Methodists, in America, ii, 283-287.- See
also Religion.
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
title.
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.
Mohawks. 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, 10.
Music, in colonial times, iii, 32. See also
Songs.
NANTUCKET, description of inhabitants,
Napoleon I, sale of Louisiana, iii, 367–372.
Napoleon III, relations with the Confeder-
ate States, iv, 301-303.
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.
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,
II, 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, I, 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, i, 13-14; Verrazano's voyage, 102-107;
early history, 529-547; condition in 1687.
542-544; Leisler's Rebellion, 544-547;
settlements in Jersey, 569; Dutch settle-
ments, 580; Palatine Germans, ii, 77-
79; governors, 143. 153, 161, 162,
169; disallowance, 183; Zenger prosecu-
tion, 192-199; Albany government, 208-
211; pirates, 244-247; smuggling, 249-
250; fur trade, 320; Schenectady taken,
323, 337-339; Sir William Johnson, 331-
334; Albany Congress, 357-360; Stamp
Act Congress, 402; military prisoners,
508; John André, 515; abandoned by
the Americans, 554; siege, 608-609; issues
bills of credit, iii, 136; votes against plan
for import duty, 137; debate on the Con-
stitution, 242-249; state banks, 441-445;
state legislature, iv, 633-635.- See also
Dutch, New Amsterdam, New Nether-
land, New York City.
New York City, in 1679, i, 586-590; in 1760,
ii, 87-89; fashions, iii, 41-44; theatres,
42; anti-slavery meeting, 602-608; draft
riot, iv, 376-381; tenement life, 654-657.
See also New York.
New York Commercial Advertiser, AN
ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING, iii, 602-608.
New York Herald, iv, 150, 385.
New York Historical Society, Proceedings,
i, 13; Collections, 13, 132, 525, 537, 579,
ii, 19.
New York Public Library, i, 8, ii, 10.
New York Times, iii, 622.
New York Tribune, A SLAVE AUCTION,
iv, 75-79; cited, 79, 351, 399, 467, 511;
ADOPTION OF THE THIRTEENTH
AMENDMENT, 465-467.
New York Weekly Journal, libels in, ii,
193; advertisements in, 298.
Nicaragua Canal, proposed, iii, 56; benefits
of, iv, 622-625; compared with Panama,
624; necessity, 627; neutrality, 627.
Nicholson, Francis, founds a college in Vir-
ginia, i, 310; governor of New York, 544;
popularity, ii, 90-91; change in his atti-
tude, 91; disliked, 92-94.
Niles, Hezekiah, Principles and Acts, ii, 12,
21, 472; Weekly Register, 404, iii, 417, 445,
458, 608, 622; A MODERATE VIEW OF
THE MISSOURI QUESTION, iii, 455-458.
Nina, Columbus's caravel, i, 35.
Noailles, Vicomte de, iii, 39, 310.
Nomini Hall, Virginian mansion, iii, 49-52
Nootka Sound, fisheries at, iii, 56.
Norembega, myth of, i, 118-121.
Norse, sagas, i, 1; discoveries, 28.
North, the, Calhoun on ascendency of, iv,
49; anti-slavery attitude arraigned, 159–
162, 196; nullification of Fugitive-Slave
Law a southern grievance, 167; south-
ern demands on, 174; popular rising in
1861, 221-224, 227, 230; conditions of the
Civil War, 228-239; call to arms, 230-
232, 236-237; war meetings, 232-236,
258-259; southern sympathizers, 233, 402-
405; Everett on duty of, in 1863, 237-239;
war songs, 259-263; Russell on, 310;
business men of, in the South, 451; social
hostility to, 451. See also Army (United
States), Civil War, South, states by name,
and Tables of Contents.
North American Review, iv, 178.
North Briton, ii, 380.
North Carolina, settlement of, i, 275-284;
value of records, ii, 6; Records, 13, 175,
192, 214, 248, 428; regulators in, 426-428;
bills of credit, iii, 134; cession of public
lands, 148; ratification of the Constitu-
tion, 251-254. See also Carolinas, South.
Northern Poets, WAR SONGS, iv, 259-263-
Northwest passage, hope of, i, 155.
Norton, Captain, killed by Pequots, i, 439-
Norton, John, JOHN COTTON, AN IDEAL
PURITAN, i, 335-339; Abel being Dead yet
Speaketh, 339.
Nova Albion, name for Maine, i, 177.
Nova Scotia Historical Society, Report and
Collections, ii, 365.
Nowell, Thomas, A PURITAN'S WILL AND
INVENTORY, i, 477-478.
Nullification, Calhoun on right of, iii, 544-
548. See also Fugitive-Slave Law.
O'CALLAGHAN, EDMUND
Documents relative to the Colonial
History of New York, 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; Laws
and Ordinances of New Netherland, i, 14-
Odell, Jonathan, THE ARREST OF A
LOYALIST PARSON, ii, 472–474.
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