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 INDEX 285 Great Britain, honor paid to memory of Washington by fleet of, i. 46; Adams s theory of decadence of, 75; encroachments of, in Central Amer ica during Folk s administration, ii. 219-220; settlement of question of dominion of, in Central America, 230; abandons claim to right of search, in 1858, 230-231 ; strain put on relations between United States and, during Civil War, 275, 277; treaty of Washington with (1871), iii. 82-84. Great Meadows, battle of, i. 12. Greeley, Horace, i. 245, ii. 289; nomi nated for presidency by Liberal Re publicans (1872), iii. 85. Greely relief expedition, iii. 227-228. Green, Duff, i. 285, 290. Greenough, Horatio, statue of Wash ington by, i. 49. Grenada, treaty with, ii. 115. Gresham, Walter Q., iii. 215, 264. Greytown, Nicaragua, bombardment of, ii. 189-190. Gridley, Jeremiah, i. 66. Griggs, John W., iv. 54, 241. Grundy, Felix, ii. 92. Guthrie, James, ii. 188. &quot;Hail Columbia,&quot; publication of. i. 99. Hale, Edward Everett, i. 48. Hale, John P., ii. 177, 182. Half-breed political faction, iii. 246. Hall, Nathan K., ii. 152; postmaster- general under Fillmore, 157-158. Halleck, Gen., ii. 265, iii. 35, 36, 37. Hamilton, Alexander, secretary of treasury under Washington, i. 38, 133; letter to Washington con cerning latter s renomination to presidency, 39-40; essay concern ing policy of neutrality toward bel ligerent European powers, 40; se lected as Washington s chief of staff, at time of threatened war with France, 43; schemes against John Adams during latter s candi dacy for presidency, 93-95; open quarrel between Adams and, 100- 101; political dissensions and per sonal antipathy between Jefferson and, 134135; reactionary policy of, under President Adams, 138; course of, at time of election of Jef ferson and Burr, 139; mentioned, 160, 170, 172, 176; shares with Madison the credit of the &quot;Feder alist,&quot; 177; breach with Madison, owing to latter s joining Republi can party, 182. Hammond, George, English plenipo tentiary, i. 136. Hampton, Wade, iii. 130, 131. Hancock, John, i. 68. Hancock, Gen. W. S., relations be tween Grant and, after Civil War iii. 69; defeated by Garfleld for presidency in 1880, 185. Hanna. Mark, iv. 53. Harlari, John M., iii. 130. Harland, Marion, &quot;Story of Mary Washington&quot; by, i. 54. Harrison, Anna Symmes, ii. 46. Harrison, Benjamin, member of Vir ginia committee of thirteen and signer of Declaration of Independ ence, i. 121, ii. 31-33, iv. 3. HARRISON, BENJAMiN(23d President), ii. 46, iii. 260; distinguished ances try, iv. 3; boyhood and education, 3-5; legal studies and admission to bar of Indiana, 5; professional ca reer, 5 ff. ; commanding abilities as a lawyer, 6-8; elected reporter of supreme court of Indiana, 9; called to war and commissioned colonel of 70th Indiana infantry, 9-10; gal lant military record, 10-12; re sumes law practice, 12-13; de feated for governorship of Indiana, 13; political activities, 13; U. S. senator from 1881 to 1887, 13-14; unrestricted championship of Re publican party, 14; nominated for presidency in 1888, 14-15; quality of the ninety-four speeches deliv ered by, during canvass, 15-20; speeches during trip to Pacific coast and back, 20; fully measures up to standard of a president of the first grade, 20; remarks of Lord Coleridge on, 20-21; work in con nection with affair of Italians mur dered at New Orleans, in the Chile affair, and in the Bering sea contro versy, 22-23; an out-and-out pro tectionist, 23; defeat of, by Cleve land in 1892, iii. 263, iv. 24; de livers course of lectures at Leland Stanford, Jr., university, 25; mar riage to Mrs. Dimmock, 26; works by and life of, 27; quoted concern ing Roosevelt s work on civil serv ice commission, 97. Harrison, Caroline Scott, iv. 4, 27. Harrison, Col. John, ii. 31-32. Harrison. John Scott, ii. 46, iv. 3. Harrison, Lucy, ii. 47. Harrison, Major Russell, iv. 27-28.