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-
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
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, iii, 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, 289-
See also Religion, To era-
Clap, Thomas, THE HISTORY OF YALE- COLLEGE, 11, 255-258.
Churchill, Charles, The North Briton, 11, 380. Clark, George Rogers, THE CONQUEST OF
Cibola, journey to, i, 60.
Cider, production, of, m, 69.
Ciguare, Columbus's information, i, 45- Cincinnati, Order of, ii, 626-627. Citations, principles of, 1, 17, 11, 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. - See 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.
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, i, 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, 260.
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,
447-451; A NEW ENGLAND OPINION OF THE DUTCH, 579-585. Commissioners to the northern colonies, report, i, 428-430.
Committee of New York Legislature,
PERILS OF STATE BANKING, iii, 441-445. Committee of Seven, Study of History in Schools, iii, 1, 3, iv, 1.
"Common Sense," THREATS OF SECESSION, iv, 159-162.
Commons, House of, THE STATE OF THE COLONIES, ii, 407-411.
Compacts, among states, iii, 127-128. Companies for colonization, records, i, 5- 17; Virginia, 172; Plymouth, 175; Council for New England, 175; Massachusetts, 178. See also colonies by name. Compensation. --See Salary. Compromise, of 1850, in Congress, iv, 48- 58; Webster on, 52 55: opposed by Seward, 56-58; extent of principle, 97, 112; attempts in 1800 1861, 193-195, 204- 210; objections to, 190-203: peace con- ference, 204-209; Crittenden, 209-210; futility of attempts at, 238.-See also Missouri Compromise, Slavery.
Conciliation, opposed by Patrick Henry, ii, 586-587.
Concord (Mass.), conflict at, ii, 546-550. Concord (N.H.), Records, ii, 17. Confederate States, proposed by Alabama, iv, 188-189; Davis on principles of, 189- 192; reliance on cotton, 192; tax in kind, 226, 249; proceedings in Congress, 240- 243; hopes of foreign recognition, 240; war policy, 241-243: conscription ex- emption for large slaveholders, 241-242; paper monev, 247 251: speculation, 248, 252-255: prices, 248 255: financial legis- lation, 249; barter in, 249-250; scarcity in, 250-251; Richmond in 1865, 251-255: criticism of the government, 251-255: friendliness of price of gold, 23. Napoleon III, got go3; development of war supplies, 310 323. government block- 1. runners, 323; confidence of success,
Lincoln's offer of pardon, 459-460, ons, 400; reestablishment of state ents in, by loyal citizens, 460-461, legal state governments in, 463- a conquered country, 473-474-
-See also Army (Confederate), Civil War, Emancipation, Freedmen, Recon- struction, Secession, Savery, South. Confederation, difficulties in framing Arti- cles of, ii, 539-543: Maryland refuses to join, 591-593: completed, 604; in general, iii, 120-197; revenues, 120-122; public debt, 121; preferred creditor, 121; inade- quacy, 125; treatment by states, 126-130; foreign relations, 127: Jedidiah Morse on, 131-137; Thomas Paine on, 168; Hamilton on, 177-182, 246; lack of au- thority, 181; public opinion, 185-187.- See also Congress, Revolution. Confiscation Act, Greeley on, iv, 398. Congress, First Continental, meeting, ii, 434-439; Adams's estimate, 438. Congress, Second Continental, THE NE CESSITY OF SELF-DEFENCE, ii, 442-445: proceedings, 525-530; debate over inde- pendence, 537-539; debate over slavery. 539-541; debate over voting, 541-542: debate over state boundaries, 542-543: falling-off in character, 543-545; appealed to by Washington, 560-562; recompense promised to Steuben, 585.
Congress, Stamp Act, statement of rights and grievances, ii, 402-404.
