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Abarzuza, B. de, 608.

Abolition of slavery in District of Co-
lumbia, 450-451; in Territories, 452.
Acadia, 93, 94.

Acadians deported, 109.

Adams, John, 162, 184, 190, 209.
Adams, J. Q., 284, 293, 311, 324.
Adams, Robert, 597, 599.
Adams, Samuel, 147, 162.
Adams, William, 293.

Administration of Justice act, 159–162.
Admission of Missouri, resolution for,
317, 318; of Virginia to representa-
tion in Congress, 544-546.
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 109.
Alabama admitted as a State, 311;
admitted to representation in Congress,
532-534.

Alaska treaty, 511-514.

Aldrich, Nelson W., 647.

Alien act, 261-263.

Alien and Sedition acts, 258-267.
Alien Enemies act, 263-265.

Allison, W. B., 574.

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Bacon, Sir Francis, 9.

Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co., 444.
Baltimore, Lord, first, 31; second, 31,
53, 54, 80.

Bank of United States (second), 302-

306; Jackson's first message, 320,
321; second message, 322, 323; third
message, 323; veto message, 324-329;
removal of deposits, 344-353; National
Bank act, 473-482.

Bayard, J. A., 293, 441.
Benton, T. H., 359.
Bermudas, 14.

Bernard, Francis, 146.
Berry, A. S., 597.

Bingham, J. A., 440, 498, 547, 554.
Blaine, J. G., 501.

Bland, R. P., 573, 595.

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Bland-Allison" act, 573-575, 596.
Blockade of Southern ports, 434, 435.
Bollan, William, 151, 155.

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Borah, William E., 647.

Boston Port act, 150-154.

Boutwell, G. S., 518.

Bowdoin, James, 162.

Braddock's defeat, 109.

Arkansas admitted to representation in Bradford, William, 19.

Congress, 530-531.

Army, command of, 507, 508.

Arnold, I. N., 452.

Breckinridge, John, 267.

Breda, treaty of, 75.

Brook, Lord, 36.

649

Brown, B. G., 482.

Bunau-Varilla, 623.

Bunker Hill battle, 188.

Burke, Edmund, 188.

Bute, Lord, 117.

Butler, B. F., 553, 564, 568.

Butler, R. R., 534.

Calhoun, J. C., 288, 302, 333.

Call for 75,000 volunteers, 433, 434.
Calvert, Cecil, 31.

Calvert, George, 31.
Cambon, Jules, 602.

Cambridge, Mass. (Newtowne), 36.
Camden, Lord, 147.

Cameron, Simon, 444.

Campaign contributions, prohibition of,
by corporations, 635, 636.

Canada, 93.

Canal Zone, 623.

Capitol, location of national, 233.

Carolina, first charter of, 63-66; second
charter, 76-78.
Carteret, Lord, 77, 95.
Cerero, Rafael, 608.

Chandler, William E., 635.

Clayton, J. M., 324.
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 614.
Cleveland, Grover, 600.
Coddington, William, 43.

Coinage act of 1873, 565, 566; of standard

silver dollar, 573-575.

Coit, Joshua, 259.

Coke, Sir Edward, 1.

Colon, revolution at, 623.
Command of the army, 507, 508.

Compensated emancipation, joint resolu-
tion on, 449, 450.

Compromise of 1850, 383-394; Clay's
resolutions, 384-386; report of Com-
mittee of Thirteen, 386, 387; Utah
act, 387; Texas and New Mexico act,
388, 389; Fugitive Slave act, 390-
393; act abolishing slave trade in
District of Columbia, 394.
Conciliatory resolution, Lord North's,
171, 172; report on, 184-188.
Concord battle, 188.

Confederate States of America, constitu-
tion, 424-433.

Confiscation act of 1861, 442-444; of
1862, 454-457.

Conkling, Roscoe, 449.

Charter of Carolina, first, 63-66; of
Carolina, second, 76-78; of Connecti- | Conger, E. H., 593.
cut, 60-62; of Georgia, 95-103; of
Maryland, 31-35; of Massachusetts,
first, 22-26; of Massachusetts, second,
84-90; of Pennsylvania, 80-84; of
privileges to patrons, 26-31; of
Rhode Island and Providence Planta-
tions, 66-72; of Virginia, first, 1-9;
of Virginia, second, 9-14; of Virginia,
third, 14-19.

Chase, S. P., 436, 446, 519.

Chatham, Earl of, 147, 172, 188. See
Pitt.

Chinese Exclusion act, 616–618.

Churchill, J. C., 554.

Cienfuegos, 599.

Civil Rights act, first, 494-497; second,
568, 569.

Civil Service act, 575-581.

Claiborne, William, 306.

Clark, Champ, 616.

Clark, Clarence D., 648.
Clarke, John, 66.

Clarke, Sidney, 518.

Clay, Henry, 293, 312, 341, 368, 383;
resolutions on compromise of 1850,
384-386.

