210; on election of senators, 212; on slavery, 217.
Mason, John, in Pequot War, i, 440–444. Mason, Robert, New Hampshire claims, i, 428.
Mason and Dixon's Line, running of, ii,
107-109.- See also Boundaries, Mary- land, Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts, records of, i, 5, 12-13, ii, 6; selection of sources, i, 12-13; purposes of the Company, 178-182; a paradise, 317; deference to the clergy, 337; annex- ation of Plymouth, 363-365; early history, 366-396; settlement, 366-371; charter, 367; agreement on government, 371-372; organization, 373-382; Antinomian con- troversy, 382-387; question of the charter, 387-388; Lechford's criticism, 388-389; Child's criticism, 390-392; Ward on toleration, 393-396; Gorton's criticism, 398-401; claim to New Hampshire, 428; claim to Maine, 429-431; hope to annex New Hampshire, 435-438; Pequot War, 439-444; charter transplanted, 445; in New England Confederation, 447; FIRST NULLIFICATION OF A FEDERAL ACT, 452-454; exculpatory address, 454-457; King Philip's War, 459; charter quashed, 462; witches in, ii, 35-48; condition in 1720, 52; charters defended, 133; government, 143; town-meetings, 220, 401; Boston life, 240, iii, 31-35; paper money, ii, 251, 601; earthquake, 261; newspapers, 262; college life, 266; slavery, 293 Indian wars, 344: Louisburg, 346; writs of assistance, 374; acts of trade, 415; "Sons of Liberty," 420; Boston troubles, 429-433; influence in Congress, 434. 442, 525, 537, 539; mobs, 458- 461; war in, 546-554; raises troops, iii, 128; taxes, 132-133: no bills of credit, 135; tumults, 183-194; ratifies the Con- stitution, 239-242; preaching in, 509-512; fashionable education, 514-518; anti- slavery sentiment, 612-614; A PERSONAL- LIBERTY ACT, iv, 93-96; Acts and Resolves, 96; enthusiasm in 1861, 221- 224. See also Boston, Maine, New Eng- land, New Hampshire, Plymouth Colony. Massachusetts Company, HOW TO ORDER A COLONY, i, 178-182.
Massachusetts Gazette, iii, 237. Massachusetts Historical Society, Collec- tions, i, 13, 406, 515, ii, 48, 117; Proceed- ings, i, 13, ii, 400, 433, iii, 158. Matamoras, Mexico, iii, 638. Mather, Cotton, literary importance, i, 4; Magnalia, 13, 511, ii, 15, 21; CAREER OF A SELF-MADE MAN, SIR WILLIAM PHIPPS, i, 507-511; style, ii, 4; SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK NEW-ENGLAND, 261-262; The Terror of the Lord, 262.
Mather, Increase, in England, i, 363-365; THE LOSS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER, 462-463; Brief Relation of the State of New England, 463; Illustri- ous Providences, 506; A PROTEST AGAINST A WICKED NEWSPAPER, ii, 262-263.
Mather, Richard, A SHEAF OF SACRED SONG, i, 472-476.
Maury, Ann, Memoirs of a Huguenot Fam- ily, ii, 106.
Maury, James, little knowledge of law, ii, 31; THE PARSON'S OPINION OF THE PARSON'S CAUSE, 103-106.
Maverick, Samuel, settlement, i, 370; CON- DITION OF THE NORTHERN PROVINCES, 428-430.
May, John, EARLY DAYS AT MARIETTA, iii, 102-105; Journal, 105.
May, Samuel J., Recollections of Antislavery Conflict, iv, 9. Mayflower compact, i, 344.-
Mead, Edwin Doak, Old South Leaflets, i, 15. ii, 12, iii, 8.
Meade, G. G., at Fredericksburg, iv, 354. Megapolensis, John, THE IROQUOIS, i, 525-528.
Meigs, Return Jonathan, Journal, ii, 18. Membré, Zenobius, LA SALLE'S EXPLORA- TION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, i, 140–144. Mercenaries. - See Germans. Merchants, in England, i, 145 ; in Council for New England, 175-176. See also Trade. Merrimac, Confederate ship, destroys the Cumberland and Congress, iv, 329-333: combat with the Monitor, 333.
