355; on the Connecticut, 410-412; rela-
tions with Pequot War, 444; complaints
against, 449 visitors to Boston, 496;
trading company, 517-520; trader, 520-
525; colony of New Netherland, 529-
541; relations with Swedish colonies,
549-551, 554; settlements in Jersey, 569,
573; Michaelius's experience, 576-579;
New England opinion of, 579–585; on the
Delaware, 580-581; schoolmasters' duties,
585-586; under English domination, 586-
590.- See also Holland, New Netherland,
New York.

Dutch West India Company, i, 165.
Duties, plea for protective, ii, 247-248; in
United States, iii, 62; in Mexico, 492.-
See also Finances, Politics, Tariff.

Du Vall, Gabriel, PROCEEDINGS OF A
REVOLUTIONARY CONVENTION, ii, 519-

524.

Duvall, J. P., colonel in Texan army, iii, 638.
Duyckinck, E. A., and Long, George, Cyclo-
pædia of American Literature, ii, 12.
Dwight, Mrs. E. A. W., Life and Letters of
Wilder Dwight, iv, 265.

Dwight, Theodore, Journal of Madam
Knight, ii, 229.

Dwight, Timothy, COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA,

TO GLORY ARISE, ii, 465-467; Travels,
iii, 11, 518; GOOD ADVICE IN BAD
VERSE, 200-203; FASHIONABLE EDU-
CATION, 514-518.

Dwight, Wilder, THE ROUGH SIDE OF
CAMPAIGNING, iv, 263-265.
Dyer, Mary, value of her record, i, 3; THE
JUSTIFICATION OF A CONDEMNED
QUAKERESS, 479-481.

Eddis, William, THE WRETCHEDNESS OF
WHITE SERVANTS, ii, 308-310; Letters
from America, 310.

Eden, Richard, crabbed English, i, 20;
translator of papal bull, 20.
Edenton, Bond house at, ii, 4.
Edinburgh Review, iii, 514.

Education, value of sources to, i, 2, ii, 3.
iii, 1, iv, 1; at William and Mary
College, 310-312; at Harvard College,
467-472; schools, 493-494; in New
Netherland, 536; value of, iii, 96; fash-
ionable, 514-518; of free negroes, 585-587:
universal, iv, 658.- See also Colleges,

Schools.

Edwards, Pierrepont, ADVICE ON REMOV-
ALS, iii, 349-351.

Eggleston, Edward, History for Schools, i,
26, ii, 33; Beginners of a Nation, i, 26.
Eggleston, George Cary, WHEN MONEY
WAS EASY, iv, 247-251; A Rebel's Recol-
lections, 251.

El Dorado, Ralegh's search for, i, 96.
Election, in Massachusetts, i, 373-382; a

colonial, ii, 171-172; of a selectman, 220-
222; of 1796, iii, 300-301; of 1800-1801,
333-336; of 1860, iv, 157-163, result no
excuse for secession, 163, 164-166, violent
campaign, 180; of 1874 in Alabama, 501-
504; of 1876-1877, 504-507; of 1884, 511-
512. -See also Government, Politics.
Elgin, Lord James Bruce, negotiates reci-
procity treaty, iv, 542.

Eliot, Charles William, WHY THE RE-
PUBLIC MAY ENDURE, iv, 658-663;
American Contributions to Civilization,
663.

Eliot, John, A SHEAF OF SACRED SONG,
i, 472-476; Dutch visitors to, 497; Indian
Bible, 498.

Elizabeth, Ralegh's compliments to, i, 96-

ΙΟΙ.

Elliot, Jonathan, Debates on the Federal
Constitution, iii, 8, 130, 213, 221, 228, 232,
246, 249, 254.

Elliott, Charles Burke, NORTHEASTERN
FISHERY QUESTION, iv, 542-546; United
States and the Northeastern Fisheries,
546.

Ellsworth, Miss, and S. F. B. Morse, iii, 572.
Ellsworth, Oliver, character, ii, 206; in

Federal Convention, 217; in Congress,
258.

