History of the United States of America, Volume 2 (of 9)

INDEX TO VOLS. I. AND II.

Abolition Society, an early, i. 128.
Acts of Congress, of Sept. 24, 1789, to establish the Judiciary, i, 259, 260, 275, 276;
of June 13, 1798, to suspend intercourse with France, 383;
of June 25, 1798, concerning aliens, 140, 141, 206, 207, 259, 286;
of July 14, 1798, concerning sedition, 140, 141, 206, 207, 259, 261, 286;
of Feb. 9, 1799, further to suspend intercourse with France, 384;
of Feb. 13, 1801, to provide for the more convenient organization of the courts, 274–276, 278, 280, 288, 293, 297;
of Jan. 14, 1802, for the apportionment of representatives, 301;
of March 8, 1802, to repeal the Judiciary Act of 1801, 280, 281, 284–298;
of March 16, 1802, fixing the military peace establishment, 301;
of April 6, 1802, to repeal the internal taxes, 272;
of April 29, 1802, for the redemption of the public debt, 272;
of April 29, 1802, to amend the judicial system, 298;
of April 30, 1802, to enable Ohio to form a State government, 302;
of Feb. 28, 1803, for building four sloops-of-war and fifteen gunboats, ii. 77;
of Oct. 31, 1803, to take possession of Louisiana, 119, 120;
of Feb. 24, 1804, for collecting duties within the territories ceded to the United States, 257, 260–263, 291, 293, 304, 380;
of March 25, 1804, to establish the Mediterranean Fund, 141;
of March 26, 1804, for the temporary government of Louisiana, 120–129;
of Jan. 19, 1805, to erect a dam from Mason’s island, 209;
of March 2, 1805, further providing for the government of Orleans Territory, 401;
of March 3, 1805, for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, 397, 398.
Acts of Parliament, on navigation, ii. 319, 320, 327;
on naturalization, 338, 413, 414;
on merchant-shipping, 345.
Adams, John Quincy, senator from Massachusetts, ii. 110, 117, 184, 379;
proposes draft of Constitutional amendment, 118, 160, 164.
Addington ministry, ii. 358, 416.
Addington, Henry (Lord Sidmouth), succeeds Pitt, ii. 342, 347;
retires from office, 418.
Addison, Judge, impeached, ii. 195.
Admiralty courts in the West Indies, ii. 340.
Albany in 1800, i. 3.
Alien and sedition laws, i. 140, 206, 259.
(See Acts of Congress.)
Allston, Washington, i. 149.
Alquier, French minister at Madrid, i. 363, 368.
Alsop, Richard, i. 102.
Amendment to the Constitution, the twelfth, ii. 132.
“American Citizen,” the, i. 331.
Ames, Fisher, i. 82, 83;
his opinion of democracy, 84;
in conversation, 86;
speech of, on the British treaty, 88, 93;
his language toward opponents, 119; ii. 164.
Amiens, peace of, i. 370; ii. 59, 290, 326, 347, 385.
(See Treaties.)
Amusements in 1800, in New England, i. 50;
in Virginia, 51.
Anderson, Joseph, senator from Tennessee, ii. 157.
“Aristides.” Pamphlet by W. P. Van Ness, ii. 73, 172.
Armstrong, General John, senator from New York, i. 108, 113, 230, 234, 281; ii. 157;
succeeds Livingston at Paris, 291, 308.
Army, chaste reformation of, i. 238;
peace establishment in 1801, 242, 261, 272, 301.
Ashe, an English traveller, i. 43, 52, 53, 54.
Astor, John Jacob, i. 28.
“Aurora” newspaper, i. 118, 121.

Bailey, Theodorus, i. 231, 266, 296.
Bainbridge, Captain, ii. 137, 426.
Baldwin, Abraham, senator from Georgia, i. 305.
Ballston Spa, i. 92.
Baltimore in 1800, i. 29, 131.
Banks, in Boston in 1800, i. 22;
in New York, 25;
in the South, 31;
hostility to, 65.
Baptists in New England, i. 89.
Barbary Powers, war with the, i. 244 et seq.; ii. 425 et seq.
Baring, Alexander, ii. 358.
Barlow, Joel, i. 69, 99;
his “Columbiad,” 103 et seq., 106, 182.
Barron, Commodore Samuel, at Tripoli, ii. 428;
yields the command to Rodgers, 429.
Bartram, William, i. 124.
Bayard, James A., member of Congress from Delaware, i. 269, 271;
his reply to Giles, 291 et seq.;
beaten by Cæsar A. Rodney, retires to the Senate, ii. 76;
re-elected to the House, 201;
moves the form of question in the Chase impeachment, 237, 241.
Beaujour, Felix de, quoted, i. 46, 165.
Belknap, Jeremy, i. 93.
Bernadotte, General, appointed minister at Washington, ii. 10;
Talleyrand’s instructions to, 11.
Berthier, General, Napoleon’s agent for the retrocession of Louisiana, i. 366.
Beurnonville, French ambassador at Madrid, ii. 59, 277.
Bishop, Abraham, collector of New Haven, i. 226.
Blockade, law of, ii. 385;
of Martinique and Guadeloupe, 381;
of New York, 396.
Bonaparte. (See Napoleon.)
Bonaparte, Jerome, his marriage to Miss Patterson and his reception by the President, ii. 377 et seq.
Bonaparte, Joseph, negotiates treaty of Morfontaine, i. 360, 362;
scene of, with Napoleon, ii. 35 et seq.
Bonaparte, Lucien, appointed ambassador at Madrid, i. 371, 373;
opposes the cession of Louisiana, ii. 34;
scene of, with Napoleon, 35 et seq.
Boston, population and appearance of, in 1800, i. 20;
business, 21;
an intellectual centre in 1800, 75;
sentiment of, 87;
social customs of, in 1800, 91;
a summer watering-place, 92.
Bowditch, Nathaniel, i. 93.
Boyle, John, ii. 228.
Brackenridge, H. H., author of “Modern Chivalry,” i. 124; ii. 195.
Bradley, Captain, of the “Cambrian,” ii. 393, 396.
Bradley, Stephen R., senator from Vermont, ii. 157, 218, 238, 259.
Breckenridge, John, senator from Kentucky, i. 269;
moves the repeal of the Judiciary Act, 278, 280; ii. 85, 94;
on the admission of Louisiana to the Union, 108;
his bill for the territorial government of Louisiana, 120.
British claims, ii. 339.
Brown, Charles Brockden, i. 123.
Brown, James, secretary of the Louisiana Territory, ii. 220.
Bryant, William Cullen, i. 110, 133.
Buckminster, Joseph, i. 81.
Buckminster, Joseph Stevens, i. 90, 162.
Bülow, Heinrich Wilhelm, i. 41, 48.
Burr, Aaron, Vice-President, i. 65, 93, 109, 112;
his character, 195;
centre of intrigue, 229 et seq.;
his hatred of Virginia, 279;
his toast at the Federalist dinner, 282;
attacked by the “American Citizen” and “Aurora,” 283; ii. 154;
invoked by Pickering and Griswold, 171;
his defence by “Aristides,” 172;
his interview with Jefferson, 175;
nominated for governor of New York, 177;
confers with Griswold, 183;
defeated, 185;
his hostility to Hamilton, 185;
his duel with Hamilton, 187 et seq.;
presides at the Chase impeachment, 227, 238, 368;
communicates with Merry, 395;
his plan of creating a western confederacy, 402;
asks the aid of the British government, 403;
Turreau’s opinion of, 407;
his plan, 408.
Butler, Pierce, ii. 95.

