Buckingham, Joseph T., Specimens of News-
paper Literature, ii, 263.
Buckner, Simon B., surrenders Fort Donel-
Buffaloes, discovery of, i, 61; Marquette's
experience, 138.
Bulkeley, Peter, NEW ENGLAND'S OPIN-
ION OF ITSELF, i, 451-452; Gospel-Cov-
enant, 452.
Bullock, William, CONDITIONS OF MEX-
ICO, iii, 489-493; Six Months in Mexico,
493.
Bull Run, Russell's description of battle of,
iv, 309-313; southern poem on, 313-314;
Jackson's report on second, 342-346.
Bunker Hill, battle, ii, 550-551.
Bureau of Ethnology, Fourteenth Annual
Report, i, 64.
Burgoyne, John, lenity of America to, ii,
480; surrender, 565-568; Madame Riede-
sel's opinion of, 566.
Burk, J. D., Virginia, i, 11, ii, 15.
Burke, Edmund, European Settlements, ii,
20, 126, 150; distance from colonies a
disadvantage, 31; NEED OF RELIEVING
GEORGIA, 124-126; THE LAW IN ALL
OUR PROVINCES, 149-150.
Burke, Emily P., THE POOR WHITES, iv,
59-62; Reminiscences of Georgia, 62.
Burlington, New Jersey, i, 567-568.
Burnaby, Andrew, Travels, ii, 20, 89; NEW-
YORK CITY, 87-89.
Burnet, William, A DEFENCE OF PAPER
MONEY, ii, 251-253.
Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, attempted
rescue and rendition, iv, 87-91.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, at Antietam,
iv, 347-351; FREDERICKSBURG, 351–355.
Burr, Aaron.-See Blennerhasset.
Burrough, Edward, Declaration of the Per-
secution of the Quakers, i, 481, 486; THE
WRONGS OF THE QUAKERS, 484-486.
Bute, Lord, head of the English army, ii,
379.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, major-general,
iv, 315; at New Orleans, 336-337; CON-
TRABAND OF WAR, 390-391; ISSUE IN
THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESI-
DENT, 489-492.
Butler, Frances Anne (Kemble), Journal,
iii, 10, 567,- See also Kemble,
Butler, Nathaniel, THE DISMASKING OF
VIRGINIA, i, 225-227.
Butler, Pierce, in Federal Convention, iii,
Byles, Mather, A POETICAL LAMENTA-
TION OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF
HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE
FIRST, ii, 258-260; Collection of Poems,
260.
Byrd, William, house, ii, 4; History of the
Dividing Line, 141, 238; SOCIETY IN
VIRGINIA, 235-238.
CABINET, Polk's, terms of peace with
Mexico, iv, 32-34; Lincoln's, SHALL
SUMTER BE RELIEVED, 211-212; de-
bate on emancipation, 400-402.
Cabot, John, voyage of (1497), i, 70-72;
statement of discovery, 165.
Calder, E. F., Ames Diary, ii, 272, iii, 339.
Calderon, F., Spanish minister, iii, 627.
Caldwell, David, OBSTINATE OBJECTORS,
iii, 251-254.
Caldwell, H. W., Source Extracts, iii, 7,
iv, 6.
Calhoun, John C., AN ARGUMENT FOR
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, iii, 436-440;
RIGHT OF NULLIFICATION, 544-548;
REASONS FOR ANNEXATION, 649-652;
Works, 652; letter to Texan minister,
653; DANGER OF DISUNION, iv, 48-51.
California, Drake in, i, 86; Mexican, condi-
tions in 1835, iv, 11-15; government, 13-
15; cession of, demanded, 32-33; free
territory, 40; overland journey to, 43-45;
mining camps in 1850, 45-48; slavery
in, 51, 52. See also Compromise,
Congress, Slavery, Territories, Wilmot
Proviso.
Callava, Don Joseph, COMPLAINT OF AR-
BITRARY GOVERNMENT IN A DEPEND-
ENCY, iii, 483-487.
Callicott, Richard, complaint of the Dutch,
i, 582.
Calvert Papers, i, 252, 274.
Calverts.
Calvin, John, PURITAN PRINCIPLES OF
GOVERNMENT, i, 324-330; Institutes, 330.
Cambridge (England), education in, i, 336.
Cambridge (Mass.), Connecticut colony
from, i, 412; battery at, ii, 4; A SPIRITED
REMONSTRANCE, 401-402; manuscript
records, 402; camp at, 552.