Elvas, Gentleman of, FROM THE OCEAN
TO THE MISSISSIPPI, i, 57-59.
Emancipation, Jefferson on, iii, 18; in Vir-
ginia Constitutional Convention, 574-579;
sentiment in favor of, iv, 233; slaves as
contraband of war, 390-391; Garrison on,
396-397; Greeley on demand for, 397-
398; Lincoln on, 399-401; cabinet dis-
cussion, 401-402; Vallandigham on, 402-
405.- -See also Abolitionists, Freedmen,
Reconstruction, Slavery.
Emancipator, iii, 612.

Embargo, argument for, iii, 403-406; Story
on repeal of, 407–409.

Emigration, accounts of, i, 7; incitements

to, 25; forbidden, 175, 183; licenses, 183;
Higginson's voyage, 190-195; reasons for
leaving England, 195; Dankers and Sluy-
ter's voyage, 197-199; instructions to
colonists, 247-252; John Cotton on, 337;
Johnson's reasons, 366-368; to Rhode
Island, 408; to the Connecticut, 410;
to New York, 543. 576; of Palatines, ii,
77-79; of Salzburgers, 114-116; from
east to west, iii, 153; French, 304; to
Kansas, iv, 104–114.
Endicott, John, comes over, i, 369; AN
EXCULPATORY ADDRESS ΤΟ KING
CHARLES II, 454-457.
England, archives, i, 9, ii, 10; raciness of
sources, i, 20; method of teaching history,
21, ii, 27; captives in Mexico, i, 65-68; dis-
coveries, 70-144; first slave-trader, 73; con-
ditions in 1586, 145; title to America, 153;
claims to North America, 164-167; Pil-
grim exodus, 167-170; commissioners to
Rhode Island, 405; in New Netherland,
523; capture of New Netherland, 537-541;
dislikes arbitrary government, ii, 131-132;
fears Mississippi settlements, 316-320;
French and fur trade, 320-324; massacre
at Schenectady, 323, 337-339; conflicts
with the Spanish, 340-344; expedition
against Louisburg, 346-349; Spanish pri-
vateers, 349-351; claims to the Ohio River,
354-356; to resist the French, 356-357;
removes Acadians, 360-365; defeat of
Braddock, 365-367; fears French influ-
ence on the continent, 367-369; capture

of Quebec, 369-372; question of Ohio
settlement, 386-387; protest against taxa-
tion in America, 404-407; army, 500-518;
jealous of German troops, 506-507; mili-
tary prisons, 508-511; breach with the
colonies, 519-539; campaigns, 546-590,
606-618; surrender at Vincennes, 579-
582; conciliation, 586-587; peace, 623-
625; restrictions on American commerce,
iii, 167-170; refusal to negotiate, 171;
disposition toward the United States, 175;
and Anti-Federalists, 291, 297: Jay Treaty,
315-319; Jefferson on alliance, 364;
Orders in Council, 400-402; Calhoun on
policy toward slavery, 649-652; views on
Civil War, iv, 296-298; Trent affair, 298-
301; fishery question, 542-546; desire for
Alaska, 549; Geneva award, 550-556;
Bering Sea arbitration, 564-567; Monroe
Doctrine and Venezuelan boundary dis-
pute, 567-572; as an ally, 615; as an
American power, 626.- See also Army
(English), Colonies, Revolution, United
States, and Tables of Contents.
Enlistments, in Revolution, ii, 457, 481-483.
586; in Civil War, iv, 256-259. - See
also Army.

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Episcopacy, fear of, in the colonies, ii, 418-
420. See also Bishops.
Epuremei (Guiana), gold of, i, 100-101.
Eric the Red, i, 28.

Ericsson, Leif, i, 29-30.

Erlendsson, Hauk, NORSE DISCOVERIES
OF GREENLAND AND WINELAND THE
GOOD, i, 28-34.

Escaped Slaves, GRATITUDE OF UNDER-
GROUND RAILROAD PASSENGERS, iv,
91-93.