Cabot, George, his opinion of democracy, i. 84, 86 et seq.;
letter of, opposing Pickering’s scheme, ii. 164;
inclines to Burr, 182.
Calhoun, John C., i. 154.
Callender, James T., his libels on Jefferson, i. 322 et seq.
Calvinism, popular reaction against, in New England, i. 82.
Campbell, George W., member of Congress from Tennessee, ii. 123;
impeachment of Judge Chase, 224, 228, 230.
Campbell, Justice, on the Louisiana case, ii. 127.
Campbell, Thomas, borrows from Freneau, i. 126.
Canals in 1800, i. 8–10, 26, 29, 38, 94.
Canning, George, rise of, ii. 417.
“Canons of Etiquette,” the, ii. 365.
Capitol at Washington in 1800, i. 30, 198;
designed by Dr. Thornton, 111.
Caramelli, Hamet, ii. 430, 436.
Cevallos, Don Pedro de, i. 371; ii. 23;
remonstrates against the sale of Louisiana, 58;
refuses to pay for French spoliations, 276, 279;
his conditions on ratification of Spanish claims convention, 280;
his comments on the Americans, 282, 283;
alarmed, 284;
complains of Pinckney’s conduct, 294.
Channing, William Ellery, i. 90;
his impressions of Virginia manners, 132, 171.
Charles IV. of Spain, his character, i. 341;
refuses papal territory, 354;
his delight at the offer of Tuscany, 369;
refuses to sell Florida, 401;
delivers Louisiana to Napoleon, 401;
distressed by Napoleon, ii. 56;
his demands on Napoleon, 59;
withdraws protest against the sale of Louisiana, 277;
declares war on England, 309.
Charleston, S. C., in 1800, i. 37 et seq., 92, 149.
Chase, Justice Samuel, his charge to the Baltimore grand jury, ii. 147;
his impeachment, 149 et seq., 158;
scene of impeachment, 227;
his counsel, 229;
the managers of his impeachment, 229;
articles of impeachment, 229;
the trial, 230 et seq.;
votes on the articles, 238;
his acquittal, 239.
Chauncey, Isaac, at Tripoli, ii. 428.
Cheetham, editor of the “American Citizen and Watchtower,” i. 121;
attacks Burr, 331.
Chillicothe in 1800, i. 2.
Christophe, i. 416.
Cincinnati in 1800, i. 2.
Claiborne, William Charles Cole, appointed governor of Mississippi Territory, i. 295, 403;
receives possession of Louisiana, ii. 256;
governor of Orleans Territory, 400.
Claims, American, on France. (See French spoliations.)
Claims, American, on Spain. (See Pinckney.)
Clark, Christopher, ii. 228.
Clay, Henry, i. 133.
Cleveland in 1800, i. 3.
Clifton, William, i. 98.
Clinton, De Witt, i. 112, 228, 233;
resigns his senatorship to become mayor of New York, 266, 281;
attacks Burr through Cheetham, 331;
his duel with Swartwout, 332; ii. 206.
Clinton, George, i. 114;
governor of New York, 228; ii. 173;
nominated for Vice-President, 180.
Cobbett, William, i. 46;
in Philadelphia, 118.
Cocke, William, senator from Tennessee, ii. 113;
censures Randolph, 240.
Coleman, William, editor of the New York “Evening Post,” i. 119.
Colonial System of the European Powers, ii. 323.
Colonial trade, ii. 319, 322, 327–329;
direct and indirect, 324, 325;
West Indian, value of, 331, 332.
Columbia College, i. 101.
“Columbiad,” the, of Joel Barlow, i. 103 et seq.
Commerce, foreign and domestic, in 1800, i. 5, 14.
Congregational clergy, i. 79.
Congress, the Seventh, first session of, i. 264–307;
second session, 427–433; ii. 74–77;
the Eighth, first session of, 92, 96–159;
second session, 206–242, 396.
(See Acts of Congress.)
Connecticut, i. 105.
“Constitution,” the, ii. 426.
Cooper, Dr. Charles D., ii. 178;
letter, 186.
Cooper, James Fenimore, i. 110;
quotation from “Chainbearer,” 43.

Dallas, Alexander James, i. 127, 281; ii. 198;
letter of, to Gallatin, 198.
Dana, Samuel, member of Congress from Connecticut, i. 269, 271.
Davis, John, an English traveller, i. 122;
his account of Jefferson’s inauguration, 197.
Davis, Matthew L., i. 231 et seq., 296.
Dayton, Jonathan, senator from New Jersey, i. 280; ii. 105.
Dearborn, Henry, appointed Secretary of War, i. 219; ii. 2, 431.
Debt, public. (See Finances.)
Decatur, James, killed at Tripoli, ii. 427.
Decatur, Stephen, burns the “Philadelphia,” ii. 139;
at Tripoli, 427.
Decrès, Napoleon’s Minister of Marine, instructions of, to Richepanse and Leclerc, re-establishing slavery, i. 397;
defining the boundaries of Louisiana and its administration, ii. 5.
Democrats, denounced by New England clergy, i. 79 et seq.;
social inferiority, 92;
the Northern, 264.
Dennie, Joseph, on democracy, i. 85;
editor of the “Portfolio,” 119, 121.
Deposit at New Orleans, the right of, granted by treaty, i. 349;
taken away, 418;
restored, ii. 3.
Derbigny, Pierre, ii. 401, 406, 408.
Desertion of British Seamen, ii. 333–335, 345, 346, 392.
Dessalines, i. 416.
Destréhan, Jean Noel, ii. 401, 406.
Dexter, Samuel, i. 93, 192, 219.
Dickens, Charles, i. 56.
“Diomed,” stallion, i. 51.
Drayton, Governor, of South Carolina, i. 151.
Dry-dock, Jefferson’s plan of, i. 428; ii. 77.
Duane, William, editor of the “Aurora,” i. 118;
his influence in Pennsylvania, ii. 194.
Duponceau, Peter S., i. 127; ii. 259.
Dupont de Nemours, commissioned by Jefferson to treat unofficially with Bonaparte, i. 411;
letter to, ii. 254.
Dwight, Theodore, i. 101;
his attack on democracy, 225.
Dwight, President Timothy, quoted, i. 21, 23;
his travels, 41;
describes popular amusements, 49, 56;
lack of roads in Rhode Island, 64;
his poem, “The Conquest of Canaan” cited, 96 et seq.;
his “Greenfield Hill,” 98;
value of his Travels, 100, 310.