Merrymount, subject for topics, i, 18; Morton's settlement, 361-363.
Methodists, in America, ii, 283-287. - See
Mexico, Philips's story, i, 18, 65-68; Cortez in, 49-53; Sir John Hawkins in, 77; con- dition in 1823, iii, 489-493; and the Mon- roe Doctrine, 501; danger of war with, 649; condition in 1842, iv, 15-18; feeling toward the United States, 16-18; war with, 20-34, causes, 20-23, 39, commence- ment, 23, opposition to, 24-26, Grant in, 26-27, Scott's report of capture of city of, 28-31, Polk on terms of peace, 32-34; French in, 301-302. See also California. Michaelius, Jonas, A DUTCH CLERGY- MAN'S EXPERIENCES, i, 576-579. Michaux, François André, COTTON CUL- TURE, iii, 71-72. Michigan, Lake, i, 140.
Middle colonies, life in, i, 570-584; history of, 517-528, ii, 65-89. - See also Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Penn- sylvania.
Milford, received by New Haven, i, 448. Military affairs. - See War.
Military Governors, MILITARY GOVERN- MENT, iv, 485-489.
Military training, in Maryland, i, 251. Militia, advised, i, 448; in Indian war, ii, 340-349; in French war, 360-367, 369- 372; recruiting, 481; Washington on, 490-492, 560-562; at Lexington, 546-550; at New York, 554; at Valley Forge, 568; at Newport, 575; in the northwest, 579; General Greene on, 611; in frontier set- tlement of Marietta, iii, 104; Canadian, 159; guard fugitive slave, iv, 89-91; not to assist in rendition of fugitives, 96. - See also Army, Revolution, War. Milledgeville (Ga.), Sherman's army in, iv, 431-432.
Miller, Samuel F., Decisions in the Supreme Court, iii, 9, iv, 8, 131.
Mines, in Veragua, i, 46; in Mexico, 65, iii, 493; in California, iv, 45-48.
Ministers, to be well treated, i, 182; con- sulted on government, 375-377; in New England, 495; writings, ii, 9; salary, 210; responsibility of British, 378-380. — See also Church, Religion.
Minot, George Richards, The Insurrections in Massachusetts, iii, 184.
Mint, national, iii, 296.
Minuit, Peter, governor of New Netherland, i, 531; Swedish director, 550.
Mirabeau, Count de, APPEAL TO THE HESSIANS SOLD BY THEIR PRINCES, ii,
500-504; Euvres, 504. Missionary Ridge. See Chattanooga. Missions, in Canada, i, 129-135; in Cali- fornia, iv, 14.-See also Indians. Mississippi, state, secession spirit in, iv, 180- 182; vagrant act on freedmen, iv, 479- 480; political conditions, 649. Mississippi River, discovered by De Soto, i, 57-59; Marquette's discovery, 136–140; La Salle's exploration, 140-144; French on, ii, 95-96; navigation of, iii, 107-109; description of, 110-114; question of, dis- cussed by French minister, 150-154.- See also French, Louisiana, West, and next title.
Mississippi Valley, future of, iv, 666-669. Missouri, participation in Kansas troubles, iv, 110-116; Circuit Court, PAPERS IN THE DRED SCOTT CASE, 122-125; manu- script court records, 125. See also next
Missouri Compromise, iii, 156; southern view, 452-454; a moderate view, 455-458; repealed by Kansas-Nebraska Bill, iv, 98; repeal reopens slavery question, 101; in Dred Scott case, 122; declared uncon- stitutional, 129-131; a political enact- ment, 132, 135; in Congress, 134; Mon- roe's cabinet on, 135: restoration suggested, 193, 208.
Missouri River, discovered, i, 139. Mobile Advertiser and Register, iv, 371. Mobile Bay, battle in, iv, 418-421. Mobs, in New Jersey, ii, 80-84; Stamp Act, 397-400; in North Carolina, 426; "tea- party," 431; Revolutionary, 458; against loyalists, 472-476; anti-slavery, iv, 87; draft riot, in New York, 376-381; south- ern, 495-497. See also Fugitive Slaves, Loyalists, Stamp Act.
Model of the Government of the Province of East-New-Jersey, i, 572.
