485-489; federal troops in the South, 503-
504, 507; preparation for Spanish War,
578; Santiago campaign, 586-588; Rough
Riders, 587-588.- See also Civil War,
Officers, Reconstruction, Revolution,
War, battles by name, and Tables of
Contents.

Arnold, S. G., History of Rhode Island, i,
14, 409.

Arnold, William, OBJECTIONS TO THE
NEW CHARTER, i, 401-402.

Artemus Ward. See Browne, Charles
Farrar.

Articles of Confederation, difficulties in
framing, ii, 539-543; Maryland's refusal,
591-593; completed, 604; violated, iii,
127. See also Confederation, Congress,
United States.

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Baldwin, R. S., l'Amistad case, iii, 626, 629.
Balloting, method of, iii, 334.
Baltimore, a growing town, ii, 102.
Baltimore, Cecil, Lord, INSTRUCTIONS TO
COLONISTS, i, 247-252; THE QUESTION
OF KENT ISLAND, 257-261. - See also
Maryland.

Baltimore, Charles, Lord, THE QUAKER
AND THE NOBLEMAN, i, 272-274. - See
also Maryland.

Baltimore American, iii, 422.

Bancroft, George, transcripts of documents,
i, 16, 21, iv, 34; History of the United
States, i, 16, 21, ii, 22, iii, 2; use of sources,
ii, 22, 28; History of the Constitution, i
154, 160, 187.

Bank of North America, established, ii, 605.
Banks, earnings of, iii, 62, 296; Hamilton's

report on, 276-281; political influence,
333; State, 441-445; clearing-house loan
certificates, iv, 526–528.

Banks, Nathaniel P., major-general, iv, 315.
Baptists, in Rhode Island, i, 409.

Barber, John W., and Howe, Henry, His-
torical Collections of New York, i, 14.
Barclay, David, AN ACCOUNT OF EAST
JERSEY, i, 569-572.

Barlowe, Arthur, FIRST VOYAGE TO VIR-
GINIA, i, 89-95.

Barnegate (N. J.), settlement, i, 571.
Barnes, Mary Sheldon, and Barnes, Earl,
Studies in American History, ii, 33.
Barringer, D. M., in peace conference, iv,

207.

Barron, James, CAPTURE OF THE CHESA-
PEAKE BY THE LEOPARD, iii, 395-400.
Barter, in the Confederate States, iv, 249-
251.

Bartlett, John Russell, Records of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations, ii, 17,
52, 174.

Bartram, William, Travels, ii, 18.

Bates, Edward, on relief of Sumter, iv, 212.
Bayard, J. A., American envoy, iii, 426-

427.

Bay Psalm Book, literary value, i, 4, 18;
extracts, 472-476.

Beardsley, Eben Edwards, Life and Corre-
spondence of Samuel Seabury, ii, 19.
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave, BREAKING
OF THE STORM, iv, 213-216,

Beauvois, Carel van, a Dutch schoolmaster,

i, 586.

Belcher, Jonathan, speech, ii, 176; A
GOOD MAN'S LETTER, 287-289.
Belknap, Jeremy, History of New Hamp
shire, ii, 15, iii, 34; Belknap Papers, iii, 257.
Bellini, at Williamsburg, ii, 608.
Bellomont, Earl of, OFFICIAL PROTEC-
TION OF PIRATES, ii, 244-247.
Bennet, Richard, SURRENDER OF VIR-
GINIA TO PARLIAMENT, i, 235-236; in
Maryland, 264.

