Officers, Jaramillo, i, 60; Barlowe, 89; Ver-
razano, 102; Cartier, 107; Clap, 195;
John Smith, 209, 313; Butler, 225; Fitz-
hugh, 301; Johnson, 366, 414; Underhill,
439; Goelet, ii, 61, 240; Waterman, 214;
Byrd, 235; Carver, 334; Monseignat, 337 ;
French, 337, 365; Brewton, 340; Love-
well, 344; Curwen, 346; Winslow, 360;
Braddock, 365; Knox, 369; Chastellux,
392, 495; Scammell, 461; Washington,
467, 490, 559, 594; Graydon, 481; Lafay-
ette, 485, iii, 303; Hamilton, ii, 488, 543;
Thacher, 493; Drowne, 497; Pausch, 504;
Boudinot, 508; Simcoe, 511; André, 515;
Clinton, 554; Riedesel, 565; Burgoyne,
565; Waldo, 568; Trumbull, 575; Clark,
579; Steuben, 582; De Kalb, 585; Jones,
587; Greene, 609; De Grasse, 612; Corn-
wallis, 615; Heath, 626; May, iii, 102;
Putnam, 106; Armstrong, 122; Lincoln,
191; Lewis, 381; Clark, 381; Hall, 385;
Barron, 395; Bainbridge, 414; M'Kenney,
531; Houston, 637; Grant, iv, 26, 437,
457; W. Scott, 28; Stringfellow, 68, John
Scott, 110; Lee, 144, 359; Crawford, 182;
Anderson, 213, 216; Foster, 216; Dwight,
263; Hart, 273; Stevenson, 280; Fre-
mantle, 284; Mosby, 287; Martin, 330;
Prentiss, 334; Bailey, 336; McClellan,
338; Jackson, 342; Burnside, 351; Wil-
kinson, 356; Porter, 363; Longstreet,
372; Thomas, 386; Butler, 390; Semmes,
416; Farragut, 418; Sheridan, 422; Sher-
man, 428; Hood, 432; Schurz, 452; Han-
cock, 504; Dewey, 579; Mahan, 582;
Wood, 601.

Office-Seekers, WHY WE OUGHT TO BE
APPOINTED, iii, 273-276; political strength
of office-holders, 333-334

Official Opinions of Attorneys-General, iii,
9, iv, 8.

Oglethorpe, James Edward, DESIGNS OF
THE TRUSTEES FOR ESTABLISHING THE
COLONY OF GEORGIA, ii, 110-114; Es-
tablishment of the Colony of Georgia, 114;
receives the Salzburgers in Georgia, 115-
116; oversees building of forts, 116-117.
Ohio, legislation on negroes, iii, 585.
Ohio River, question of importing Ger-
mans, ii, 310-311; ownership, 354-356;
plan to found a colony, 386-387; early

settlements, 387-391; description of, iii,
459-463. See also Kentucky, West.
Olaf Tryggvason and Leif Ericsson, i, 29.
Oldham, John, vain propositions, i, 180.
Old South Church, at Boston, ii, 4.
Old South Leaflets, i, 5, 15, ii, 5, 12, 21, iii, 8.
"Old Style," chronological reckoning, i, 17,

ii, 24.

Old Testament, argument against slavery,
ii, 293-297.

Olmsted, Frederick Law, Cotton Kingdom,
iv, 9.

Olney, Richard, THE OLNEY DOCTRINE,
iv, 567–572; OUR FOREIGN POLICY, 612-
616; Growth of our Foreign Policy, 616.
Onis, Luis de, Spanish minister, iii, 481-483.
Open door, Hay on policy of, iv, 616–618.
Orange, Fort, founded, i, 530, 539. - See
also Albany.

Oratory, among the Indians, ii, 331-334; in
First Continental Congress, 438.
Oregon, expedition to, iii, 381-384.
Orinoco River, Ralegh at, 1, 99.
Orphan-house, in Georgia, ii, 122-124.
Orthodox.-See Religion.

Osburne, Sarah, tried as a witch, ii, 43-45;
testimony, 45-48.

