sional Debates, Congressional Globe, Congressional Record. Annapolis Convention, iii, 185-187. Annexations, Louisiana, iii, 367-372; objec- tions, 373-376, 642–645; Florida, 482-483; Texas, 642-655: Mexican territory, iv, 24-26, 32-34; Alaska, 547-550; general passion for, 548; Spanish, in 1898, 589. — See also Colonies, Territories. Annual Register, ii, 11, iii, 302. Anonymous, FIRST PRINTED ACCOUNT OF AMERICA IN ENGLISH, 1, 72-73; ENGLISH CLAIMS TO NORTH AMERICA, 164-166; BACON'S REBELLION, 242-246; THE TRIAL OF A WOMAN ANTINOMIAN, 382- 387; FOUNDING OF THE FIRST AMERI- CAN COLLEGE, 467-472; THE TRIAL OF A QUAKER, 481-484; A PLEA FOR PRO- TECTIVE DUTIES, ii, 247–248; A BALLAD OF PIGWACKET, 344-346; A FRENCH ACCOUNT OF BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT, 365- 367; A BRAVE MAN'S DEATH, 484-485; EXPLOITS OF DE GRASSE IN THE WEST INDIES, 612-615; Journal of an Officer, 615: A CONFESSION OF ENGLAND'S ERROR, iii, 302; John Brown's Body, iv, 259-260; REASONS FOR WAR, 573-575; War with Spain and After, 575. Antietam, Smalley's account of battle of, iv, 346-351.
Anti-Federalists, policy of, iii, 289-292,
Antinomians, in Massachusetts, i, 382-387. Anti-slavery, meeting, iii, 602-608; protest against annexation of Texas, 642–645. — See also Abolitionists, Slavery. Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia, iv, 6. Appomattox, surrender of Lee at, iv, 437- 440, 443-444. Apprentices, iii, 25-26.
Arber, Edward, First Three English Books on America, i, 73.
Arbitration, Halifax commission, iv, 544; Geneva award, 550-556; Bering Sea, 564-567; Venezuelan boundary dispute, 568,572.
Arbitrators, THE GENEVA AWARD, iv, 550-556.
Archives, American, in Europe, ii, 10. Argall, Sir Samuel, in Virginia, i, 220, Arkansas River, discovered, i, 139.
Armstrong, Edward, Record of the Court at Upland, ii, 208.
Armstrong, John, THE NEWBURG AD- DRESSES, iii, 122-125.
Army, Confederate, scarcity of food, iv, 254-255, 440; conditions, 277-286; experi- ence in battle, 280-282; an Englishman's impressions, 284-286; partisan campaign- ing, 287-289; preparation for war, 319- 323; appearance, 327; commissariat, 371. -See also Civil War, battles by name, and Table of Contents of Vol. IV. Army, English, employs Hessians, ii, 500- 504; camp life in Canada, 504-507; Ger- mans and English, 506-507; loyalist corps, 511-513; capture of André, 515- 518; losses at Concord and Lexington, 550; "Battle of the Kegs," 562-565; a woman's life in, 565-568.- See also Officers, Revolution, War, and Table of Contents of Vol. II.
Army, United States, recruiting service, ii, 457, 481-483, 586; clothing, 468-469, 527: joined by Lafayette, 485-488; proposed use of negroes, 488-490; Washington on militia, 490-492, 560-562; punishments, 493-494: Washington's headquarters, 495- 497; prisoners, 508-511; needs, 528, 530; losses at Concord and Lexington, 548; at Valley Forge, 568-573; rank, 570; resig- nations, 572; Steuben in, 582-585; foreign officers in, 584-585; Patrick Henry's views of, 586; condition in the South, 612; Order of Cincinnati, 626-627; of Connecticut, iii, 47; discontent in conti- nental, 121; on Texas frontier, iv, 22-23; in Mexico, 26-31; guard of fugitive slave, 88-91; attack on John Brown, 144-146; in Civil War, 216-220, 256-276, 309-389, 412-444; call for troops, 221, 235: boun- ties, 222, 234-235; negroes as soldiers, 233, 406-407, 442, 458; conditions, 256- 276; enlistment, 256-259; hardships, 263- 265; experience in battle, 268, 273-276; bummers, 268-270, 431; Sanitary Com- mission, 270-273; organization, 314-319; generals appointed, 315; staff and ad- ministrative officers, 316; medical depart- ment, 316; discipline, 316–318; capability of soldiers, 318-319; contrabands follow, 408-411; military government of the South,
485-489; federal troops in the South, 503- 504, 507; preparation for Spanish War, 578; Santiago campaign, 586-588; Rough Riders, 587-588.- See also Civil War, Officers, Reconstruction, Revolution, War, battles by name, and Tables of Contents.