Connecticut, fundamental orders of, 36-
39; charter, 60–62.
Conspiracies, act to define and punish
certain, 441, 442.
Constitution of American Anti-Slavery
Society, 353-355; of Confederate States
of America, 424-433; of Missouri,
316, 317; of United States, 216-232;
thirteenth amendment, 494; fourteenth
amendment, 536-538; fifteenth amend-
ment, 546, 547.

Constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi,
and Texas, submission of, 540, 541.
Contract between Girard Bank and United
States, 352, 353.

Convention parliament, 56.

Conway, Henry, 139, 147.

Cooper, Grey, 184.

Cornwallis, Lord, 204.

Council for New England, 22, 36.
Coxe, Daniel, 63.

Credit, act to strengthen public, 539,

540.

"Crime of 1873," 565, 566.
Crittenden, J. J., 439.

Cuba, independence of, 597, 598.

Cullom, S. M., 581.

Curtis, B. R., dissenting opinion in Dred

Scott case, 416-420.
Cushing, Thomas, 162.

Dallas, A. J., 324.
Dane, Nathan, 209.
Dartmouth, Lord, 188.

Davenport, John, 39-43, 60.
Davis, C. K., 597, 608.
Davis, Garrett, 453.
Davis, H. W., 482.

Davis, Jefferson, 434.
Dawes, H. L., 534.
Day, W. R., 608.

De Berdt, Dennis, 147.

Declaration and Resolves of First Con-

tinental Congress, 162–166.

Declaration of causes and necessity of
taking up arms, 176-183; of inde-
pendence, 190-194; of war (1812),
288, 289; of war (1898), 598, 599.
Declaratory act, 139, 140.
Deposits, removal of, 344-353; act to
regulate, 355-359.

Dickinson, John, 137, 176, 188, 195.
Dillingham, William P., 637.
Dingley, Nelson, 597.

Disabilities, political, act removing, 564.
District of Columbia, abolition of slave
trade, 394; abolition of slavery, 450,
451; franchise in, 499.

Emancipation, joint resolution on com-
pensated, 449, 450; proclamation,

457-459.

Embargo act, 282, 283; in New England,
284.

Endicott, John, 22.

English bill, 420, 421.

Enrolment act, 459–463.

Enumerated articles, 72, 78, 90.

Expatriation, act relating to, 644–646.

Family compact, 109.

Federalists, 284.

Fifteenth amendment, 546, 547; act to
enforce, 547-551; supplementary act,
554-559.

First charter of Carolina, 63-66; of
Massachusetts, 22-26; of Virginia, 1–9.
First Civil Rights act, 494-497.
First Continental Congress, declaration
and resolves, 162-166.
First Navigation act, 55-59.
First Reconstruction act, 500–504.
Florida, treaty of 1819, 306-311; ad-
mitted to representation in Congress,
532-534.

Fontainebleau, 109.

"Force bill" (1870), 547-551.

Foreign mediation, resolution against,
467-469.

Fort Duquesne, 109.

Fourteenth amendment, 536-538; act
to enforce, 560-564.

Dixon's proposed amendment to Kansas- Fourth Reconstruction act, 529, 530.

Nebraska bill, 402.

Dodderidge, Sir John, 1.

Dorchester Adventurers, 22.

Dorchester, Mass., 36.

France, treaty with, for Louisiana, 279-

282.

Franchise in District of Columbia, 499;
in Territories, 500.

Douglas, S. A., 397-399; report on Franklin, Benjamin, 139, 176, 184, 188,

Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399–402.

"Draft act" (1863), 459-463.

Dred Scott decision, 405-420.

Duane, W. J., 344.

Dutch West India Company, 26.

East Florida, 306.

Eaton, Theophilus, 39-43.
Edmunds, G. F., 504, 535, 542.

Elective franchise in Territories, 500.
Electoral count (1865), 487; act of 1877,

570-573.

Electoral votes of rebellious States, joint
resolution excluding, 535.

Eliot, T. D., 454, 488.

190, 204, 209.

Freedmen's bureau, 488–490.

Freedom for soldiers' families, 490.

Frye, W. P., 608.

Fugitive Slave act, 390-393.

Fugitive slaves, additional article of war,

448, 449.

Fundamental Articles of New Haven,

39-43.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 36-39.
Funding system, Hamilton's report, 233-

243.

Gadsden treaty, 394-397.
Gallatin, Albert, 293.

Gambier, Lord, 293.

Garfield, J. A., 571.

Garnica, J. de, 608.

Garrison, W. L., 353.
Gates, Sir Thomas, 1.

General warrants in England, 106.
Georgia, charter, 95-103; admitted to
representation in Congress, 532-534;
reconstruction of, 542-544; act for
restoration of, 553, 554.
Ghent, treaty of, 289–293.
Giles, W. B., 284.

Girard Bank, Taney's letter to, 350, 351;
contract with the United States, 352,

353.

Gold Standard act, 609-613.

Gorton, Samuel, 43.

Goulburn, Henry, 293.

Government of New Haven, 50-53.
Grant, U. S., 540, 542, 544, 566, 571.
Grant to Duke of York, 74-76.
Gray, George, 602, 608.