Osgood, Herbert L., on colonial govern-
ment, ii, 32.

Otis, James, ARGUMENT ON WRITS OF
ASSISTANCE, ii, 374-378.

Otto, Louis Guillaume, QUESTION OF THE
MISSISSIPPI, iii, 150-154; THE ANNAPO-
LIS CONVENTION, 185-187.

Otto, William T., Cases Argued and Ad-
judged, iii, 9, iv, 8.

Owners and Masters, ALL SORTS OF RUN-
AWAYS, ii, 298-302.

PACIFIC COAST, advantages of Alaska

to, iv, 547-548.

Pacific Ocean, Drake in, i, 83-87; over-
land trade to, 162; claims to, ii, 542.
Paine, Robert Treat, Jr., ADAMS AND
LIBERTY, iii, 319-321; Works in Verse
and Prose, 321.

Paine, Thomas, Common Sense, ii, 2, 534;
Writings, 21; LIBERTY TREE, 454-455;
Pennsylvania Magazine, 455; A CALL
FOR INDEPENDENCE, 530-534; Mrs.
Adams's opinion, 552-553; THE REAL

QUESTION OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, iii,
138-142; Public Good, 142; BRITISH
COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS, 167-170;
The Crisis, 170.

Pakenham, Sir Edward, at battle of New
Orleans, iii, 423-424.

Palatines. See Germans, New York.
Palfrey, J. G., History of New England,
i, 16, 27, ii, 22.

Palmer, John M., in peace conference, iv,
205.

Palmer, John Williamson, STONEWALL
JACKSON'S WAY, iv, 282-283.
Pamphlets, value as sources, i, 2, ii, 2, 7.
Panama Congress, iii, 506-508.
Papal bull, dividing America, i, 40.
Paper currency, issued by states, iii, 128;
effect of issue on industries, 133; demand
for, 184, 192; effect on ratification of the
Constitution, 255.- See also Banks, Cur-
rency, Finances, Money.

Papers relative to Half-Pay, iii, 125.
Papists, compared with infidels, ii, 286.
Pardon, Lincoln's offer to the Confederates,
iv, 459-460; exceptions, 460; oath, 460;
Johnson on, 469. See also Reconstruc-
tion.

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"Parson's Cause," jury, ii, 103-104; testi-

mony, 104; verdict, 104; Patrick Henry's
argument, 105-106.

Parties, origin of, iii, 282; description of,
297. See also parties by name.
Pasqualigo, Lorenzo, JOHN CABOT AND
THE FIRST ENGLISH VOYAGE TO
AMERICA, i, 69-72.

Pastorius, Francis Daniel, interest in, i,
23; GERMANS IN PENNSYLVANIA, 559-
562; Geographical Description of Penn-
sylvania, 562.

Patriots, arguments, ii, 442, 449; proceed-
ings, 454-469; violence, 458, 470-476;
spirit criticised, 482; state governments,
519, 534; independence, 537-539.- See
also Revolution.

Patterson, William, plan to remedy evils of
Confederation, iii, 127-130; character, 207.
Pausch, Georg, prejudiced, ii, 31; ARMY

LIFE, 504-507; Journal, 507.

Peabody Institute, catalogue, i, 16, ii, 22.
Peabody Museum (Cambridge), collections,
i, 4, ii, 5.

Peace, of 1782, French attitude toward
America, ii, 621-623; explanation, 623-
625; effects, 629-632.-See also Treaties,
and nations by name.

Peace conference, of 1861, suggested, iv, 194-
195; debates in, 204-209; Crittenden on,

Peckham, Sir George, ADVANTAGES OF
COLONIZATION, i, 152-157.

Pekin, Boxer siege of foreign legations, iv,
619-622.

Pemberton, J. C., at Vicksburg, iv, 368-370;
Confederate opinion of, 371.

Penhallow, Samuel, History of the Wars of
New-England, ii, 16.

Peninsular campaign, McClellan on, iv,
338-342.

