relations with New England, 580; church builder, 587.-See also Dutch, New Netherland.
Keith, Sir William, A SHORT DISCOURSE ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE COL-
ONIES, ii, 138-141. Kemble, Frances Anne, BOAT, STAGE, RAILROAD, AND CANAL, iii, 564-567.- See also Butler, Frances Anne. Kendall, Amos, ABOLITION MAIL, iii, 619- 622.
Kendall, Edward Augustus, AN UNDER-
GROUND PRISON, iii, 45-48; Travels, 48. Kennebec River, settlements on, i, 430. -
Kennedy, Archibald, A CASE OF SMUG- GLING, ii, 249-250.
Kent Island, question of, i, 257-261. Kentucky, Daniel Boone in, ii, 383-385.- See also Virginia Resolutions. Kettell, Samuel, Specimens of American Poetry, ii, 467.
Key, Francis Scott, THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, iii, 421-422.
King. See England, and kings by name. King, J. A., in peace conference, iv, 205. King, Rufus, providential escape, ii, 577: character of, iii, 205; in Federal Conven- tion, 214, 219.
King Philip's War, i, 458-460. King's Bench, power over colonies, ii, 149. Knapp, Frederick Newman, THE SANI- TARY COMMISSION, iv, 270-273. Knight, Sarah Kemble, cheerful spirit, ii, 25; A LADY'S TRAVEL IN NEW ENG- LAND, 224-229; Journal, 229. Know-Nothing party, scheme of slavehold- ers, iv, 101-103.
Knox, Henry, letter to Washington, iii, 190; visits the Senate, 265.
Knox, John, THE FALL OF QUEBEC, ii, 369-372; Historical Journal, 372. Ku-Klux-Klan, iv, 495-497.
ited by Chastellux, 496; in the South, 607-609; THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, iii, 303-305.
Lake Champlain, discovery of, i, 125-129. Lambert, Sir John, in battle of New Orleans, iii, 425.
Lamberton, George, controversy with the Dutch, i, 581-582.
Lancaster (Mass.), records, ii, 14. Land, allotments in Massachusetts, i, 181; in Maryland, 251; suggestions on grant- ing, 278-280; grants in Carolina, 283; in Jersey, 563-566; western, title to, ii, 387- 388, laws, 389, division lines, 390, pro- ductive value, 390-391, Virginia's claim, 579-582, Maryland's stand, 591-593; ownership and value, iii, 22-25. - See also West.
Langdon, John, in Federal Convention, iii,
Larned, J. M., Annotated Bibliography of American History, iii, 2, iv, 2.
La Salle, R. C., exploration of the Missis- sippi, i, 140-144, 542.
Latin-America, relations with, iv, 561-563, 627. See also Chili, Cuba, Mexico, Monroe Doctrine, Nicaragua Canal, Panama Congress.
Latrobe, John H. B., FIRST AMERICAN STEAM RAILROAD, iii, 561-563; The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 563. Laudonnière, René, A FRENCH HUGUE- NOT COLONY, i, 112-118.
Laurens, Henry, EXPLANATION OF THE PEACE OF 1782, ii, 623-625.
Lawrence (Kansas), settled, iv, 105; in 1855, 106-108, 114; fortified, 114; threatened, 115; hotel and newspaper declared a nuisance, 115; sacked, 116-118.-See also Kansas.
Lawrie, Gawen, AN ACCOUNT OF EAST JERSEY, i, 569-572.
Laws, value as sources, i, 2, ii, 2, 5; of Vir- ginia, i, 220; drawn by a minister, 337; framed in Massachusetts, 381; of Con- necticut, 487-494; unsettled, ii, 139-140; English, 149-150; common law of Eng
land, 203-204.- See also Colonies, Courts, Government.
Lawson, Deodat, prejudiced, ii, 31; SALEM WITCHES, 35-40; Christ's Fidelity the only Shield against Satan's Malignity, 40. Leavitt, Joshua, L'AMISTAD CASE, iii, 626-629.
Lechford, Thomas, Plain Dealing, or News from New England, i, 12, 320, 389; AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEW ENGLAND IN- DIANS, 318-320; A NOTE OF WHAT THINGS I MISLIKED IN THE COUNTRY, 388-389.