Benton, Thomas Hart, How ANNEXA-
TION WAS SECURED, iii, 652-655;
Thirty Years' View, iv, 8; DRED SCOTT
DECISION REVIEWED, 132-135; Exam-
ination of Dred Scott Case, 135.
Berdt, Dennis de, COMPLAINT AGAINST
THE ACTS OF TRADE, ii, 415-417.
Bering Sea arbitration, iv, 564-567.
Berkeley, G. C., British naval officer, orders
the Chesapeake to be searched, iii, 395.
Berkeley, John, Lord, CONCESSIONS AND
AGREEMENTS OF THE PROPRIETORS
OF EAST JERSEY, i, 563-566.
Berkeley, Sir William, loyalty, i, 23; AP-
PEAL OF A LOYAL GOVERNOR, 233-234;
AN OFFICIAL REPORT ON VIRGINIA,
237-241; dealings with Bacon, 243-246.
Bermuda, shipwreck on, i, 286.
Bernhard. See Saxe-Weimar.
Besse, Joseph, Collection of the Sufferings

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of the People called Quakers, i, 484.
Beverly, Robert, History of Virginia, i, 11,
ii, 15, 94; ANDROS'S AND NICHOLSON'S
ADMINISTRATIONS, ii, 90–94.
Bibliography, of sources, i, 16-18, ii, 22-23,
iii, 2-3, iv, 2; of secondary books, i, 26–
27, ii, 32-34. iii, 12-13.

Bienville, Jean Baptiste, in Louisiana, ii,
312-313. 315-316.

Bigelow, John, France and the Confederate
Navy, iv, 303.

Billings, John Davis, ENLISTING, iv, 256-
259; Hardtack and Coffee, 259.
Bills of credit, iii, 133-136. - See also

Banks, Currency, Finances, Money.
Billyng, E., proprietor of Jersey, i, 573–574.
Bimetallism, Bryan on, iv, 536-538. - See
also Money.

Biographies, as sources, ii, 19.

Bird, Isabella, Englishwoman in America,
iv, 10.

Birkbeck, Morris, Notes on America, iii,

10, 467; PEOPLE OF THE WOODS, 463-
467.
Birney, James Gillespie, A WESTERN
POLITICAL ABOLITIONIST, iii, 608-612;
Letter on Abolitionists, 612.

Bishops, plan for establishment in America,
ii, 289-290; colonies opposed to, 418-420,
-See also Religion.

Blackstone, William, settlement, i, 371.
Blaine, James Gillespie, Twenty Years in
Congress, iv, 8; APPEAL TO THE VOTERS,
508-511; RELATIONS TO LATIN-AMER-
ICA, 561-563.

Blair, Montgomery, on relief of Sumter, iv,
212; Russell's impressions of, 291; on
the emancipation proclamation, 402.
Blennerhasset and Burr, iii, 356-359, 460-
461.

Blockade, effect of southern, iv, 192, 244,
246; Confederate government blockade-
runners, 323, 356-358.

Blount, W., in Federal Convention, iii, 225.
Board of Trade. See Lords Commis-
sioners.

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Boat, travel by, iii, 564. See also Canals.
Bodleian Library, i, 8, ii, 10.
Boker, George Henry, THE BLACK REGI-
MENT, iv, 405-407; Poems of the War, 407.
Bolzius, Johann Martin, quaintness, ii, 4;
THE COMING OF THE SALZBURG GER-
MANS, 114-116; Journal, 116.
Bonaparte, Lucien, How NAPOLEON PER-
SISTED IN SELLING LOUISIANA, iii, 367–
372.

Bond house, at Edenton, ii, 4.

Bon Homme Richard, and Serapis, ii, 587-
590.

Boone, Daniel, adventures in Kentucky, ii,
383-385.

Boston, Town Records, i, 12, ii, 14, 17, 21;

Dutch visitors, i, 496-501; description in
1680, 501, in 1750, ii, 61-63, in 1788, iii,
31-35; Sir William Phipps at, i, 507-509;
Old South Church, ii, 4; observance of
the Sabbath, 63; merry-making in, 240-
243; earthquake in 1727,261-262; Stamp
Act riot, 397-400; troops in, 420-423:
"massacre," 429-431; "tea-party," 431-

433: siege of, 550-554; attempted fugitive-
slave rescue, iv, 87-91; enthusiasm in
1861, 221-224; departure of troops, 223.