Arnold, S. G., History of Rhode Island, i, 14, 409.
Arnold, William, OBJECTIONS TO THE NEW CHARTER, i, 401-402.
Artemus Ward. - -See Browne, Charles Farrar.
Articles of Confederation, difficulties in framing, ii, 539-543; Maryland's refusal, 591-593; completed, 604; violated, iii, 127.- See also Confederation, Congress,
Assembly, first representative, in America, i, 218-225; Maryland, 269; records of, ii, 6; business of, 173-174; dissolution, 174- 175; bills vetoed, 179-181; bills disal- lowed, 183-184; conversion into conven- tion, 519-524. See also Colonies, Gov- ernment, States.
Assistants, in Massachusetts, i, 373-382. "Association," adopted by First Continental Congress, ii, 439–441.
Atahualpa, captured by Pizarro, i, 53-57. Atkins, John Black, CAPTURE OF SANTI-
AGO, iv, 586-588; War in Cuba, 588. Atlantic Monthly, iv, 87, 464, 575, 594, 616, 632.
Augusta (Ga.), center for Indian trade, ii, 126. Aumsequen. See Pessecus.
Austin, J. T., Life of Elbridge Gerry, ii, 19. Autobiographies, as sources, i, 1; lists, iii, 10, iv, 8.
Azores, in papal grant, i, 42.
BACKUS, ISAAC, History of New Eng-
Backwoodsmen, iii, 463-467. - See also West.
Bacon, Ezekiel, on the embargo, iii, 408-409. Bacon's Rebellion, i, 242-246.
Bailey, Theodorus, PASSING THE FORTS AT NEW ORLEANS, iv, 336-338. Bainbridge, William, CAPTURE OF THE JAVA, iii, 414-417.
Baldwin, Abraham, in convention, iii, 219.
Baldwin, R. S., l'Amistad case, iii, 626, 629 Balloting, method of, iii, 334. Baltimore, a growing town, ii, 102. Baltimore, Cecil, Lord, INSTRUCTIONS TO COLONISTS, i, 247-252; THE QUESTION OF KENT ISLAND, 257-261.-See also Maryland.
Baltimore, Charles, Lord, THE QUAKER AND THE NOBLEMAN, 1, 272–274. — See also Maryland.
Baltimore American, iii, 422.
Bancroft, George, transcripts of documents, i, 16, 21, iv, 34; History of the United States, i, 16, 21, ii, 22, iii, 2; use of sources, ii, 22, 28; History of the Constitution, mì, 154, 160, 187.
Bank of North America, established, ii, 605. Banks, earnings of, iii, 62, 296; Hamilton's report on, 276-281; political influence, 333; State, 441-445; clearing-house loan certificates, iv, 526-528.
Banks, Nathaniel P., major-general, iv, 315. Baptists, in Rhode Island, i, 409.
Barber, John W., and Howe, Henry, His- torical Collections of New York, i, 14. Barclay, David, AN ACCOUNT OF EAST JERSEY, i, 569–572.
Barlowe, Arthur, FIRST VOYAGE TO VIR- GINIA, i, 89-95.
Barnegate (N. J.), settlement, i, 571. Barnes, Mary Sheldon, and Barnes, Earl, Studies in American History, ii, 33. Barringer, D. M., in peace conference, iv, 207.
Barron, James, CAPTURE OF THE CHESA- PEAKE BY THE LEOPARD, iii, 395-400. Barter, in the Confederate States, iv, 249- 251.
Bartlett, John Russell, Records of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, ii, 17, 52, 174.
Bartram, William, Travels, ii, 18.
Bates, Edward, on relief of Sumter, iv, 212. Bayard, J. A., American envoy, iii, 426-
Bay Psalm Book, literary value, i, 4, 18; extracts, 472-476.