Lecky, W. E. H., use of printed records, ii,
Le Clercq, Christian, THE FRENCH GOV- ERNMENT OF CANADA, i, 133-135; First Establishment of the Faith, 135. Lecompton constitution, iv, 119-121. Lee, Charles, Memoirs, ii, 18; captured, 560. Lee, Fitzhugh, cavalry at Chancellorsville, iv, 360.
Lee, Lucinda, YOUNG THINGS IN VIR- GINIA, iii, 27-31; Journal, 31.
Lee, R. B., on seat of government, iii, 270. Lee, Robert Edward, CAPTURE OF THE ENGINE-HOUSE, iv, 144-146; CHANCEL- LORSVILLE, 359–363; at Gettysburg, 372- 373, 376; at the Wilderness, 412-413; at Spottsylvania, 413-415; Grant's account of surrender of, 437-440; appearance, 438; terms of surrender, 439-440; satire on surrender, 443-444.
Lee, Robert Henry, Memoir of Richard
Leigh, B. W., in Virginia Constitutional
Convention, iii, 575-576.
Leisler, Jacob, rebellion, i, 544-547. Lenox Library, i, 8, ii, 10.
Leopard (ship), captures the Chesapeake, iii, 395-400.
Lescarbot, Marc, THE MYTH OF NOREM- BEGA, i, 118-121; Nova Francia, 121. Letter from a Gentleman of the City of New York, i, 547.
Letters, value as sources, i, 2, ii, 2; lists, ii, 18-21, iii, 11, iv, 9.
Twis, Meriwether, ON THE ROAD TO
ON, iii, 381-384.
Clark Expedition, iii, 384. conflict at, ii, 546-550.
Libbey, Jeremiah, HOPES AS TO THE PUB- LIC CREDIT, iii, 255-257.
Libel, question of, ii, 192-199. Liberator, iii, 595, 597, 633. iv, 397. Liberty, "Sons of," ii, 420-423.
Liberty Tree, Paine's poem on, ii, 454- 455.
Libraries, introductions for, i, 1–27, ii, 1-34, iii, 1-13, iv, 1-10; containing sources, i, 8, ii, 10; of selected sources, i, 10–15, ii, 14– 21, iii, 9-12, iv, 7-10; valuable catalogues, i, 16, ii, 22; use of sources by, i, 23, ii, 29; Franklin's interest, ii, 233-234; free, iv, 659. See also Intellectual Life. Library of Congress, i, 8, ii, 10. Lima, Drake's plundering, i, 84-85. Lincoln, Abraham, Complete Works, iv, 10, 138, 203, 212, 295, 305, 399, 462; A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND, 136-138; nomination for presi- dent, 156-158; enthusiasm over, 158-159; comments on election, 162–166, 180, 188; Wigfall on, 174; NO EXTENSION OF SLAVERY, 202-203; Russell's impressions of, 287-293; THE SECRETARY AND THE MASTER, 293-295; SPEECHES ON LIBERTY, 303-305; McClellan on the administration, 339-342; Garrison on, 396-397; SLAVERY AND THE UNION, 397-399; criticised by Greeley, 397; on policy of Civil War and emancipation, 399-401; THE FIRST THEORY, 459–462; policy followed by Johnson, 471. Lincoln, Benjamin, SHAYS'S REBELLION, iii, 191-194.
Liquor, not allowed on the Sabbath, ii, 208; license, 210; fatal to Indians, 330-331. Livermore, Mary Ashton, Rising of the PEOPLE, iv, 221-224; My Story of the War, 224.
Livingston, R. R., letter to, iii, 363-365. Local government, colonial, ii, 205-223.— See also Colonies, Government, Towns. Local records, as sources, i, 4, ii, 5. Lodge, H. C., Short History of the Colonies, i, 26, ii, 34; George Washington, ii, 34, îîi, 13; Alexander Hamilton, ii, 12. Logan, Dr. George, comment on, iii, 338. Logan, James, THE SEPARATION DELAWARE, ii, 72-74.
London Gazette, CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS
OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, ii, 546- 550. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, THE CUMBERLAND, iv, 329-330; Poetical
Long Island, English claims, i, 167; in 1760, ii, 89.
Long Island Historical Society, Memoirs, i, 13, 199, 501, 590.
