Senate, United States, Journal, iii, 347, iv,
199, 520, 525, 607; Journal of Executive
Proceedings, iii, 508; Reports, iv, 146;
Executive Documents, 301, 456, 458, 567;
Documents, 590, 597, 625.

Senators, election of, iii, 211-213; confirma-
tion of appointments, 259; compensation,
260-261.

Separation of powers.-See Implied Powers.
Serapis (ship), captured, ii, 587-590.
Serpent Mound (O.), a source, i, 1.
Servants, in Maryland, i, 267; in New Jer-
sey, 565; runaway, advertisements for, ii,
298-302; white, wretched condition of,
308-310; plan to import Palatines as,
310-311. See also Slavery.

Seventy-Six Society, Papers relating to
Massachusetts, ii, 417.

Sewall, Samuel, value of his diary, i, 2, 18;
Diary, 13, 15, 516, ii, 21, 48; THE FAMILY
LIFE OF A PURITAN GENTLEMAN, 1, 512-
516; GUILT CONTRACTED BY THE
WITCH JUDGES, ii, 48; THE SELLING
OF JOSEPH, 293–297.

Seward, William Henry, Autobiography,
iv, 9; Works, 10; AN APPEAL TO THE
HIGHER LAW, 56-58; THE IRREPRES-
SIBLE CONFLICT, 138-141; support in
Republican convention in 1860, 155-158;
on relief of Sumter, 211; THE SECRE-
TARY AND THE MASTER, 293-295; THE
TRENT AFFAIR, 298-301; on emancipa-
tion, 401-402.

Seymour, Thomas Hart, and S. F. B.
Morse, iii, 573.

Shackleford, John, in Texan army, iii, 638.
Shanks, William Franklin Gore, CHICKA-
MAUGA, iv, 381-385.

Sharpe, Horatio, ROUTINE IN MARYLAND,
ii, 100-102; Correspondence, 102.
Sharpe, William, THE STATE OF THE
NATIONAL DEBT, ii, 598-600.
Shays's Rebellion, iii, 132, 191–194.
Shea, John Gilmary, Discovery and Explo-
ration of the Mississippi Valley, i, 144.
Sheep, breeding of, iii, 68.

Sheffield, Lord, OBSERVATIONS ON THE
COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES,
iii, 163-166.

Shenandoah Valley, Union army in, in
1862, iv, 263-265; battle of Cedar Creek,
422-427.
Sheridan, Philip Henry, Personal Memoirs,
iv, 9, 425; SHERIDAN'S RIDE, 422-425;
Read's poem on, 426-427.

Sherman, John, Recollections of Forty Years,
iv, 9, 533 Letters, 9, 163; RESULT OF
THE ELECTION, 162-163; RESUMPTION
OF SPECIE PAYMENTS, 531-533.
Sherman, Roger, character, iii, 206; on elec-
tion of senators, 213; on slavery, 217.
Sherman, William Tecumseh, Memoirs,
iv, 9, 432; Letters, 9; at Chattanooga,
386, 388; MARCH TO THE SEA, 428-432.
Sherman Act, Taussig on, iv, 533-536.
Shiloh. -See Pittsburg Landing.
Ship-building, in New England, i, 507-508;

in Jersey, 565; in the United States, iii,
54, 62, 78, 430.

Shirreff, Patrick, IN CHICAGO, iii, 475-478;
Tour through North America, 478.
Shurtleff, N. B., Records of New Plymouth,
i, 13, 365; Records of Massachusetts Bay,
13. See also Plymouth Colony.
Silk, grown in the South, iii, 69.
Silver, Mexican mines, i, 65-68; Drake's
plunderings, 83-87. See also Money.
Simancas (Spain), archives at, i, 8, ii, 10.
Simcoe, John Graves, animosity against
the patriots, ii, 30; A LOYALIST CORPS,
511-513: Journal, 513.

Simplicities Defence, i, 397-401.

Singleton, Thomas, captain of Dutch ship
i, 197.

Sioux. See Indians.

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Skipwith, Fulwar, SEIZURE OF AMERI-
CAN VESSELS, iii, 312-314.

Skrellings, fight the Norsemen, i, 32.
Slade, William, FIRST GREAT ONSLAUGHT
ON SLAVERY IN CONGRESS, iii, 622-625;
Speech on Slavery, 625.

Slafter, Edmund F., Voyages of Samuel de
Champlain, i, 129.