Evangelist, in Georgia, ii, 283-287. - See
also Religion.

Evarts, William Maxwell, ISSUE IN THE
IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT, iv,
489-492.

Everett, Alexander Hill, DESIGNS ON
CUBA, iii, 502–506.

Everett, Edward, STAND FOR THE UNION,
iv, 237-239; Orations and Speeches, 239.
Examinations, college, skit on, ii, 272-275.
Excise law, Jefferson on, iii, 286. - See also

Taxation.
Executive, power of, iii, 548-553; Lincoln

ii, 183-184; Franklin's pamphlet on paper
money, 231; paper money defended, 251-
253: paper money forbidden, 254; con-
sidered in Second Continental Congress,
527, 529; government censured for neg-
lecting to keep up credit, 572, 586; Wash-
ington on, 594-597; national debt, 598-
600; continental currency, 601-603; bank
of North America established, 605; of
the Confederation, iii, 120-122, 132-136;
public credit, 255-257; Blaine on Demo-
cratic control of, iv, 509; clearing-house
loan certificates, 526-528; modern con-
ditions, 529-541. - See also Banks, Cur-
rency, Money, Tariff.
Fish, Hamilton, PROPOSED INTERVENTION
IN CUBA, iv, 557, 561.

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Fisher, George P., Colonial Era, i, 22, 26,
ii, 28, 34.

Fisheries, value of, i, 154, iii, 69; in New
England, i, 313; in Maine, 433-434; in
Jersey, 565; treaty of 1763, ii, 379; of 1783,
625; Newfoundland, and Treaty of Ghent,
iii, 426; controversy with Canada, iv, 542-
546; pelagic-sealing arbitration, 564-567.
Fiske, John, Beginnings of New England,

i, 22, 27; History for Schools, 26, ii, 22;
Discovery of America, i, 27; use of rec-
ords, ii, 22.

Fithian, Philip, A GREAT PLANTATION,
iii, 49-52; Journal, 52.

Fitzhugh, William, value of his letters, i,
2, 19; LIFE OF A SOUTHERN PLANTER,
301-306.
Flax, iii, 67.

Florida, De Soto in, i, 58; cession of, iii,
482-483; legislation on freedmen, iv, 480-
481.

Flour, export of, iii, 55.

Fonblanque, Edward B. de, Political and
Military Episodes of Burgoyne, ii, 19.
Food, in England, i, 147; in Virginia, 226.
Forbes, Arthur, AN ACCOUNT OF EAST

JERSEY, i, 569-572.

Force, Peter, Tracts relating to the Colo-
nies, i, 9, 310, ii, 114, 121; American Ar-
chives, ii, 11, 12, 441, 537. 550, 556, 559.
Ford, Paul Leicester, Essays on the Consti-
tution, iii, 2; Pamphlets, 2.

Foreign relations, southern hopes for for-
eign intervention, iv, 192, 240; Seward

and Lincoln on policy in 1861, 293-295;
change in American policy, 612-616.-
See also Annexations, Arbitration, Con-
federate States, Monroe Doctrine, Reci-
procity, and nations by name.
Forsyth, John, l'Amistad case, iii, 627–629.
Forts, old, as sources, i, 4. ii, 4; in Vir-
ginia, i, 238-239.- See also forts by name.
Forum, iv, 523, 536.
Foster, John Gray, SURRENDER OF FORT
SUMTER, iv, 216–220.

Foster, W. E., References to the Constitution,
iii, 2; References to Presidential Admin-
istrations, 2, iv, 2; Bulletins of the Provi-
dence Public Library, iv, 2.
Fourteenth amendment, Stevens on, iv, 482-
485.

Fox, Charles James, Memorials and Corre-
spondence, ii, 19.

France. See French.

