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1798. December 24. Virginia Resolutions passed.

Direct taxation imposed.

1799. February 25. Ultimative mission appointed

to France.
November 22. Kentucky's second Resolu-
tions passed.

1800. September 30. Treaty with France signed.
October 1. Louisiana and the Floridas ceded

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Second census of the United States taken
Export and imports estimated

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1801. Judiciary Act passed.

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April 6. Internal tax laws repealed
October 16. "Right of deposit" at New
Orleans denied to United States.
November 29. Ohio admitted to the Union
Naturalization Act of 1798 repealed.
December 15. Jefferson's message on the
cession of Louisiana to France presented
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1803. January 11. Monroe nominated special envoy to France to treat regarding Louisiana. 403 April 30. Treaty and convention acquiring Louisiana signed

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1804. March 12.

United States

Bankruptcy law of 1800 repealed.
The United States navy reorganized

Judge Pickering convicted on

impeachment proceedings.

July 11. Hamilton killed in duel with Burr
September 25. The Twelfth Constitutional
Amendment declared in force

1805. March 1. Judge Chase acquitted on im

peachment proceedings

Naval expedition dispatched against Tripoli. 1806. Steam navigation introduced by Fulton

April 18. Non-Importation Act against Great
Britain passed

December 31. Treaty signed with Great
Britain

1807. March 2. Bill prohibiting the slave trade

approved.

July 2.

naval vessels. .

December 22. Embargo bill enacted

Burr acquitted on trial for treason ..

1809. March 1. Non-Intercourse Act passed against

France and Great Britain.
Madison inaugurated

March 4.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME VII

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FACING PAGE

Alexander Hamilton. After the painting by Daniel Huntington,
now hanging in the Lenox Gallery, New York
Proclamation disbanding the Revolutionary army. From the
original in the Library of Congress, Washington .
Oliver Ellsworth and his wife. After the original painting in
the Wadsworth Athenæum, Hartford, Connecticut
Thomas McKean. From the painting in Independence Hall,
Philadelphia.

Nathaniel Gorman.

By Albert Rosenthal, now in Independence

Hall, Philadelphia

Rufus King. By Charles Willson Peale, now in Independence
Hall, Philadelphia

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John Rutledge. After a painting by J. Trumbull, owned by the
Misses Rutledge, Charleston, South Carolina.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. After a painting by Gilbert Stuart
owned by Captain Charles C. Pinckney, Runnymeade, South
Carolina

Title-page of The Federalist. From the original in the New
York Public Library, Lenox Branch

First and last articles of the Constitution.

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From the original in

the Department of State, Washington James Madison's diploma. From the original in the Library of Congress, Washington.

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Edmund Randolph. From the original painting in the State
Library, Richmond, Virginia

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Fisher Ames. From the crayon drawing by James Sharpless, in
Independence Hall, Philadelphia

De Witt Clinton. After the original by Charles C. Ingram,
now the property of Mrs. James Robinson.

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John Marshall. After the original painting in possession of the
Virginia Historical Society

Letter from Jefferson relating to foreign trade. From the original
in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
From the crayon drawing

Pierre Adet, Minister from France.

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by James Sharpless, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia Chevalier d'Yrujo, Minister from Spain. From the crayon drawing by James Sharpless, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia 304 John Adams. Two portraits: the first, after the painting by Gilbert Stuart; the second, after the pastel by James Sharpless

Martha Washington.

From the miniature by James Peale, now in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Three views of the life-mask of Washington. From the original in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Thomas Jefferson. From the crayon drawing by James Sharpless, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

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Washington, Lafayette, and Franklin. From the originals in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the American Philosophical Society.

William Richardson Davie, Minister to France. From the original in Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut. pendence Hall, Philadelphia

Peter Mühlenberg, of Pennsylvania. pendence Hall, Philadelphia

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"The Ghost of a Dollar or the Bankers Surprize.”
caricature by W. Charles, in possession of the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania

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Last letter written by Washington. From the original in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania .

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