for internal improvements at Govern- ment expense, 473. Addison, Alexander, Judge. Sketch of, 154-156; quarrel with Judge Lucas, 156; impeached and removed, 157. Admiralty decisions. Case of the Polly, 223; Mercury, 223; the Essex, Enoch, Rowena, 226; effect of, in United States, 227, 228.
Alabama Indians, 535, 536. Alburg, 305.
Alcalde, Provincial, 19, 20.
Auction. Sale of land at, 105. Aurora. The case of ship, 247.
Baggage. Amount allowed by the stage companies, 492, note. Commands the Philadelphia, 202; is captured off Trip- oli, 202, 203.
Alfred. Resolutions on the Force Act, Bainbridge, William.
Alston, Willis, Jr. On war with Eng- land, 320.
Amelia Island. A nest of smugglers, 537; taken by the rebels, 538, 539; given up to the United States, 539; English vessels seized at, 540. Amendments to the Federal Constitution. Jefferson desires one providing for the admission of Louisiana, 1-3; Massa- chusetts proposes one limiting repre- sentation to freemen, 44, 45; answers of the States, 46, 47; Randolph pro- poses one to give the President power to remove judges of the Supreme Court, 182; Nicholson proposes one giving the States power to recall Senators, 182; the twelfth amendment, 183-186; ratified, 187; North Carolina asks for one giving Congress power to pro- hibit the importation of slaves, 517, 518; moved by Massachusetts, 518; answers of the States, 518. American Philosophical Society, 142. Amusements in New Orleans, 18. Architecture of New Orleans, 18. Argus, The, 202, 206, 207.
Arkansas River. Sources of, explored by Pike, 144, 145.
Armistice concluded by Dearborn and Prevost, 560.
Armstrong, John. Minister to France, 39; carries Monroe's letter to Talleyrand, 39; answer of Talleyrand, 209; advises seizure of Texas, 209; invites Napoleon to arbitrate on Louisiana boundary, 211, 212; demands that American ships be exempt from Berlin decree, 270, 271; answer of Napoleon, 271; lays Non- intercourse Act before Napoleon, 363; answer of Napoleon, 363, 304; instructed to ask Napoleon for conditions, 364; protest against seizure of American ships, 366; lectured by Champagny, 366, 367; receives Rambouillet decree, 367; sends copy of Macon Act to Cham- pagny, 367, 368; notified of future re- peal of decrees of Berlin and Milan, 368; sends word to Pinkney, 368. Army. Debate on the bills to increase the regular, 432-438; number of regi- ments, 542, 543; enlistments, 543;
Bakers of New York refused leave to im- port flour, 303.
Ballads on the embargo, 324, 325. Ballot. Separate, for Vice-President. 183-
187; printed law regarding, in Massa- chusetts, 197. Baltimore. Rage for American manu- factures, 500; manufacturers parade at, 502; mob destroys office of Federal Republican, 553-556; strike of tailors in, 511, 512-513.
Bank of the United States. Enemies of, 879; charges against, 381; friends of, 381, 382; memorial for recharter, 384; substance of petitions for recharter, 384, 385; bill reported, 385, 386; Clay's speech against, 386-388; speech of Crawford for recharter, 388, 389; reso- lutions of Virginia, 388; of Pennsyl- vania, 388 and note; charter refused,390; bank goes out of business, 390, note; banks, numbers of, in United States, 380, 381.
Barlow, Joel. Appointed Minister to France, 184; ordered to depart, 411. Baring, Sir Francis, 320. Barron, James. Sent to Barbary Coast, 204: relieved, 207; reports on enlist- ment of British deserters, 255; com- mands the Chesapeake, 257; surrender to the Leopard, 258.
Bastrop, Grant. Burr's connection with, 65 and note.
Bassano, Duc de. Receives Non-inter-
course Act from Russell, 409; answers Russell, 409.
