Mackenzie, A. S., Life of Paul Jones, ii, 19.
McKinley, William, message on Cuba, iv,
576-577; DUTY TO
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, 11; 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.

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ist 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.

102;

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,
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:
I 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.

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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.

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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.-
mouth Colony.

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See also Ply-

Mead, Edwin Doak, Old South Leaflets, i,
15, ii, 12, iii, 8.

Meade, G. G., at Fredericksburg, iv, 354.
Megapolensis, John, THE IROQUOIS, i,
525-528.

Meigs, Return Jonathan, Journal, ii, 18.
Membré, Zenobius, LA SALLE'S EXPLORA-
TION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, i, 140–144.
Mercenaries.- See Germans.

Methodists, in America, ii, 283-287.- See

also Religion.

Mexico, Philips's story, i, 18, 65-68; Cortez
in, 49-53; Sir John Hawkins in, 77; con-
dition in 1823, iii, 489-493; and the Mon-
roe Doctrine, 501; danger of war with,
649; condition in 1842, iv, 15-18; feeling
toward the United States, 16-18; war
with, 20-34, causes, 20-23, 39, commence-
ment, 23, opposition to, 24-26, Grant in,
26-27, Scott's report of capture of city of,
28-31, Polk on terms of peace, 32-34;
French in, 301-302. See also California.
Michaelius, Jonas, A DUTCH CLERGY-
MAN'S EXPERIENCES, i, 576-579.
Michaux, François André, COTTON CUL-
TURE, iii, 71-72.
Michigan, Lake, i, 140.

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Middle colonies, life in, i, 570-584; history
of, 517-528, ii, 65-89. - See also Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Penn-
sylvania.

Milford, received by New Haven, i, 448.
Military affairs. - See War.
Military Governors, MILITARY GOVERN-
MENT, iv, 485-489.

Military training, in Maryland, i, 251.
Militia, advised, i, 448; in Indian war, ii,
340-349; in French war, 360-367, 369-
372; recruiting, 481; Washington on,
490-492, 560-562; at Lexington, 546-550;
at New York, 554; at Valley Forge, 568;
at Newport, 575; in the northwest, 579;
General Greene on, 611; in frontier set-
tlement of Marietta, iii, 104; Canadian,
159; guard fugitive slave, iv, 89-91; not
to assist in rendition of fugitives, 96. — See
also Army, Revolution, War.
Milledgeville (Ga.), Sherman's army in, iv,
431-432.

Miller, Samuel F., Decisions in the Supreme
Court, iii, 9, iv, 8, 131.

Mines, in Veragua, i, 46; in Mexico, 65, iii,
493; in California, iv, 45-48.

Ministers, to be well treated, i, 182; con-
sulted on government, 375-377; in New
England, 495; writings, ii, 9; salary, 210;
responsibility of British, 378-380. - See
also Church, Religion.

Minot, George Richards, The Insurrections
in Massachusetts, iii, 184.

Mint, national, iii, 296.

Minuit, Peter, governor of New Netherland,
i, 531; Swedish director, 550.
Mirabeau, Count de, APPEAL TO THE
HESSIANS SOLD BY THEIR PRINCES, ii,
500-504; Euvres, 504.

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Missionary Ridge. — See Chattanooga.
Missions, in Canada, i, 129-135; in Cali-
fornia, iv, 14. -See also Indians.
Mississippi, state, secession spirit in, iv, 180-
182; vagrant act on freedmen, iv, 479-
480; political conditions, 649.
Mississippi River, discovered by De Soto,
i, 57-59; Marquette's discovery, 136–140;
La Salle's exploration, 140-144; French
on, ii, 95-96; navigation of, iii, 107-109;
description of, 110-114; question of, dis-
cussed by French minister, 150-154.
See also French, Louisiana, West, and
next title.

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Missouri River, discovered, i, 139.
Mobile Advertiser and Register, iv, 371.
Mobile Bay, battle in, iv, 418-421.
Mobs, in New Jersey, ii, 80-84; Stamp Act,
397-400; in North Carolina, 426;
party," 431; Revolutionary, 458; against
loyalists, 472-476; anti-slavery, iv, 87;
draft riot, in New York, 376-381; south-
ern, 495-497. See also Fugitive Slaves,
Loyalists, Stamp Act.

Model of the Government of the Province of
East-New-Jersey, i, 572.

