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UNITED STATES

Edwards, Jonathan, 753. Election laws, 749, 784. Elective franchise, 754,

781. Electoral system, 749-50,

754, 772.

Ellsworth, Oliver, 748. Emancipation, 777. Embargo, the. 759. England, Church of, 731,

739, 770. Entails, 731.

Erie, Lake, battle of, 760. Erie Canal, 761, 763. Eutaw Springs, 745. Excise, 749, 755, 783. Expenditure, national,

828.

Exploration, 729. Exports, 733, 750, 753,825. Express companies, 765. Fair Oaks, battle of, 777. Families, 828. Farms, 823.

Farragut, D. G., 777, 780. Federal Government, 733,

745-52. Federal party, 752, 757,

761.

Federal questions, 751. Filibustering, 771. Fillmore, Pres. MiUard,

770-1.

Fisheries, 745, 782. Five Forks, battle of, 780. Flag of U.S., 742. Florida, 731, 735, 745,

767-8.

Force Act, the, 784. Foreign-born, 820. Forests, 807. Fort Du Qnesne, 735. Fort Hatteras, 775. Fort Necessity, 735. Fort Stunter, 774. France, 730, 733-6, 742,

744, 755, 782. Franklin, Benjamin, 742,

743, 745.

Fredericksbnrgh, 777. Freedmen s Bureau Act,

781.

Free Soil party, 768. Free trade, 768, 785. Fremont, J. C., 771. French and Indian war,

734. Fugitive slave laws, 747,

751, 768, 770. Gage, Thomas, 739-42. Gaines s Mill, 777. Garfield, Pres. Jas. A.,

785, 788.

Garrison, Win. L., 767. " Gaspee," the, 739. Gates, Horatio, 741, 744. Genet, E. C., 755. Geography, 791. Geology, 792 sq. Georgia, 729, 744. Gerraantown, 744. Gerry, Elbridge, 748. Gettysburgh, 778. Ghent, treaty of, 760. Gold, 768, 782, 814. Gosnold, Barth.,729. Governments, colonial,

730, 739. Grain, 823-4. Grant, Pres. Ulysses S.,

776, 778-81, 784. Grasse, Comte de, 745. Great Basin, 797. Great Britain, 736 sq.,

755, 758-60, 762, 782, Great Valley, 794. Greeley, Horace, 784. Greenbacks, 775. Grenville, George, 737. Guadalnpe Hidalgo,

treaty of, 767. Guilford, battle of, 744. Habeas corpus, 750, 775,

776, 784. Hamilton, A., 752, 754-6.

Hamlin, H., 772. Hancock, John, 738. Hancock, W. S., 785, 789. Harrison, Pres. Wm. H.,

759, 766.

Hartford convention, 760. Harvard college, 732. Hayes, Pres. K. B., 734. Hayne, Robt. Y., 764. Hendricks, T. A., 784-5,

789.

Henry, Patrick, 737. Hobkirk s Hill, 744. Holland, 730, 744. Homestead system, 763. Hood, J. B., 779, 789. Hooker, Joseph, 777. House of representatives,

749.

Howe, Earl, 743. Howe, Viscount, 743. Howe, Sir Wm., 742-4. Hudson, Henry, 730. Hudson river, 761. Hudson s Bay Co., 767. Hull, Wm., 759, 789. Illinois, 747, 753, 761. Immigration, 731, 754,

759, 763, 765, 769, 782, 820-1.

Impeachment, 749-50. Imports, 733, 753, 825. Impressment, 759-60. Independence, 742, 745. Indiana, 747, 761. Indigo, 782. Inter-State Commerce

Act, 749, 786. Inventions, 765, 768, 823. Iowa, 768. Ireland, 737, 782. Iron, 732-3, 761, 765,

783, 813.

Iron-clad vessels, 777,828. Jackson, Pres. Andrew,

760, 762, 764-6. Jackson, T. J., 777-8. Jamestown, 729. Japan, 771.

Jay, John, 742, 745, 752,

755.

Jay treaty, 755, 758. Jefferson, Pres. Thomas,

743,747,752,755-6,758. Johnson, Pres. Andrew,

780-1.

Johnson, Sir Wm., 735. Johnston, A. S., 776. Johnston, Jos. E., 777-8,

780.

Jones, Paul, 744. Judiciary, 749-51, 769. ^Kansas, 770-1, 773. Kansas-Nebraska Act,

770.

Kentucky, 739, 755, 757. Kentucky resolutions, 756. King, Rufns, 748. Knights of Labour, 786. Know-nothing party, 770. Knox, Henry, 754, 789. Koscinsko,Thaddeus,743. Koszta case, 771. Ku Klux Klan, 784. Labour difficulties, 786. La Fayette, Marquis de,

743, 745.

Land system, 763, 766. Lawrence, J., 760, 789. Lead, 817. Lee, Charles, 741-2. Lee, Robt. E., 777, 780. Legal tender, 750, 766. Legislatures, 730, 741,

746, 749.

