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Johnston, J. E., life of, 586 n; at Bull Run, | Lake Champlain, control of, 252.
559; at Fair Oaks, 587; at Vicksburg, 608; superseded, 619; surrender of, 627. Johnstown flood, 697.
Joliet, Louis, explorations of, 129.
Jones, Paul, life of, 334 "; defeats the
KANSAS-NEBRASKA Bill, 521.
Kansas, struggle for, 522; admission of, 530; history and industries of, 532 n. Kaskaskia, capture of, 326.
Kearney, S. W., in New Mexico, 492. Kenesaw Mountain, battle of, 618. Kennebec River, settlement on, 36. Kensett, J. F., artist, 712.
Kentucky, admission of, 402; history and industries of, 405 n; remains in the Union, 565.
Kentucky resolutions, 420.
Key, F. S., at Fort McHenry, 441 n. King George's War, 141.
King Philip's War, 113, 114; war begun, 115; first struggle, 117; cost of, 118; result of, 119.
King, Rufus, candidate for Vice-President,
432; candidate for President, 444. King, S. W., in Rhode Island, 486. King William's War, 136.
King, W. R., elected Vice-President, 506. King's Mountain, battle of, 345. Knights of Labor, 691.
Knowlton, Thomas, in command, 256. "Know-Nothing" party formed, 528.
Knox, Henry, Secretary of War, 401, 409; a party leader, 403. Knoxville, battle of, 612.
Knyphausen, Baron, in New Jersey, 332. Kosciusko, Tadeusz, fortifies West Point, 347.
Koszta, Martin, account of, 527 n. Ku Klux Klan, 668.
LABOR troubles, 691; question, 736. Labrador, discovery of, 9; exploration of, 25. Lafayette, Marquis de, life of, 298 n; in command, 322; at Monmouth, 323; at Newport, 328; in Virginia, 359; at Wil- liamsburg, 360.
Lake Erie, battle of, 439. Lake George, battle of, 148.
La Place, Captain de, surrender of, 251. La Salle, Chevalier de, explorations, 128; at the mouth of the Mississippi, 131. Laudonniere, René de, builds Fort Caroline, 20; on the St. Johns, 124. Laurens, Henry, peace commissioner, 365; signs treaty, 367.
Laws of the colonies, 188. Lecompton Constitution, 530. Lee, Arthur, signs treaty, 314. Lee, Charles, in command, 266; capture of, 290; at Monmouth, 323; disobedience of, 324; court martial of, 325.
Lee, Henry, at Paulus Hook, 331; and the Whiskey Insurrection, 408.
Lee, R. H., in the Continental Congress, 236, 263; proposes independence, 276. Lee, R. E., life of, 589 n; in command, 587; in the Seven Days' battles, 588; at second Bull Run, 590; at Antietam, 591; at Fredericksburg, 593; at Chancellors- ville, 594; enters Pennsylvania, 602; at Gettysburg, 603-606; retreat of, 606; in the Wilderness, 614; evacuates Rich- mond, 625; surrender of, 626.
Legislative powers of the United States, 385.
Leon, Ponce de, discovery by, 13. Leslie, Col., at Salem, 241. Lewis and Clark's expedition, 427. Lexington, Mass., battle of, 244; retreat from, 246.
Lexington, Mo., capture of, 564. Leyden, Pilgrims at, 50.
Liberator," the, established, 525.
| Liberty party formed, 519. Leif Ericson, discovery by, 4. Liliuokalani, Queen, deposed, 700. Lincoln, Abraham, life of, 550 n; and Doug- las debates, 531; elected President, 533; inauguration of, 548; issues calls for troops, 553; summons Congress, 555; blockades the South, 557; issues eman- cipation proclamation, 600; assassination of, 629; re-elected President, 636. Lincoln, Benjamin, in Georgia, 336; be- sieges Savannah, 338; at Charleston, 341; receives the sword of Cornwallis, 362.
"Liquor limits," restriction of, 727.
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Literature, 702-711. Livingston, R. R., in the Continental Con- gress, 263; Minister to France, 426. Livingston, William, in the Federal Con- vention, 381.
"Local option," 727.
Locke Constitution, 89.
Magellan, Straits of, 12. Magnetic telegraph, 486 n. Magruder, J. B., retreat of, 583.
Maine, colony of, 63; timber exports from, 171; admission of, 447; history and in- dustries of, 450 n; law, 506 n. Malbone, E. G., artist, 712.
Logan, J. A., candidate for Vice-President, Malvern Hill, battle of, 588. 673.
London Company, receives charter, 33; dissolved, 35; send out a colony, 37. Longfellow, H. W., poet, 707. Long Island, battle of, 283. Longstreet, James, in command, 558; be- sieges Suffolk, 595; at Knoxville, 612. Lookout Mountain, battle of, 611. Los Angeles, capture of, 492. Lost Mountain, battle of, 618. Loudon, Lord, in command, 149. Louisburg, capture of, 141; second capture of, 150.