Camden (S. C.), battle of, ii, 610.
Cameron, Simon, Russell's impressions of,
iv, 291.
Camp life, at Washington's headquarters,
ii, 495-497; in Canada, 504-507; at
Valley Forge, 568-573; of Rough Riders,
iv, 587. See also Army.
Campbell, Sir George, POLITICAL CONDI-
TIONS IN THE SOUTH, iv, 647-649;
White and Black, 649.
Canada, discovery of, i, 107-112; French
government of, 133-135, ii, 324-326;
relations with Rhode Island, i, 408;
Archives, ii, 17; fur trade in, 322-324;
Hessian troops in, 504-507; retention of
frontier posts, iii, 158-159; relation with
the Indians, 159; militia, 159; war ves-
sels on Great Lakes, 159-160; reciprocity
treaty, iv, 542-543; fishery question, 542-
546. See also Fisheries, French, In-
dians.
Canals, Nicaragua, iii, 56, iv, 622-625, 627;
New York, plans for, iii, 59-62; Calhoun
on, 437; travel by, 566.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, on bishops in
America, ii, 289-290.
Cape Ann, sighted by Higginson, i, 192.
Cape Breton, expeditions against, ii, 59, 60.
Cape Cod, John Smith at, i, 314, 317;
Mayflower reaches, 345.
Cape of Good Hope, Drake's voyage, i, 87.
Capital, national, location, iii, 269-272; de-
scription of, 331-333.
Capital laws, i, 489-490. - See also Govern-
ment.
Carmarthen, Marquis of, interview with
John Adams, iii, 172.
Carolinas, first English voyage to, i, 89-95;
settlement of, 276-284; settlements in,
ii, 94-100; government of, 143; cam-
paigns in, 606-608. --See also Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina.
arpenter, F. B., Six Months at the White
use, iv, 9.
-bag government, in South Carolina,
197-500; expenditures under, 499.
in Alabama, 501-504. See also
onstruction.
Carr, Sir Robert, commissioner, CONDI-
TION OF THE NORTHERN PROVINCES,
i, 428-430.
Carroll, B. R., Historical Collections of
South Carolina, i, 14, ii, 17, 21, 344-
Carroll, Henry King, THE PORTO RICANS,
iv, 597-601; Report on Porto Rico, 601.
Carrying trade, with West Indies, iii, 167.
See also Navigation.
Carteret, Sir George, CONCESSIONS AND
AGREEMENTS OF THE PROPRIETORS OF
EAST JERSEY, i, 563-566.
Cartier, Jacques, DISCOVERY OF THE ST.
LAWRENCE, i, 107-112.
Cartwright, George, commissioner, CON-
DITION OF THE NORTHERN PROV-
INCES, i, 428-430.
Cartwright, Peter, A MUSCULAR CHRIS-
TIAN, iii, 471-475; Autobiography, 475-
Carver, John, governor of Plymouth, i,
349.
Carver, Jonathan, value of personal ex-
perience, ii, 3; A CONCISE CHARACTER
OF THE INDIANS, 334-336; Travels,
336.
Cary, Phoebe, VOICE OF THE NORTHERN
WOMEN, iv, 236-237.
Castelman, Richard, PHILADELPHIA, A
NOBLE, LARGE, AND POPULOUS CITY,
ii, 74-77; Voyage, Shipwreck, and Miracu
lous Escape, 77.
Catalogues, as guides to sources, i, 16, ii, 22.
Cathcart, James Leander, COURTESIES
OF A BASHAW, iii, 351-355-
Cattle, iii, 68.
Cavendish, Thomas, Lord, connection with
Virginia, i, 229.
Caxamalca (Peru), Pizarro at, i, 53-57.
Cedar Creek, Sheridan's account of battle
of, iv, 422-425; Read's poem on, 426-
427.
Census, fraud in, iv, 510.
Cervera, Admiral, in Spanish War, iv, 582-
585.
Chalmers, George, Revolt of the American
Colonies, ii, 15: Opinions of Eminent
Lawyers, 19.
Chambers, William, Things as they are in
America, iv, 10.
Champlain, Samuel, ADVENTURES ON
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, i, 125–129.
Chancellorsville, Lee's report of battle of,
iv, 359-363.
