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, i, 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.

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

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

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.

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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.
Prichard, William, CHARACTER

SAINT TAMANY, iii, 295-296.
Prickett, Miles, sent to Virginia, i, 174.
Prime, Samuel Irenæus, Life of Samuel F.
B. Morse, iii, 573.

Prince Society, Publications, i, 10, 13, 129.
Printz, Johan, Swedish colony, i, 549-550.
Prisons, English military, ii, 508-511; State-,
in 1807, iii, 45-48.

Privateers, in the Delaware, ii, 349-351; life

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.

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, 493-494.1
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.

Pynchon, William, Diary, ii, 2, 21, 603;
table-talk, 25; rumors, 31; NOT WORTH
A CONTINENTAL, 601-603.

QUAKE

UAKERS, trials of, i, 3, 19, 21; in Rhode
Island, 409; Massachusetts plea against,
455; Mary Dyer's justification, 479–481;
trial of Wenlock Christison, 481-484;
wrongs enumerated, 484-486; arguments
with Orthodox ministers, ii, 279-282; THE
FIRST VOTE AGAINST SLAVERY, 291-
293; arguments against slavery, 302-308;
in Nantucket, iii, 18; in Boston, 33; in
Philadelphia, 36-38. See also Religion,
Slavery.

Qualpopoca, Mexican lord, i, 50.

Quebec, discovery of, i, 111; taken by the
English, ii, 369-372.-See also Canada,
French.

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RELIGION IN VIRGINIA, i, 294-

R. G., 298; Virginia's Cure, 298.

R. H., A TORY'S RECANTATION, ii, 470-472.
Railroads, first American steam, iii, 561-563;
travel by, 566; American system, iv, 513-
515; governmental subvention, 513-517;
the Pacific, 515-517; effect of interstate
commerce law, 521-523.
Ralegh, Sir Walter, romantic interest, i,
23; EXPEDITION TO EL DORADO, 96-
101; Discoverie of Guiana, 101; state-
ment of claims, 165. — See also Virginia.
Ramsay, David, History of the American
Revolution, ii, 16, 632; History of South-
lina, 16; THE ADVANTAGES AND
ANTAGES OF THE REVOLUTION,

Ramsey, J. G. M., Annals of Tennessee, iii,
150.
Randolph, Edmund, character, iii, 210; on
slavery, 220; on signing the Constitution,
224; attitude on ratification of the Con-
stitution, 250.

Randolph, Edward, THE CAUSES AND RE-
SULTS OF KING PHILIP'S WAR, i, 458-
460; mission to America, ii, 30; REPORT
OF AN INVESTIGATING AGENT IN CARO-
LINA, 94-98.

Ratcliff, Philip, punishment, i, 373-
Raumer, Friedrich von, AMERICAN So-
CIETY, iii, 526–530; America and the
American People, 530.

Raynal, Abbé, on the American colonies,
ii, 541, 584.

Read, Charles, MINUTES of a COLONIAL
COUNCIL, ii, 175-179.

Read, George, character, iii, 209; on elec-
tion of senators, 212.

Read, Jacob, INADEQUACY OF THE CON-
FEDERATION, iii, 125-126.

Read, Thomas Buchanan, SHERIDAN'S
RIDE, iv, 426-427; Poetical Works, 427.
Readers, use of sources by, i, 22, ii, 26, 28-29.
Reading, of sources, i, 19, 20, 23, 25, ii, 25.
26, 29, 32.

Rebel Rhymes and Rhapsodies, iv, 280, 283.
Rebellion. See Civil War.
Rebellion Army Records, iv, 192, 220, 336,
346, 355, 363, 389, 391, 436.
Rebellion Naval Records, iv, 418.
Reciprocity, in trade, iv, 524-525.
Recollet monks, in America, i, 133, 140.
Reconciliation, or independence? ii, 530-
534.

Reconstruction, readmittance of southern
congressmen, iv, 452, 461, 471-475, 483-
484; necessity of economic, 454-456;
social should precede political, 456; prin-
ciples of, 459-478; Lincoln's theory, 459-
462; Sumner's state-suicide theory, 462-
464; sole power of, in Congress, 463–464;
abolition of slavery, 465-467; Johnson's
policy, 468–471; Johnson denounces con-
gressional policy, 469-470; Joint Com-
mittee, THE CONGRESSIONAL THEORY,
471-475; guarantees required, 472, 473.
475; president's power denied, 473; Til-
den arraigns, 475-479; practice of, 479-

500; legislation on freedmen by recon-
structed states, 479-481; Stevens on the
fourteenth amendment, 482-485; acts of
military governors, 485-489; Wilson on
the fifteenth amendment, 492-494; Ku-
Klux-Klan, 495-497; carpet-bag govern-
ment, 497-504. See also Congress,
Freedmen, Government, Negroes, Poli-
tics, South.