Louisiana, named, 131; cession of, 160; re- cession of, 425; purchase of, 426; admis- sion of, 444; history and industries of, 442 n; secession of, 535. Lovejoy, E. P., murder of, 518. Lowell, J. R., poet, 707. Loyalists, payment to the, 369. Lundy's Lane, battle of, 440.
Lyon, Nathaniel, holds Missouri, 563; death of, 564.
MCCLELLAN, G. B., in command, 560; drills the army, 561; in the Peninsula, 582; besieges Yorktown, 583; at Fair Oaks, 587; in the Seven Days' Battle, 588; at Antietam, 591; candidate for President, 636.
McCulloch, Benjamin, at Carthage, 564. Macdonough, Thomas, on Lake Cham- plain, 440.
McDowell, Charles, at King's Mountain, 345.
McDowell, Irvin, in Virginia, 558; in front of Washington, 582; at Fredericksburg, 585.
"McKinley Tariff,” 682.
'Macedonian," ""United States" and, 437. Madison, James, life of, 434 n; in the Fed- eral Convention, 381; elected President, 432; re-elected President, 444; State pa- pers of, 703.
Magellan, voyage of, 12.
Manassas, battle of, 559.
Mangum, W. P., candidate for President, 476.
Manhattan, settlement of, 71..
Manufactures, in the colonies, 173; in 1789,
392; in 1825, 458; in 1896, 715, 717, 728. Marion, Francis, partisan leader, 343; wins back the Carolinas, 358.
Marquette, Jacques, explorations by, 127. Marshall, John, life of, 419 n; envoy to
France, 417; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 417.
Maryland, colony of, 76; character of col- onists, 78; Puritan churches in, 180; re- ligious toleration in, 183; a proprietary colony, 186.
Mason, James M., Confederate Commis- sioner, 576.
Mason, John, receives grant of land, 62. Massachusetts, Puritan churches in, 180; Quakers in, 182; a charter colony, 185; General Court, 187; charter annulled, 190; second charter granted, 191; As- sembly protests against the Acts of Parliament, 204; elects delegates to Continental Congress, 232, 236; Provin- cial Congress of, 233; seal, 233 "; raises an army, 234; towns declare for inde- pendence, 275; regiment attacked in Baltimore, 553.
Massachusetts Act, the, 228. Massachusetts Bay company, formed, 59; company moves to America, 60; first years at, 61; schools in, 174. Mawhood, Col., at Princeton, 294. Maximilian in Mexico, 652.
Maxwell, William, at Springfield, 332. Mayflower Compact, 54.
Meade, G. G., in command, 602; at Gettys- burg, 603.
Mechanicsville, battle of, 588. Mecklenburg Declaration, 271. Mediterranean Sea, travel on, 2. Menendez, Pedro, founds St. Augustine, 21, 124; massacres the Huguenots, 22 n.
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Mercer, Hugh, death of, 295. "Merrimac " and "Columbia," 578; "Mon- itor" and, 579; destruction of, 580, 585. Mexico, declaration of war with, 489; Max- imilian in, 652.
Mexico, City of, capture of, 495.
Morrill Tariff Act, 631.
Morris, Gouverneur, in the Federal Con- vention, 381.
Morris, Robert, financial agent, 353 ~; in the Federal Convention, 381. Morristown, Washington at, 295, 340.
Michigan, admission of, 475; history and Morse, S. F. B., inventor, 486 n.
industries of, 476 n.
Milan Decree, 429.
Morton, L. P., elected Vice-President, 674. Motley, J. L., historian, 709.
Minnesota, admission of, 530; history and Mott, Rebecca, burns her home, 358 n.
Mint at Philadelphia, 402.
Moultrie, William, at Port Royal, 336. Mound Builders, 98.
Minuit, Peter, in New Netherland, 73; at Mount Hope, R. I., home of King Philip, Fort Christina, 81. Missionary Ridge, battle of, 610.
Mississippi, admission of, 447; history and industries of, 448 n; secession of, 535; readmission of, 649.
Mississippi River, discovery of, 14; La Salle at the mouth of, 131; overflow of, 697.
Missouri, admission of, 448; history and industries of, 451 n; remains in the Union, 563.
Missouri Compromise, 448. Mobile Bay, battle of, 623. Mobile founded, 140.
Modoc Indians, 103; in the Northwest, 658. “Monitor” and “Merrimac,” 579; on the James, 585.
Monmouth, battle of, 323-325.
Monroe, James, life of, 447 ; Minister to France, 426; elected President, 444; in- auguration of, 445; re-elected President, 445.
Monroe Doctrine, 449.