Early, Peter, member of Congress from Georgia, ii. 228, 230.
Eaton, William, his character and career, ii. 429 et seq.;
his interviews with Jefferson and the Cabinet, 430;
attacks Derne, 433.
Education in New England, i. 76, 77;
in New York, 110;
in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 129;
in Virginia, 136.
Election of 1800, i. 152, 163;
of 1801, 294; ii. 202;
of 1802, 308, 329, 330;
of 1803, 76;
of 1804, 163, 176, 185, 197, 201, 202, 204.
Embargo imposed by Washington, ii. 323.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, i. 171.
“Emmanuel,” case of, ii. 327.
England, colonial policy of, ii. 317;
cordiality with, 347;
change of tone toward, 356, 387.
“Enterprise,” United States schooner, captures Tripolitan corsair, i. 245.
Eppes, John W., member of Congress from Virginia, ii. 95.
Erie Canal, the, i. 112.
Essex Junto, the, i. 89, 314.
Etiquette at Washington, ii. 362 et seq., 380.
Eustis, Dr. William, member of Congress from Boston, i. 93, 281.
Evans, Oliver, his inventions, i. 68, 71, 182.
“Evening Post,” the New York, i. 119, 120; ii. 366.
“Experiment,” sloop, i. 6.

Federalists. (See Party.)
Fight, the “rough-and-tumble,” in the South, i. 52 et seq.
Finances in 1801, i. 239 et seq., 253, 270, 272;
in 1802, ii. 75, 77;
in 1803, 135, 136, 141;
in 1804, 206.
Fitch, John, his inventions, i. 66 et seq., 181.
Florida restored by England to Spain, i. 353;
Bonaparte’s demand for, refused by Charles IV., 369;
Bonaparte’s attempts to secure, 401;
Livingston’s attempt to secure, ii. 44.
Florida, West, ii. 7;
claimed by Livingston as part of the Louisiana purchase, 68;
Jefferson’s anxiety to secure, 245;
scheme for seizing, 255;
claim to, 273, 311, 312;
claim adopted by the President, 302.
Foster, Augustus, his description of Jefferson, i. 186;
of Madison, 190.
Fox, Charles James, ii. 418.
Franklin, Benjamin, i. 60 et seq., 181;
citation from Poor Richard, 44.
French Revolution, i. 82.
French spoliations, i. 350, 361-363; ii. 30, 31, 40–42, 46–50, 61.
Freneau, Philip, i. 125.
Frere, John Hookham, i. 402.
Fugitive-Slave Bill, i. 300.
Fulton, Robert, i. 69, 71, 182.

Gaillard, John, senator from South Carolina, ii. 238.
Gallatin, Albert, his opinion of the Connecticut River district, i. 19;
on Indian corn, 58;
his political doctrines, 72, 115 et seq., 163, 177;
personal characteristics of, 190;
appointed Secretary of the Treasury, 218;
supports M. L. Davis, 232;
opposes removals from office, 235; ii. 194;
his financial measures, i. 239;
his financial schemes adopted, 272;
inserts school and road contract into the Ohio Constitution, 302;
the Yazoo sale, 304;
underestimates the product of the taxes, ii. 75;
his opinion on the acquisition of territory, 79, 131;
success of the Treasury Department under, 135;
asks Congress for a special tax for the Barbary war, 141, 261;
attacked by Duane, 194, 196;
by Eaton, 431.
Gelston, Daniel, i. 231.
George III., character of, i. 342.
Georgia, state of, in 1800, i. 4, 39;
surrenders territory to the United States, 303;
land speculation in, 303;
Rescinding Act, 304.
Gerry, Elbridge, i. 358.
Giles, William B., member of Congress from Virginia, i. 209, 261, 267;
his political career, 284 et seq.;
debate on the Judiciary Bill, 286 et seq., 299; ii. 142;
supports the impeachment of Judge Chase, 221;
his view of impeachment, 223, 235, 237, 238, 241.
Goddard, Calvin, member of Congress from Connecticut, ii. 160.
Godoy, Don Manuel, Prince of Peace, i. 346 et seq.;
treaty of 1795 negotiated by, 348, 369, 371;
baffles Bonaparte, 374;
attempts to conciliate the United States, ii. 21;
protests against the sale of Louisiana, 57;
conciliates Napoleon, 277.
Goodrich, Elizur, i. 226.
Gore, Christopher, ii. 347.
Granger, Gideon, appointed Postmaster-General, i. 308;
an active politician, ii. 192;
agent for the Yazoo claims, 212;
attacked by Randolph, 213.
Graydon, Alexander, i. 127.
Gregg, Andrew, member of Congress from Pennsylvania, ii. 123.
Grégoire, Abbé, i. 105.
Grenville, Lord, ii. 316, 418.
Griswold, Gaylord, member of Congress from New York, ii. 96.
Griswold, Roger, member of Congress from Connecticut, i. 269, 299; ii. 99, 101, 133, 142, 160;
his letters to Oliver Wolcott, 162, 169, 180;
conference of, with Burr, 183, 390, 391.

Hamilton, Alexander, i. 85, 86, 108, 277;
Talleyrand’s remark concerning, 352; ii. 168;
opposes Burr for governor, 176;
not in favor of disunion, 177;
projects, 184;
his opposition to Burr, 185 et seq.;
his duel with Burr, 186 et seq.;
mourned by the Federalists, 190.
Harper, Robert G., ii. 154, 228, 232.
Harrowby, Lord, British Foreign Secretary, ii. 418;
receives Monroe, 420;
instructions as to impressments and the boundary convention, 423 et seq.
“Hartford wits,” i. 101.
Harvard College, i. 77, 78, 90.
Hastings, Warren, trial of, ii. 226.
Hawkesbury, Lord, British Foreign Secretary, ii. 344, 410.
Henry, Patrick, i. 143.
Higginson, Stephen, ii. 164.
Hillhouse, James, senator from Connecticut, ii. 160.
Hopkins, Lemuel, i. 102.
Hopkinson, Joseph, ii. 228, 231.
Horses and horse-racing in New England, i. 50;
in New York and Virginia, 51.
Hosack, Dr. David, i. 111.
Hospitals and asylums in 1800, i. 128.
Hull, Isaac, at Tripoli, ii. 428.
Hunt, Samuel, member of Congress from New Hampshire, ii. 160.

Impeachment. (See Pickering and Chase.)
Impeachment, a scarecrow, ii. 243.
Impressment of seamen, ii. 335 et seq., 358, 384, 393, 394, 421, 423;
Act of Congress punishing, ii. 397, 420.
Indian corn, i. 58.
Indian tribes in 1800, i. 4.
Ingersoll, C. J., i. 123.
Ingersoll, Jared, ii. 259.
Inns of New England and New York, i. 21.
Inquisitiveness, American, i. 55.
Insane, the, treatment of, in 1800, i. 128.
Irving, Peter, editor of the “Morning Chronicle,” i. 121.
Irving, Washington, i. 110.