Penn, Thomas, unpopularity, ii, 85.
Penn, William, letters,i,7, 18; THE QUAKER
AND THE NOBLEMAN, 272-274; boun
dary controversy with Maryland, 273;
THE INFANT COLONY OF PENNSYL
WANIA, 554-557; TREATY-MAKING WITH
E INDIANS, 557-558; German opinion.
562.-See also Pennsylvania.
Ivania, early history, i, 548-562;
h settlements, 548-551; Penn's ac

count, 554-557; Indian treaty, 557-558;
Germans, 559-562; value of records, ii, 6;
University of, library, 10; Colonial Records,
17; Archives, 17; condition in 1698, 65-68;
home for the poor, 68; separation of
Delaware, 72; Philadelphia, 74-77; po-
litical history, 85-87; growth, 113; gov-
ernment, 143; election, 171-172; county
court, 205; Franklin's almanacs, 263;
state of religion, 278; Quakers against
slavery, 291; Braddock's defeat, 365;
Congresses in Philadelphia, 434, 442,
525, 543: "Battle of the Kegs," 562;
Valley Forge, 568; confederation, 604;
politics, iii, 73-76; violates Articles of
Confederation, 127; debts, 132; bills of
credit, 134. See also Delaware, Middle
Colonies, New Jersey.

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Pettit, Charles, describes local politics, ii,
25; A COLONIAL ELECTION, 171–172.
Philadelphia, founded, i, 555; Germans in,
559-562; ferries, 574; Pennsylvania Hall,
ii, 4; Old Swedes' Church, 4; description
in 1710, 74-77; in 1788, iii, 35-39; violent
election, ii, 85-86; Adams's impression of,
439; threatened, 559-560; British annoyed
at, 562-565; yellow fever in, iii, 39–41. —
See also Pennsylvania.
Philanthropist, iii, 633.

Philip, King, war, i, 458; death, 461.
Philip II, of Spain, i, 158-160.
Philippine Islands, battle of Manila Bay, iv,
579-581; cession of, 589-590; conditions,
594-597; Spanish government of, 595-
597; instructions to commissioners to,
604-607; Hoar on sovereignty over, 608-
611; effect on American policy, 612-616.
See also Colonies, Spain.

Philips, Miles, AN ENGLISHMAN IN
MEXICO, i, 65-68; Discourse, 68; quoted,
158-159.

Phillips, Wendell, THE WAR OF LIBERTY,
iv, 306-309; Speeches, Lectures, and Let-
ters, 309; Johnson denounces, 470.
Phipps, Sir William, career of, i, 507-511.
Physicians, as writers, ii, 9.

Pickens, Fort, Lincoln's cabinet on reinforc-
ing, iv, 211-212.

Pickering, Timothy, objections to annexa-
tion of Louisiana, iii, 374-376.
Pickett, George E., charge at Gettysburg,
iv, 372-376.

Pierce, William, CHARACTERS IN THE
CONVENTION, iii, 205-211; Notes, 211.
Pierpont, John, THE FUGITIVE SLAVE'S
APOSTROPHE TO THE NORTH STAR,
iii, 589-591; Airs of Palestine and other
Poems, 591.

Pigwacket (Maine), fight at, ii, 344-346.
Pike, Albert, Dixie, iv, 277-279.

Pike, James Shepherd, CARPET-BAG GOV-
ERNMENT, iv, 497-500; Prostrate State,
500.

Pilgrims, exodus to Holland, i, 167-170;
advice to colonists, 187-190. See also
Plymouth Colony, Puritans.

Pinckney, Charles, character, iii, 211; in
Federal Convention, 211, 217, 221; How
JEFFERSON WAS ELECTED, 333-336.

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, character,
iii, 211; in Federal Convention, 218, 220;
THE X. Y. Z. CORRESPONDENCE, 322-
326.

Pinta, Columbus's caravel, i, 35.

Pirates, official protection to, ii, 244-247; in

the Delaware, 349-351.

Pitch and tar, manufacture of, ii, 96-97.
Pitkin, Timothy, History of the United
States, iii, 13.

