ment of one thousand men westward, and invited Stephen Van Rensselaer, a Major-General of the New York militia, to take command. Then it was too late; Brock was already in the field and Hull about to flee from Canada. That nothing might be wanting to make the unfortunate general's lot a hard one, an armistice was concluded between Dearborn and Prevost twenty-four hours after Hull reached Detroit.
Abolition of slavery. Early effort to-
ward, 514, 515.
Acts of the territorial Legislature of In-
diana permitting the introduction of
slaves, 524-527.
Acts of Congress. March 3, 1803, appro-
priating money for roads in Ohio, 136,
469; October 31, 1803, to take possession
of Louisiana, 10; of February 24, 1804,
for collecting duties in the territory
ceded to the United States (Mobile
Act), 31; of March 25, 1804, to estab-
lish the Mediterranean Fund, 203, 204;
of March 26, 1804, for the temporary
government of Louisiana, 23-26; March
2, 1805, to provide further for the gov-
ernment of Orleans, 30; of March 3,
1805, for the more effectual preserva-
tion of peace in the ports and harbors
of the United States, 247; of March 3,
1805, regulating trade with San Do-
mingo, 218; of February 13, 1896, “The
Two Million" Act, 215; of February
28, 1806, stopping trade with San Do-
mingo, 219; of April 18, 1806, prohib-
iting the importation of certain goods
from England, 236; March 29, 1805, for
laying out the Cumberland Road, 469;
of March 3, 1807, continuing the Medi-
terranean Fund, 214; of March 3, 1807,
settlement of land claims in Michigan,
142; of March 3, 1807, granting land
to Lewis and Clarke, 142; of February,
10, 1807, establishing a coast survey, 467;
of March 2, 1807, prohibiting the im-
portation of slaves, 520, 521; December
22, 1807,laying an embargo, 276-278,280,
281; January 8, 1808, supplementary to
embargo, 281; of March 12, 1808, supple-
mentary to embargo, 295, 296; of April
22, 1808, authorizing the suspension
of the embargo under certain condi-
tions, 297, 298; of December 18, 1807,
providing for building, gur. - boats,
299; of January 8, 1808; appropriating
$1,000,000 for defence of harbors, 299;
of January 17, 1808, continuing the
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Mediterranean Fund, 299; of March
11, 1808, for purchase of arms, etc.,
299; of March 30, 1808, for the de-
tachment of State militia, 299; of April
2, 1808, for the sale of arms to the
States, 299; of April 12, 1808, for in-
crease of the regular army, 299; of
April 19, 1808, for preservation of
peace in the harbors of the United
States, 299; of January 9, 1809, to en-
force the embargo, 325; of March 1,
1809, to interdict commercial inter-
course between the United States,
Great Britain, and France, 333-336; of
January 30, 1809, calling an extra session
in May, 336; of June 28, 1809, restoring
intercourse with Great Britain, 346;
of March 1, 1810, concerning commer-
cial intercourse between the United
States, Great Britain, and France, 357-
361; of January 15, 1811, authorizing
the occupation of East Florida, 374,
375; of February 20, 1811, authorizing
the people of Orleans to form a State
Constitution, 375-379; of March 2, 1811,
reviving non-intercourse with Great
Britain, 391-394, 395-397; of January
11, 1812, to raise an army of 25,000 men,
436, 437; of February 6, 1812, to accept
volunteers, 438; of March 14, 1812, au-
thorizing a loan of $11,000,000, 442; of
April 4, 1812, laying an embargo, 450;
of April 8, 1812, admitting Louisiana
into the Union as a State, 378; of April
14, 1812, annexing a part of Florida to
Louisiana, 540; of May 14, 1812, annex-
ing part of Florida to Mississippi Ter-
ritory, 540; of June 18, 1812, declaring
war, 457.
Adair, John, Senator from Kentucky. A
confederate of Burr, 63; later career,
Adams, John Quincy. Proposes to
amend the Federal Constitution;
frames the Boston resolutions on Chesa-
peake affair, 262; sketch of, 287-289;
not returned to United States Senate,
289; resigns, 289; motion for a plan
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.
Alcalde, Provincial, 19, 20.
bounty, 543; militia not detached in
Connecticut, 544; nor in Massachu-
setts, 545; nor in Rhode Island, 546;
new generals, 546, 547.
Articles of confederation, The eighth 91;
ratification of, 93; refusal of Maryland,
Asia. The ship, burned by the French,
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.
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, 364; 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,
379; 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, 802.
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. Of
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, demanded 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, 1807, 253.
Bloomfield, Joseph.
General, 547.
Blount, William.
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. Crowned King of
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 1805, 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,
319-321.
Cambrian. 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, 307; 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,
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