Jackson, Andrew, i. 54.
Jackson, Francis James, his reputation, ii. 360.
Jackson, James, senator from Georgia, and the Yazoo sale, i. 305; ii. 95, 238.
Jackson, John G., member of Congress from Virginia, ii. 211;
replies to Randolph’s attack on Madison, 215.
Jackson, Mr., editor of the “Political Register,” ii. 265;
discloses Yrujo’s attempt to use him, 266.
Jacmel, siege of, i. 385.
Jay, Chief-Justice, i. 108;
sent to England by Washington, ii. 323;
negotiates treaty with Lord Grenville, 326.
Jay’s treaty. (See Treaties.)
Jefferson, Thomas, i. 13, 32, 59, 65, 67, 72, 73;
Federalist opinion of, 80 et seq., 83, 112, 114;
opposed to manufactures, 138;
chief author of the Kentucky Resolutions, 140 et seq.;
leader of the Virginia school, 143;
characteristics of, 144 et seq.;
his political doctrines, 146 et seq., 156;
Thomas Moore’s verses on, 167;
visionary, 170;
his ideas of progress, 178, 179;
personal characteristics, 185 et seq.;
his dress, 187;
social pre-eminence, 188;
his inauguration, 191;
his antipathy to Marshall, 192, 194;
purity of his life, 196;
his inaugural address, 199 et seq.;
his conception of government, 210 et seq.;
his foreign policy, 214 et seq.;
his Cabinet, 218 et seq.;
his plans for the navy, 222 et seq.;
his treatment of patronage, 224, 294;
his New Haven letter, 226;
his first annual message, 248;
his course with regard to the Judiciary, 255 et seq.;
his abnegation of power, 262;
his power, 266;
his theory of internal politics, 272;
contradictions in his character, 277;
his hopefulness, 307 et seq.;
as a man of science, 310;
his dislike for New Englanders, 310 et seq.;
his letter to Paine, 316;
attacked by Callender, 322;
sensitiveness of, 324;
his relations with Callender, 325 et seq.;
sends Lear to St. Domingo, 389;
ignorant of Bonaparte’s schemes, 403 et seq.;
his eyes opened, 409;
his letter to Dupont de Nemours, 410;
writes to Livingston defining his position with respect to France and Spain, 424;
his annual message, 1802, 427;
ignores the war party, 428;
replies to their demand for papers touching the right of deposit at New Orleans, 430;
quiets the West, 432;
attempts the purchase of New Orleans, 432 et seq.;
his language to Thornton, 436;
prefers Natchez to New Orleans as a seat of trade, 443;
his apparent inconsistency, 443 et seq.;
the essence of his statesmanship, 445;
proposes alliance with England, ii. 1, 78;
instructs Pinckney to offer a consideration to Spain for New Orleans and Florida, 22;
writes a defence of his use of patronage for the Boston “Chronicle,” 82;
his amendment to the Constitution regarding Louisiana, 83;
his letter to Breckenridge on the subject, 84;
to Paine, 86;
draws up a new amendment, 86;
his reply to W. C. Nicholas, 89;
his message, Oct. 7, 1803, 92;
his bill for the administration of Louisiana, 119;
his view of the Louisian treaty and legislation, 130;
requests Congress to enlarge the Mediterranean force, 140;
interview with Burr, 175;
declines to appoint Burr to an executive office, 176;
his knowledge of Federalist schemes, 192;
his confidence in his popularity, 202;
receives the electoral votes of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 204;
his message, November, 1804, 206;
his disappointment at the acquittal of Justice Chase, 243;
his authority in foreign affairs, 245;
desires to obtain West Florida, 245;
explains to Senator Breckenridge his course toward Spain, 248;
his plan to obtain West Florida, 249;
instructs Monroe with regard to the Spanish claims, 250;
the harvest season of his life, 252;
sends troops to Natchez, 254;
makes no demand for West Florida when Louisiana is delivered, 256;
declares Mobile within the United States, 263;
entertains Yrujo at Monticello, 266;
his conviction of the power of American commercial interests, 330;
anxious for friendship with England, 342;
his intimacy with Thornton, 347;
his opinion of Bonaparte, 347, 353, 381;
decides to maintain the neutral rights of the United States more strictly, 356;
his social habits, 363;
establishes a new social code, 365;
receives Merry, 366;
invites him to dinner with Pichon, 369;
sends list of impressments to the Senate, 384;
improves his style of dress, 405;
his enemies, 409.
Judiciary Act, the, i. 274 et seq.;
repeal of, moved, 278 et seq., 284 et seq.;
repealed, 298.
Judiciary system, the, Jefferson’s recommendations concerning, i. 255.

Kentucky in 1800, i. 2, 43;
Resolutions of 1798, 140 et seq., 205.
Key, Philip Barton, ii. 228.
King, Rufus, American minister in London, i. 109;
sends the treaty of the retrocession of Louisiana to Jefferson, 409; ii. 23, 178 et seq.;
obtains from Pitt a definition of neutral importation, 328, 340;
his negotiations with the British government, 345, 347;
returns with favorable conventions, 358;
opinion of F. J. Jackson and Anthony Merry, 361;
leaves England, 410.

Langdon, John, i. 220.
Latrobe, Benjamin H., report on steam-engines, i. 68, 70, 112;
letter of, to Volney, 130.
Laussat, prefect in Louisiana, ii. 5;
arrives at New Orleans, 10, 13;
defines the boundaries of the Louisiana purchase, 255;
declares the Rio Bravo the western limit of Louisiana, 298.
Lea, Thomas, i. 257.
Lear, Tobias, consul to St. Domingo, i. 389;
quits St. Domingo, 407;
negotiates a treaty with the Pacha of Tripoli, ii. 434.
Leclerc, General, in command of the expedition against Louverture, i. 378;
seizes Toussaint Louverture, 396;
insults American shipmasters, 407;
reports French losses, 414;
blamed by Napoleon, 416;
his death, 418; ii. 13.
Lee, Charles, ii. 228.
Leib, Michael, member of Congress from Pennsylvania, i. 298; ii. 123, 194, 196 et seq.
Lewis, Morgan, i. 108.
Lewis, William, i. 127.
Liancourt, Duc de, describes Philadelphia, i. 28, 117;
on the Virginians, 33;
on life in Pennsylvania, 42, 45, 52;
on Virginia culture, 133, 157, 165.
Libraries, i. 61, 63, 129, 152.
Lincoln, Abraham, i. 171.
Lincoln, Levi, Attorney-General, i. 219, 304; ii. 2;
on the acquisition of new territory by the United States, 78.
Linn, James, member of Congress from New Jersey, i. 295.
Linn, John Blair, i. 123.
Liston, Robert, British minister, ii. 340, 367.
Literature, American, in 1800, i. 41, 75 et seq., 93.
Livingston, Edward, district-attorney and mayor of New York, i. 233, 295; ii. 259.
Livingston, Robert R., Chancellor, i. 69, 108, 112, 219;
appointed minister to France, 233, 295, 404;
discusses the price of Louisiana, ii. 31;
his claims convention, 46;
his estimate of the importance of the cession of Louisiana, 67;
claims West Florida, 68 et seq.;
his plan of gaining West Florida, 246, 275;
his situation after the treaty, 289;
distrusts Napoleon, 290.
Logan’s Act, ii. 259.
Longstreet, Judge, author of “Georgia Scenes,” i. 52.
Louisiana, loss of, regretted by France, i. 353;
retrocession by Spain to France, 363;
Talleyrand’s projet of treaty, 368;
treaty of retrocession signed, 370;
Bonaparte plans an expedition to occupy, 399;
boundaries fixed by Decrès, ii. 5;
commercial relations and sentiments prescribed toward the United States, 8;
treaty of cession to the United States signed, 42;
price of, 45;
importance of cession, 49;
Napoleon’s reasons for selling, 53;
Talleyrand’s explanation of, 55;
treble invalidity of sale, 56;
Constitutional question debated in Congress, 96 et seq.;
plans with regard to the status of, 116;
admitted without an amendment, 118;
bill for temporary government of, 120;
Breckenridge’s bill defining boundaries and government, 120 et seq.;
bill defining territorial government of, 125, 130;
Spain protests against sale of, 252 et seq.;
people regarded as unfit for self-government, 399;
they urge the execution of the treaty, 400;
report of Randolph upon their claims, 400.
“Louisianacide,” Napoleon’s, ii. 37.
Louverture, Toussaint, i. 354;
story of, 378 et seq.;
champion of Republican principles, 392;
seized and sent to France, 396;
his dependence on the United States for supplies, 406, 416;
his death, ii. 20.
Lowndes, William, i. 151.
Luisa, Queen of Spain, i. 345 et seq.
Lyman, Theodore, ii. 169.
Lyon, Matthew, member of Congress from Vermont, i. 295;
from Kentucky, his attack on Randolph, ii. 123, 216.