Record Commission, of Boston, Reports,
ii, 17; Records of Providence, 219.
Records, colonial, value, i, 1-2, 4-5, ii, 2, 5-
6; lists, i, 10-15, ii, 14-21.

Recruiting, difficulties attending, ii, 481-483,
586. See also Army.

Reed, Esther, WOMAN'S WORK FOR THE
SOLDIERS, ii, 467-469.

Reed, William B., Life and Correspondence
of Joseph Reed, ii, 172, 469, 612.
Reeves, Arthur Middleton, Finding of
Wineland the Good, i, 34.

Refugees, life of, ii, 473. 477–480; pensions

for, 478-480; article in treaty, 624-625.
Regulators, in North Carolina, ii, 426-
428.

Reid, D. S., in peace conference, iv, 207.
Religion, of the Pilgrims, i, 167-170; in
Massachusetts, 182; importance in new
communities, 187-190; in Virginia, 294-
298; connection with government, 324-
330; theocracy, 330-333; at Plymouth,
354: Antinomians, 382-387; Lechford's
criticism, 388-389; toleration, 393-396,
446, iii, 32, iv, 658; care of New Eng-
land Confederation, i, 449-451; of the
Quakers, 479-486; protection of law, 491-
493; Dutchmen's experience in New
England, 500; of the Indians, 527; in
New Netherland, 536; in New York,
543, 570-573: Swedish hopes, 548; in
Swedish colonies, 554; in Pennsylvania,
560-562, ii, 278; in New Jersey, i, 566, ii,
276-279; in West Jersey, i, 569; in New
England, ii, 54; Quakers and Orthodox
ministers, 279-282; Wesley in Georgia,
283-287; converts from Romish church,
286; Governor Belcher's letter, 287-289;
plan for American bishops, 289–290, 418-
420; in Nantucket, iii, 26; on the fron-
tiers, 471-475; at Andover, 509-512;
changes in ideal, iv, 662.- See also

Church, Ministers, Quakers, Toleration,
and colonies by name.

Reminiscence, value of, i, 1, ii, 7-8; caution
on, i, 1; lists of books, ii, 18, iv, 8-9.
Removal from office, under Jefferson, iii,
348-351; under Jackson, 531-535; of
Stanton, iv, 489-492.

Reports, Berkeley, on Virginia, i, 237-
241; Sandford, on Rhode Island, 407-
409; Dongan, on New York, 542-544;
Randolph, on Carolina, ii, 94-99; leg-
islative committee, on state banking, iii,
441-445; Macon, on Panama Congress,
506-508; Scott, on capture of Mexico, iv,
28-31; Foster and Anderson, on fall of
Sumter, 216-220; Prentiss, on Pittsburg
Landing, 334-336; Bailey, on naval bat-
tle of New Orleans, 336-338; Jackson, on
second Bull Run, 342-346; Burnside, on
Fredericksburg, 351-355; Lee, on Chan-
cellorsville, 359-363; Thomas, on Chat-
tanooga, 386-389; Semmes, on the Ala-
bama, 416-418; Farragut, on Mobile Bay,
418-421; Hood, on Nashville, 432-436;
Schurz, on the South, 452-456; Grant, on
the South, 457-458; joint committee, on
reconstruction, 471-475; Dewey, on Ma-
nila Bay, 579-581; Carroll, on Porto
Rico, 597-601; canal commission, on
Nicaragua Canal, 622-625.

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Representation, of colonies, ii, 395-396;
unequal, 542; compromise in Federal
Convention, iii, 214-221; numerical basis
of, 224; post-bellum, of the South, iv, 461,
471-475, 483-484. See also Colonies,
Congress, Election, Government.
Representation of New Netherland, i, 537.
Reprints, of sources, i, 9, ii, 11, iii, 7, iv, 6.
Republican party, formation of, iv, 100-104;
equality its only issue, 141; convention
of 1860, 155-159; Sherman on success of,
162-163; success of, no excuse for seces-
sion, 164-166; opposes slavery in territo-
ries, 170; Wigfall on, 173-175; duty to
offer compromise, 194; no compromise,
199-201; antagonism to Constitution
disavowed, 201; arraigned on recon-
struction, 475-478; Wilson's defence of,
492-494; responsible for color strife,
502-503; campaign speech in 1880, 508-
511; independents in 1884, 511-512. - See

also Civil War, Congress, Democratic
Party, North, Politics, Reconstruction.
Requisitions, as a means of revenue, iii,
121, 247.