See Indians. Moluccas, Drake's voyage to, i, 86. Money, colonial paper, ii, 251-254; present, to soldiers, 468-469; Revolutionary paper,
594-603; state bank-notes, iii, 441-445; Confederate currency, iv, 247-251; de- monetization of silver, 529-531; gold standard, 529-530, 534, 539-541; resump- tion of specie payments, 531-533; Sher- man on use of currency, 532; Taussig on Sherman Act, 533-536; Bryan on bimet- allism, 536-538. - See also Finances. Monitor (ship), rumors of inefficiency, iv, 331; combat with the Merrimac, 333. Monroe, James, Writings, iii, 11, 251; WASHINGTON AND THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION, 249-251; THE MONROE DOCTRINE AS MONROE STATED IT, 494-498.
Monroe Doctrine, iii, 494-498; Clay on, 499-501; Blaine warns Chili, iv, 563: Olney's interpretation, 567-572; effect of colonies on, 613-614; future, 625-628. Monseignat, Charles de, THE TAKING OF SCHENECTADY, ii, 337–339. Montcalm, Marquis, death, ii, 372. Montesquieu, Charles de, A FRENCH PUBLICIST'S VIEW OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION, ii, 144-149; The Spirit of Laws, 149.
Montezuma, taken prisoner, i, 49.
Montgomery, D. H., Student's American History, ii, 33.
Montreal, discovery of, i, 112.
Monts. See De Monts.
Monuments, as sources, i, 4, ii, 2, 4.
Moore, Frank, Diary of the Revolution, ii, 12, 21, 461, 476, 604; Songs and Ballads, 12, 485; Lyrics of Loyalty, iv, 237, 263. Moore, George H., Slavery in Massachu- setts, ii, 293, 297.
Moore, T. P., in Virginia convention, iii, 577.
Morgan, John Tyler, BERING SEA ARBI-
TRATION, iv, 564-567.
Morris, Gouverneur, Diary and Letters, ii, 18; character, iii, 208; on slavery, 215. 220; arguments on the Constitution, 225; Lafayette on, 303. Morris, Lewis, veto, ii, 2; commission, 154-158; instructions, 158-161; A DE- TERMINED VETO MESSAGE, 179-181; THE STATE OF RELIGION IN THE JER- SEYS, 276-279.
Morris, Robert, THE FOUNDATION OF THE
NAVY, ii, 556-559; THE BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, 605; character, iii, 208. Morse, Jedidiah, DEFECTS OF the Con- FEDERATION, iii, 131-137; American Geography, 137.
Morse, John T., Jr., Benjamin Franklin, ii, 34: John Quincy Adams, iii, 13; Thomas Jefferson, 13.
Morse, Samuel F. B., FIRST Telegraph LINE, iii, 571-573-
Morton, Thomas, OF THE REVELLS of NEW CANAAN, i, 24, 361-363; New Eng- lish Canaan, 363.
Mosby, John Singleton, GUERRILLA WAR- FARE, iv, 287-289; Mosby's War Remi- niscences, 289.
Mosquitoes, at Plymouth, i, 355. Mountains, in America, i, 161. Mount Vernon, a source, ii, 4. — See also Washington, George.
Mowry, W. A. and A. M., History of the United States for Schools, ii, 33.
Municipal life, tenements, iv, 654-657; dif- fusion of public enjoyments, 659. - See also cities by name.
Munsell, Joel, Historical Series, i, 10, ii, 11; Annals of Albany, ii, 211.
Museums, sources in, i, 4, ii, 5; Americana in British Museum, ii, 1o.
Narragansett Bay, settlements, i, 399. — See also Rhode Island.
Narragansett Club, Publications, i, 9. Narratives, as sources, i, 6.
Nashville, Hood's report on battle of, iv, 435-436; satire on, 441. Nation, iv, 452, 512.
National bank. See Banks.
National Civil-Service Reform League, Pro- ceedings, iv, 638.
National debt. -See Debt. National Gazette, POLITICAL SATIRE, iii, 293-295; reference to, 307. National Intelligencer, iii, 422, 649, iv, 471.
National Museum, collections, i, 4, ii, 5. Naumkeag, John Smith in, i, 317. - See also Salem (Mass.).
Naval stores, question of protective duty on, ii, 247-248.