See also Government, Massachusetts,
Religion, Revolution, Trade.
Boston Athenæum, catalogue, i, 16, ii, 22.
Boston Gazette, ii, 263.

Boston Public Library, i, 8, ii, 10; catalogue,

i, 16, ii, 22.

Botume, Elizabeth Hyde, AMONG THE
FREEDMEN, iv, 445-448: First Days
amongst the Contrabands, 448.

Boudinot, Elias, AN INVESTIGATION OF
BRITISH MILITARY PRISONS, ii, 508-
511; Life, 511.

Boudinot, Jane J., Life of Elias Boudinot,
ii, 511.

Boundaries, of states, ii, 542-543; English,
624.-
.-See also Annexations, Colonies,
Land, Treaties.

Bourget, Paul, Outre-Mer, iv, 10.
Boutwell, George S., Speeches and Papers,
iv, 10.

Bowker and Iles, Reader's Guide, iv, 2.
Boyle, Robert, Voyages and Adventures, ii, 77.
Bozman, J. L., History of Maryland, i, 14.
Brackenridge, Henry M., VOYAGE DOWN
THE OHIO, iii, 459–463; Recollections of
the West, 463.

Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, A Mock
CRITICISM OF THE CONSTITUTION, iii,
237-239.

Braddock, General, defeated, ii, 365–367.
Bradford, Alden, Speeches of Massachusetts
Governors, ii, 12.

Bradford, William, literary importance, i,

4; facsimile of his manuscript, 9; Phy-
mouth Plantation, 12, 14, 170, 343, 344.
348, 355, 412; WHY THE PILGRIMS LEFT
ENGLAND FOR HOLLAND, 167-170;
WHY THE PILGRIMS LEFT HOLLAND,
340-343: THE GERM OF POPULAR GOV-
ERNMENT, 344; THE FIRST LANDING
AT PLYMOUTH, 345-348; LIFE IN A
PILGRIM COMMONWEALTH, 349-355;
THE ENGLISH IN THE CONNECTICUT,
410-412.

Bradford, William, Life and Correspondence
of Joseph Reed, ii, 20.

Brazil, William Hawkins's voyage, i, 74:
Drake's voyage, 82.

Breck, Samuel, YELLOW FEVER IN PHIL-
ADELPHIA, iii, 39-41; Recollections, 41.
Bremer, Fredrika, Homes of the New World,
iv, 10.

Breweries, iii, 54.

Brewster, William, Puritan, i, 169; at Ply-
mouth, 349.

Brewton, Miles, and others, THE EVIL
DEEDS OF THE SPANIARDS, iì, 340–344.
Briefe and true Relation of the Discouerie
of Virginia, i, 163.

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Bright, John, A FRIEND IN NEED, iv, 296–
298; Speeches on the American Question,
298.
Brissot. - See Warville.
Bristol, on the Delaware, iii, 39.
British Guiana. -See Venezuela.
British Museum, Americana in, i, 8, ii, 10.
Brodhead, J. R., History of New York, i,
13.

Brookline (Mass.), town records, i, 4, ii, 5.
Brooklyn (N. Y.), Dutch schoolmaster in,
i, 585-586; Dutchmen's visit to, 588.
Brown, Alexander, Genesis of the United
States, i, 11, 22.

Brown, John, raid on Harper's Ferry, iv,
144-150; WHY JOHN BROWN BROKE
THE LAWS, 147-150; "John Brown's
Body," 259-260.

Brown, John Carter, library, i, 8, ii, 10.
Browne, Charles Farrar, GOOD ADVICE
TO J. DAVIS, iv, 228-230; Artemus Ward
his Book, 230.

Browne, William Hand, Archives of Mary-
land, i, 294.

Brownell, Henry Howard, LET US ALONE,
iv, 178-179; Lyrics of a Day, 179.
Bruce, P. A., Economic History of Virginia,
i, 16, 27.