Lewis and Clarke, 758. Lexington, battle of, 738. Liberal party, 767-8. Liberal Republican party,

784. Lincoln, Pres. Abraham,

772, 774-5, 779-80. Literature, 753, 762, 765. Live stock, 823. Livingston, Edward, 764.

Locomotive engine, 765. London Company, 729. Long Island, battle of,

745.

Lookout Mountain, 778. Louisburgh, 734-5. Louisiana, 735, 758-60. Lundy s Lane, 7CO. M Clellan, G. B., 775,

777, 780, 789. Macdonough, T., 760. Madison, Pres. James,

748, 752, 759. Maine, 729, 761. Manassas, battle of, 775. Manufactures, 732-3, 752,

761, 776, 782, 824. Marcy, W. L., 7G4, 789. Marion, Francis, 744. Maryland, 729, 730, 746,

748, 752.

Mason, George, 748, 789. Massachusetts, 729-31,

737, 739-40, 747. "Mayflower," the, 729. Meade, G. G., 778, 790. Mercury, 816. Message, president s, 750. Methodists, 770, 829. Mexico, 758, 767-8, 782. Michigan, 747, 765, 768. Milan decree, 759. Militia, 750. Minerals, 811. Mining, 732. Minnesota, 772. Missionary Ridge, 778. Mississippi, 761. Mississippi river, 733,

753, 758, 774, 776, 778. Mississippi valley, 801. Missouri, 761, 763, 771. Missouri compromise,763,

772.

Mobile, 734. Mobile Bay, 780. Monmouth, 744. Monroe, Pres. James,

761-2.

Montgomery, R., 742, 790. Morgan, Daniel, 744. Morgan, E. D., 773, 790. Mormons, 769. Morrill tariff, 773, 776. Morris, Robert, 747-8. Morton, 0. P., 773, 790. Murfreesboro, 778. Nashville, battle of, 779. National banks, 776. National republican

party, 762. Nativity of population,

820. Naturalization, 750, 756,

759.

Natural gas, 782, 813. Navigation laws, 733,

737-8. Navy, 742, 755, 758-60,

774, 777, 783, 828. Nebraska, 770-1 781-2. Nevada, 780, 782. New Amsterdam, 730. New England, 729-35,

743, 757, 759-61, 792. New France, 734. New Hampshire, 730, 748. New Jersey, 730-1, 743,

746, 748.

New Mexico, 767-8. New Orleans, 734, 760,

777, 784. Newport, 743-4. Newport, Christopher,

729.

Newspapers, 765, 783. New York, 730-1, 738,

746, 748, 753, 759, 761. New York city, 730, 732,

743-4, 753, 761, 779. Non -importation agree ment, 738.

Non-intercourse law, 759. North Carolina, 730, 744,

749, 752, 754.

North West, the, 745,

747, 753, 774. Nova Scotia, 735. Occupations, 822. Ohio, 747, 753, 759. Ohio Company, 734. Orders in council, 759. Ordinance of 1787, 747,

752-3. Ordinance of Secession,

749, 773. Oregon, 772. Oregon country, the,

758, 762, 767-8. Ostend manifesto, 771. Otis, James, 736. Pacific Coast ranges, 801. Paine, Thomas, 742, 748. Panic of 1837, 766; of

1873, 783, 786. Parish, 731, 827. Parks, 796. Parliament, British, 733,

736-40.

Patents, 750, 757. Patrons of Husbandry,

786.

Putroons, 731. Pendleton Act, 785. Peninsular campaign,

777.

Penn, Wm., 730. Pennsylvania, 730, 731. Pennsylvania university,

732.

Pensions, 780, 828. Perry, O. H., 760. Personal liberty laws,

768.

Petei-sburgh, 779-80. Petroleum, 782, 813. Philadelphia, 744, 753. Physical geography, 791. Pierce, Pres. Franklin,

770.

Pinckney, C., 748, 790. Pinckney, C. C., 748, 790. Pitt, Wm., 733, 735,738. Pittsburgh, 734, 739. Pittsburgh Landing, 776. Plains, 810. Plymouth, Mass., 729. Plymouth Company, 729. Polk, Pres. Jas. K., 755,

767.

Polygamy, 769. Pope, John, 777. Population, 783, 802, 818. Porter, David, 760. Port Hudson, 777-8. Port Royal, N.S., 734. Port Royal, S.C., 775. Post-office, 757, 768, 825. Potato crops, 824. Prairies, 816. Presbyterians, 770, 829. President, 745, 749-50,

758.

Presidents, list of, 787. Presque Isle, 734. Princeton, battle of, 743. Princeton college, 732. Proprietary governments,

730. Protection, 747, 754, 761,

764, 768, 772-3, 776. Public lands, 763, 827. Pulaski, Count, 743-4,

790.

Puritans, 729, 739. Putnam, Israel, 743, 790. Quakers, 733. Quebec, 735, 742. Railways, 765, 768, 775,

782, 825. Rainfall, 805. Raleigh, Sir Walter, 729. Randolph, E., 748, 755. Rawdon, Lord, 744. Reconstruction, 781-3. Refunding, 784. Religion, 829. Representatives, 749. Republican party (of

1793), 755, 757.