Channing, Edward, Guide to the Study of
American History, i, 3-7, 17, 20, 22, ii,
3-6, 11, 14, 16, 23, 26, 28, iii, 2, iv, 2, 7;
American History Leaflets, i, 5, 14, ii, 5,
12, 20, iii, 8, iv, 6; School History of the
United States, i, 26; Students' History of
the United States, ii, 33, iii, 4; United
States of America, ii, 34.
Channing, William Ellery, AN ANTI-
SLAVERY PROTEST, iii, 642-645; Letter
to Henry Clay on the Annexation of Texas,
645.
Chapultepec, stormed, iv, 27, 29-30.
Charles I, AN ATTEMPT TO SIFT EMIGRA-
TION, i, 183.
Charles II, relation to colonies, i, 19; IN-
STRUCTIONS FOR THE COUNCILL AP-
POINTED FOR FORRAIGNE PLANTACÔNS,
184-186; favor to Rhode Island, 405;
address of Massachusetts to, 454-457.
Charles III, of Spain, A ROYAL COMMIS-
SION, iii, 170-171.
Charleston, St. Michael's Church, ii, 4, 285;
description in 1699, 94-95; in 1742, 99;
surrender, 606; Democratic convention
in 1860, iv, 151-155; secession excite-
ment, 183-186. See also Carolinas,
South Carolina, Sumter.
Charleston Mercury, iv, 162.
Charlestown (Mass.), settlement, i, 371;
settlement opposed, 376.
Charters, as sources, 1, 5, ii, 5; defence
of Virginian, i, 228-233; Massachusetts,
granted, 367, demand for surrender, 387,
quashed, 462; Rhode Island, 401, 407;
New England, defended, ii, 133-137; loss
of New England, 135-136; right of Parlia-
ment to annul, questioned, 137; rights
under, 394-395.-See also Colonies,
Constitution, Proprietors, and colonies by
name.
Chase, Salmon Portland, on relief of Sum-
ter, iv, 211; Russell's impression of, 291;
DEBATE IN THE CABINET, 400-402; on
emancipation, 401.
Chastellux, Marquis de, on the American
army, ii, 24: How THE FRONTIERS
WERE SETTLED, 392-393; Travels, 393,
497, iii, 11, 89; AT WASHINGTON'S
HEADQUARTERS, ii, 495-497; in Boston,
iii, 33; SPIRIT OF AMERICAN DEMOC-
RACY, 86-89.
Chatham, Earl of. See Pitt, William,
Chattanooga, attack at Brown's Ferry, iv,
273-276; Thomas's report on battles at,
386-389.
Chauncy, Charles, FEARS OF EPISCOPACY,
ii, 418-420; Letter to a Friend, 420.
Cheever, Ezekiel, WITCHES' TESTIMONY,
ii, 40-48.
Chesapeake (ship), capture of, iii, 395-
400.
Chesapeake Bay, naval actions in, ii, 575-
576, 609.
Chew house, at Germantown, ii, 41.
Chicago, description in 1833, ii, 475-478;
Republican convention in 1860, iv, 155-
159; war meeting in 1862, 232-236.
Chicago River, i, 140.
Chicago Tribune, A WAR MEETING, iv,
232-236; CAPTURE OF FORT DONEL-
SON, 324-328.
Chickamauga, Federal account of battle of,
iv, 381-385.
Child, Robert, and others, A DEMAND FOR
A SHARE IN THE GOVERNMENT, i, 390-
392.
Chili, Drake's plundering, i, 83; interest of
United States in, iv, 561-563.
Chimneys and fire-places, care of, ii, 211.
China, Cabot thinks he discovers, i, 69; how
to reach, 161; open-door policy, iv, 616–
618; Boxer insurrection, 619-622.
Chittenden, Lucius Eugene, Personal Rem-
iniscences, iv, 9; LAST EFFORT AT COM-
PROMISE, 204-209; Debates and Proceed-
ings of the Conference Convention, 209.
Choate, Rufus, Works, iv, 10.
Christiana (Penn.), tragedy at, iv, 84-87.
Christianity, opportunity among Indians, i,
129, 156-157.-See also Indians, Religion.
Christina, Fort, on the Delaware, i, 550.
Christison Wenlock, condemned Quaker,
i, 481-484.
Church, in Virginia, i, 241; suffrage in Mas-
sachusetts, 390-392; attendance enforced,
487-488; government in New England,
495; of England, dissenters, ii, 52-53; ten-
dency to undermine, 106; church wardens
210, 212-213; attempt to establish
290, 418 420. — See also Religion. To era-
Churchill, Charles, The North Briton, 1, 380.
