A.
Adams, John, 310, 372, 399, 411, 427, 460;
Vice-President of the United States, favors Gallatin’s claim to eligibility for the Senate, 120, 121;
elected President, 178;
suspects intrigue, 178;
his first speech to Congress, 183;
his second speech, 188;
declines invitation to birthday ball, 194;
nominates William Vans Murray to France, 220, 221;
remark on mediation, 223;
his third speech to Congress, 223;
ostensibly renominated for the Presidency, 241;
his conduct in 1801, 258, 265, 266;
calls the Senate, 260, 263.
Adams, Mrs. John, 185.
Adams, John Quincy, 429, 502, 634;
rejected by the Senate as minister to Russia, 389;
his account of the conduct of the Senate in 1809, 389-391;
his account of Duane and Binns, 442;
commissioner under the mediation, 479;
parallelism of his career with Gallatin’s, 495-497;
his antagonism to Mr. Clay, 520, 522;
his account of his colleagues at Ghent, 523, 527, 528;
prepares articles, 540;
his struggle to secure the fisheries, 540-545;
minister to England, 548;
joined in negotiating commercial convention, 548;
his character, 552, 592, 599;
Secretary of State, 562, 566;
his negotiation with France in 1819-1822, 573-575, 579;
his character of Gallatin, 576, 626, 629, 676;
W. H. Crawford’s comments on, 580, 584, 586, 588;
Gallatin’s character of, 599;
chosen President, 602, 606;
his reasons for not offering the Treasury to Gallatin, 609;
on the distrust of Mr. Clay, 609;
on relations with England in 1827, 624, 625, 627, 628;
his comments on Mr. Canning, 624, 627, 628;
his comments on men and measures, 636;
his death, 677.
Adams, William, British commissioner at Ghent, 519, 543;
negotiator of the commercial convention, 552.
Addison, Alexander, 177, 223.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of, 572.
Alexander, Emperor of Russia, invites diplomatic relations in 1808, 390;
offers mediation, 477, 498;
renews the offer, 498, 503;
causes misunderstanding, 503, 510, 511;
receives a note from Mr. Crawford, 511;
his conversation with La Fayette at the house of Madame de Staël, 512, 514;
his visit to London, 514;
his interview with Gallatin, 514, 515;
his influence on the negotiation, 516, 518, 537;
his friendliness, 553.
Alien laws, 202, 204, 206, 274, 320.
Algerine powers, war with, 300, 306, 307, 349.
Allegre, Sophia, Gallatin’s first wife, her family, 69;
her engagement, 70;
her mother, 70, 71;
her marriage, 71, 72;
her death, 72, 75, 80, 83.
Allen, John, M.C. from Connecticut, on the sedition law, 207.
Alston, Joseph, reports of his character, 244, 245.
Ames, Fisher, 154;
his speech on Jay’s treaty, 155, 165, 198;
his opinion on the use of the army in domestic politics, 170;
favors war with France, 184;
his political formulas, 199, 214.
Amory, scholar of Gallatin’s at Harvard College, 43, 59.
Anderson, Joseph, Senator from Tennessee, 429, 484, 490.
Armstrong, John, 290, 389, 400;
appointed Secretary of War, 471;
his conduct, 481;
wishes to be commander-in-chief, 485;
his account of how he ceased to be Secretary of War, 530.
Assumption of State debts, 87, 168.
Astor, John Jacob, 455, 477, 488, 588;
on Gallatin’s rejection by the Senate, 488, 489;
offers to take Gallatin into partnership, 555;
his account of American habits, 584;
establishes the National Bank for Gallatin, 642.

B.
Bache, Franklin, 15.
Bache, Richard, 554.
Bacon, Ezekiel, M.C. from Massachusetts, 450, 454.
Badollet, Jean, schoolmate of Gallatin’s, 15, 16, 64, 120;
urged by Gallatin to come to America, 51, 53, 60;
comes to George’s Creek, 63, 66;
settles at Greensburgh, on the Monongahela, 144;
his opinion of Judge Brackenridge, 133, 134;
appointed register of the land-office at Vincennes, 404, 405;
his struggle against the introduction of slavery in Indiana, 404, 406;
Gallatin’s opinion of, 610, 646, 647;
death of his wife, 649.