Beardsley, Eben Edwards, Life and Corre- spondence of Samuel Seabury, ii, 19. Beauregard, Pierre Gustave, BREAKING OF THE STORM, iv, 213-216.
Beauvois, Carel van, a Dutch schoolmaster, i, 586. Belcher, Jonathan, speech, ii, 176; A GOOD MAN'S LETTER, 287-289. Belknap, Jeremy, History of New Hamp- shire, ii, 15, iii, 34; Belknap Papers, iii, 257. Bellini, at Williamsburg, ii, 608.
Bellomont, Earl of, OFFICIAL PROTEC- TION OF PIRATES, ii, 244-247. Bennet, Richard, SURRENDER OF VIR- GINIA TO PARLIAMENT, i, 235-236; in Maryland, 264.
Benton, Thomas Hart, HOW ANNEXA- TION WAS SECURED, iii, 652-655; Thirty Years' View, iv, 8; DRED SCOTT DECISION REVIEWED, 132-135; Exam- ination of Dred Scott Case, 135. Berdt, Dennis de, COMPLAINT AGAINST THE ACTS OF TRADE, ii, 415-417. Bering Sea arbitration, iv, 564-567. Berkeley, G. C., British naval officer, orders the Chesapeake to be searched, iii, 395. Berkeley, John, Lord, CONCESSIONS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST JERSEY, i, 563-566. Berkeley, Sir William, loyalty, i, 23; AP- PEAL OF A LOYAL GOVERNOR, 233-234; AN OFFICIAL REPORT ON VIRGINIA, 237-241; dealings with Bacon, 243–246. Bermuda, shipwreck on, i, 286.
Bernhard. Besse, Joseph, Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, i, 484. Beverly, Robert, History of Virginia, i, 11, ii, 15, 94; ANDROS'S AND NICHOLSON'S ADMINISTRATIONS, ii, 90-94. Bibliography, of sources, i, 16-18, ii, 22-23, iii, 2-3, iv, 2; of secondary books, i, 26- 27, ii, 32-34, iii, 12-13.
Bienville, Jean Baptiste, in Louisiana, ii, 312-313, 315-316.
Bigelow, John, France and the Confederate Navy, iv, 303.
Billings, John Davis, ENLISTING, iv, 256- 259; Hardtack and Coffee, 259. Bills of credit, iii, 133-136. — See also
Banks, Currency, Finances, Money. Billyng, E., proprietor of Jersey, i, 573-574. Bimetallism, Bryan on, iv, 536-538. - See also Money.
Biographies, as sources, ii, 19.
Bird, Isabella, Englishwoman in America, iv, 10.
Birkbeck, Morris, Notes on America, iii,
10, 467; PEOPLE OF THE WOODS, 463- 467. Birney, James Gillespie, A WESTERN POLITICAL ABOLITIONIST, iii, 608-612; Letter on Abolitionists, 612.
Bishops, plan for establishment in America, ii, 289-290; colonies opposed to, 418-420, -See also Religion.
Blackstone, William, settlement, i, 371. Blaine, James Gillespie, Twenty Years in Congress, iv, 8; APPEAL TO THE Voters, 508-511; RELATIONS TO LATIN-AMER- ICA, 561-563.
Blair, Montgomery, on relief of Sumter, iv, 212; Russell's impressions of, 291; on the emancipation proclamation, 402. Blennerhasset and Burr, iii, 356-359, 460- 461.
Blockade, effect of southern, iv, 192, 244, 246; Confederate government blockade- runners, 323, 356-358.
Blount, W., in Federal Convention, iii, 225. Board of Trade. See Lords Commis- sioners.
Boat, travel by, iii, 564.- See also Canals. Bodleian Library, i, 8, ii, 10.
Boker, George Henry, THE BLACK REGI- MENT, iv, 405-407; Poems of the War, 407. Bolzius, Johann Martin, quaintness, ii, 4; THE COMING OF THE SALZBURG GER- MANS, 114-116; Journal, 116. Bonaparte, Lucien, How NAPOLEON PER- SISTED IN SELLING LOUISIANA, iii, 367– 372.
Bond house, at Edenton, ii, 4.
Bon Homme Richard, and Serapis, ii, 587-
Boone, Daniel, adventures in Kentucky, ii, 383-385.
