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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