McKean, Thomas, Governor of Pennsylvania, i. 228;
declines to remove Judge Brackenridge, ii. 196, 259.
Maclay, William, senator from Pennsylvania, his description of Jefferson, i. 185.
Macon, Nathaniel, of North Carolina, i. 149, 261;
chosen Speaker of the House, 267; ii. 95, 123;
opposed to the impeachment of Judge Chase, 150.
Madison, Bishop, of Virginia, i. 136.
Madison, James, and the Virginia Resolutions, i. 140 et seq., 148, 177;
personal characteristics of, 188 et seq.;
appointed Secretary of State, 218;
makes no removals in the Department of State, 236;
distrust of, 248, 261;
a commissioner in the Yazoo sale, 304, 322, 332;
instructions of, respecting the retrocession of Louisiana, 405;
asks Pichon to remonstrate with Leclerc, 408;
writes to Livingston, 423, 426;
his orders to Pinckney, 427, 432;
invokes Pichon’s aid, 438, 439, 441;
writes instructions for Livingston and Monroe, ii. 2;
conversation with J. Q. Adams respecting the Louisiana treaty, 117;
favors Yazoo compromise, 211;
instructs Monroe to bargain with Spain for West Florida, 248, 251;
explains the failure to demand West Florida, 256;
sends the ratified claims convention to Madrid, 260, 278, 279;
hopes to be relieved of Yrujo, 267;
communicates with Livingston respecting West Florida and Yrujo, 262;
attempts to cajole Turreau, 273;
Turreau’s description of him, 274;
compromised by Pinckney, 276;
recalls Pinckney and hurries Monroe to Spain, 286;
denies that the Government aids desertion of seamen, 345;
communications to Thornton, 362;
proposes a convention with regard to impressments and the blockade, 385;
remonstrates with Merry respecting impressments, 393.
Mail routes in 1800, i. 15.
Maine, convention for fixing the boundary between, and Nova Scotia, ii. 358, 383.
Maitland, General, at St. Domingo, i. 385.
Malbone, Edward G., i. 149.
Manhattan Company of New York city, i. 65, 70.
Manners and morals, American, in 1800, i. 48 et seq.
Manufactures in New England in 1800, i. 22.
Marbois, Barbé, favors the cession of Louisiana, ii. 26.
Marbury against Madison, case of, ii. 145 et seq.
Marietta, Ohio, in 1800, i. 2.
Marshall, Chief-Justice, i. 133;
Jefferson’s antipathy to, 192;
personal characteristics of, 193;
detests Jefferson, 194;
his views of the Constitution, 260, 275, 290;
opinion of, respecting the powers of Government in the Louisiana case, ii. 125;
appointment of, obnoxious to Jefferson, 145;
his decision in the Marbury case, 146;
his decision in the Yazoo case, 214.
Martin, Luther, his view of impeachment, ii. 223, 227, 231.
Mason, George, i. 133.
Massachusetts society in 1800, i. 76.
Meade, Bishop, of Virginia, i. 193.
Mediterranean Fund, the, ii. 141.
Merry, Anthony, appointed British minister to the United States, ii. 360;
his arrival and reception by Jefferson, 361 et seq., 380, 381, 390;
dines at the White House, 369;
considers himself affronted and declines the President’s invitations, 375;
union of, with Burr, 390;
writes to his Government, 392;
remonstrates with Madison respecting the enlistment of deserters, 393;
receives a message from Burr, 395;
communicates Burr’s plan to his Government, 403.
“Messenger,” stallion, i. 51.
Milledge, Governor, and the Yazoo sale, i. 305.
Mint, opposition to, i. 299; ii. 77.
Mississippi, district of, created, ii. 257.
Mitchill, Dr. Samuel L., i. 69, 93, 110; ii. 153, 218, 238.
Mobile treated as a part of the United States, ii. 255, 257, 260–263, 291, 293, 304, 380.
“Modern Chivalry,” i. 125.
Monroe, James, and the Callender scandal, i. 325;
nominated minister extraordinary to France and Spain, 433;
his instructions, 442;
sails for France, ii. 1;
his arrival in France, 26;
illness of, in Paris, 39;
his draft of claims convention, 41;
his share in the negotiation, 50;
under the influence of other men, 67;
commissioned to negotiate with Spain for West Florida, 248;
takes Rufus King’s place in London, 275, 288, 410;
his distrust of Livingston, 289;
returns to Paris, 292, 301;
is instructed to insist upon the right to West Florida, 301;
writes to Talleyrand, 304;
starts for Madrid, 307, 422;
receives answer from Talleyrand, 313;
in ignorance of Pitt’s schemes, 419;
interview with Lord Harrowby, 420;
warns the President to expect a change in British policy, 422.
Moore, Thomas, i. 48;
lines of, on the Philadelphia literati, 122;
his verses on Jefferson, 167.
Morfontaine, treaty of, i. 362, 370, 388; ii. 21, 42, 46, 47, 293, 296, 297, 383.
(See Treaties.)
Morocco, ii. 137.
Morris, Commodore, dismissed, ii. 137.
Morris, Gouverneur, i. 93, 279;
assails the Government, 435; ii. 99, 101, 283.
Morse, Jedediah, i. 78, 93.