Bryan, William Jennings, DEFENCE OF
SILVER, iv, 536-538; First Battle, 538.
Bryant, William Cullen, OUR COUNTRY'S
CALL, iv, 230-232; Thirty Poems, 232.
Brymner, Douglas, Canadian Archives, ii,
17.

Buchanan, James, Administration, iv, 9;

and the Lecompton constitution, 119-
121 on the Dred Scott case, 137; cause
of Republican success in 1860, 162; HELP-
LESSNESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, 196
199.

Buckingham, Joseph T., Specimens of News-
paper Literature, ii, 263.

Buckner, Simon B., surrenders Fort Donel-
son, iv, 328.

Buffaloes, discovery of, i, 61; Marquette's
experience, 138.

Bulkeley, Peter, NEW ENGLAND'S OPIN-
ION OF ITSELF, i, 451-452; Gospel-Cov
enant, 452.

Bullock, William, CONDITIONS OF MEX-
ICO, iii, 489-493; Six Months in Mexico,
493.

Bull Run, Russell's description of battle of,
iv, 309-313; southern poem on, 313-314;
Jackson's report on second, 342-346.
Bunker Hill, battle, ii, 550-551.
Bureau of Ethnology, Fourteenth Annual
Report, i, 64.

Burgoyne, John, lenity of America to, ii,
480; surrender, 565-568; Madame Riede-
sel's opinion of, 566.

Burk, J. D., Virginia, i, 11, ii, 15.
Burke, Edmund, European Settlements, ii,
20, 126, 150; distance from colonies a
disadvantage, 31; NEED OF RELIEVING
GEORGIA, 124-126; THE LAW IN ALL
OUR PROVINCES, 149-150.

Burke, Emily P., THE POOR WHITES, iv,
59-62; Reminiscences of Georgia, 62.
Burlington, New Jersey, i, 567–568.
Burnaby, Andrew, Travels, ii, 20, 89; NEW-
YORK CITY, 87-89.

Burnet, William, A DEFENCE OF PAPER
MONEY, ii, 251-253.

Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, attempted
rescue and rendition, iv, 87-91.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, at Antietam,
iv, 347-351; FREDERICKSBURG, 351–355.
Burr, Aaron.-See Blennerhasset.
Burrough, Edward, Declaration of the Per-
secution of the Quakers, i, 481, 486; THE
WRONGS OF THE QUAKERS, 484-486.
Bute, Lord, head of the English army, ii,
379.

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, major-general,

iv, 315; at New Orleans, 336-337; CON-
TRABAND OF WAR, 390-391; ISSUE IN
THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESI-
DENT, 489-492.

Butler, Frances Anne (Kemble), Journal,
iii, 10, 567. See also Kemble,

Butler, Nathaniel, THE DISMASKING OF
VIRGINIA, i, 225-227.

Butler, Pierce, in Federal Convention, iii,

220.

Byles, Mather, A POETICAL LAMENTA-

TION OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF
HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE
FIRST, ii, 258-260; Collection of Poems,
260.

Byrd, William, house, ii, 4; History of the
Dividing Line, 141, 238; SOCIETY IN
VIRGINIA, 235-238.

CABINET, Polk's, terms of peace with

Mexico, iv, 32-34; Lincoln's, SHALL
SUMTER BE RELIEVED, 211-212; de-
bate on emancipation, 400-402.
Cabot, John, voyage of (1497), i, 70-72;
statement of discovery, 165.

Calder, E. F., Ames Diary, ii, 272, iii, 339.
Calderon, F., Spanish minister, iii, 627.
Caldwell, David, OBSTINATE OBJECTORS,
iii, 251-254.

Caldwell, H. W., Source Extracts, iii, 7,
iv, 6.