Cibola, journey to, 1, 60.
Cider, production. of, in, 69.
Ciguare, Columbus's information, i, 45.
Cincinnati, Order of, 11, 626-627.
Citations, principles of, 1, 17. ii, 23-24.
Citizenship, state and national, iv, 126;
negro, 126-129. See also Government,
Reconstruction, Suffrage.
City, to be founded in Maine, i, 177.
City government, record, ii, 208-211.-
also Municipal Life.
Civil rights, under fourteenth amendment,
iv, 482-483; military governors' orders,
485-489.- See also Constitution, Ne-
groes, Reconstruction.
Civil service reform, iv, 636-638.
Civil War, causes, iv, 151-227; threatened,
170-173; southern indifference to, 173;
southern reliance on cotton, 192; Union
not cementable by, 198; northern enthu-
siasm at outbreak, 221-224; call for
troops, 221, 225; satire on outbreak, 224-
230; conditions of, 228-305; northern
call to arms, 230-232, 236–237; war meet-
ings, 232-236, 258-259; resolutions on,
235 Everett on, 237-239; northern war
songs, 259-263; southern war songs, 277-
280, 282-283; war-time government, 287-
305; Seward and Lincoln on policy of,
293-295; Bright on, 296-298; Trent affair,
298-301; Lincoln on, 303-305, 399; prog-
ress of, 306-444; year of preparation,
306-323; Phillips on, 306-309; northern
preparations, 314-319; southern prepa-
rations, 319-323; year of discouragement,
324-358; year of advance, 359-389; draft
riot in New York, 376-381; Garrison on,
395-397; Confiscation Act, 398; Vallan-
digham on, 402-405; year of victory, 412-
444; satire on close of, 440-444. See
also Army (Confederate, United States),
Confederate States, Emancipation, Freed-
men, Navy (American), North, Officers,
Secession, Slavery, South, battles by
name, generals by name, and Tables of
Contents.
Clap, Roger, HOW A SETTLER LEFT ENG-
LAND), i, 195-196; Memoirs, 196.
Clap, Thomas, THE HISTORY OF YALE-
COLLEGE, 11, 255-258.
Clark, George Rogers, THE CONQUEST OF
THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY, ii, 579-582;
Journal, 582.
Clark, John Bates, How TO REGULATE
TRUSTS, iv, 641-644; Trusts, 644
Clark, Walter, State Records of North Care-
lina, ii, 13.
Clark, William, ON THE ROAD TO
OREGON, ii, 381-384.
Clarke, George, Jr., ONE THOUSAND
POUNDS FOR A GOVERNORSHIP, ii, 161-
162.
Clarke, Henry, A PURITAN'S WILL AND
INVENTORY, 1, 477-478.
Clarke, James F., Anti-Slavery Days, iv, 9.
Clay, Henry, Works, iii, 11; JUSTIFICATION
OF THE WAR, 417-420; American en-
voy, 427-429; EXPOSITION OF THE MON-
ROE DOCTRINE, 499-501; THE Raleigh
LETTER, 646-649.
Claybourne, William, status, i, 245, 248; hos-
tility, 255, 264; THE QUESTION OF KENT
ISLAND, 257-261; petition, 257; Balti-
more's rejoinder, 259; decision against,
Clayton, John, THE CULTIVATION OF TO-
BACCO, i, 19, 307-310.
Clayton, Victoria Virginia, HOME LIFE OF
A SOUTHERN LADY, iv, 244-247; White
and Black, 247.
Clearing-house loan certificates, iv, 526-528.
Clergy, benefit of, claimed, ii, 192.
Cleveland, C. F., in peace conference, iv,
207.
Cleveland, Grover, A CONDITION, NOT A
THEORY, iv, 518-520.
"Clint," TAKING OF VICKSBURG, iv, 368-
371.
Clinton, General George, ABANDONMENT
OF NEW YORK, ii, 554-556.
Clinton, Governor George, A GOVERNOR'S
PERQUISITES, ii, 162–164.
Clothing, in England, i, 148-149.
Coalter, J. D., in peace conference, iv, 204.
Cochran, Samuel D., A FUGITIVE CASE,
iii, 630-633.
Coddington, William, charter, i, 401.
Coercion, issue of, ii, 434-453.
Coffee, in Mexico, iii, 492.
Coffin, Charles Carleton, CONTRABANDS,
iv, 408-411; Four Years of Fighting, 411.