Mohawks. See Indians.

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Moluccas, Drake's voyage to, i, 86.
Money, colonial paper, ii, 251-254; present,
to soldiers, 468-469; Revolutionary paper,

594-603; state bank-notes, iii, 441-445;
Confederate currency, iv, 247-251; de-
monetization of silver, 529-531; gold
standard, 529-530, 534, 539-541; resump-
tion of specie payments, 531-533; Sher-
man on use of currency, 532; Taussig on
Sherman Act, 533-536; Bryan on bimet-
allism, 536-538. See also Finances.
Monitor (ship), rumors of inefficiency, iv,
331; combat with the Merrimac, 333.
Monroe, James, Writings, iii, 11, 251;
WASHINGTON AND THE VIRGINIA
CONVENTION, 249-251; THE MONROE
DOCTRINE AS MONROE STATED IT,
494-498.

Monroe Doctrine, iii, 494-498; Clay on,
499-501; Blaine warns Chili, iv, 563;
Olney's interpretation, 567-572; effect of
colonies on, 613-614; future, 625-628.
Monseignat, Charles de, THE TAKING OF
SCHENECTADY, ii, 337-339.
Montcalm, Marquis, death, ii, 372.
Montesquieu, Charles de, A FRENCH
PUBLICIST'S VIEW OF THE BRITISH
CONSTITUTION, ii, 144-149;
The Spirit

Monuments, as sources, i, 4, ii, 2, 4.

Moore, Frank, Diary of the Revolution, ii,
12, 21, 461, 476, 604; Songs and Ballads,
12, 485; Lyrics of Loyalty, iv, 237, 263.
Moore, George H., Slavery in Massachu-
setts, ii, 293, 297.

Moore, T. P., in Virginia convention, iii,
577.

Morgan, John Tyler, BERING SEA ARBI-

TRATION, iv, 564-567.

Morris, Gouverneur, Diary and Letters, ii,
18; character, iii, 208; on slavery, 215.
220; arguments on the Constitution, 225;
Lafayette on, 303.
Morris, Lewis, veto, ii, 2; commission,
154-158; instructions, 158-161; A DE-
TERMINED VETO MESSAGE, 179-181;
THE STATE OF RELIGION IN THE JER-
SEYS, 276-279.

Morris, Robert, THE FOUNDATION OF THE

NAVY, ii, 556-559; THE BANK OF NORTH
AMERICA, 605; character, iii, 208.
Morse, Jedidiah, DEFECTS OF THE CON-
FEDERATION, iii, 131-137; American
Geography, 137.

Morse, John T., Jr., Benjamin Franklin, ii,
34: John Quincy Adams, iii, 13; Thomas
Jefferson, 13.

Morse, Samuel F. B., FIRST TELEGRAPH
LINE, iii, 571-573.

Morton, Thomas, OF THE REVELLS OF
NEW CANAAN, i, 24, 361-363; New Eng-
lish Canaan, 363.

Mosby, John Singleton, GUERRILLA WAR-
FARE, iv, 287-289; Mosby's War Remi-
niscences, 289.

Mosquitoes, at Plymouth, i, 355.
Mountains, in America, i, 161.
Mount Vernon, a source, ii, 4. See also
Washington, George.

Mowry, W. A. and A. M., History of the
United States for Schools, ii, 33.

Municipal life, tenements, iv, 654-657; dif-
fusion of public enjoyments, 659. - See
also cities by name.

Munsell, Joel, Historical Series, i, 10, ii, 11;
Annals of Albany, ii, 211.

Museums, sources in, i, 4, ii, 5; Americana
in British Museum, ii, 10.

Music, in colonial times, iii, 32.
Songs.

NA

See also

ANTUCKET, description of inhabitants,
iii, 18-21.

Napoleon I, sale of Louisiana, iii, 367–372.
Napoleon III, relations with the Confeder-
ate States, iv, 301-303.

Narragansett Bay, settlements, i, 399.-
also Rhode Island.

Narragansett Club, Publications, i, 9.
Narratives, as sources, i, 6.

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See

National Museum, collections, i, 4, ii, 5.
Naumkeag, John Smith in, i, 317. - See
also Salem (Mass.).
Naval stores, question of protective duty
on, ii, 247-248.