Pitt, William, Correspondence, ii, 19, 369;
Anecdotes of the Life of, 19; THE EMPIRE
IS NO MORE, 367-369; AN ENGLISHMAN'S
PROTEST AGAINST TAXATION, 404-407.
Pittsburg (Penn.), described, iii, 459.
Pittsburg Landing, southern description of
battle of, iv, 280-282; Prentiss's report on,
334-336.

Pittsburgh Gazette, iii, 239.

Pizarro, Hernando, THE STORY OF PI-
ZARRO'S CONQUEST, i, 53-57; Letters,
57.

Plain English, REIGN OF KING MOB, ii,
458-461.

Plantations, in Virginia, i, 305-306, iii, 49–52.
Plata River, Drake's voyage, i, 82.
Plymouth Colony, Records, i, 13, 324, 365,
451, 454, 585; history, 340-365; leaving
Holland, 340-343; Mayflower compact,
344; landing, 345-348; life, 349-355;
conditions, 356-359; government, 359-
361; Morton's revels, 361-363; impend-
ing annexation to Massachusetts, 363-
365; cold to Roger Williams, 403; in
New England Confederation, 447; in
King Philip's War, 460. See also
Massachusetts.

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Plymouth Council, grant to Massachusetts
Company, i, 178.

Pocahontas, interest of the story, 3; true
tale of, i, 214-218.

Poetry, lists of examples, i, 7, ii, 9, iii, 7, iv,
6. See also Intellectual Life, Songs.
Poets. See Northern Poets, Southern
Poets, and writers by name.
Political Science Quarterly, iv, 644.
Politics, in Pennsylvania, iii, 73-76; tariff
discussions, 262-264, 434-436, iv, 518-520,
523-525; origin of parties, iii, 282-283;
political criticisms, 286-292, 300-301; sat-
ire, 293-295. 298-299, 360-362, 540-544

iv, 35-38, 178-179, 224-230, 628-632, 639-
641; conditions in 1795, iii, 296–298; crit-
icism of the Virginia Resolutions, 329-
331; Jefferson's election, 333-336; parti-
san comments, 336-339; Federalist wail,
339-343; discussion on Louisiana, 373-
380, 410-414; on the embargo, 403-409;
on internal improvements, 436-440; on
the Missouri Compromise, 452-458;
spoils system, 531-535, iv, 636-638; be-
neficent influence of slavery on, iv, 70–71;
sarcasm, 142-144; election of 1874, 501-
504, of 1876, 504-507; campaign speech
by Blaine, 508-511; practical, 629–632;
conditions in state legislature, 633-635;
civil service reform, 636-638; regulation
of trusts, 641-644; machine and boss,
644-646. See also Civil War, Colonies,
Confederate States, Confederation, Con-
gress, Constitution, Democratic Party,
Federalists, Foreign Relations, Govern-
ment, Reconstruction, Republican Party,
Revolution, Secession, Slavery, and
Tables of Contents.

Polk, James Knox, REASONS FOR WAR,
iv, 20-23; WHY THE WHOLE OF MEX-
ICO WAS NOT ANNEXED, 32-34.
Poll tax, plan for, in 1783, iii, 121.
Pollard, Edward Albert, A GOOD-NA-
TURED SLAVEHOLDER'S VIEW OF SLAV-
ERY, iv, 72-75; Black Diamonds, 75.
Poole's Index, iv, 2.

Poor whites, in the South, iv, 59-62.
Poor, Henry Varnum, COMPLETION OF

THE PACIFIC RAILROAD, iv, 515-517;
Manual of Railroads, 517.

Poore, Ben: Perley, Federal and State Con-
stitutions, i, 5, 10, ii, 5, 13.

Pope, John, DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI, iii,
110-114; Tour, 114.
Popular government, accounts of, i, 7;
in Massachusetts, 179, 373-382; Calvin's
opinion, 324-330; Davenport's opinion,
330-333: Mayflower compact, 344; in
New York, 544-547. — See also Govern-

ment.

Popular sovereignty, in Kansas-Nebraska
Bill, iv, 98; Lincoln on, 137-138, 202-203.
- See also Slavery.