Bath. Opposition to Force Act, 327. Baton Rouge. Spanish troops at, 210; rebellion in, against Spain, 370–373. Bayard, James A., 450. Bayonne. Decree of, April 17, 1808, 309, 310; American ships seized under, 310; protest of Armstrong, 311; ships set free, 312; Napoleon at, 310; crowns his brother King of Spain at, 312. Bayou Pierre. Burr at, 73. Beacon Hill. Railway on, 494. Bee, Thomas. District Judge, 302. Berkeley, George Cranfield, Vice-Admi- ral of the White. His order regarding Chesapeake, 256, 257, and note: sent
by Leopard to Chesapeake Bay, 257; demand for his recall, 269; Rose's in- structions regarding, 281, 282; Ers- kine's instructions, 340, 341. Berlin. The decree of, 249, 250; effect of, on treaty with England, 250, 251; enforced by Spain, 270; Armstrong asks for interpretation of, 270, 271; en- forced in the Horizon case, 271, 272; England retaliates with orders in council of November, 1807, 272-274. Bibliography of Ordinance, 1787.
neutral trade, 235, note; of Chesa- peake affair, 264, note.
Berthier. Seizes United States ships in Spain, 366.
Bidwell, Barnebas. Explains wishes of Jefferson in regard to Florida, 213. Bibb, William, 299.
Bingham, captain of Little Belt, 454. Bishop, Abraham. Speech at Hartford. Demands a Constitution for Connecti- cut, 190, 191.
Bissell, Daniel, Captain of First Infantry. Welcomes Burr at Fort Massoc, 73. Blennerhasset, Harman, 56, 57; meets Burr, 57; Burr enlists him in his plans, 64; writes the "Querist," 64, 65; flees from Ohio, 72; meets Burr at the mouth of the Cumberland, 72; at Richmond, 81; indicted, 83; committed for trial in Ohio, 86; fails to appear, 86; later
Bland, Theodorick. Plan for the use of the Western lands, 98, 99. Blockades, 220, 223; British blockade of Martinique and Guadeloupe, 226, 245; of French and German coast, May 16, 1806, 248; Pinkney asks if still in force, 364; Wellesley's answer, 364, 365; express withdrawal of, demanded, 368; order in council of November 21, 1806, 249; of all ports and places under the Government of France, April 26, 1809, 347; repeal of, deinanded by Pinkney, 368; French, of Great Britain, see De- cree of Berlin; of New York Harbor in 1803, 246, in 1807, 253; of Chesa- peake Bay, 1207, 253. Bloomfield, Joseph. General, 547.
Blount, William. Governor of territory south of Ohio, 117. Boatmen, Wages of, 510. Board of Treasury.
To sell Western lands, 104-107; to report a plan for selling, 109, 116.
Bollmann, Julius Erich. Confederate of Burr, 63; arrested at New Orleans, 74; sent north by sea, 74; reaches Washing- ton and is arrested, 78; set free, 79; la- ter career, 87. Boyle, John, 177. Bonaparte, Joseph. Spain, 312. Boston. Dinner to King, 197; attempt to use printed ballot, 197; Chesapeake resolutions, 261, 262; effects of embar- go, 289; efforts for repeal of embargo,
312; answers of the towns, 312, 313; first anniversary of embargo, 323; deputy collector refuses to execute Force Act and resigns, 329; scenes on the re- ception of the news of embargo of 1812, 452.
Bounty. Land bounty promised by the Continental Congress, 89; petition of the soldiers, 99; to encourage manu- factures, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504; offered at opening of war in 1812, 543. Boundary. The Indian, 118; of the Louisiana purchase not defined, 14; American claims, 14, 31; origin of the claim, 32-34; negotiations regarding, in Madrid, 36-41; considered by Jefferson and the Cabinet, 209, 211.
Bowdoin, James. Succeeds Pinckney at Madrid, 41.
Brackenridge, H. H., 156, 157, 159. Bradley, Stephen Roe, 175; calls the congressional caucus of 1804, 187; calls the caucus in 1808, 314; revolt against caucus, 314-316.
Brent, Richard, Senator from Virginia. Refuses to vote against recharter of bank, 390; denies the right of instruc- tion, 390; is condemned by Virginia, 390; asked to persuade Monroe to take the office of Secretary of State, 400. Briggs, Isaac, 468.
Brock, Isaac, military commander of Upper Canada, 558; his energy, 558, 559; captures Detroit, 559. "Broken Voyage," 222-224. Brougham, Henry. Argues against or- ders in council, 307.