Republican party (of

1856), 771, 774, 781, 780. Repudiation, 741, 7C6. Requisitions, 747. Revenue, 776, 827. Revolution, American,

730, 741, 745. Rhode Island, 730, 731,

748, 752, 754. Rice, 732, 824. Richmond, 774, 779-80. " Rings," 783. Roads, 753, 757. Rocky Mountains, 758,

796.

Uodgers, John, 760. Roman Catholics, 770,

829. Rosecrans, William S. ,

778.

Royal governments, 730. Russia, 762. Rutledge, John, 748. Salt, 817. Saratoga, surrender at,

744.

Savannah, 744, 780. Schools, 763, 765, 828-0. Schuyler, Philip, 741, 790. Scott, Winfleld, 760, 767,

770, 775.

Search, right of, 759-60. Secession, 741, 749, 772-3. Sedition law, 756. Seminole war, 768. Senate, 749, 769. Seven days battles, 777. Seven Pines, 777. Seward,Wm.II.,770, 773. Seymour,Horatio,781,790. Sharpsburgh, 777. Shenandoah valley, 777,

779, 794-5.

Sheridan, P. H., 779-80. Sherman, Roger, 748. Sherman, W. T., 779-80. Shipping, 732, 826. Sierra Nevada, 799. Silver, 782, 784, 814. Sinks, 797-8.

Six Nations, 746.

Slave representation, 749,

769. Slavery, 729, 747, 752,

757, 763, 768-9, 772, 775, 777, 781.

Slave trade, 740, 749. " Sons of Liberty," 738. South America, 762. South Carolina, 730, 737,

744, 752, 764, 772. Spain, 730, 735, 753, 768,

762.

Specie circular, 766. Squatter sovereiKnty,768. Stamp Act, 737, 738. Stark, John, 744. Star routes, 783. States, 733, 741, 747, 749-

50, 754, 827; table of,

802. State sovereignty, 741,

746, 751, 756-7, 763,

774. Steam navigation, 753,

758, 763, 765, 826. Stephens, A. H., 770, 773. Steuben, Baron von, 743,

790.

Stony Point, 744. Storms, 807.

Sub-treasury law, 766-8. Suffrage, right of, 754,

781.

Sugar, 824.

Sumner, Charles, 770. Sumter, Thomas, 744,

790.

Supreme Court, 751. Sweden, 730. Taney, R. B., 764, 790. Taxation, British , 737-40. Taxation, United States,

741, 747, 749-50, 776,

780, 827.

Taylor, Pres. Zachary,

767-8.

Tea-tax, 739. Tecumseh, 759. Telegraph, 765, 768, 782,

825.

Telephone, 782. Temperature, 803. Tennessee, 739, 755, 757. Tenure of Office Act, 781. Territories, 747, 749, 768,

827; table of, 802. Texas, 767.

Thames, battle of, 760. Theology, 753. Thomas, Geo. H., 778-9,

790.

Ticonderoga, 735, 741. Tilden, S. J., 784. Tin, 816. Tippecanoe, 759. Titles, 731, 750. Tobacco, 732, 824. Tornadoes, 807. Towns, 731, 738, 827. Townsliend, Charles, 737,

738.

Townships, 763, 827. Trade unions, 786. Treason, 751, 780. Treaties, 750. "Trent "case, 775. Trenton, battle of, 743. Tyler, Pres. John, 766. Union, plans of, 735;

drift towards, 738 ;

accomplished, 741, 751,

754, 758; attacked, 770; maintained, 781.

United States, date of

political origin of, 741 ;

of legal origin, 743. Utah, 767-9. Valley Forge, 744. Van Buren, Pres. Martin,

764, 766-8. Vegetation, 807. Vermont, 731, 75-5. Veto power, 741, 749. Vice-president, 750. Vicksburgh, 777-8. Virginia, 729-30, 733,

737, 745-6, 748. Virginia resolutions, 756. Walker, Robt. J., 768. Ward, Artemas, 741. Washington, Pres. Geo.,

735, 741-5, 747, 748,

752-5. AVashington city, 750,

755, 757, 760. Wayne, Ant., 744, 757. Wealth, national, 782. Webster, Daniel, 753, 764,

770.

West, the, 757, 765.

West Point, 744, 768.

West Virginia, 776.

Wheeler, W. A., 784, 790.

Whig party, 757, 762, 764.

Whisky insurrection, 755.

Whisky ring, 783.

Whitefield, Rev. George, 731.

Whitney, Eli, 757.

Wilderness, battles of the, 779.

William and Mary Col lege, 732.

Wilmington, 780.

Wilmot proviso, 768.

Wilson, James, 758.

Wilson s Creek, 775.

Winds, 805.

Wisconsin, 747, 768.

Woodbury, Levi, 764, 790.

Wool, 824.

Wythe, George, 748.

X.Y.Z. mission, 755.

Yale College, 732.

Yellow fever, 757.

Yorktown, 745, 777.

Zinc, 817.