Baer, George, M.C. from Maryland, 250, 262.
Bainbridge, Commodore, 462, 466.
Baldwin, Abraham, Senator from Georgia, 253, 302.
Bank of the United States, 157, 308, 309;
Mr. Jefferson’s views regarding, 308, 321, 665;
its dissolution in 1811, 416, 417, 426-430;
rechartered in 1816, 429;
consequences of its dissolution, 451, 474, 475;
Gallatin declines Presidency of, 578, 583, 584;
question of recharter in 1830-1842, 636, 638, 639, 651;
its power, 651;
rechartered as U.S. Bank of Pennsylvania, 659;
opposes return to specie payments, 659, 660;
becomes bankrupt, 661;
Gallatin’s views on rechartering, 639, 659, 665, 666.
Bank, National (Gallatin), of New York, 642, 643, 647, 658, 662.
Banking, Gallatin’s writings on. (See Currency.)
Baring, Alexander (Lord Ashburton), 552, 564, 565;
his relations with Gallatin in the Louisiana purchase, 317, 318;
his letters to Gallatin on the Russian mediation, 499, 500, 502, 504;
his negotiation in 1842, 668-670;
his opinion of Gallatin, 668;
his death, 677.
Barlow, Joel, 424, 436, 461.
Bassano, Duke de, Napoleon’s Minister of State, 421.
Bathurst, Lord, his notes and instructions to the British commissioners at Ghent, 527;
his offer of the uti possidetis, 535;
his instructions regarding the fisheries, 543.
Bayard, James A., M.C. from Delaware, 154, 155, 156, 205, 316, 458, 459;
his course in the contested Presidential election of 1801, 250, 254, 260, 262;
sent as envoy to Russia, 479, 490, 493, 495;
goes with Gallatin to London, 506;
his influence in the negotiation, 522, 523;
conversation with Goulburn, 524, 525;
death, 549.
Baylies, Francis, M.C. from Massachusetts, 620, 624, 625.
Bentley, William, tutor at Harvard College, and clergyman at Salem, 43, 69.
Benton, Thomas H., his defence of Mr. Van Buren, 618.
Berkeley, Admiral, 358, 359.
Bibb, W. W., M.C. from Georgia, 480.
Biddle, Nicholas, 637, 660.
Binns, John, 439, 442.
Bledsoe, Jesse, Senator from Kentucky, 484.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 381, 383, 399;
his Berlin, Milan, and Bayonne decrees, 374, 376, 567;
his apparent change of policy in 1810, 420, 421;
his secret Trianon decree, 421, 422, 425;
succeeds in leading the United States into war with England, 425;
anecdote of Count Romanzoff, 444;
returns from Elba, 547.
Boston, 55, 68;
description of, in 1780, 27, 28, 45;
Mr. Clay’s opinion of, 509.
Boundary, North-Eastern, 521, 535, 536, 614, 621, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 667, 668;
North-Western, 569, 570, 614, 621, 627, 670, 671.
Bourdillon, 146, 209, 226.
Bourse Gallatin, 5.
Brackenridge, Judge H. H., his first meeting with Gallatin, 68;
his character, 128, 133, 134;
his conduct at the Mingo Creek meeting, 128;
at Braddock’s Field, 129, 130;
at Parkinson’s Ferry, 131, 132;
at Redstone Old Fort, 135-137;
his distinction between Quakers and Presbyterians, 150;
candidate for Congress, 141, 176, 210.
Braddock’s Field, rendezvous at, 129, 130.
Bradford, David, 91, 92, 125;
a member of the State Legislature, 93;
a tenth-rate lawyer, 96;
an empty drum, 97;
his enmity to Gallatin, 98;
his course at the Mingo Creek meeting, 128;
causes the mail to be seized, 128;
summons the militia to Braddock’s Field, 129;
his course there, 129;
at the Parkinson’s Ferry meeting, 131-134;
at Redstone Old Fort, 135-137;
escapes to Louisiana, 138;
his party defeated, 141.
Bradford, William, 441;
his reforms in the penal code of Pennsylvania, 84.
Brasier, Philip, 235, 236.
Breckenridge, John, Attorney-General, 598.
Brent, Richard, M.C. from Virginia, 190, 317;
Senator, 435, 490.