Brown, Andrew. Letters of Charles D. Cooper to, 52.
Brown, John, Senator from Kentucky. Connections with Burr, 57. Bruin, Peter B., District Judge of Missis-
sippi Territory. Burr visits, 73, 129. Bryant, William Cullen. "The Embar- go," etc., 324, 325 and note. Buenos Ayres. Insurrection in, 369. Bull's Head Tavern, Philadelphia. Leip- er's railway at, 494.
Burr, Aaron. The delegates from Or- leans, 31; nominated for Governor of New York, 49, 50; opposed by Hamil- ton, 50; efforts of Pickering to elect, 51; defeated, 51; remarks of Hamilton on Burr, 52; challenges Hamilton and kills him, 53; flees to Philadelphia, 54; indicted in New York and New Jersey, 54; asks aid of the English Minister in his attempt to split the Union, 54, 55 and note; goes south, 55; plans a west- ern confederacy, 55, 56; second appeal to the English Minister, 56; starts for New Orleans, 56; meets Blennerhas- set, 56; reception in the West, 56, 57; at New Orleans in 1805, 58, 59; meets Wilkinson at St. Louis, 59, 60; visits W. H. Harrison, 60; returns to Phila- delphia, 60; hints of his plan made pub- lic, 60, 61; reports to Merry, 61; sends Dayton to Spanish Minister, 62; plan to
seize President, etc., 62; seeks to enlist public men in his scheme, 62, 63; goes west to begin his revolution, 63; inter- view with Morgan, 63; warning of his schemes sent to Jefferson, 64; at Blen- nerhasset's island, 64; the "Querist," 64, 65; begins the expedition, 65, 66; rumors of the expedition, 66; Jefferson informs his Cabinet regarding, 66; ac- tion taken, 67; Graham sent south to warn the governors, 67; Burr arrested in Kentucky, 67; defended by Henry Clay, 68; is discharged, 68; acquitted a second time, 69; entertained at Frank- fort, 69; Ogden and Swartwout go to New Orleans, 69, 70; Swartwout delivers Burr's letter to Wilkinson, 70; Wilkin- son betrays Burr, 70; proclamation of Jefferson, 71; Burr's letter to Yrujo, 71; both seized at Marietta, 72; Blenner- hasset flees, 72; Jackson questions Burr, 72; passes Fort Massoc, 72; visits the commander, 73; hears that he is betrayed, 73; agents arrested at New Or- leans, 74; leaves jurisdiction of Missis sippi, 74; surrenders to Governor of Mississippi Territory, 75; grand jury acquit him, 75; flees, 75; letter to the Governor, 75; proclamation for his arrest, 75; arrested and taken to Rich- mond, 76; brought before Marshall and held, 79; Richmond during his trial, 79-81; the grand jury, 81; indicted by grand jury, 83; trial begins, 81; the charge of treason argued, 84, 85; ac- quitted on, 85; charge of misdemeanor tried,85; acquitted on,85; motion to send him to Mississippi Territory, 86; held for trial in Ohio, 86; fails to appear, 86, 87; later career, 87, 88; presides at trial of Chase, 175; treatment of, by Jefferson, 175, 176.
Bullus, Dr. John. Present at the Chesa- peake attack, 264; sent to England with despatches, 264; delivers the packet to Monroe, 268; returns, 269.
Cabal. The Republican, 399. Cabildo, 19.
Cabinet officers, 1801-1813: State, Secretaries of:
James Madison, March 5, 1801. Robert Smith, March 6, 1809. James Monroe, April 2, 1811. Treasury, Secretary of:
Albert Gallatin, May 14, 1801. War, Secretaries of:
Henry Dearborn, March 5, 1801. William Eustis, March 7, 1809. John Armstrong, January 13, 1813. Navy, Secretaries of:
Robert Smith, July 15, 1801. Paul Hamilton, March 7, 1809. William Jones, January 15, 1813. Attorneys-General:
Levi Lincoln, March 5, 1801. Robert Smith, March 3, 1805. John Breckinridge, August 7, 1805. Cæsar A. Rodney, January 20, 1807.
