greeley, Horace, his influence with
anti-slavery party, 381; advocates
separation of North and South, ib.

Hamilton, Alexander, head of the
"Federal" party, 125.

Harper's Ferry, invasion of, by John
Brown, 391.

Hartford Convention, 1814, 361; New
England States threaten to secede
from the Union, 362.
Hayne, Mr, Governor of South Caro-
lina, 369; on State Rights, 370.
Henry, Patrick, friendship with Jef-
ferson, 212; his short legal studies,
ib.; the "Demosthenes of the For-
est," 219; resolutions proposed by
him, ib.; in Virginian Legislature,
34, 219; proposes arming the colo-
nists, 232; marches on Williamsburg
with militia, 233, 327; appointed Gov-
ernor of Virginia, 241; how addressed
by the French auxiliaries, 331.
Hessian auxiliaries under Colonel
Rahl defeated, 91.

"His Highness" proposed as the title
of the President, 123; "His Excel-
lency" adopted, ib.

'History of the Principal Republics in
the World,' by John Adams, 164.
Howe, Major-General, 71.
Humphreys, Colonel, of Newhaven,
Connecticut, letter from Washington
to, 115.

"Hyperion" used for tea in America,

48.

Inaugural address of John Adams, 174.
Independence, Declaration of See
Declaration of Independence.
"Independence," first cry of, in Amer-
ica, 44.

Insurrection in Massachusetts, 114.

Jackson, General, defeats General
Pakenham at New Orleans, 349;
his rowdy character, 350; first of the
grossly illiterate Presidents, ib.; at-
tacks State Democracies, 362; his
hatred of Britain, 363; and of Cal-
houn, 365; his threats against him,
373, 375; a pernicious doctrine
broached by, 384.

Jay, John, nomination as President, 171.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, nominated for
President, 171; elected Vice-Presi-
dent, 172; his broad views of Re-
publicanism, 208; early life, 210;
friendship with Patrick Henry, 212;
life at school and college, 213; study
of languages, &c., 215; as a law stu-
dent, 216; success at the bar, 218;
his unfitness for public speaking,

220; elected member of Virginian
House of Burgesses, 221; his house
and books burned, but "We saved
um fiddle!" 222; his marriage, 223;
"Draught of Instructions" framed
for Convention, 226; effect of the
publication of "Instructions," 227;
views of Free Trade, 230; his reply
to Lord North, 234; in Congress, 236;
the Declaration of Independence,
238; declines renomination to Con-
gress and a foreign mission, 240;
advanced views on education, ib.;
elected Governor of Virginia, 247;
charges against him for incapacity,
250; nominated as representative at
Congress of Vienna, 252; appointed
to a European mission, 254; his
popularity in France, 255; letters on
French affairs, 259 et seq.; a political
dinner-party, 265; returns to Amer-
ica, 267; characteristic reception at
home, 270; appointed Secretary of
State, 271; elected President, ib.;
elected a second time, 273; his inaug-
ural address, 275; address from
Legislature of Virginia, 276; a pic-
ture of his country life, 281 et seq.;
pecuniary difficulties, 284; his death,
287; far-seeing views, 288; feelings
towards Britain, 292.

Judges in United States popularly
elected, 404.

Kames, Lord, letter from Franklin to,
on the right of levying taxes, 303.
Kentucky, resolutions affirming separ-
ate rights of the States passed, 186.
Knox, General, Secretary at War, 114;
letter from John Adams to, 179.
Kosciusko, letter from Jefferson to, on
his domestic life, 279.

Lafayette, General, letter from Wash-
ington to, 118; a political dinner-
party, 265.

Lee, General, accuses Washington of
indecision, 90; letter from Washing-
ton to, 118.

MADISON, James, letter from Jefferson
to, 172; State rights resolutions
drawn up by, 186; elected fourth
President, 323; educated at Prince-
ton College, 324; first political step,
328; a delegate to the Virginian
Convention, ib.; elected to Virginian
Council of State, 330; elected mem-
ber of Congress, 331; letter on the
state of the Army, 333; proposes a
day of thanksgiving for conclusion-
of the war, 336; retires to private
life, 337; again elected to Congress,
338; his views on Federal union, 343;
succeeds Mr Jefferson in the Presi-
dency, 346; elected a second time,
ib.; his flight from Washington on
approach of the British troops, 349;
retires to his estate at Montpelier,
350; his pleasant society, 351; his
death, 352.