Slavery, Godwyn's interest in, i, 7, 298-
301; number of slaves (1671), 239:
Christianity, 298-301; purchase, 303-
304; in New Netherland, 535-538;

in New York, 543; in New Jersey,
565; introduction into Georgia, ii,
118-121; Quakers' first vote, 291-293;
Sewall's arguments, 293–297; New Jersey
act disallowed, 297-298; advertisements
for runaways, 300-301; Quaker argu-
ments, 302-308; conditions in 1757, 307;
captures by the Spanish, 341; fugitives to
Florida, 342; insurrection, 343; in Jeffer-
son's draft, 539; discussions in Congress,
539-541, iii, 622-625, iv, 38-43, 48-55, 56-
58, 142-144; Jefferson on, iii, 14-18; rela-
tion to republican government, 129; under
Northwest Ordinance, 156; in Federal
Convention, 214-221; in Virginia, 330;
necessity in Louisiana, 380; Missouri
Compromise, 452-458; conditions in
1830-1860, 574-594, iv, 59-79; southern
debate on, iii, 574-579; slave-breaker,
579-583; cheerful view, 591-594; pro-
slavery arguments, 597-602, iv, 65-75,
159-162; l'Amistad case, iii, 626-629;
fugitive slaves, 630-633, iv, 80-96; in
Texas, iii, 642-652; satire on, iv, 35-38;
in territory conquered from Mexico, 38-
43, 48-58; property right in slaves, 40-42,
128-131, 170, 193; dangers from agitation,
48-51, 196; vital to the South, 50; advance
limited by natural laws, 52; enforcement
of Fugitive-Slave Law, 53, 57, 167; poor
whites, 59-62; effect on whites, 60-62, 66-
70, 73; Mrs. Stowe on, 62-65; apologetic
northern view, 65-68; positive good of,
68-71; compared with condition in
Africa, 68; political and economic in-
fluence of, 70; slaveholder's view, 72-
75; slave gentry, 72-74; slave trade ad-
vocated, 72-75; slave auction, 75-79;
underground railroad operations, 80-83;
Christiana tragedy, 84-87; rendition of
Burns, 87-91; letters from fugitives, 91-93;
personal-liberty act, 93-96; struggle for
Kansas, 97-121; popular sovereignty in
territories, 97-98, 137; Dred Scott case
in Missouri court, 122-125, in the
Supreme Court, 126-131; status of
descendants of slaves, 126-129; and the
Constitution, 128-131; congressional con-
trol, 130-135; status of slaves, 131;
Lincoln on aggression of, 136-138; in-
compatible with freedom, 136, 139-141;

sole issue of Republican party, 141;
sarcasm on, 142-144; John Brown's raid,
144-150; Democratic split on protection
of, 151-155; restrictions on, cause of
secession, 170, 196, 296, 309; attempt to
restore the Missouri Compromise line,
193. 208; Weed on unrestrained, 195;
Lincoln opposes extension of, 202-203;
slaves declared contraband of war, 390-
391; contrabands at Port Royal, 391–394.
follow Union army, 408-411; attempts to
preserve substance of, 453-456. — See also
Abolitionists, Civil War, Compromise,
Confederate States, Emancipation, Freed-
men, Fugitive-Slave Law, Irrepressible
Conflict, Kansas, Negroes, Reconstruc-
tion, Secession, Slave Trade, South, and
Tables of Contents.

Slave trade, extent of, in 1793, iii, 65-66; in
Federal Convention, 214-221; prohibited
by Louisiana, 380; description of, 615-618;
advocated, iv, 72-75. — See also Slavery.
Slidell, John, minister to Mexico, iv, 20-21;
INTERVIEW WITH NAPOLEON THIRD,
301-303. See also Trent Affair.

Sloane, William M., The French War and
the Revolution, ii, 34.

Sloughter, Henry, governor of New York, i,
546.

Sluyter, Peter, A GODLESS EMIGRANT
SHIP, 1, 197-199; Journal, 199, 501, 590;
TWO DUTCHMEN IN BOSTON, 496–501;
CONDITION OF NEW YORK IN 1679,
586-590.

Smalley, George Washburn, ANTIETAM,
iv, 346-351.

Small-pox, among Indians, ii, 330–331.
Smallwood, William, relations with Gates,
ii, 610-611.

Smith, C. B., on relief of Sumter, iv, 212;
Russell's impressions of, 291.

Smith, John, Generall Historie, i, 12;
literary value, 18; THE FOUNDING OF
VIRGINIA, 209-210; True Relation, 210;
A DESCRIPTION OF NEW-ENGLAND,
313-318.

Smith, Richard, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, ii, 525-530;
Diary, 530.

Smith, Samuel, History of the Colony of
Nova-Casaria, or New-Jersey, ii, 16, 72.

Smith, Sydney, WHO READS AN AMER-
ICAN BOOK? iii, 512-514.

Smith, William, History of New-York, i, 14,
ii, 16.

Smuggling, in New Netherland, i, 533; in
New York, ii, 249-250; practice in the
colonies, 396-397; in Mexico, iii, 493.-
See also Lords Commissioners.
Social compact, iii, 545.