William Pinkney, December 11,
Postmaster-General :
Gideon Granger, November 28, 1801, Calhoun, John Caldwell. Elected to Congress, 420; announces the coming embargo to his friends, 451; reports in favor of war, 457.
Campaign, The presidential, of 1804. The congressional caucus, 187; candidates, 188; contest in the States, 188-195; re- sult, 197; meaning of result to Jeffer-- son, 197, 198; inauguration speech, 198, 199; the presidential, of 1808, 313; the caucus, 313, 314; revolt against it, 314- 316, 317, 336, 337; in Massachusetts in 1811, 420-423; plan for, on Northern frontier, 556.
Campbell, G. H. Commands the gun- boats at St. Mary's, 538. Campbell, George Washington, 177, 180, 297; chairman of Ways and Means Committee, 297, 318; presents "Camp- bell's Report" on foreign relations, 318, 319-320; debate on, 320, 321.
Campbell's Report." Written by Gal- latin, 318; substance of, 319; debate on,
Ordered to leave waters of United States, 239; affair of, at New York, 246, 247.
Campus Martius at Detroit, 140. Canada, The province of Upper, 557, 558; Hull invades, 558; activity of Brock, 558; sympathy of people of, for the United States, 558.
Canals, 465; Delaware and Chesapeake, 471, 472; applies to Congress for aid, 471; proposition to give land, 472, 473; Gallatin's plan for canals, 473-475; peti- tions for aid, 475; Carondelet, 475; Dismal Swamp, 471, 474; Ohio, 475, 478; Union, 478, 479; Erie Canal, 479. Canning. Note to Monroe on Chesapeake affair, 268; refuses satisfaction, 269 Rose sent to United States, 269, 270; instructions to Rose, 282; receives let- ters from John Henry, 285, 286; de- fends orders in council, 807; Erskine urges concessions to the United States, 322, 323; concessions made, 339–341; Erskine's arrangement as to non-inter- course, 341, 342; disavows the arrange- ment, 348, 349; sends out F. J. Jackson,
Caracas, The insurrection in, 369. Caramalli, Hamet. Eaton's plan to re- store him, 205; Eaton organizes an army, 206, 207.
Caramalli, Jussuf, 200, 205, 207; peace made with, 207, 208.
Carlisle. Meeting of friends of peace, 553. Carlos IV. Driven from Spain, 309, 310. Carondelet Canal, 475.
Castlereagh, Lord. Urges retaliation for Berlin decree, 272; Henry letters sent to, 286.
Cass, Lewis. Writes Hull's proclamation,
Cassa Calvo, Marquis of. Delivers Louisi- ana to France, 10, 11; lingers at New Orleans, 27.
Catskill. Wages at, 509.
Catholics, Roman. Disfranchised, 148; enfranchised, 149.
Caucus, Congressional. For nominating President and Vice-President, origin, 187; caucus of 1804, 187, 188; of 1812, 448, 456.
Census of manufacture ordered, 507. Cession of Louisiana to England and Spain, 33; of land to the Federal Gov- ernment, 95, 97, 100, 112. Cevallos, Dom Pedro. Spanish Minister of foreign affairs, 36; refuses to ratify the convention, 36; Pinckney threat- ens him, 36, 37; negotiations with Pinckney and Monroe, 38-41. Champagny, Duc de Cadore. Letter to Armstrong; remonstrates with Napo- leon on behalf of the United States, 362; answers Armstrong as to the repeal of decrees, 363, 364; action of Secretary Smith on the letter, 364; lectures Arm- strong, 366, 367; receives copy of Ma- con Act, 367, 368; promises the repeal of decrees, Nov. 1, 1810, 368; report to Napoleon, 408, 425; succeeded by Duc de Bassano, 409.
Champlain. Smuggling on the lake, 304, 305; steamboat on, 491; leave to run a steamboat on, refused by Jefferson, 304. Charters. For manufacturing companies from 1809 to 1812, 584.
Chase, Samuel, Associate Justice. On reforms in Maryland, 162; impeached, 168-172; trial of 173-175, 177-181; ac- quitted, 181, 182.