Revenue, a governor's, ii, 162; colonial, 166,
173, 179; local, 205, 208, 214; protective
duties, 247; Grenville's scheme, 381; a
colonist's defence, 394; Pitt's protest, 404;
repeal of Stamp Act, 411; controversy,
413-433; discussions in Congress, 525;
Revolutionary, 594, 601; plans for, in 1783,
iii, 120-122; sources of, in 1795, 296;
Cleveland on surplus, iv, 518-520. - See
also Finances, Taxation.

Revolution, of 1689, a topic, i, 18; described,
463-466.

Revolution, of 1775, sources classified, ii, 4;
works illustrative, 7; predictions, 352;
causes, 373-453; character of George
III, 373; writs of assistance, 374; arbi-
trary power in England, 378; Grenville's
scheme, 381; Stamp Act controversy, 394-
412; Hutchinson riot, 397; taxation op-
posed by Cambridge, 401, by Stamp Act
Congress, 402, by Pitt, 404, by Franklin,
407, by Dickinson, 423, by Drayton,
449; taxation defended by Howard, 394,
by Conway, 411, by Townshend, 413,
by Johnson, 445; patriot arguments, 401,
402, 407, 415, 423, 442, 449, 454; loyalist
arguments, 394, 420, 439, 445, 472, 477;
English feeling, 404, 445; revenue contro-
versy, 413-433; question of trade, 415;
question of episcopacy, 418; troops in
Boston, 420; "Sons of Liberty," 420; regu-
lators, 426; Boston "massacre,"429; "tea-
party," 431; issue of coercion, 434-453;
First Continental Congress, 434:
Asso-
ciation," 439; Second Continental Con-
gress, 442, 525; charges of tyranny, 449;
attitude of George III, 451; conditions of
the Revolution, 454-518; the patriots,
454-469; public sentiment, 454, 455, 458,
465; mobs, 458; arrests, 458, 472; soldiers,
461, 467, 481, 484; prices, 463; woman's
work, 467, 550; Washington, 467, 490,

525, 559; loyalists, 470-480; pop-
hatred, 470, 474: refugees, 477;

forces, 481-499; recruits, 481;
Tale, 484; French aid, 485, 495;
38; militia, 490; punishments,

493; privateering, 497; British forces, 500-
518; Hessians, 500-507; prisons, 508;
loyalist corps, 511; navy, 514, 556, 587:
John André, 515; progress of the war,
519-632; union and independence, 519-
545; Revolutionary conventions, 519;
call for independence, 530; state constitu-
tions, 534; Declaration of Independence,
537: Articles of Confederation, 539;
degeneracy of Congress, 543; first stage
of the war, 546-573; Lexington and
Concord, 546; siege of Boston, 550;
New York campaign, 554; British in
Philadelphia, 562; Burgoyne's cam-
paign, 565; Valley Forge, 568; French
alliance, 574-590, treaty, 574; Newport
campaign, 575; conquest of the Illinois,
579; foreign officers, 582; conciliation,
586; Paul Jones's fight, 587; crisis in
domestic affairs, 591-605; confederation
delayed, 591; finances, 594, 598; paper
money, 601; confederation completed,
604; bank, 605; end of the war, 606-
618; operations, 606; Greene in the
South, 609; French fleet, 612; surrender
at Yorktown, 615; peace, 619-632; Parlia-
ment favorable, 619; negotiations, 621,
623; The Cincinnati, 626; Washington's
retirement, 627; advantages and disad-
vantages, 629. See also Army (English,
United States), Confederation, Congress,
England, Independence, Loyalists, Mili-
tia, Navy, Officers, Taxation.
Rhode Island, history, i, 397-409; settle-
ment, 397-401; proposed charter, 401-402;
toleration, 402-406; in 1680, 407-409; in
King Philip's War, 461; Records, ii, 17;
explanation to the Lords of Trade, 49-52;
government, 143; PROCEEDINGS OF A
COLONIAL LEGISLATURE, 173-174; ques-
tion of taxation, 394-397; in Revolution,
575-578; paper currency, iii, 135: votes
against plan for impost duty, 137; loss
by emigration, 153: in Jefferson's first
campaign, 334.-See also Government,
Narragansett Bay, New England, Provi-
dence.

Rhode Island Historical Society, Collec-
tions, ii, 15.
Rhode Island Historical Tracts. See
Rider, S. S.