Mount Vernon, 420 μ. "Mugwumps" revolt, 673. Municipal government, 736. Murfreesboro, battle of, 573. Musgrave, Sir Thomas, at Germantown, 300.
NAPOLEON, treaty with, 418. Narragansett Indians, 110, 114.
Nashville, battle of, 572; occupied by the Union army, 569; siege of, 621. National Bank, establishment of, 402; re- chartered, 444.
National bank system, 634. National-Republican party formed, 464. Nationality of the colonists, 165. Naumkeag, settlement of, 57. Navigation Acts, 172. ◄ Navigation Laws, 202.
Navy, in 1812, 437; in 1813, 438; on Lake Erie, 439.
Montana, admission of, 699; history and Nebraska, admission of, 653; history and
Montcalm, Marquis de, in command, 149; at Ticonderoga, 152; at Quebec, 154; death of, 157.
Monterey, battle of, 491; capture of, 492. Montgomery, Ala., capital of the Confed- erate States, 536; government removed from, 554.
Montgomery, Richard, death of, 270. Montreal, settlement of, 17, 122; expedition against, 136; surrender of, 158; capture of, 269.
Monts, de, Pierre, founds Port Royal, 126. Morgan, Daniel, at Ninety-Six, 355; at Cowpens, 356.
Mormons, account of, 495 n.
industries of, 652 n.
Negro labor in 1775, 168.
Nevada, admission of, 635; history and in- dustries of, 634 n.
New Albion named, 15.
Newark, British army at, 289. Newbern, battle of, 596.
New Brunswick, N. J., British army at, 289. New England, Church of England in, 179; Sunday in, 198; colonial commerce in, 205; Union, 189. Newfoundland, fisheries of, 16; attempted settlement at, 26; settlement at, 75. New France named, 130.
New Hampshire, colony of, 63; rejects amendment, 376.
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New Haven, settlement of, 65; before the | OGLETHORPE, James, establishes a colony, Revolution, 166.
New Jersey, claimed by the Dutch, 83; colony of, 85; Church of England in, 179; Puritan churches in, 180. New London, burning of, 353.
O'Hara, Charles, surrenders the sword of Cornwallis, 362.
Ohio, admission of, 425; history and in- dustries of, 426 n.
New Mexico, conquest of, 492; made a Ohio Company formed, 142. territory, 502; Territory of, 699.
New Netherland, colony of, 72; becomes New York, 74; schools in, 174. New Orleans, settlement of, 140; battle of, 443; abandoned by the Confederates, 574.
New parties in 1825, 463.
Newport, Christopher, sails, 37.
Newport, site of Old Stone Mill, 3 n; har- bor entered, 16; before the Revolution, 166; seizure of, 291; attack upon, 328. New Somersetshire. See Maine. Newtown, moves to Connecticut, 64. New York, harbor entered, 16; granted to the Duke of York, 74; before the Rev- olution, 166; Church of England in, 179; Assembly, 187; the strategic point, 281; evacuated, 285; rejects amendment, 376; naval parade, 696.
Nez Perces Indians, 103.
Nicaragua Canal, 698.
Oklahoma Territory, 699.
Old South Church, 178, 222, 223. Old Stone Mill, 3 n. "Omnibus Bill," 501. Orangeburg, capture of, 358. Orchard Knob, capture of, 611. Orders in Council, 429.
Oregon, visited by Drake, 15; disputed ownership of, 485; admission of, 530; history and industries of, 531 n. Oregon Short Line, 659.
Orinoco River, discovery of, 8 n; explora- tion of, 27 n.
Orleans, Island of, Cartier at, 17. Osgood, Samuel, Postmaster-General, 401. Oswald, Richard, British commissioner, 366. Otis, James, life of, 204 ~; opposes Writs of Assistance, 209; opposes Stamp Act, 211; foresees independence, 240.
Ninety-Six, attack of, 342; threatened, 355; PACIFIC COAST, discovery of, 11; explora-
Non-Conformists in England, 49.
Non-Importation agreements, 201.
Non-Intercourse Act, 431; repealed, 433.
Norfolk navy-yard, 578; evacuation of, 585.
Norsemen discover Greenland, 3.
Pakenham, Sir Edward, at New Orleans,
Palo Alto, battle of, 490.
Palos, Columbus sails from, 7; returns to, 8.
Panic of 1837, 478; of 1873, 664.
North, Lord, Prime Minister, 226; resig- Paper Money, 375, 599. nation of, 364.
North America, discovery of, 9. Northampton, Mass., massacre at, 115. North Carolina, colony of, 90; and inde- pendence, 271; rejects amendment, 376; ratifies Constitution, 383; secession of, 554.
North Castle Heights, 285.
North compared with South, 538-547. North Dakota, admission of, 699. Northern Pacific Railroad, 659. Northmen discover Greenland, 3.