Chesapeake, The United States Frigate. Deserter from the Melampus to enlist in her crew, 255; and from Halifax, 255, 256; correspondence regarding 255, 256; Berkeley's order regarding, 256, 257; sails, 257, 258; followed and at- tacked by the Leopard, 258; surrenders and is searched, 259; excitement over, 259, 264.
Chesapeake Bay. Attempts to establish a steamboat line on, 493.
Cheves, Langdon, 420; on the bill to equip the navy, 439.
Chew, Samuel, captain of the Thames. Reports French outrages, 449. Children. Punishment of, in Northwest Territory, 114.
Chillicothe. Land office, 124.
Clay, Joseph. Resolutions on trade, 230. Clay, Henry. Defends Burr, 68, 69; fa- vors protection of American manu- factures, 502; challenges Marshall, 502, efforts in behalf of English common law, 418; Speaker of twelfth Congress, 427; sketch of his early life, 427-430; meaning of his election to speakership, 430; speech against bank charter, 386- 388; speech on war measures, 436, 437; plan for an embargo, 446. Clark, Christopher, 177. Clarke, William. Exploration of North- west, by, 142-144.
Clermont, The steamboat, 490, 491. Clinton, De Witt. Efforts to persuade him to join with the Federalists in supporting his uncle for the presi- dency, 317; Mayor of New York, 513; candidate for the presidency, 456. Clinton, George. Nominated Vice-Presi- dent, 188; candidate for the vice-presi- dency, 1808, 315; elected, 317. Clothes. Motion in House of Represen- tatives to wear clothes of domestic manufacture, 299; in Pennsylvania, 502; in Virginia, 502; North Carolina, 503; Vermont, 503; resolutions by the people, 500, 501.
Coal. Cost of transporting, 472. Coast survey. Plans for survey of coast of Georgia and North Carolina, 465, 466; survey of Long Island Sound, 467; of Orleans territory, 467; of Southern coast, 467; the coast survey established, 467, 468; Hassler sent to London, 468, 469.
Cockspur Island. Cyclone at, 196. Code. The criminal, of Northwestern Territory, 112.
Coins. Act to make foreign coins legal tender, 382, 383
College. Manner of choosing the elec- toral colleges in the States in 1804,
Columbia, cost of transportation from,
Columbine, The. Defies the proclama-
tion, 267; outrages in New York Har- bor, 268; desertions from, 268. Columbia River. The sources of, ex- plored by Lewis and Clark, 142–144. Common Law of England. Democratic hatred of, in Pennsylvania, 159, 160; in Tennessee, 501; lawyers forbidden to cite in New Jersey courts, 417, 418; in Kentucky, 418; in Pennsylvania, 418.
Chittenden, Martin. Moves repeal of Confederacy. Tecumthe's plan for a con-
Cincinnati. Land office at, 124. Circuits of the Federal Court, 163, 164. Civil Government of Louisiana, 21, 22. Claiborne, William Charles Cole. Sketch of, 12, 13; receives Louisiana from France, 13, 14; governor of Orleans, 26; opposition to, 26, 27; hated at New Orleans, 58; sends word of frontier troubles, 210; sent inte West Florida, 371; puts down insurrection, 371, 372.
Confederacy, A Northern. Plan of Pick- ering, 48; Burr's part in, 49, 50. Congress, The Continental. Land bounty offered, 89; petitioned to make State of Westsylvania, 91; Western lands be- fore, 91, 92 attempts to give it power to settle land claims of the States, 92, 93; action of Virginia, 94; action of New York, 94, 95; appeals to the States to cede, 96; cessions of the States, 97;
question of accepting Virginia cession, 97, 99, 100; cession accepted. 100; promises to Virginia, 100; "ordinance, 1784, 100-102; ordinance for the sale of lands, 12-195; ordinance against squatters, 107; question of dividing the Western territory, 110; plan for temporary government of, 110, 111; ap- plication of the Ohio Company, 111; ordinance of 1787, 111, 112.
Congress, the eighth.-In the Senate. Debate on purchase of Louisiana, S- 10; conference Orleans bill, 26; ratify the Spanish convention of 1802, 34.
Congress, the ninth.-In the Senate. Bill passed to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, 77.