Napoleon, i. 334;
and Talleyrand, 359;
restores peace in Europe, 360;
obtains retrocession of Louisiana, 363–370;
his anger with Godoy, 373–375;
makes peace with England, 374;
attacks Louverture, 390;
fears a war with the United States, ii. 2;
abandons his colonial system, 14 et seq.;
scene with Lord Whitworth, 19;
reveals his determination to cede Louisiana, 25;
angry scene with his brothers, 34 et seq.;
his projet of a secret convention respecting Louisiana, 40;
objects to the payment of claims, 51;
his inducement to sell Louisiana, 52;
his conduct toward Spain, 56;
his avowal as to the sale of Louisiana, 61;
his reasons for betraying Charles IV., 63;
for selling Louisiana, 63 et seq.;
repudiates drafts on the public Treasury, 270;
his irritation at Jerome’s marriage, 379.
Nash, Thomas, ii. 333.
Natchez delivered to the United States, i. 355.
“National Intelligencer,” i. 121.
Naturalization law adopted, i. 301.
Naturalization, the law of, in England and America, ii. 337 et seq.
Navigation laws, British, ii. 318, 321, 413.
Navy, Jefferson’s opinion of, i. 222, 223, 238;
Gallatin’s views on, 222, 240, 252;
Giles’s views on, 287;
Leib’s proposal to abolish, 299;
condition in 1801, 242–245;
economies in, 272;
four sloops-of-war and fifteen gunboats built in 1803, ii. 77;
cost and estimates, 77, 136;
at Tripoli, 137–141, 425–436.
Nelson, Roger, ii. 229.
New England in 1800, i. 18;
school-houses, 19;
population, 20;
poverty, 21;
commerce and manufactures, 21 et seq.;
social system, 76;
schools, 76;
society, organization of, 108.
New Haven, i. 75.
Newspapers, American, in 1800, i. 41, 120.
New York city in 1800, tax valuation of, i. 23;
behind New England, 23;
population, 24;
like a foreign seaport, 24;
expenses and sanitary condition, 25;
business, 25 et seq.;
society of, 113.
New York State in 1800, i. 3, 6, 23, 108–114.
Nicholas, Wilson Cary, i. 221;
dissuades the President from raising Constitutional question, ii. 88, 94, 111, 221.
Nicholson, Joseph H., i. 261, 268, 433; ii. 95, 100, 124, 144;
and the attack upon Judge Chase, 149, 225, 228;
offers an amendment to the Constitution, 240.
North Carolina in 1800, i. 36;
cotton planting, 37, 148.

Offices, Jefferson’s removals from, i. 230 et seq.
Ohio, admitted, i. 302.
Ohio River settlements in 1800, i. 2.
Ohio, Territory of, ii. 121.
Olcott, Simeon, senator from New Hampshire, ii. 160.
Orleans, Territory of, ii. 121.
Osgood, Samuel, i. 108.
Otis, Harrison Gray, ii. 163.

Paine, Robert Treat, i. 330.
Paine, Thomas, Jefferson’s letter to, i. 316, 327.
“Palladium,” the, i. 314.
Parker, Admiral, ii. 340.
Parliament. (See Acts of.)
Parma, Duchy of, i. 363, 371.
Parsons, Chief-Justice Theophilus, i. 48, 87, 89, 93; ii. 164.
Party, the Federalist, in New England, i. 76, 82–89, 329; ii. 160, 170, 202;
in New York, i. 109; ii. 171, 191;
views on government, i. 252;
on the Judiciary, 273–275, 279, 290, 297;
on the treaty-making power, ii. 99–100, 105, 110, 111.
Party, the Republican, in New England, i. 76, 329, 330; ii. 81, 201, 202;
in New York, i. 108, 109, 113, 229–236, 331; ii. 171–191;
in Pennsylvania, i. 116, 194–200;
in Virginia, 138–143, 145–148, 179;
in North Carolina, 148;
in South Carolina, 152–154;
political principles of, 199–217, 238–243, 247, 251, 272, 287; ii. 77, 78, 130, 134, 142, 203, 205, 254–262;
leaders of, in Congress, i. 264–269;
views of, on the Judiciary, 275, 276, 288–290, 297; ii. 143–159, 221–244;
on the treaty-making power, 78–80, 83–91, 94–99, 100–104, 106–112;
on the power of Congress over territories, 116–129;
on exclusive privileges, 208–210;
on British relations, 349, 355, 356;
success in 1803, 74–77;
in 1804, 201.
Patronage, public, Jefferson’s course regarding, i. 224, 294.
Patterson, Elizabeth, ii. 377.
Paulus Hook, i. 11.
Peace, Prince of. (See Godoy.)
Pêle-Mêle, ii. 365, 372, 390.
Pellew, Captain, of the “Cleopatra,” ii. 340.
Pennsylvania in 1800, i. 29, 114, 115;
schism, the, ii. 194 et seq.
Perkins, Jacob, i. 182.
Philadelphia in 1800, i. 28, 29;
library company, 61;
intellectual centre in 1800, 117.
“Philadelphia,” the frigate, captured, ii. 138.
Physick, Dr., i. 127.
Pichon, French chargé d’affaires, remonstrates with Leclerc and is superseded, i. 408; ii. 268;
complains to Talleyrand of the attitude of the United States, 437, 439;
observes Jefferson’s close relations with Thornton, 354;
invited by Jefferson to meet Merry at dinner, 369.
Pickering, Judge John, impeachment of, ii. 143 et seq.;
trial of, 153 et seq.;
irregularity of trial, 158.
Pickering, Senator Timothy, i. 88;
and Yrujo, 425;
on the admission of Louisiana to the Union, ii. 105, 110 et seq., 160;
his letter to George Cabot on the impending dangers, 161, 164;
receives Cabot’s reply, 166 et seq.;
letter of, to Rufus King on Burr’s candidacy for the governorship, 179, 390, 391.
Pinckney, Charles, i. 152;
appointed minister to Madrid, 294, 427;
obtains a convention for Spanish depredations, ii. 249 et seq.;
indiscretions of, at Madrid, 275;
compromises Madison, 276;
adopts a high tone with Cevallos, 279;
sends him a threatening letter, 280;
excuse for his conduct, 281;
in an awkward situation, 284;
his recall asked for, 286;
asks the Spanish government to be permitted to resume relations, 315.
Pitt, William, ii. 316, 320, 324, 326, 328, 330, 336, 342;
restored to power, 396, 418;
determined to re-establish the former navigation laws, 419.
Pittsburgh in 1800, i. 2.
Plumer, William, senator from New Hampshire, ii. 160, 364, 405.
“Polly,” case of the, ii. 328, 340.
Population of the United States in 1800, i. 1;
centre of, near Baltimore, 1;
west of the Alleghanies in 1800, 3;
of cities, 59.
“Portfolio,” the, i. 85, 119, 121.
Postal system of the United States in 1800, i. 61.
Pozzo di Borgo, ii. 66.
Preble, Commodore Edward, appointed in command of the Mediterranean squadron, ii. 137;
at Tripoli, 426.
Prevost, J. B., ii. 220.
Priestley, Dr. Joseph, i. 157.
Prince of Peace. (See Godoy.)
Princeton College in 1800, i. 129.
Prisons in 1800, i. 128.