Franklin (Tenn.), State of, iii, 147-150;
town of, Hood's report on battle at, iv,
433-434.
Franklin, Benjamin, Autobiography, a mile-
stone in literature, ii, 4, 235; Works, 21,
74, 187, 382, 575, 623, iii, 93; spirit of his
age, ii, 24; Dispute over THE AGENCY,
184-187; A MAN DILIGENT IN HIS
CALLING, 229-235; starts in printing
business, 229-231; publishes pamphlet on
paper currency, 231; success in business,
232-233; courtship, 233; starts subscrip-
tion library, 233-234; frugality, 234-235;
THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE LITERATURE,
263-266; Poor Richard (1744), 266;
GRENVILLE'S SCHEME OF TAXATION,
381-382; THE STATE OF THE COLO-
NIES, 407-411; Examination, 411; A
TREATY WITH FRANCE, 574–575; blamed
by Vergennes, 621-623; EXPLANATION
OF THE PEACE OF 1782, 623-625; CHAR-
ACTERISTICS OF AMERICA, iii, 22-27;
Two Tracts, 27; A JOURNALIST'S CRITI-
CISM OF THE PRESS, 89-93; character,
207; in the Federal Convention, 222-228.
Franklin, William B., at Antietam, iv, 349;
at Fredericksburg, 353-355.
Fredericksburg, Burnside's account of bat-
tle, iv, 351-355; engagement at, during
Chancellorsville, 361-362.

Free speech, Zenger's trial, ii, 192-199; plea

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for, iii, 633-636; publicity given by news-
papers, iv, 659-660.
Freedmen, conditions, iv, 445-458; desire
for education, 447; mistaken beliefs of,
448, 458; labor of, 449-456; southern
opinions on, 449-454: care of, 450; in-
timidation of, 453-454; legislation on,
479-481.-See also Emancipation, Ne-
groes, Reconstruction, Slavery.
Freeholders, THE QUESTION OF SLAV-
ERY IN GEORGIA, ii, 118–121.
Free-Soil party, attitude toward Missouri
Compromise, iv, 101.

Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, BEHIND
THE CONFEDERATE LINES, iv, 284-286;
Three Months in the Southern States, 286.
Fremont, J. C., Republican nominee for
president, iv, 104.

French, archives, i, 8, ii, 10; discoveries,
i, 102-144; on New England coast, 181,
314, 317; protect Indian captives, 505.
506; on the Hudson, 530; explorations,
542; in New York, 589; incite Indians,
ii, 57; expeditions against, 60; found
Louisiana, 312-316; English fear of their
settlements, 316-320; fur trade, 320-324:
extent of their American settlements, 320-
321; trade, 321-323; relations with In-
dians, 323-324; share in massacre at
Schenectady, 323, 337-339; government
in Canada, 324-326; Ministerial Min-
utes, THE FRENCH TITLE TO THE
BEAUTIFUL RIVER, 354-356; encroach-
ments feared by English, 356-357; re-
moved by English from Acadia, 360–365;
account of Braddock's defeat, 365-367:
conquests on the continent, 367-369;
frontier settlements, 392-393; arrival of
Lafayette in America, 485-488; Chastellux
visits Washington, 495-497; Mirabeau's
appeal to the Hessians, 500-504; aid to
America, 558-559; treaty (1778).574-575;
Patrick Henry's appreciation, 586-587:
blocked at Rhode Island, 609; naval con-
flict with English in West Indies, 612-615;
protest against separate articles of peace,
621-623; and Anti-Federalists, iii, 291;
character, 301; gratitude toward, 306;
Revolution, 303-305; Genet's protest,
307-312; treaties, 310; "X.Y.Z. corre-
spondence," 322-326; decrees on trade,

402-403; relations with the Confederate
States, iv, 301-303; in Mexico, 301, 571.
-See also Canada, Colonies, Indians,
Louisiana, Mississippi River, War.
French, Benjamin Franklin, Historical Col-
lections of Louisiana, i, 14, 118, 140, 144,
ii, 17, 316.