Calhoun, John C., AN ARGUMENT FOR
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, iii, 436–440;
RIGHT OF NULLIFICATION, 544-548;
REASONS FOR ANNEXATION, 649-652;
Works, 652; letter to Texan minister,
653; DANGER OF DISUNION, iv, 48-51.
California, Drake in, i, 86; Mexican, condi-
tions in 1835, iv, 11-15; government, 13-
15; cession of, demanded, 32-33; free
territory, 40; overland journey to, 43-45;
mining camps in 1850, 45-48; slavery
in, 51, 52. See also Compromise,
Congress, Slavery, Territories, Wilmot
Proviso.

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from, i, 412; battery at, ii, 4; A SPIRITED
REMONSTRANCE, 401-402; manuscript
records, 402; camp at, 552.
Camden (S. C.), battle of, ii, 610.
Cameron, Simon, Russell's impressions of,
iv, 291.

Camp life, at Washington's headquarters,

ii, 495-497; in Canada, 504-507; at
Valley Forge, 568-573; of Rough Riders,
iv, 587. See also Army.

Campbell, Sir George, POLITICAL CONDI-
TIONS IN THE SOUTH, iv, 647-649;
White and Black, 649.

Canada, discovery of, i, 107-112; French
government of, 133-135, ii, 324-326;
relations with Rhode Island, i, 408;
Archives, ii, 17; fur trade in, 322-324;
Hessian troops in, 504-507; retention of
frontier posts, iii, 158-159; relation with
the Indians, 159; militia, 159; war ves-
sels on Great Lakes, 159-160; reciprocity
treaty, iv, 542-543; fishery question, 542-
546. - See also Fisheries, French, In-
dians.

Canals, Nicaragua, iii, 56, iv, 622-625, 627;
New York, plans for, iii, 59-62; Calhoun
on, 437; travel by, 566.

Canterbury, Archbishop of, on bishops in
America, ii, 289–290.

Cape Ann, sighted by Higginson, i, 192.
Cape Breton, expeditions against, ii, 59, 60.
Cape Cod, John Smith at, i, 314, 317;
Mayflower reaches, 345.

Cape of Good Hope, Drake's voyage, i, 87.
Capital, national, location, iii, 269-272; de-
scription of, 331-333.

Capital laws, i, 489-490. - See also Govern-

Carteret, Sir George, CONCESSIONS AND
AGREEMENTS OF THE PROPRIETORS of
EAST JERSEY, i, 563-566.

Cartier, Jacques, DISCOVERY OF THE ST.
LAWRENCE, i, 107-112.

PROV-

Cartwright, George, commissioner, CON-
DITION OF THE NORTHERN
INCES, 1, 428-430.
Cartwright, Peter, A MUSCULAR CHRIS-

TIAN, iii, 471-475; Autobiography, 475-
Carver, John, governor of Plymouth, i,
349.

Carver, Jonathan, value of personal ex-
perience, ii, 3; A CONCISE CHARACTER
OF THE INDIANS, 334-336; Travels,
336.

Cary, Phoebe, VOICE OF THE NORTHERN
WOMEN, iv, 236-237.

Castelman, Richard, PHILADELPHIA, A

NOBLE, LARGE, AND POPULOUS CITY,
ii, 74-77; Voyage, Shipwreck, and Miracu-
lous Escape, 77.

Catalogues, as guides to sources, i, 16, ii, 22.
Cathcart, James Leander, COURTESIES
OF A BASHAW, iii, 351-355-
Cattle, iii, 68.

Cavendish, Thomas, Lord, connection with
Virginia, i, 229.

Caxamalca (Peru), Pizarro at, i, 53-57.
Cedar Creek, Sheridan's account of battle
of, iv, 422-425; Read's poem on, 426-
427.

Census, fraud in, iv, 510.

Cervera, Admiral, in Spanish War, iv, 582–
585.

Chalmers, George, Revolt of the American
Colonies, ii, 15: Opinions of Eminent
Lawyers, 19.

Chambers, William, Things as they are
America, iv, 10.

Champlain, Samuel, ADVENTURES ON
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, i, 125-129.