Social conditions, in 1780, iii, 14-48, 509-
530;

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modern problems, iv, 647-669;
elements of stability, 658-663. — See also
Slavery, colonies by name, and Tables
of Contents.

Soldiers, French, ii, 337, 365; Spanish, 340;
colonial, 344, 346, 360; Braddock's, 365;
at Quebec, 369; life of, 461-463; aid for,
467-469; recruiting, 481; spies, 484, 515;
negroes, 488; militia, 490; punishments,
493: Hessians, 500-507; prisons, 508;
loyalists, 511; circumstances, 572. — See
also Army, Camp Life, War.

Soncino, Raimondo di, JOHN CABOT AND
THE FIRST ENGLISH VOYAGE TO AMER-
ICA, 1, 69–72.

Songs, psalms, i, 472-476; Adams and
Liberty," iii, 319-321; Hail Columbia,"
327-328; "Star-Spangled Banner," 421-
422; "Call to Kansas," iv, 108-110; war,
259-263, 277-280; negro, 393-394, 442.
Soto. See De Soto.

Sound Currency, iv, 541.

Sources, what are they? i, 1-2, ii, 1-2; educa-
tive value, i, 2-4, ii, 3-4, iii, 1-2, iv, 1-2; clas-
sification, i, 4-7, ii, 4-9, iii, 5-7, iv, 3-6;
libraries containing, i, 8, ii, 10; reprints, i,
9-10, 1, 11-13, iii, 7-9, iv, 6-7; select
library, i, 10-14, ii, 14-20, iii, 9-11, iv, 7-
10; small collection, i, 14-15, ii, 20-21, iii,
12; how to find, i, 16-18, ii, 22-24, iii, 2-3,
iv, 2; use by teachers, i, 18-19, ii, 24-25,
iii, 3, iv, 3; use by pupils, i, 19-20, ii, 25-
27, iii, 3, iv, 3; use by students, i, 21, ii,
27, iii, 3-4; use by investigators, i, 21-22,
ii, 28; use by readers, i, 22, ii, 28-29, iii,
4; use by libraries, i, 23, ii, 29-30, iii, 4;
caution in using, i, 24-25, ii, 30-31, iii, 4-
5, iv, 3; relation to secondary books, i,
25, ii, 28, 32.

Sousa, Domingo, in Florida, iii, 484.
South, the, early history, i, 200-246; condi-

tions in 1618, 200-208; Indians, 203–205;
character of colonists, 206-208; colonial
life, 285-312; ii, 90-109; trade, ii, 94; a
lady in, 99, 238; government, 100;
"Par-
son's Cause," 103; Mason and Dixon's
Line, 107; Georgia, 110-126; Germans,
114; a New England man, 116; slavery
in 1738, 118; orphan-house, 122; juries,
189; precinct court, 191; vestry meet-
ing, 212; society, 235, iii, 27-31; danger
from Louisiana, ii, 316; border fights
with Spanish, 340; Kentucky settlement,
383, 387; regulators, 426; "Association,"
439; Drayton on tyranny, 449; Revolu-
tionary convention, 519; land quarrels,
591; southern campaigns, 606, 609; York-
town campaign, 615; plantation life, iii,
49-52; culture of cotton, 71-72; opinion
on Missouri Compromise, 452-454; on
relations with Latin-America, 506-508;
travel in 1842, 567-571; debate on
slavery, 574-579; pro-slavery argument,
597-602; and Wilmot Proviso, iv, 39-
40; poor whites in, 59-62; delegates
withdraw from Democratic convention,
154-155; advised to secede, 159-162;
excitement over Lincoln's election, 163;
advantage of Union to, 166-167; per-
sonal-liberty acts a grievance to, 167-
168; Stephens's remedy for, 167-169; a
fire-eater's views, 172-175; satire on ag-
gression of, 178-179; aggression of, cause
of secession, 194; Union sentiment in,
194 result of secession to, 195; con-
ditions during Civil War, 240-255, 408-
411; home life during war, 244-247; war
songs, 277-280; Phillips on, 308; post-
bellum conditions, 445-458; northern
business men in, 451; social hostility, 451;
submission of, 452, 457-458, 469; lack of
national feeling, 453; reluctance to accept
free labor, 453-456; need of social and
economic reconstruction, 454-456; neces-
sity of white garrisons in, 457; recon-
struction of, 459-500; vagrant acts on
freedmen, 479-481; military government
of, 485-489; Ku-Klux-Klan in, 495-497;
carpet-bag government in, 497–504; Dem-
ocrats regain control in, 501-504; Blaine
on, 510; political conditions, 647-649;
Grady on white supremacy in, 652-654;