Boston, Town Records, i, 12, ii, 14, 17, 21;
Dutch visitors, i, 496-501; description in 1680, 501, in 1750, ii, 61-63, in 1788, iii, 31-35; Sir William Phipps at, i, 507-509; Old South Church, ii, 4; observance of the Sabbath, 63; merry-making in, 240- 243; earthquake in 1727,261-262; Stamp Act riot, 397-400; troops in, 420-423: massacre," 429-431; "tea-party," 431-
433; siege of, 550-554; attempted fugitive- slave rescue, iv, 87-91; enthusiasm in 1861, 221-224; departure of troops, 223.
See also Government, Massachusetts, Religion, Revolution, Trade. Boston Athenæum, catalogue, i, 16, ii, 22. Boston Gazette, ii, 263.
Boston Public Library, i, 8, ii, 10; catalogue,
Botume, Elizabeth Hyde, AMONG THE FREEDMEN, iv, 445-448; First Days amongst the Contrabands, 448.
Boudinot, Elias, AN INVESTIGATION OF BRITISH MILITARY PRISONS, ii, 508- 511; Life, 511.
Boudinot, Jane J., Life of Elias Boudinot, ii, 511.
Boundaries, of states, ii, 542-543; English, 624.- - See also Annexations, Colonies, Land, Treaties.
Bourget, Paul, Outre-Mer, iv, 10. Boutwell, George S., Speeches and Papers, iv, 10.
Bowker and Iles, Reader's Guide, iv, 2. Boyle, Robert, Voyages and Adventures, ii, 77. Bozman, J. L., History of Maryland, i, 14. Brackenridge, Henry M., VOYAGE DOWN THE OHIO, iii, 459-463; Recollections of the West, 463.
Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, A MOCK CRITICISM OF THE CONSTITUTION, iii, 237-239.
Braddock, General, defeated, ii, 365-367. Bradford, Alden, Speeches of Massachusetts Governors, ii, 12.
Bradford, William, literary importance, i,
4: facsimile of his manuscript, 9; Ply- mouth Plantation, 12, 14, 170, 343, 344, 348, 355, 412; WHY THE PILGRIMS LEFT ENGLAND FOR HOLLAND, 167-170; WHY THE PILGRIMS LEFT HOLLAND, 340-343; THE GERM OF POPULAR GOV- ERNMENT, 344; THE FIRST LANDING AT PLYMOUTH, 345-348; LIFE IN A PILGRIM COMMONWEALTH, 349-355; THE ENGLISH IN THE CONNECTICUT, 410-412.
Bradford, William, Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, ii, 20.
Brazil, William Hawkins's voyage, i, 74; Drake's voyage, 82.
Breck, Samuel, YELLOW FEVER IN PHIL- ADELPHIA, iii, 39-41; Recollections, 41. Bremer, Fredrika, Homes of the New World, iv, 10.
Brewster, William, Puritan, i, 169; at Ply- mouth, 349.
Brewton, Miles, and others, THE EVIL DEEDS OF THE SPANIARDS, ii, 340–344. Briefe and true Relation of the Discouerie of Virginia, i, 163.
Bright, John, A FRIEND IN NEED, iv, 296– 298; Speeches on the American Question, 298.
Brissot. See Warville.
Bristol, on the Delaware, iii, 39.
British Guiana. - See Venezuela. British Museum, Americana in, i, 8, ii, 10. Brodhead, J. R., History of New York, i, 13.
Brookline (Mass.), town records, i, 4, ii, 5. Brooklyn (N. Y.), Dutch schoolmaster in, i, 585-586; Dutchmen's visit to, 588. Brown, Alexander, Genesis of the United States, i, 11, 22.
Brown, John, raid on Harper's Ferry, iv, 144-150; WHY JOHN BROWN BROKE THE LAWS, 147-150; "John Brown's Body," 259-260.
Brown, John Carter, library, i, 8, ii, 10. Browne, Charles Farrar, GOOD ADVICE TO J. DAVIS, iv, 228–230; Artemus Ward his Book, 230.
Browne, William Hand, Archives of Mary- land, i, 294.
Brownell, Henry Howard, LET US ALONE, iv, 178-179; Lyrics of a Day, 179. Bruce, P. A., Economic History of Virginia, i, 16, 27.