Congress first session, eighth.- House of Representatives. Called by proclamation. 3; call for treaty papers, 3-6; debate on right to buy Louisiana, 6-8: appropriate money to pay for Louisiana, 10; petition from New Or- leans merchants, 22, 23; debate on government for Orleans, 23-25; Mo- bile act, $1.
Second session, eighth Congress.- Protest from District of Louisiana, 29; report of Randolph on protests, 30; bills for Territorial governments in Louisiana and Orleans, 30; Michigan Territory formed, 137.
First session of ninth Congress.- Call for information, 77; debate on the bill to suspend the habeas corpus act, 77,78.
Congress. Action of, on Louisiana pur- chase, 8-10, 22-23, 23-25, 29, 30; on suspension of habeas corpus, 77, 78; on use of public domain, 69; on land claims of the States, 91-92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100; ordinance of 1784, 100- 103; ordinance of 1785, 104, 105; on squatter rights, 106, 107, 108, 109; or- dinance of 1757, 109-112; on land sales, 116-121; land grants, 121; on division of Northwest Territory, 123, 124; on Yazoo land claims, 128, 130-133; on land sales in small quantity, 124, 125; on taxation of land sold, 134–136. Congress. Action of, on protection to manufactures, 299, 496-498, 505-506; on slavery and the slave trade, 514- 521; act excluding negroes and mulat- toes from the United States, 517; on slavery in Northwest Territory, 521- 523, 524-526; on the Kentucky petition for protection, 506; orders a report on manufactures, 507; another Kentucky petition for protection, 507-509; on slavery and the slave trade, 514-517, 518-521; on suspension of Art. VI. of Ordinance of 1787, 522-524, 526; on war taxes, 549.
Twelfth Congress, first session. Character of members. Young men in control, 419, 420; Clay chosen Speaker, 427; significance of his election, 480; report on foreign relations, 431, 432;
six resolutions offered, 432; speech of Porter, 432, 433; resolution to fill the ranks of the regular army passed. 432; Randolph on the second resolution for additional regulars, 433; resolution passed, 435; bill from the Senate for more regulars, 435-437; bill passed. 437: Randolph on the use of the troops, 437, 495; bill for volunteer army, 435; naval bill, 439, 440; war taxes, 442-444; the Henry letters, 445- 447; Clay's plan of embargo and war. 449; the embargo, 450-452; the war message, 456, 457; act declaring war, 457: the vote on war, 457.
Special session, May, 1809. Mes- sage, 343; debate on suspension of non-intercourse, 344-346.
Eleventh Congress, first session. Resolutions on Jackson affair, 355, 356, 357: Mason Bill No. 1, 357-360; lost in Senate, 330; Macon Bill No. 2, 800, 361: passed. 361.
Connecticut. Franchise in, 147; rejects twelfth amendment to Federal Consti- tution. 187; attempt to form a new State Constitution, 190, 193; general election, 193, 194; Governor refuses to execute Force Act, 331, 332; encourages do- mestic manufactures, 503; Governor refuses to detach the militia, 544, 545; asserts State rights, 545. Conspiracy.
The trials of the cord- wainers for, in Philadelphia, 511, 512; in New York, 513. Constitution. The ship, 202.
Constitution of New Jersey, 147, 150, 151; of Ohio, 152, 153; of Pennsylvania, de- mand for reform, 159-162; demand for a Constitution for Connecticut, 190–194. Constitution, The Federal. Jefferson's proposals to amend, regarding Louisi- ana, 1-3; debate on right to call for treaty papers, 3-6; on right to incor- porate foreign territory, 6; meaning of this Union" and "new States," 6; Pickering's "partnership" theory, 8; status of the Territories under, 10; amendment proposed by Massachu- setts, 44, 45; answers of the States, 46, 47; the twelfth amendment, 47; amend- ment offered by Randolph, 182; by Nicholson, 182; the twelfth amend- ment, 183-186; ratified, 187; amend- ment asked for by North Carolina, 517; by Massachusetts, 518; strict construc- tion of, by Pennsylvania, 388, note; meaning of preamble, 376. Constellation, The, 208. Contador, 21.
Convention. Call for one to amend Con- stitution of Pennsylvania, 150-162; of New England States. Call for, 330,
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