Main, Colonel, of Virginia, defence of
Southern States by, 166.
Marsh, Mr, of Braintree, instructor of
John Adams, Daniel Webster, and
Josiah Quincy of Boston, 145.
Mason, Colonel, his opposition to the
Constitution, 319.

Mason, Mr George, his "Articles of
Association," 47; his original draught
of the Declaration, 329.
Massachusetts first objects to taxes,
32; proposes General Congress of all
the colonies, 44; insurrection in, 114;
rebellion in, led by Captain Shay,
339; attacks the arsenal at Spring-
field, and is repulsed, 341; letter
from Washington on, 342.
Mercer, J. F., letter from Washington
to, on slavery, 140.
Mexico, war wantonly
against, 364, 425.
"Missouri Compromise," unwise abro-
gation of, 387.

provoked

Morgan, G. D., agent for purchasing
vessels for Federal Government, 407;
report on his management, 408 et
seq.

Mount Vernon, the residence of Wash-
ington, 27; style of living at, ih.
Munroe, Mr, United States minister to
France, recalled, 183.

Napier, Sir Charles Janies, the inscrip-
tion on his statue, 309, note.
"National," the word struck out from
Federal Constitution, 189.

National Assembly of France invites
Jefferson to assist in deliberations,
264.

National Bank established, 125.
Negotiations for peace commenced,
105; and concluded, ib.

Negroes, their increase in the Southern
States, 420; a danger to the Amer-
ican Union, ib.
Neutrality, proclamation of, by Amer-
ica, 129.

New England States threaten to secede
from the Union, 339, 362.
New Orleans, defeat of British troops
under General Packenham at, 349.
North and South, jealousy between,
164, 170, 190.

North, Lord, repeals all import duties

in America except on tea, 48; re-
ceives news of surrender at York-
town, 104; tries to conciliate the
colonists, 234.

Northern States, why they objected to
slavery, 291.

'Notes on Virginia,' by Thomas Jeffer-
son, 253.

"Ordinance of Nullification," 367.

Parker, Theodore, of Boston, his phil-
ippic against Daniel Webster, 383.
Peace, negotiations for, commenced,
105; general treaty signed at Paris,
ib.

Penn, William, his heirs claim exemp-
tion from taxes, 299; opposed by
Franklin, 300.

Pennsylvania sends Franklin to Eng-
land as agent of the colony, 32.
Pinckney, Thomas, nominated for
Vice-President, 171; appointed Min-
ister to France, 183; Directory de-
cline to receive him, 184.

Pitt, Mr, opposes the Stamp Act in
House of Commons, 39.
'Political Putrefaction Portrayed,' a
Report, 406.

'Poor Robin's Almanack,' by Frank-
lin, 296.

President's title, "His Highness" or
"His Excellency," 123.
Presidential election, its cost, 414;
compulsory assessment for, 416; a
constantly recurring danger, 422.
Privateers, commissions granted for, by
France to American vessels, 130.
Protectionists v. Free-Traders, 365.

Randall, Dr, biographer of Jefferson,
his opinion of Adams, 197; on per-
sonal appearance of Jefferson, 278.
Randolph, Mr, his opposition in the
first Convention, 317 et seq.
"Rebellion, The Whisky," 135.
Republican or Southern party, 171.
Rhode Island, first to free its slaves,
377.

"Rights of British North America, a
Summary View of," 227.

Ripley, General, attacks Fort Sumter,
392.

Rives, W. C., his eulogium on Ben-

jamin Franklin, 321; his 'The Life
and Times of James Madison,' 332.
Rochambeau, French army under, joins
Washington, 101.

Rutledge, Mr, South Carolina, 60.

Secession, the right of, declared by
Virginia and Kentucky, 186; Mr
Ellsworth's views on, 188.

Sedition and Alien Laws passed, 185.
Segur, Count de, on the American en-
voys to France, 310.

Seward, W. H., considers separation of
North and South inevitable, 380;
change in his opinions, 395; his
"ninety days" prediction, ib.
Shannon and Chesapeake, engagement
between the, 347.

Sherman, Mr Roger, member of Gen-
eral Congress, 150.

Slave-trade denounced by Jefferson,

245.

Slavery, Washington's opinion of, 140;
abolition of, proposed by Jefferson,
229, 242 et seq.; Jefferson's advanced
views on, 291; "did not pay" in the
North, 376; gradually abolished in
Northern States, 377.