Bryan, William Jennings, Defence of SILVER, iv, 536-538; First Battle, 538. Bryant, William Cullen, OUR COUNTRY'S CALL, iv, 230-232; Thirty Poems, 232. Brymner, Douglas, Canadian Archives, ii, 17. Buchanan, James, Administration, iv, 9;
and the Lecompton constitution, 119- 121; on the Dred Scott case, 137; cause of Republican success in 1860, 162; HELP- LESSNESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, 196- 199.
Buckingham, Joseph T., Specimens of News- paper Literature, ii, 263.
Buckner, Simon B., surrenders Fort Donel-
Buffaloes, discovery of, i, 61; Marquette's experience, 138.
Bulkeley, Peter, NEW ENGLAND'S OPIN- ION OF ITSELF, i, 451-452; Gospel-Cov- enant, 452.
Bullock, William, CONDITIONS OF MEX- ICO, iii, 489-493; Six Months in Mexico, 493.
Bull Run, Russell's description of battle of, iv, 309-313; southern poem on, 313-314; Jackson's report on second, 342-346. Bunker Hill, battle, ii, 550-551. Bureau of Ethnology, Fourteenth Annual Report, i, 64.
Burgoyne, John, lenity of America to, ii, 480; surrender, 565-568; Madame Riede- sel's opinion of, 566.
Burk, J. D., Virginia, i, 11, ii, 15. Burke, Edmund, European Settlements, ii, 20, 126, 150; distance from colonies a disadvantage, 31; NEED OF RELIEVING GEORGIA, 124-126; THE LAW IN ALL OUR PROVINCES, 149–150. Burke, Emily P., THE POOR WHITES, iv,
59-62; Reminiscences of Georgia, 62. Burlington, New Jersey, i, 567-568. Burnaby, Andrew, Travels, ii, 20, 89; NEW- YORK CITY, 87-89.
Burnet, William, A DEFENCE OF PAPER MONEY, ii, 251-253.
Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, attempted rescue and rendition, iv, 87-91. Burnside, Ambrose Everett, at Antietam, iv, 347-351; FREDERICKSBURG, 351–355. Burr, Aaron. See Blennerhasset. Burrough, Edward, Declaration of the Per- secution of the Quakers, i, 481, 486; THE WRONGS OF THE QUAKERS, 484-486. Bute, Lord, head of the English army, ii, 379.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, major-general,
iv, 315; at New Orleans, 336-337; CON- TRABAND OF WAR, 390-391; ISSUE IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESI- DENT, 489-492.
Butler, Frances Anne (Kemble), Journal, iii, 10, 567,- See also Kemble,
Butler, Nathaniel, THE DISMASKING OF VIRGINIA, i, 225-227.
Butler, Pierce, in Federal Convention, iii,
Byles, Mather, A POETICAL LAMENTA-
TION OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIRST, ii, 258–260; Collection of Poems, 260.
Byrd, William, house, ii, 4; History of the Dividing Line, 141, 238; SOCIETY IN VIRGINIA, 235-238.
CABINET, Polk's, terms of peace with
Mexico, iv, 32-34; Lincoln's, SHALL SUMTER BE RELIEVED, 211-212; de- bate on emancipation, 400-402. Cabot, John, voyage of (1497), i, 70-72; statement of discovery, 165.
Calder, E. F., Ames Diary, ii, 272, iii, 339. Calderon, F., Spanish minister, iii, 627. Caldwell, David, OBSTINATE OBJECTORS, iii, 251-254.
Caldwell, H. W., Source Extracts, iii, 7, iv, 6.
Calhoun, John C., AN ARGUMENT FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, iii, 436–440; RIGHT OF NULLIFICATION, 544-548; REASONS FOR ANNEXATION, 649-652; Works, 652; letter to Texan minister, 653; DANGER OF DISUNION, iv, 48-51. California, Drake in, i, 86; Mexican, condi- tions in 1835, iv, 11-15; government, 13- 15; cession of, demanded, 32-33; free territory, 40; overland journey to, 43-45; mining camps in 1850, 45-48; slavery in, 51, 52. See also Compromise, Congress, Slavery, Territories, Wilmot Proviso.
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