Navigation, inland, iii, 70-71; of Missis- sippi, 107-109. See also Canals, Inter- nal Improvements, Mississippi River. Navigation Act, of 1660, i, 185; complaint in Virginia, 240; in Massachusetts, 462; of 1696, ii, 127-129; evaded, 249; com- plaints in 1767, 415; upheld, iii, 163. — See also Lords Commissioners, Smuggling. Navy, American, privateering, ii, 497-499,
557, 558; foundation, 556-559; fight between Bon Homme Richard and Sera- pis, 587-590; need of, 596; control in West Indies, 612-615; satire on gun- boats, iii, 362; capture of the Chesapeake, 395-400; in War of 1812, 414-417; at Hampton Roads, iv, 329-333; battle be- low New Orleans, 336-338; blockade-run- ning, 356-358; Yazoo Pass expedition, 363-368; Kearsarge and Alabama com- bat, 416-418; battle of Mobile Bay, 418- 421; blockade of Cuba, 578; battle of Manila Bay, 579-581; grand strategy in Spanish War, 582-585.-See also Civil War, Revolution, War.
Navy, English, importance of, i, 151, 155; advantage over America, ii, 608-609; loses control in West Indies, 612-615: impressment and search, iii, 385-390, 393- 394: Leopard captures the Chesapeake, 395-400; capture of the Java, 414-417.— See also Revolution, War.
Neal, Daniel, History of New-England, ii, 16, 55; AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF NEW ENGLAND, 52-55.
Nebraska, first expedition to, i, 60–64. Negroes, Estevanillo in New Mexico, i, 60; laborers in Mexico, 65; William Haw- kins's traffic, 74; Sir John Hawkins's traffic, 75-77; Christianity of, 298-301; in New England, 496; in New York, 583; in American army, ii, 488-490, 527-528; characteristics of, iii, 15-16; treatment in Virginia, 52; value as laborers, 52, 72; necessary in Louisiana, 380; treatment of free, 583-588; citizenship denied, iv, 126-129; popular estimation of, 127; in-
feriority officially recognized, 128-129: as soldiers, 233, 406-407, 458; mobbed in New York, 378, 381; contrabands at Port Royal, 391-394; songs of, 393-394. 442; follow the Union army, 408-411; soldiers enter Richmond, 442; result of suprem- acy in the South, 476; civil rights of, 482-483, 486-488, 493; enfranchisement, 483; suffrage, 493-494; Ku-Klux outrages on, 496-497; political supremacy in South Carolina, 497-500; strife with the whites, 502-503; disfranchised in the South, 510; political condition, 647-649; present status in the South, 652-654, 663-665.- See also Abolitionists, Emancipation, Freedmen, Reconstruction, Slavery, South.
Neill, Edward D., Virginia Carolorum, i, 11, 15, 234: Virginia Vetusta, 11, 15: Founders of Maryland, 15; Virginia Company, 174.
Nelson, William, Documents relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, ii, 13, 21, 302, 351. -See also Ricord, F. W. Nemours, Dupont de, letter to, iii, 366. Neutral trade, restrictions on, iii, 400-403. Neutrality, in 1793, iii, 305-307.
Neuville, Hyde de, French minister, and John Adams, iii, 481.
New Albion, Drake in, i, 87. New Amsterdam, founding, i, 529–532. Newark, TOWN-MEETING IN THE PROV- INCE OF NEW JERSEY, i, 566-567; Records, 567; riot in, ii, 81. Newburyport, prosperity and decline, iii, 430-433. New Cæsaria. See New Jersey. New Canaan, revels at, i, 361. New England, the world's wonder, i, 176; Council for, 177-178, 444; Higginson's voyage to, 190; early conditions, 313-339; John Smith's description, 313-318; origin of name, 314; Dutch opinion, 334-335: offset to Old England, 366; develop- ment, 439-466; surrender of charter, 444-447; opinion of itself, 451-452; life in, 467-516; Josselyn's criticisms, 494-496; visit of two Dutchmen, 496-501; settlers on the Delaware, 551-553, 580; Jersey set- tlements, 570; from 1692 to 1775, ii, 35- 64; condition in 1720, 52-55; loyalty of the people, 55; Cape Breton, 59: Adams's
love for, 63-64; charter governments, 133-137; reason of growth, 135; loss of charters, 135-136; travel in 1704, 224-229; earthquake, 261-262; in Indian war, 344- 346; in Stamp Act controversy, 397-402; in revenue controversy, 415-417, 420-423, 429-433; in the Revolution, 455-461, 534- 537, 546-554; effect of embargo on, iii, 407-409; secession sentiment, 410-414; poem on, 518-520.-See also Boston, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Haven, North, Ply- mouth Colony, Rhode Island, and next title.