Small, Dr, his influence on Jefferson,

215.

South Carolina, "Ordinance of Nullifi-
cation" passed by, 367; volunteers
enrolled by, 371.

South and North, jealousy between,

164.

Southern Confederacy debated, 372;
and medal struck, ib.

Southern States opposed to Protection,
366.

Stamp Act, riots occasioned by, 37.
Starbuck, agent for Federal Govern-
ment, 406; his percentages, 407.
State Democracies in danger, 362.
"States" first used in American his-
tory, 228.

Steuben, Baron, and the American
militia, 96.

Strict neutrality, difficulties of, 182.
Surplus revenue, dangers from, 365.

Tarleton, Colonel, his dashing raids in
Virginia, 248.

Taylor, John, of Virginia, letter to, on
Northern aggression, 189.

Tea ships, New York and Philadelphia
refuse to receive them, 50; boarded
in Boston harbour, and contents
thrown into the sea, 52.

"To the victors belong the spoils,"
the doctrine of General Jackson, 385.

Townsend, Mr Charles, proposes new
taxes on the Colonies, 43.
Trenton, defeat of Hessian auxiliaries
at, 91.

Trumbull, Jonathan, governor of Con-
necticut, 79; original of "Brother
Jonathan," 80.

ULTRA-DEMOCRACY, THE DANGERS OF,
353 et seq.

"Underground Railway," 387.
"Union" party, the, 125.
United Colonies declared independent,
82; independence of, formally ac-
knowledged in 1783, 159; troops
disbanded by, 335; growing lust of
dominion by, 427.

Vergennes, Count de, his prophecy
regarding America, 30.

Virginia Legislature passes resolutions
against the taxation, 46; resolution
declaratory of State Rights intro-
duced in, 186.

Voting, power of, a privilege, not a
right, 417.

Walpole, Sir Robert, his sagacious
policy, 31.

War between Great Britain and United
States on the rights of neutrals, 346;
President Madison opposed to it, ib.;
opposed by New England States,

361.

Ward, General Artemus, 63.
Warren, James, Massachusetts, letter
from Washington to, 112.
Washington, Augustine, 3; his family
history, 4.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, 1; friendship

with the Fairfax family, 9; appointed
public surveyor, 13; adjutant-gen-
eral of militia, 16; his unsuccessful
wooing, 22; marriage with Mrs
Curtis, 25; elected member of House
of Burgesses of Virginia, 29; his
"Articles of Association," 47; elect-
ed commander-in-chief, 66; his opin-
ion of the army, 77; first real
triumph, 81; retreats from New
York, 86; a disgraceful panic among
his troops, 87; demands the enlist-
ment of troops, 89; is invested with

almost dictatorial powers, 92; de-
feated at Brandywine and at Ger-
mantown, 94; unsuccessful attempt
against New York, 101; Cornwallis
surrenders to him, 103; his letter to
the governors of the thirteen States,
106; resigns his commission to Con-
gress, 108; six years of domestic
life, 110 et seq.; doubts of the Con-
federation, 113; his name brought
forward as first President, 117; let-
ters to his friends on the election,
118; unanimously elected President,
119; triumphal progress towards
New York, 120 et seq.; his difficulties
as a statesman, 124; charged with
royal ambition, 127; his emphatic
disclaimer, ib.; re-elected President,
128; issues proclamation of neutral-
ity, 129; irritation at "Citizen
Genet," 130 et seq.; demands his
recall, 133; difficulties with priva-
teering, 134; close of his second
term of office, 137; farewell to his
countrymen, ib.; his death, 140; by
his will frees his slaves, ib.; general
character, 141; letter on Massa-
chusetts rebellion, 342.

Washington, Laurence, 3; his early
life, 5; leaves for Barbadoes, 17;
his death, 18.

Washington, seat of government
changed to, 191; attacked by the
British, 347; Americans set fire to
their vessels and stores, 348; panic
in the city, ib.; flag of truce fired on,
349; the Capitol and other public
buildings burned down, ib.

Webb, Nathan, singular letter from
John Adams to, 144.

Webster, Daniel, his oration at the

death of President Adams, 205;
an Abolitionist, 382; his venality,
383.

"Whisky Rebellion," the, 135.
Williamsburg, gunpowder carried off
from, 232, 325.

Winthrop, Mr, letter from Franklin to,

303.

Yorktown, the surrender of, 103; how
the news was received in England,
104.

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