Northwest Passage sought, 24, 25, 39, 40 n. Northwest Territory, 405. Norway, emigration from, 718. Nullification doctrine, 469.
Paris, treaty of, 365–369.
Parker, Sir Peter, seizes Newport, 291; at Savannah, 336.
Parkman, Francis, historian, 709. Patents issued, 728. Patroon War, 486 n.
Paulding, John, arrests André, 349 n. Paulus Hook, capture of, 331.
Pawtucket, R. I., cotton mills at, 458. Peabody, George, philanthropist, 726. Peck, J. J., at Suffolk, 595.
Pedrick, John, warns people of Salem, 241. Pemberton, J. C., at Vicksburg, 608. Pendleton, G. H., candidate for Vice- President, 636.
"Pendleton Civil Service Bill," 686.
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Peninsular Campaign, 581-589. Penn, William, purchases Delaware, 82; proprietor of Pennsylvania, 95; forms "Frame of Government," 97. Pennsylvania, colony of, 95; University of, 175; religious freedom in, 183; a pro- prietary colony, 186. Pensacola, seizure of, 446. People's party formed, 675.
Pepperell, Sir William, at Louisburg, 141. Pequot War, 108; treaty broken, 109; war general, 110; results, 112.
Plymouth Company, receives charter, 33; dissolved, 36.
Pocahontas, and John Smith, 42; later life of, 43 n.
Poe, E. A., poet, 707.
Point Comfort, Va., named, 38. Pokanoket Indians, 113. Poland, emigration from, 718. Political scandals, 665.
Polk, J. K., life of, 488 "; elected President, 487.
Polygamy, Anti, Act, 698.
Percy, Lord, leads reinforcements, 246; at Pomeroy, Seth, at Bunker Hill, 256.
Perry, M. C., opens the ports of Japan, 527. Perry, O. H., on Lake Erie, 439. Perryville, battle of, 572.
Pope, John, at Island No. 10, 572; at second Bull Run, 590.
Popham, George, forms settlement, 36. Popham, Sir John, 32.
Population, of the colonies, 164, 200; in
1790, 391; in 1825, 453; in 1896, 731; growth of, 730.
Petersburg, Cornwallis at, 359; siege of, Popham Colony, 36. 615, 616; evacuation of, 625. Philadelphia, settlement at, 96; before the Revolution, 166; occupied by the British, 299; British at, 317; evacuation of, 323; | Federal Convention at, 380-382; the national capital, 402; Centennial Exhi- bition at, 663.
Philip II., King of Spain, 21, 21 n. Philip of Pokanoket, 113. Phillips, Wendell, orator, 518. Phips, Sir William, at Port Royal, 136. Phonograph, invention of, 728.
Pickens, Andrew, partisan leader, 343. Pickering, Timothy, at Salem, 242; Post- master-General, 401, 409.
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, 605. Pierce, Franklin, life of, 522 n; elected President, 506.
Pigot, Sir Robert, at Bunker Hill, 255. Pilgrims, in Holland, 50; decide to leave Holland, 51; sail for America, 52; occu- pations at Leyden, 52n; arrive at Plym- outh, 53.
Porter, Fitz-John, at Hanover Court House, 585.
Port Hudson, occupation of, 575; capture of, 608.
Porto Rico, expedition from, 13.
Port Royal, N. S., founded, 126; capture of, 136; second capture of, 139. Port Royal, S. C., settlement of, 88, 123; British at, 336; capture of, 596. Portsmouth, N. H., settlement of, 62; be- fore the Revolution, 166.
Portsmouth, R. I., battle at, 328. Portugal, Columbus seeks help from, 7. Portuguese, explorations of, 5. Postage, cheaper, 698.
Potomac, army of, established, 560. Powers, Hiram, sculptor, 713. Powhatan, Indian chief, 42. Presbyterian Church, 179. Prescott, Richard, capture of, 290 n.
Pillow, G. J., at Belmont, 564; at Fort Prescott, William, at Breed's Hill, 253; at Donelson, 568.
Pinckney, C. C., envoy to France, 417; Prescott, W. H., historian, 709.
candidate for President, 432.
Pinzon, the family aid Columbus, 7. Pitcairn, John, at Concord, 243. Pitt, William, Secretary of State, 150. Pittsburg riots in, 692. Plantations in 1775, 169.
Plymouth, Eng., Pilgrims sail from, 52. Plymouth, Mass., Pilgrims arrive at, 53; first winter at, 55.
President of the United States, 387.
Presidential electors, 387.
Presidential Succession Act, 688. Preston, Capt., trial of, 217.
Prevost, Augustine, at Brier Creek, 337- Price, Sterling, at Carthage, 564. Prideaux, John, death of, 154. Princeton, battle of, 293–295. Princeton College, 175.
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