Ramsay, David, i. 151.
Randolph, John, i. 143, 209;
in favor of anti-Federal declarations, 260, 267, 296, 338;
demands papers relating to the right of deposit at New Orleans, 429; ii. 95;
defends the President in Congress, 97, 120, 124, 133, 142, 144;
impeaches Judge Chase, 151;
opposes remission of duties on school-books, 208;
decline of his influence, 210;
on the Yazoo claims, 210;
his violent temper, 213;
supported by the Administration, 220;
opens the trial of Judge Chase, 229;
his closing speech, 236;
his amendment to the Constitution, 240, 241;
asserts title to West Florida, 255;
complains of Jefferson’s credulity, 409.
Randolph, Thomas Mann, ii. 95, 124.
Rawle, William, i. 127; ii. 259.
Reeve, Judge Tapping, ii. 168.
Representation, ratio of Congressional, fixed, i. 301.
Republicans. (See Party.)
Retaliation acts, ii. 397 et seq.
Rhode Island, roads in, i. 64.
Rigaud, i. 384, 386.
Roads in 1800, i. 2, 5, 11 et seq., 14, 63, 64;
over the Alleghanies in 1800, 2.
Robbins, Jonathan, case of, ii. 333.
Rochambeau, General, succeeds Leclerc at St. Domingo, ii. 15.
Rodgers, John, at Tripoli, ii. 429.
Rodney, Cæsar A., elected to Congress in place of James A. Bayard, ii. 76, 95;
a Republican leader, 100;
defends the Louisiana treaty, 102;
reports Jefferson’s bill for administering Louisiana, 119;
shares in the trial of Judge Chase, 219, 228, 234.
Rose, George, vice-president of the board of trade, ii. 419.
Roume, Citizen, French agent in St. Domingo, i. 384, 387.
Rule of the war of 1756, ii. 322, 323, 329.
Rutledge, John, i. 269, 271.

Sailors, British, their desertion to American service, ii. 332 et seq.
St. Cyr, General, pledges France never to alienate Louisiana, i. 400; ii. 61.
St. Domingo ceded to France, i. 354, 378 et seq.;
destruction of the French army in, 414;
relations of United States to, ii. 326.
Saratoga, i. 92.
Sauvé, Pierre, ii. 401, 406.
Scott, Dred, case of, ii. 126, 129.
Scott, Walter, i. 126.
Scott, Sir William, his judgments in admiralty cases, ii. 327.
Schuylers of New York, the, i. 108.
Search, right of, ii. 322.
Senate, as a court of impeachment, ii. 223.
Sheffield, Earl of, his devotion to the British navigation laws, ii. 413.
Shippers, British, ii. 318, 320.
Shipping, character of, in 1800, i. 6;
American, increase of, ii. 325.
Sidmouth, Lord. (See Addington.)
Silliman, Professor Benjamin, i. 310.
Skipwith, Fulwar, U. S. consul, attacks Livingston, ii. 289.
Slave-trade, restrictions of, in Louisiana, ii. 122.
Slavery, i. 134–136, 150, 154.
Smith, Senator Israel, of Vermont, ii. 218.
Smith, John Cotton, i. 269.
Smith, Senator John, of New York, ii. 153.
Smith, Senator John, of Ohio, ii. 218.
Smith, Robert, appointed Secretary of the Navy, i. 220 et seq., 373, 431.
Smith, Samuel, member of Congress from Maryland, appointed temporarily Secretary of the Navy, i. 219;
his character, 267;
moves to purchase Louisiana, 433;
his vote on Chase’s impeachment, ii. 238;
his wish to be minister to Paris, 378.
Smiths, the, of Baltimore, i. 93.
Somers, Lieutenant, at Tripoli, ii. 427.
South Carolina in 1800, i. 37;
brilliant prospects of, 39, 149 et seq.;
contrast in the character of its people, 153 et seq.
Spain, relations of, with the United States, i. 337 et seq.;
clumsiness of her colonial system, 419;
declares war with England, ii. 303.
Spanish claims convention, ii. 249;
defeated in the Senate, 250;
ratified, 278;
conditions on ratification imposed by Spain, 280.
Spanish depredations claim. (See Pinckney.)
Spencer, Ambrose, i. 109, 112, 228, 233.
Stage-coaches, travel by, i. 11 et seq.
State-rights, asserted by Virginia, i. 138–140;
by Kentucky, 140–143;
by Georgia, 304; ii. 215;
affected by Jefferson’s acts, i. 203, 205, 254, 255, 260, 263, 298; ii. 78, 85, 90, 114, 118, 125, 130, 203, 205, 210;
Gallatin’s attitude toward, i. 116; ii. 79, 80;
Bayard on, i. 292;
Randolph on, ii. 97, 98, 104, 120, 209, 211;
Nicholson on, 102, 209;
Rodney on, 103, 119;
Pickering on, 105;
John Taylor of Caroline on, 105–107;
Breckenridge on, 109, 121;
W. C. Nicholas on, 111–113;
Chief-Justice Taney on, 127;
Justice Campbell on, 127–129.
Steam-engines in America in 1800, i. 66, 68, 70.
Stevens, Edward, consul-general at St. Domingo, i. 385 et seq., 389.
Stevens, John, i. 69, 182.
Stewart, Charles, at Tripoli, ii. 428.
Stoddert, Benjamin, i. 192, 219.
Story, Joseph, his description of Fulton’s discouragements, i. 71;
of Marshall, 193, 260;
of Jefferson’s dress, ii. 366.
Stone, Senator David, of North Carolina, ii. 95, 157.
Stowell, Lord. (See Sir William Scott.)
Stuart, Gilbert, i. 127.
Sugar, stimulated production of, and subsequent glut in the West Indies, ii. 415.
Supreme Court, the, i. 274;
sessions suspended for a year by Congress, ii. 143.
Sutcliffe, Robert, i. 34.
Swartwout, John, i. 109, 230;
his duel with De Witt Clinton, 332.