Great Britain, treaty of 1783, 204-209;
of 1794, 244-258; of 1814, 289–293;
of 1842, 361-368; of 1846, 372-374.
Greene, Thomas, 53.

Grenville, Lord, 117, 122, 143, 238.
Gridley, Jeremiah, 106.

Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of, 377-382.
Guilford, Conn., 50.

Habeas Corpus act, 463-466.
Hakluyt, Richard, 1.

Hamilton's first report on public credit,

233-243.

Hancock, John, 190-194.

Harper, R. G., 265.

Harrison, Benjamin, 593.

Hartford, Conn., 36.

Hartley, David, 209.

Havana, 109.

Hillhouse, James, 261.
Hillsborough, Lord, 147.
Hobart, Sir Henry, 9.
Holy Alliance, 318.
Howell, Benjamin F., 630.
Hunt, Gaillard, 644.
Hunter, David, 449.
Hutchinson, Thomas, 106.
Hutchinsonian controversy, 39.

Immigration act, 636–644.
Impeachment of Johnson, articles, 518-
529.
Impressment, 282.

Independence, Declaration of, 190-194;
of Cuba, 597, 598.

Independent Treasury act, 374-377.
Indianapolis Monetary Commission, 609.
Ingersoll, C. J., 368.

Interstate Commerce act, 581-590.
"Iron-clad" oath, 452-454.

Isthmian Canal, act for construction of,
618-622.

Isthmian Canal treaty, 614-616.

Jackson, Andrew, first message,

320,

321; second, 322, 323; third, 323;
bank veto, 324-329; proclamation to
South Carolina, 333-340; paper read
to the Cabinet, 344-349.

Jay, John, 176, 188, 209, 258.
Jay treaty, 244-258.

Jefferson, Thomas, 176, 184, 190, 233,
267, 279, 282.

Johnson, Andrew, 439, 491, 499, 501,
508, 514, 518, 532; articles of im-
peachment, 518–529.

Johnson, Reverdy, 507.

Johnson, Thomas, 176, 188.

Hartford Convention, report of, 293–301. Joint resolution for annexation of Texas,

368-370.

Hawaiian Islands, annexation of, 600- Kahn, Julius, 616.

602.

Hay-Herran convention, 623.
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 614.
Hayes, R. B., 570, 571, 574.
Hayne, R. Y., 333.
Heath, Sir Robert, 63, 76.
Henderson, J. B., 494.
Hendricks, T. A., 570.
Henry, Patrick, 139.
Hepburn, William P., 618.
Hickman, John, 441.

Kansas, Lecompton constitution, 420-
423.

Kansas-Nebraska act, 397-405; Doug-
las's report, 399-402; Dixon's pro-
posed amendment, 402; Sumner's
proposed amendment, 403; act to
organize Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas, 403-405.
Kelley, W. D., 565.
Kelso, J. R., 518.
Kendall, Amos, 344.

Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, 267- McLane, Louis, 344.

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Legal tender notes, act authorizing issue Missouri compromise, 311-318; Tall-

of, 446-448.

Lexington battle, 188.
Liliuokalani, Queen, 600.

Lincoln, Abraham, 423, 436, 438, 449,
450, 454, 457, 459, 463; proclamation
regarding reconstruction, 482-487;
emancipation proclamation, 457-459.
Livingston, Philip, 141.
Livingston, William, 176.
Livingstone, R. R., 190, 279, 282.
Lloyd, James, 265.

Loan, act for a national, 436, 437.
Loan, B. F., 518.

Lord North's conciliatory resolution,

171, 172; report on, 184-188.

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Madison, James, 267, 288, 302, 306.
Maine, battleship, destruction of, 598.
Maine, district of, 311; boundary dis-
pute, 361.

Manchester, Earl of, 60.
Manila, 109.

Marbois, F. Barbé, 282.

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Navigation act, first, 55-59; second,

72-74; third, 78, 79; of 1696, 90–92.
Neutrality, proclamation of, 243, 244.
Newcastle, Del., 80.

Newcastle, Duke of, 109.

Maryland charter, 31-35; Toleration New England confederation, 45-50.

act, 53-55.

Massachusetts, first charter, 22-26; second
charter, 84-90; calls Stamp Act Con-
gress, 136; calls First Continental
Congress, 162; circular letter, 146-
150; Government act, 155-159; part
in Hartford Convention, 293.
Mather, Increase, 84.
Mayflower compact, 19.
Maynard, Horace, 453.

McCray, G. W., 570.
McDuffie, George, 320, 324.
McKean, J. B., 449.

McKinley, William, 597, 599.

New England Restraining act, 172–176.
New Haven, Fundamental Articles of,
39-43; government of, 50-53; in-
cluded in Connecticut, 60.
Newlands, F. G., 600.
New Netherlands, 26, 60, 70.
New Orleans, 279.
Newport, R. I., 43.

Newtowne (Cambridge), Mass., 36.
New York Assembly, act suspending,
141, 142.

Non-importation in Continental Con-
gress, 166, 167.

Non-intercourse act, 284-288.

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