Broglie, Duke de, 563, 564.
Brooks, David, H.C. from New York, 193.
Burr, Aaron, 101;
speech on Jay’s treaty, 151;
distrusts the Virginians, 178, 242, 243, 247;
conducts the New York City election of May, 1800, 232, 233, 238;
his intrigue and management, 234, 239;
the most eligible character for Vice-President, 239;
the agent of a Supreme Power, 241;
nominated for Vice-President, 243;
the election, 244;
his daughter’s marriage, 244, 245;
his conduct during the contest in the House of Representatives, 245, 246, 247, 254;
causes of his schism, 282, 288, 289;
urges M. L. Davis for office, 283, 284, 289;
his opinion of Gallatin, 289;
his schism, 311, 313, 389.
Burr, Theodosia, her marriage, 244.

C.
Cabell, Samuel J., M.C. from Virginia, 202.
Cabot, George, 112, 199.
Calhoun, John C., M.C. from South Carolina, 445, 473, 562;
on Gallatin’s character, 576, 577;
W. H. Crawford’s comments on, 580, 581;
Gallatin’s opinion of, 599;
chosen Vice-President, 601, 602;
on war with France, 655.
Calvin, John, 2, 11.
Campbell, George W., M.C. from Tennessee, his report on foreign relations in 1808, 378;
Secretary of the Treasury, 505.
Canning, George, 381, 383, 399;
his remarks on the naval battles of 1812, 171;
his treatment of Mr. Jefferson’s diplomacy, 356;
his management of the affair of the Chesapeake, 364;
of the orders in council, 364, 365;
his success, 367, 368, 411;
his sarcasms, 374, 376;
his instructions to Erskine, 392, 393;
disavowal of Erskine’s arrangement, 394;
thrown out of office, 411;
Foreign Secretary in 1826, 614;
his orders in council of 1826, in regard to the West India trade, 615-617;
his motives, 616, 618, 620, 624, 627;
Prime Minister, 626;
his opinion of the English constitution, 626;
his death, 626.
Castlereagh, Lord, 498, 499;
instructions to Lord Cathcart, 503;
offers direct negotiation, 504;
favorable to peace, 506, 507, 508, 516;
obliged to check Mr. Goulburn, 525;
favors delay, 531;
his influence in 1818, 569, 618;
his death, 614.
Cathcart, Lord, 503, 504.
Caucuses, party, 214, 595;
in 1824, 592, 594, 595, 596, 597.
Champagny, Duke de Cadore, his letter of August 5, 1810, 420, 421.
Chapman, Maria, 671.
Chase, Judge Samuel, his impeachment, 327;
his successor, 440.
Chateaubriand, Vicomte de, French Minister of Foreign Relations, 567.
Chesapeake, affair of, 357, 359, 360.
Cheves, Langdon, M.C. from South Carolina, 445, 472, 473, 475, 476;
President of the U.S. Bank, 582, 583.
Circular to collectors. (See Civil Service.)
Citizenship, Gallatin’s, 48, 49, 62, 109, 111, 112;
statement of the question regarding, 119, 120;
adverse decision, 110, 121;
amendment of the Constitution concerning, 203, 211.
Civil service in 1801, 273;
Gallatin’s circular to collectors, 278, 279.
Claiborne, W. C. C., Governor of Louisiana, 319, 325;
establishes a bank at New Orleans, 322.
Clare, Thomas, 55, 62, 71, 99, 120;
his death, 560.
Clark, John, Governor of Georgia, 581.
Clay, Henry, 154, 445, 577;
opposes the bank charter in 1811, 428, 429, 430;
supports the war policy, 449;
forces Mr. Madison to recommend a declaration, 456-459;
sent to negotiate treaty of peace, 505;
his views on the political situation and the New England Federalists, 509, 546;
his antagonism to Mr. Adams, 520, 522, 544-546;
his criticisms, 523;
opposes offer to renew the treaty of 1783 in regard to the fisheries and the Mississippi, 541;
carries a compromise, 541, 542;
continues his opposition, 544;
nettled by the result, 545;
joined with Gallatin and Adams in negotiating commercial convention, 548-552;
opposes President Monroe, 562;
Gallatin’s opinion of, 599, 623;
to be supported as Vice-President, 602;