Navigation, inland, iii, 70-71; of Missis-

sippi, 107-109. -See also Canals, Inter-
nal Improvements, Mississippi River.
Navigation Act, of 1660, i, 185; complaint
in Virginia, 240; in Massachusetts, 462;
of 1696, ii, 127-129; evaded, 249; com-
plaints in 1767, 415; upheld, iii, 163. — See
also Lords Commissioners, Smuggling.
Navy, American, privateering, ii, 497-499,

557, 558; foundation, 556-559; fight
between Bon Homme Richard and Sera-
pis, 587-590; need of, 596; control in
West Indies, 612-615; satire on gun-
boats, iii, 362; capture of the Chesapeake,
395-400; in War of 1812, 414-417; at
Hampton Roads, iv, 329-333; battle be-
low New Orleans, 336-338; blockade-run-
ning, 356-358; Yazoo Pass expedition,
363-368; Kearsarge and Alabama com-
bat, 416-418; battle of Mobile Bay, 418-
421; blockade of Cuba, 578; battle of
Manila Bay, 579-581; grand strategy in
Spanish War, 582-585.-See also Civil
War, Revolution, War.

Navy, English, importance of, i, 151, 155;
advantage over America, ii, 608-609;
loses control in West Indies, 612-615;
impressment and search, iii, 385-390, 393-
394: Leopard captures the Chesapeake,
395-400; capture of the Java, 414–417. —
See also Revolution, War.

Neal, Daniel, History of New-England, ii,
16, 55: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF
NEW ENGLAND, 52-55.

Nebraska, first expedition to, i, 60-64.
Negroes, Estevanillo in New Mexico, i, 60;
laborers in Mexico, 65; William Haw-
kins's traffic, 74; Sir John Hawkins's
traffic, 75-77; Christianity of, 298-301; in
New England, 496; in New York, 583;
in American army, ii, 488-490, 527-528;
characteristics of, iii, 15-16; treatment in
Virginia, 52; value as laborers, 52, 72;
necessary in Louisiana, 380; treatment
of free, 583-588; citizenship denied, iv,
126-129; popular estimation of, 127; in-

feriority officially recognized, 128-129;
as soldiers, 233, 406-407, 458; mobbed in
New York, 378, 381; contrabands at Port
Royal, 391-394; songs of, 393-394, 442;
follow the Union army, 408-411; soldiers
enter Richmond, 442; result of suprem-
acy in the South, 476; civil rights of,
482-483, 486-488, 493; enfranchisement,
483; suffrage, 493-494; Ku-Klux outrages
on, 496-497; political supremacy in South
Carolina, 497-500; strife with the whites,
502-503; disfranchised in the South, 510;
political condition, 647-649; present status
in the South, 652-654, 663-665.— See also
Abolitionists, Emancipation, Freedmen,
Reconstruction, Slavery, South.
Neill, Edward D., Virginia Carolorum, i,
11, 15, 234: Virginia Vetusta, 11, 15:
Founders of Maryland, 15; Virginia
Company, 174.

Nelson, William, Documents relating to the
Colonial History of New Jersey, ii, 13, 21,
302, 351.-See also Ricord, F. W.
Nemours, Dupont de, letter to, iii, 366.
Neutral trade, restrictions on, iii, 400-403.
Neutrality, in 1793, iii, 305–307.

Neuville, Hyde de, French minister, and
John Adams, iii, 481.

New Albion, Drake in, i, 87.

New Amsterdam, founding, i, 529–532.
Newark, TOWN-MEETING IN THE PROV-
INCE OF NEW JERSEY, i, 566-567;
Records, 567; riot in, ii, 81.
Newburyport, prosperity and decline, iii,
430-433-

New Cæsaria.-See New Jersey.
New Canaan, revels at, i, 361.

New England, the world's wonder, i, 176;
Council for, 177-178, 444: Higginson's
voyage to, 190; early conditions, 313-339:
John Smith's description, 313-318; origin
of name, 314; Dutch opinion, 334-335:
offset to Old England, 366; develop-
ment, 439-466; surrender of charter,
444-447; opinion of itself, 451-452; life in,
467-516; Josselyn's criticisms, 494-496;
visit of two Dutchmen, 496-501; settlers
on the Delaware, 551-553, 580; Jersey set-
tlements, 570; from 1692 to 1775, ii, 35-
64; condition in 1720, 52-55; loyalty of
the people, 55; Cape Breton, 59; Adams's