Coffin, Levi, ON THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD, iv, 80-83; Reminiscences, 83.
Colden, Cadwallader, THE FRENCH AND
THE FUR TRADE, ii, 320-324; History of
the Five Nations, 324.
Coleman, Mrs. Chapman, Life of John J.
Crittenden, iv, 210.
Coler, Bird Sim, THE MACHINE AND THE
BOSS, iv, 644-646; Municipal Govern-
ment, 646.
Collectanea Adamantæa, i, 532.
Collections of documents, i, 9-10, ii, 11-13,
iii, 7-9, iv, 6-7.
Colleges, in England, i, 151; William and
Mary, 310-312; Harvard, 449, 467-472,
498, ii, 266-272; founding of Yale, 11, 255-
258; examinations, 272-275; in New Jer-
sey, beginning of, 288; in 1784, iii, 22–23.
See also Education, Intellectual Life.
Colonies, documents of, as sources, i, 5, ii,
2, 5, 6; sources on, i, 9-15, ii, 14-21; con-
ditions of colonization, i, 145-170; advan-
tages, 152; regulation of, 171-186;
Massachusetts Company's suggestion,
178; administration in England, 184;
emigration to, 187-199; Robinson's ad-
vice to colonists, 187; character of early
Virginians, 206; Baltimore's instructions,
247-252; purposes of colonization, 249;
character in Maryland, 267-271; charter
colonies, ii, 133-137; power of parliament
over charters, 137; relation to mother
country, 138-141; common law, 139; need
of judges from England, 140; militia of,
140; union of, 140; emulation in, 140,
suggestion of stamp duties, 141; distin-
guished from provinces, 141-142; charac-
ter of first settlers, 142; good effect on the
mother country, 142; kinds of population,
142; royal grants, 143; remedies for mis-
government, 149; English law in, 149-
150; legislative power, 151; instructions,
152; executive salaries, 166-169; elections,
171-172; summoning of juries, 188-189;
grand jury charged, 189-191; life in, 224-
243; episcopacy, 289-290, 418-420;
French, 312-326; question of indepen-
dence, 352-353: Albany Plan of Union,
357-360; Grenville's scheme of taxation,
381-382; the Ohio country, 387-391;
rights limited by charters, 394-395; smug-
gling in, 396-397; Stamp Act riot, 397-400;
declaration of rights and grievances, 402-
404; Franklin on the state of, 407-411;
population in 1766, 408; attitude toward
England, 409-411; Townshend's taxation
scheme, 413-415; complaint of acts of
trade, 415-417; troops in, 420-423; "Sons
of Liberty," 420; Dickinson's plea for
moderation, 423-426; statement of griev-
ances, 442-445: Sam Johnson's reply,
445-448; attitude of George III, 451-453;
beginning of the Revolution, 455-457;
mobs in, 458-461; opposition to Britain,
482; change into states, 519-524, 534-
539; American experience, iv, 591-594;
government of Spanish cessions, 593–594,
601-607; conditions, 594-603; Spanish
government of, 595-597; Hoar on, 608-
611. See also colonies by name and
Tables of Contents.
Columbia University Library, i, 8.
Columbian Centinel, WAIL OF A FEDER-
ALIST ORGAN, iii, 339–343.
Columbian Muse, iii, 203, 296.
Columbus, Christopher, DISCOVERY OF
AMERICA, 1, 35-40; mentioned by Alexan-
der VI, 41; THE THIRST FOR GOLD,
44-48; Select Letters, 48; English account
of discovery, 164.
Columbus, Diego, i, 44.
Commerce, importance of, in Boston, iii,
34; Chinese, 55; Spanish, 55; East Indian,
55; amount and variety, 63-65; agricul-
tural exports, 78; under Confederation.
136; Earl of Sheffield on, 163-166; British
restrictions on, 167-170; Hamilton on
regulation, 180; Annapolis Convention
on, 186; effects of War of 1812, 430-433;
before War of 1812, 431; progress in
foreign, 450-452; Interstate Commission,
iv, 521-523. See also Trade.
Commission, a royal, iii, 170-171.
Commissioners of Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, THE RUNNING OF MASON AND
DIXON'S LINE, ii, 107-109.
Commissioners of the United Colonies of
New England, A TYPICAL INDIAN
TREATY, i, 321-324; PROCEEDINGS OF
THE FIRST AMERICAN FEDERATION,
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