French and Indian War, ii, 352-372.
Freneau, Philip, Poems, ii, 19, iii, 119;
PEOPLING THE WESTERN COUNTRY,
iii, 118-119; Stanzas on Emigration, 119.
Friend, The, ii, 293.
Friends. See Quakers.
Fromentin, Judge E., and Jackson, iii, 487.
Frontier, skirmishes on the, ii, 344-346;
settlement of the, 392-393; poverty of
people, iii, 97; famine, 98-99; roads, 98;
occupation of lands, 100-101; retention
of posts, 158-160; Indian hostilities on,
317. See also Indians, West.
Frothingham, Richard, Rise of the Republic,
ii, 22.

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Fugitive slaves, iii, 630-633, iv, 80-96. - See
also Slavery, and next title.
Fugitive-Slave Law, Webster on, iv, 53;
Seward on, 57-58; personal-liberty act,
93-96; enforcement of, fosters Republican
party, 103; nullification of, a southern
grievance, 167; Stephens's remedies, 167–
169; changes suggested, 193; Lincoln on,
202-203.
See also Compromise, Slavery.
Fundamental Constitutions, i, 280-282.
See also Carolinas.
Fundamental Orders. See Connecticut.
Fur trade, in New York, i, 542; Dutch, 584;
in Georgia, Carolina, and Virginia, ii, 126;
in Canada, 320-324; on Nootka Sound,
iii, 56; with Indians, 69. - See also Can-
ada, French, Indians.

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PRINCIPLES, iii, 595-597; THANK GOD
FOR WAR, iv, 395–397.

Gates, Horatio, in command of the southern
department, ii, 606; recalled, 606; meet-
ing with Greene, 610.

Gates, Sir Thomas, CHARACTER OF THE
FIRST COLONISTS, i, 206–208.
General Court. See Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts, New Haven, Plymouth Colony,
Rhode Island.

General histories, lists, i, 26-27, ii, 33-34.
Genet, Edmond Charles, COMPLAINT OF
THE FRENCH MINISTER, iii, 307–312.
Geneva (N.Y.), description, iii, 61.
Geneva award, iv, 550-556; rules govern-
ing, 551.

Genoa, archives at, i, 8, ii, 10.
Gentleman of the City of New York,
LEISLER'S REBELLION, i, 544-547.
George I, poem on his death, ii, 258–260.
George III, value of letters, ii, 2; character
as Prince of Wales, 373-374; instances
of tyranny, 449-451; AN OBSTINATE
GUELPH, 451-453; opinion of Chatham,
452; plans for conduct of the American
war, 453: Correspondence, 453, 620; THE
SUDDEN CHANGE OF SENTIMENTS, 619-
620; presentation of John Adams to, iii,
172-176. See also England, Revolution.
Georgia, reasons for settlement of, ii, 110-

GAGE, Lyman Judson, THE GOLD-

STANDARD ACT, iv, 539-541; Gold
Standard Law, 541.

Gaines's Mill, McClellan on battle of, iv,
339-341.

Gallatin, Albert, envoy, iii, 426-429.
Gambier, J., British minister, iii, 426-429.
Gardoqui, Don Diego de, Spanish minister,
iii, 170-171.

Garrard, James, speech, iii, 337.
Garrison, William Lloyd, STATEMENT OF

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113; charter incorporating the trustees
for establishing the colony, III; settle-
ment of, probable aid to England, 112;
settlement of, probable aid to conversion
of Indians, 113; benefactions solicited
for, 114; Salzburg Germans in, 114-116,
283-284; an unfavorable opinion of, 117;
Trustees, THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY
IN GEORGIA, 118-121; Whitefield's or-
phan-house, 122-124; need of relief in
1749, 124-126; manufactures and trade,
125-126; John Wesley in, 283-287; re-
demption of, 607; emits bills of credit,
iii, 134; Sherman's march through, iv,
428-432; post-bellum condition, 451-452.
See also Slavery, South.
Germanna (Va.), description, ii, 235.
Germans, in Pennsylvania, i, 559; Palatines
in New York, ii, 77-79; question of natu-
ralization, 101; the Salzburgers in Geor-
gia, 114-116, 283-284; Washington's de-