Longmeadow (Mass.), life in, ii, 455-457. Longstreet, James, From Manassas to Appomattox, iv, 9, 376; at second Bull Run, 345-346; PICKETT'S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG, 372-376; demurs at order for Pickett's charge, 372-374.. Lookout Mountain. See Chattanooga. Lords Commissioners for Foreign Planta- tions, minutes of, i, 8; DEMAND FOR THE RETURN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER, 387-388; circular inquiries,
Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plan- tations, records, ii, 6; minutes, 10; Rhode Island's letter to, 49-52; PROPOSAL TO UNITE THE TWO JERSEYS, 68–72; board created, 129-131; THE COMMISSION
AND INSTRUCTIONS OF A GOVERNOR, 154-161; RECOMMENDATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF A GOVERNOR, 165-166; DISALLOWANCE OF A COLONIAL BILL, 183-184; PAPER MONEY FORBIDDEN, 254; A SLAVE ACT DISALLOWED, 297– 298.
Lords of Trade. See Lords Commis- sioners.
Lords Proprietors (of Carolina), A DEC- LARATION AND PROPOSEALLS TO ALL YT WILL PLANT IN CARROLINA, i, 275- 277; THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITU- TIONS ALTERED, 280-282; (of New Jersey), CONCESSIONS, 563-566. Lottery, in Maryland, ii, 102. Louisburg, expedition against, ii, 346–349. Louisiana, foundation, ii, 4, 312-316; Histori- cal Collections, 17; Bienville in, 312-313, 315-316; Le Sueur in, 313-315; sale of, iii, 367-372; objections to annexation of, 373-376; government of, 377-380, iv, 133- 134: admission of, iii, 410-414; western boundary of, 481. See also Annexations, French, New Orleans.
Lovewell, Captain John, at Pigwacket, ii, 344-346.
Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, AMERICAN EX- PERIENCE OF COLONIZATION, iv, 591-
594; Colonial Expansion of the United States, 594.
Lowell, Charles Russell, at Cedar Creek, iv, 425.
Lowell, James Russell, THE PRESENT CRISIS, iv, 18-19; Poems, 19; THE DOUGHFACE'S CREED, 35-38; Biglow Papers, 38.
Lowry, Katharine Mullikin, BESIEGED IN PEKIN, iv, 619–622; A Woman's Diary of the Siege of Pekin, 622. Loyalists, in the colonies, ii, 470-480. - See also Revolution.
Lucas, Eliza, A SOUTH CAROLINA SET-
TLEMENT, ii, 99–100; Journal and Letters, 100, 240; A MODERN WOMAN, 238–240. Lyell, Charles, Travels, iii, 11, 560, 594; WORKINGS OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, 558-560; A CHEERFUL VIEW OF SLAV- ERY, 591-594.
Lynchburg (Va.), after the war, iv, 448. Lyrics of Loyalty, iv, 237, 263.
MACARTHY, HARRY, The Bonnie Blue
McCall, George A., Letters from the Fron- tier, iv, 10.
McClellan, George Brinton, PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN, iv, 338-342; Own Story, 342; at Antietam, 349-351.
McClure, A. K., Abraham Lincoln, iv, 9. McClure's Magazine, iv, 622.
McCrackan, W. D., Huntington Letters, ii, 465, iii, 44.
McCulloch, Hugh, Men and Measures of Half a Century, iv, 9.
M'Culloch v. Maryland, iii, 450.
MacDonald, William, Select Documents, iii, 8, 12; Select Statutes and other Docu- ments, iv, 7.
McElroy, William Henry, AN OLD WAR HORSE, iv, 629-632.
Machiavelli, N., John Wesley on, ii, 285. McKay, James, in Congress, iii, 625. M'Kenney, Thomas Lorraine, THE OF- FICE-HOLDER'S SWORD OF DAMOCLES, iii, 531-535; Memoirs, 535.
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, II; 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.
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.
st destiny, Thompson on, iv, 16; on, 548.
v, battle of, iv, 579-581.
Manoa, Ralegh's search for, i, 97. Manufactures, governmental aid to, iii, 25: variety of, 53-56; value of, 63; and pro- tective tariff, 434-436; in Mexico, 490.- See also Trusts.
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, ror; 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.
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.-
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