Congress of the United States (Confeder- ation), Journals, ii, 12, 445, iii, 8, 147, 200; Secret Journals, ii, 12, 593, 600, iii, 9; receives Washington's resignation, ii, 627-629; revenues, iii, 132; CHARTER OF THE FIRST TERRITORIAL COLONY, 143-147: Northwest Ordinance, 154-158; CALL OF A CONVENTION, 198-200.- See also Confederation. Congress of the United States, library, ii, 10; discussions on tariff, iii, 262-264.434- 436; on seat of government, 269-272; on Jay Treaty, 315-319; on Louisiana, 373- 376, 410-414; on War of 1812, 417-420; on internal improvements, 436-440; on the Constitution, 536-540, 544-548; on slavery, 622-625, iv, 14 speech, iii, 633-636; on " Proviso, iv, 3
199-201; coercion of seceding states, 198; discussion of emancipation, 402-405; re- admission of southern members, 452, 461, 471; power of reconstruction in, 463- 464. 473-474; amendments to the Con- stitution, 465-467, 482-485, 492-494: Johnson on reconstruction policy of, 469-470; reconstruction theory of, 471- 475; usurpations of, 477; basis of repre- sentation in, 483; control of suffrage, 493; electioneering-fund appropriations, 501-502; discussion on coinage, 529-531; resolutions on Cuba, 577; discussion on imperialism, 608-611. See also Consti- tution, Government, Politics. Congress (ship), destroyed by the Merri- mac, iv, 331-333.
Congressional Debates, iii, 9, 540, 548.- See also Annals of Congress, Congressional Globe, Congressional Record.
Congressional Globe, iii, 8, 10, 636, 641, 655, iv, 7, 8, 26, 40, 43. 51, 55, 58, 144, 172, 175, 201, 405, 485, 494, 531. See also Annals of Congress, Congressional Debates, Congressional Record.
Congressional Record, iv, 7, 8, 611. - See also Annals of Congress, Congressional Debates, Congressional Globe. Connecticut, laws as a source, i, 2; Keift's diatribe, 334-335; IMPENDING ANNEXA- TION BY MASSACHUSETTS, 363-365; English in, 410-412; early history, 410-425; foundation, 412; "Fundamental Orders," 415-419: Records, 419, 425, 478, ii, 6, 17, 202; absorbs New Haven, i, 420; THE STRUGGLE WITH ANDROS, 423-425; in New England Confederation, 447; in King Philip's War, 460; TRUE BLUE LAWS, 488-494; Laws, 494; relations with New York, 542; New Jersey settlers, 566; relations with the Dutch, 579-585; Dutch claims to, 583; government, ii, 59-60, 143; character, 228; trade, 228-229; army of, iii, 47; public land awarded to, 128; no paper currency, 136.-See also Hartford, New Haven, New York.
icut Historical Society, Collections,
British, ii, 144-149; of New Hampshire, 534-537. See also Charters, Govern- ment, colonies by name, and next title. Constitution, of the United States, framing of, iii, 211-232; arguments against, 228- 232, 235-237, 247-249, 251-254; ratifica- tion of, 233-254; action of Congress, 233- 234; adoption in Massachusetts, 239-242; Hamilton's defence of, 242-246; difficulties in framing, 243; balance of powers under, 245; adoption in Virginia, 249-251; Mar- shall on, 446-450; Webster on, 536-540; Calhoun on, 544-548; extension over terri- tories, iv, 40-43, 130-131, 133; framed to foster free labor, 140; a compact, 170; acts directly on the people, 176; supreme law, 176; not a compact, 176-178; per- petual, 178; and Republican party, 199- 203; amendments proposed, 204, 208; secession inoperative against, 462, 470; only law over states in rebellion, 463, 473: thirteenth amendment, 465-467; Congress endangers, 477; fourteenth amendment, 482-485; fifteenth amendment, 492-494.
See also Articles of Confederation, Con- federation, Convention (Federal), Gov- ernment, Secession, States, United States. Constitution (ship), combat with the Java, iii, 414-417.
Constitutionalists, in Pennsylvania, iii, 73-76. Contraband of war, question in Trent affair, iv, 298-301; slaves as, 390-391. Convention, Federal, called by Congress, iii, 198-200; preparations for, 203-204; char- acters in, 205-211; debate on slavery and the slave trade, 214-221; close, 221-228. Convention, Maryland, proceedings, ii, 519- 524; Annapolis, iii, 185-187.- See also Revolution, and next title.
Convention of Hampshire County, A SCHEDULE OF GRIEVANCES, iii, 183-184. Conway, Henry Seymour, THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT, ii, 411-412. Cooper, Peter, steam railroading, iii, 561- 563.
Cooper, Thomas, prosecuted, iii, 338. Cooper, William, How To FOUND A SET- TLEMENT, iii, 97-101; Guide in the Wilder- ness, IOI.
Copy of Letters sent to Great Britain by Thomas Hutchinson, ii, 423.
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