Talleyrand, i. 335;
his colonial schemes, 352 et seq.;
becomes French minister of foreign affairs, 353;
his negotiations with the American commissioners, 355;
his instructions for Guillemardet, 355;
his mistakes, 357;
obliged by the X. Y. Z. affair to retire, 358;
restored by Bonaparte, 359, 412;
his letter with regard to Louisiana, 400;
denies the retrocession of Louisiana, 409;
his instructions to Bernadotte, ii. 11;
opposes the cession of Louisiana, 25;
proposes it to Livingston, 27;
explanation of the sale of Louisiana, 55;
assures Cevallos of Napoleon’s opposition to the American claims, 293;
his instructions to Turreau, 295;
reassures Cevallos, 297;
his attitude toward the United States, 309;
report to the Emperor on Monroe’s note, 310;
answer to Monroe, 313.
Taney, Chief-Justice, opinion of, respecting governmental powers in the Louisiana case, ii. 126, 128.
Taxes, abolition of, i. 240, 270, 272.
Taylor, John, of Caroline, i. 143, 146, 263, 338; ii. 94;
his remarks on the Louisiana purchase, 105.
Taylor, Judge, ii. 177.
Temperance in United States in 1800, i. 47.
Tennessee, population of, in 1800, i. 2.
Terry, Eli, i. 181.
Texas, a part of the Louisiana purchase, ii. 256.
Theatre in New England in 1800, i. 49.
Theatres in Boston, i. 90.
Thompson, Smith, i. 108.
Thornton, Edward, his description of the inauguration of Jefferson, i. 198, 436, 440;
letter to Hammond, ii. 342, 388;
complains that desertion of seamen is encouraged, 345;
Jefferson’s confidential relations with, 347;
proposals with regard to Monroe’s mission, 351;
on change on tone in 1804, 387, 388.
Thornton, Dr. William, i. 111.
Ticknor, George, i. 63, 94.
Tracy, Senator Uriah, of Connecticut, his reply to John Taylor of Caroline, ii. 107, 238.
Travel in America, difficulties of, in 1800, i. 11 et seq.
Treaty, preliminary between Great Britain, France, and Spain, Nov. 3, 1762, i. 353; ii. 7, 70;
definitive between the same, Feb. 10, 1763, i. 353; ii. 6;
definitive between Great Britain and Spain, Sept. 3, 1783, i. 353;
definitive between the United States and Great Britain, Sept. 3, 1783, ii. 90, 411;
Jay’s, between the United States and Great Britain, Nov. 19, 1794, i. 348; ii. 316, 334, 339, 355, 421, 424;
of Basle, between Spain and France, July 22, 1795, i. 354;
Pinckney’s, between the United States and Spain, Oct. 27, 1795, 348, 349; ii. 246;
between Toussaint and Maitland, June 13, 1799, i. 385;
of Morfontaine, between the United States and France, Sept. 30, 1800, 362, 388; ii. 21, 42, 46, 47, 293, 296, 297, 383;
Berthier’s, between Spain and France, retroceding Louisiana, Oct. 1, 1800, i. 370, 401, 403; ii. 43, 58, 70, 254;
of Lunéville between France and Austria, Feb. 9, 1801, i. 370;
of Lucien Bonaparte between Spain and France, March 21, 1801, 372, 406, 409; ii. 299;
of Badajos between Spain and Portugal, June 5, 1801, i. 372;
preliminary, between Great Britain and France, Oct. 1, 1801, 374; ii. 344;
settling British debts between Great Britain and the United States, Jan. 8. 1802, 358, 410;
of Amiens between Great Britain and France, March 25, 1802, 59, 290, 326, 347, 385, 414, 416;
of claims between the United States and Spain, Aug. 11, 1802, 21, 250, 259, 278, 280, 293, 296, 297, 383;
between France and the United States, ceding Louisiana and settling claims, 39–49, 51, 67, 85, 88, 92, 97, 100, 102, 105, 107, 108, 111, 245, 275, 289, 302, 308, 355, 399–401;
between the United States and Great Britain for settling boundaries, May 12, 1803, 358, 383, 384, 391, 392, 410, 420, 424;
between the United States and Tripoli, Nov. 4, 1796, i. 244;
June 4, 1805, ii. 434, 436.
Treaty-making power, defined by W. C. Nicholas, ii. 87, 88, 112;
by Jefferson, 89, 90;
by Gaylord Griswold, 96, 97;
by Randolph, 98, 99;
by Gouverneur Morris, 100;
by Nicholson, 101;
by Rodney, 102, 103;
by Pickering, 105;
by John Taylor of Caroline, 106, 107;
by Tracy, 108;
by Breckenridge, 109;
by J. Q. Adams, 111;
by Cocke, 113;
summary of opinions on, 114, 115.
Tripoli, the war with, ii. 137, 426 et seq.;
Pacha of, 430;
peace with, 436.
Trumbull, John, i. 101.
Turnpikes, prejudice against, i. 64 et seq.
Turreau, Louis Marie, appointed minister to the United States by Napoleon, ii. 268;
his domestic quarrels, 269;
complains of the discredit of France, 271;
embarrassments of, 272;
his description of Madison, 274;
receives instructions from Talleyrand, 296;
presented to Jefferson, 405;
describes General Wilkinson, 406.

Unitarians in New England, i. 89.
United States, banking capital of, in 1800, i. 26;
credit and trade of, 27;
monetary valuation of, in 1800, and distribution of wealth, 40;
popular characteristics of the people of, in 1800, 41 et seq.;
standard of comfort, 42.
Urquijo, Don Mariano Luis de, i. 355, 365, 368.
Utica in 1800, i. 3.

Van Ness, William P., i. 109;
author of pamphlet by “Aristides,” ii. 73, 171;
carries Burr’s demand to Hamilton, 186.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, i. 28.
Varnum, Joseph B., member of Congress from Massachusetts, ii. 123.
Victor, Marshal, to command the forces in Louisiana, ii. 5.
Vincent, Colonel, i. 382.
Virginia in 1800, i. 32;
farming in, 33, 131 et seq.;
horse-racing, 51;
Washington’s views on the value of land in, 135;
Church and State in, 136;
adoption of the Constitution by, 139;
Resolutions, 140 et seq.;
law to prevent extradition, ii. 334, 345, 398.
Virginians, i. 133 et seq.;
of the middle and lower classes, 137;
agriculture their sole resource, 138.
Volney describes the American habits of diet, i. 44.
Voltaire, i. 161.

Wagner, Jacob, i. 236.
Ware, Henry, i. 311.
Warren, Dr. J. C., his description of Boston customs in 1800, i. 91.
Washington city in 1800, i. 30.
Washington, President, opinion of American farming-lands, i. 35;
his support of a national bank, 65;
on emancipation in Pennsylvania and its effects, 135;
establishes the precedent of addressing Congress in a speech, 247;
his personal authority, 262, 320.
Water communication in 1800, i. 8.
Waterhouse, Dr., i. 93.
Webster, Noah, i. 62, 105.
Weld, Rev. Abijah, of Attleborough, i. 21.
Weld, Isaac, Jr., an English traveller, describes condition of inns in America, i. 46, 52;
describes Princeton, 129;
quoted, 136;
at Wilmington, 182.
West, Benjamin, i. 127.
West Indian trade, English policy toward, ii. 318;
value of, to England, 331, 413, 415.
West Point Military Academy established, i. 301.
Whitney, Eli, i. 181.
Whittemore, Asa, i. 182.
Whitworth, Lord, British minister at Paris, Napoleon’s announcement to, ii. 19.
Wilkinson, James, Brigadier-General and governor of the Louisiana Territory, ii. 220;
portrayed by Turreau, 406;
his relations with Burr, 408.
William and Mary, college of, i. 136.
Wilson, Alexander, describes New England in 1808, i. 19;
on North Carolina, 36, 57, 124.
Wilson, Judge, i. 127.
Wistar, Dr. Caspar, i. 127.
Wordsworth, i. 94;
his lines on America, 169, 172.
Wythe, George, i. 133.

X. Y. Z. affair, i. 355, 358, 359.

Yale College, i. 106.
Yazoo Act, i. 304.
Yazoo Compromise, ii. 210;
Madison’s measure, 211;
vote upon, 217.
(See Georgia.)
Yrujo, Don Carlos Martinez, Spanish minister, his intimate relations with Jefferson, i. 425;
writes to Morales with respect to the right of deposit, 427;
announces the restoration of the right of deposit, ii. 3;
protests against the sale of Louisiana, 92, 252 et seq.;
his anger, 258, 389;
obtains from American lawyers an opinion, 259;
attacks Madison, 260;
his affair with Jackson, 265;
visits Jefferson at Monticello, 266;
publishes his counter statement as to his affair with Jackson, 268;
relations of, with White House, 362;
indiscretion, 368;
at the White House, 369;
concerts reprisals with Merry, 373.

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