Population, of New England in 1720, ii, 52–
53; of New Hampshire in 1731, 57: of

America in 1766, 408; increase in, iii, 24,
79; future, in Mississippi Valley, iv, 666-
668.

Porter, David Dixon, GUNBOAT WARFARE,
iv, 363-368; Incidents and Anecdotes of
the Civil War, 368.

Port Hudson, attack on, iv, 265-268.
Porto Rico, attack on San Juan, iv, 584;
cession of, 589-590; conditions, 597-601;
capacity for self-government, 599-601.
Port Royal, contrabands at, iv, 391-394;
freedmen at, 445-448.

Potter, C. N., on demonetization of silver,
iv, 530.

Powhatan, i, 210-211; on Pocahontas's
marriage, 218.

Pownall, Thomas, adviser of English gov-
ernment, ii, 7; Administration of the Colo-
nies, 21, 152, 169, 183, 204; THE EFFECT
OF ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS, 150-152; THE
GROUND OF DISPUTE OVER SALARIES,
166-169; HOW TO AVOID A GOVERNOR'S
VETO, 182-183; DEFECTS OF COLONIAL
THE UNITED
JUDICATURE, 202-204;
STATES AS A WORLD POWER, iii, 76-79;
Memorial, 79, 285; MEMORIAL TO THE
SOVEREIGNS OF AMERICA, 283-285.
Precinct court, business, ii, 191-192. See
also Courts.

Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry, PITTSBURG
LANDING, iv, 334-336; surrenders, 336.
President. -See Executive.

Press. See Newspapers.

Preston, H. W., Documents relative to
American History, i, 5, ii, 5.

Pretty, Francis, THE FAMOUS VOYAGE

OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ABOUT THE
WHOLE GLOBE, i, 81-88.

Price, R. M., in peace conference, iv, 205.
Prices, question of regulation, ii, 463-465.
See also Finances.

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on, 497-499; fondness for, 557, 558; in
1794, iii, 312–314. See also Navy, War.
Privy Council, against colonial misgovern-
ment, ii, 149; appeal case before, 200-
202.- See also England, Government,
Laws.

Proclamations, value as sources, ii, 2.
Proprietors, of Carolina, i, 275; of Mary-
land, 291-294; of Delaware, 554; of
Pennsylvania, 554; of New Jersey, 563-
569. -See also colonies by name.
Protection. See Tariff.

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Proud, Robert, History of Pennsylvania, ii,
16, 87; POLITICS IN PENNSYLVANIA,
85-87.

Providence, charter, i, 401; founded, 403-

404; Records, ii, 14, 17, 21, 219; business
of a town-meeting, 214-219.- See also
Rhode Island.

Psalms, Bay Psalm Book, i, 472-476.
Public debt. See Debt.

Public lands, awarded to Connecticut, iii,
128; Thomas Paine on, 138-142; cession
by North Carolina, 148.

Public Record Office, manuscript material,
i, 8, ii, 10.

Public works. -See Internal Improve-

ments.

Publishers' Weekly, lists of books, ii, 14.
Pugh, G. E., speech in Democratic conven-
tion of 1860, iv, 153.

Punishments, of Quakers, i, 479-486; for
avoiding church, 487; for crimes under
Connecticut law, 488-494: Josselyn's ac-
count, 494-496; by petit jury, ii, 192;
military, 493-494. See also Courts,
Laws, Prisons.

Pupils, practical introductions for, i, 1-27,
ii, 1-34, iii, 1-13, iv, 1-10; use of sources
by, i, 19, ii, 25.

Purchas, Samuel, Pilgrimes, i, 10.
Puritans, character of, i, 18; in Maryland,
262; principles of government, 324-330;
theocratic government, 330-333; Dutch
opinion of, 334-335; life of Cotton, 335-
339: will of a Puritan, 477-478; life of
Sewall, 512-516. - See also Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New England, Pilgrims,
Plymouth Colony, Rhode Island.
Putnam, Rufus, WHY THE WEST WILL
REMAIN IN THE UNION, iii, 106-109.