New England Confederation, Keift's letter to, i, 334-335; Gorton's criticism, 397- 401; proceedings, 447-451; quarrel with Massachusetts, 452-454; relations with the Dutch, 579-585. - See also Commis- sioners.
New England Courant, Mather's denuncia- tion of the, ii, 262-263.
New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, ii, 63, 243.
New England History Teachers' Associa- tion, Report on the Use of Sources, iii, 1, 3, iv, 1, 2.
New Englands First Fruits, i, 472.
Newgate, prison in Connecticut, iii, 45-48. New Hampshire, forged deed, i, 24; Indian grant, 426; history, 426-438; commis- sioners' report, 428; proposed union with Massachusetts, 435-438; value of records, ii, 6; Records, 17, 21; condition in 1731, 55-58; salaries, 58; government, 143; constitution drawn up, 534-536; protest against the constitution, 536-537; legal tender in, iii, 135.-See also Maine, Mas- sachusetts, New England. Newhampshire and Vermont Journal, iii,
New-Hampshire Historical Society, Collec- tions, i, 427, 438, ii, 58.
New Haven, foundation of, i, 414-415; RE- MONSTRANCE AGAINST CONSOLIDATION, 420-423; in New England Confederation, 447-448; NEW ENGLAND SETTLERS ON THE DELAWARE, 551-553, 580; Records, 553; protected by the Confederation, 582; relations with Stuyvesant, 583. - See also Connecticut.
New Jersey, relations with New York, i, 542, 569; New England settlements, 570; history, 563-575; "Concessions of Propri- etors," 563-566; town-meeting, 566–567; Documents relating to the History, 566, 569, ii, 13, 21, 84, 161, 166, 179, 181, 254, 289, 298, 302, 351; complications in 1679, i, 567-569; granted to the Duke of York, ii, 69; regranted, 69; conflicting claims, 70-72; CONCERNING THE RIOTS & IN- SURRECTIONS IN NEW JERSEY, 80-84; government, 143; governors, 154-161, 165-166; minutes of the Council, 175-179; state of religion, 276-279; beginning of college, 288; slave act disallowed, 297- 298; violates Articles of Confederation, iii, 127; opposition to Congress, 127; emits bills of credit, 135. — See also Mid- dle Colonies, New York.
New Jersey Historical Society, Proceedings, ii, 279.
New Mexico, cession of, demanded, iv, 32-
33; free territory, 40; slavery in, 52, 203. New Netherland, English statement, i, 166; De Vries's visit, 523-525; history, 529- 541; decay, 532-537.- See also Dutch, New York.
New Orleans, importance of, iii, 363-366; campaign of, 422-425; naval battle below, iv, 336-338; surrender demanded, 337.- See also Louisiana. New Plymouth. See Plymouth Colony. Newport, State House at, ii, 4; campaign at, 575-578.-See also Rhode Island. Newport, Christopher, in Virginia, i, 211-214. Newspapers, as sources, ii, 9; Zenger's trial, 192-199; Franklin's venture, 229- 235; Mather's denunciation, 262-263; advertisements, 298-302; A SPANISH PRIVATEER IN THE DELAWARE, 349- 351; Franklin's criticism, iii, 89-93; pub- licity of modern life, iv, 659-660. - See also Intellectual Life, and papers by name. "New Style," chronological reckoning, i, 18, ii, 24.
Newtown (Mass.). -See Cambridge.
New York, Documents, i, 10, 14, 15, 186, 520, 541, 549, 551, ii, 13, 17, 21, 79, 131, 154, 162, 164, 170, 184, 247, 250, 253, 290, 334, 339, 356,357, 367, 387, 412; selection of sources on, 1, 13-14; Verrazano's voyage, 102-107;
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