Mackenzie, A. S., Life of Paul Jones, ii, 19.
McKinley, William, message on Cuba, iv,
576-577; DUTY ΤΟ DEPENDENCIES,
604-607.

McLaughlin, A. C., History of the American
People, iii, 4.

Maclay, William, Journal, iii, 10, 12, 262,
269; PROCEEDINGS in CongRESS, 257–
262; HOSPITALITY OF THE SENATE TO
PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, 265-269.
McMaster, John Bach, School History of the
United States, ii, 33; History of the Ameri-
can People, iii, 13.
Macon, Nathaniel, OBJECTIONS TO THE
PANAMA CONGRESS, iii, 506-508.
McPherson, Edward, Political History dur-
ing the Rebellion, iv, 7; Political History
during Reconstruction, 7; Hand-Book of
Politics, 7, 489; Political Manual, 481.
Madison, James, southern campaign, ii, 2;
A REVIEW OF THE WAR, 606-609; Letters
and Other Writings, 609, iii, 11 ; HOW THE
STATES TREATED THE CONFEDERA-
TION, iii, 126-130; character, 210; on
election of senators, 212; DEBATES ON
SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE, 214-
221; THE CLOSING SCENE, 221-228; on
tariff, 263; Hamilton on, 289; LIST OF
FOREIGN RESTRICTIONS OF NEUTRAL
TRADE, 400-403.

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Madoc, alleged discovery of America, i, 153.
Magellan Straits, Drake's voyage, i, 82-83.
Magistrates, Calvin's principles, i, 329-330.
Mahan, Alfred Thayer, THE NAVY IN
THE SPANISH WAR, iv, 582-585; Lessons
of the War with Spain, 585.
Maids, sent to Virginia, i, 173.
Maine, Documentary History, i, 160, 430;
John Smith in, 316; settlement of, 428-
430; description of, 430-434. See also
Massachusetts, New Hampshire.
Maine (ship), destruction of, iv, 574-575.
Maine Historical Society, Collections, i, 430.
Manassas, poem, iv, 313-314; Jackson cap-
tures supplies at, 343. See also Bull Run.
Manhattan, English statement of claims, i,
166; Dutch settlement, 579-584.- See
also New Netherland, New York.
Manifest destiny, Thompson on, iv, 16;
Sumner on, 548.

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Manila Bay, battle of, iv, 579-581.

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Manuscripts, as sources, i, 4, ii, 5, 402, 463,
iv, 34, 125, 276.

March to the sea, Sherman's, iv, 428-432;
strength of Union army, 428; general or-
ders on, 428-429; bummers, 431; satire
on, 440-441.

Margaret, Dutch ship-owner, i, 197-199.
Marietta (O.), settlement of, iii, 102-105:
description of, 460.

Marquette, James, DISCOVERY OF THE
MISSISSIPPI, i, 136–140.

Marshall, Christopher, Diary, ii, 18.
Marshall, John, Life of George Washington,
ii, 20; THE X. Y. Z. CORRESPONDENCE,
iii, 322-326.
Martin,

Alexander, A MANIFESTO
AGAINST THE STATE OF FRANKLIN,
iii, 147-150.

Martin, Charles, THE MONITOR AND THE
MERRIMAC, iv, 330–333.

Martin, Luther, character, iii, 209; in Fed-
eral Convention, 216; A DISSENTIENT'S
NARRATIVE, 228-232.

Martin's Hundred, in Virginia, i, 174.
Martyr, Peter, Decades of the New Worlde,
i, 43.

Maryland, settlement of, i, 247-274; Ar-
chives, 261, ii, 17, 21, 102, 524; Puritans
in, i, 262-267; people in, 267-271; TOL-
ERATION IN MARYLAND, 291-294;
printed records, ii, 6; naturalizing Ger-
mans, 101; land in, 101; ecclesiastical
benefices, 101; Ohio expedition, 102;
governor's house uncompleted, 102;
boundary, 107-109; government, 143:
Revolutionary convention, 519-524; THE
CONFEDERATION INCOMPLETE, 591-
593; signs Articles of Confederation, 604;
constitution of, iii, 121; violates Articles
of Confederation, 127; no currency, 134:
will she secede? iv, 206. See also
Baltimore.

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Maryland Historical Society, Fund-Publica-
tions, i, 252, 274.

Mason, George, PREPARATION FOR THE
CONVENTION, iii, 203-204; character,

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.

mouth Colony.

See also Ply-

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.

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Merrymount, subject for topics, i, 18;
Morton's settlement, 361-363.

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.

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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.

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.

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. -
Songs.

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See also

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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.

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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