INDEX
Adams, John, favors making government impressive through ceremony, attitude toward Genet affair, reelected Vice-president, elected President, personal characteristics, relations with Jefferson, Cabinet, defeat at election of 1800,
Addison, Alexander, Judge,
Algiers, relations with, treaty with,
Alien and Sedition laws,
Ames, Fisher, of Massachusetts,
Bacri, the Jew,
Barclay, Thomas,
Baldwin, Abraham, of Georgia,
Barlow, Joel,
Barry, John, Captain,
Beard, C.A., Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy, Benson, Egbert, of New York,
Boudinot, Elias, of New Jersey,
Bradford, William, of Rhode Island,
Burke, Edanus, of South Carolina,
Burr, Aaron,
Butler, Pierce, of South Carolina,
Cabinet, President's, a development after Washington's administration, status of,
Campbell, William, Major,
Carmichael, William,
Church, Edward, U. S. consul at Lisbon,
Clark, Abraham, of New Jersey,
Clark, George Rogers,
Clinton, George, of New York,
Constellation, The, ship,
Constitution, The, ship,
Constitutional amendments adopted,
Daily Advertizer,
Dauphin, The, ship,
Dayton, Jonathan, of New Jersey,
Dexter, Samuel, of Massachusetts,
District of Columbia, exact site to be selected by the President,
Ellsworth, Oliver, of Connecticut,
Federal Hall,
Federalist,
Federalist party,
Finance, National, Tariff bill, debt of United States (1790), Assumption bill, national bank established, mint established,
Fishbourn, Benjamin,
Fitzsimmons, Thomas, of Pennsylvania,
France, relations with United States, treaties of 1778, representation in United States, special mission to, treaties abrogated (1798), maritime troubles with, second mission to,
Fraunces, A.G.,
Freneau, Philip, editor of National Gazette,
Genet, Edmond, appointed French minister to United States; a trained diplomatist, audacious mission, reception in United States, policy toward Louisiana, argues for treaty rights, public opinion for, arrest by French Government, success, United States becomes his asylum, bibliography,
Germantown, Proposal to place capital at,
Gerry, Elbridge, of Massachusetts,
Giles, W.B., of Virginia,
Grange, The, ship,
Grayson, William, of Virginia,
Great Britain, lays down contraband regulations, retains Western posts in
America, treaty with (1795),
Greenville, Treaty of (1795),
Gwinnett, Button,
Hail Columbia,
Hamilton, Alexander, personal appearance, aid in finance sought by Washington, advises Washington as to deportment, appointed Secretary of Treasury, rivalry between Madison and, opinion as to establishment of courts, report to Congress (1790), stand on the question of security of transfer, interest in site for national capital, report on manufactures, appreciation of, author of interrogatories to the cabinet (1793), opinion on French treaty obligations; stands against Jefferson, calmness in regard to Genet affair, "Pacificus,", "No Jacobin,", resigns as Secretary of Treasury (1793), party warfare against, requests a Treasury investigation, opinion as to enforcing law, remains trusted adviser, aids Wolcott in preparing scheme of taxation, appointed major-general, relations with Adams, bibliography,
Hammond, George, British minister to United States,
Hancock, John,
Harmar, Josiah, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Hazard, Ebenezer, Postmaster-General,
Henry, Patrick,
Humphreys, David, Colonel,
Indian troubles in the West,
Jackson, Andrew,
Jackson, James, of Georgia,
Jay, John, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, appointed envoy extraordinary to
Great Britain (1794), mission to England, elected Governor of New York,
Jay treaty, terms of, agitation over, French attitude toward,
Jefferson, Thomas, appointed Secretary of State, attitude on question of assumption of state debts, importance of public service, report on the Algerine question, as minister to Paris, opinion on French treaty obligations, "The Anas," disturbs the administration, resigns as Secretary of State (1793), for the principle "free ships, free goods," opponent of Hamilton, drafts Kentucky Resolutions (1798), elected President, bibliography,
Johnson, Thomas, of Maryland,
Jones, John Paul, Admiral,
Judiciary, Establishment of the,
Kentucky Resolutions,
Knox, Henry, Secretary of War since 1785, Secretary of War and of the Navy, submits plan for militia, supports Hamilton in question of treaty obligations, recommended as major-general by Washington, question of precedence of rank, declines appointment,
La Carmagnole, ship,
L'Ambuscade, ship,
L'Ami de la Point à Petre, ship,
La Montagne, ship,
L'Amour de la Liberté, ship,
La Vengeance, ship,
Le Cassius, ship,
Le Citoyen Genet, ship,
Lee, Arthur,
Lee, Charles, of Virginia,
Lee, R.H., of Virginia,
l'Enfant, P.C.,
Le Petit Démocrate, ship,
L'Espérance, ship,
Le Vainqueur de Bastille, ship,
Little Sarah, ship,
Livermore, Samuel, of New Hampshire,
Livingston, Walter,
Louisiana territory,
McGillivray, Alexander, Head chief of the Creeks,
McHenry, James, of Maryland,
McIntosh, Lachlan,
Maclay, William, of Pennsylvania, Diary of,
Madison, James, cooperates with Hamilton in government organization, personal appearance, introduces scheme for raising revenue, upholds President's power of removal, acts as advisor to Washington, opinion as to system of federal courts, stand on question of security of transfer, opinion on creation of a navy, "Helvidius," attitude toward non-intercourse, drafts Virginia Resolutions (1798),
Marshall, John, opinion on neutrality of United States (1793), appointed commissioner to France, becomes Secretary of State,
Military preparedness, Policy of,
Monroe, James,
Morris, Gouverneur,
Morris, Robert,
Moultrie, William, General,
Murray, W.V., Minister to Holland,
Napoleon Bonaparte,
National Gazette,
Naval policy of the United States,
Neutrality, Question of (1793),
New York, desires to be capital of nation, Washington's home in,
Nicholas, W.C., of Virginia,
Non-intercourse bill,
North Carolina admitted to the Union (1789),
O'Brien Richard, Captain,
O'Fallon, James, Dr.,
Osgood, Samuel, Postmaster-General,
Page, John, of Virginia,
Paine, Thomas,
Paterson, William, of New Jersey,
Philadelphia club,
Pickering, Timothy of Massachusetts,
Pinckney, C.C.,
Pinckney, Thomas,
President of the United States, social position and duties, official title, power of removal by,
Putnam, Rufus, General,
Randolph, Edmund, appointed Attorney-General, opinion on question of French treaty obligations, divides influence between factions in cabinet, transferred to State Department, letter to Washington, opinion as to enforcing law, applies to French minister for funds, retires,
Republican party,
Residence act,
Rhode Island admitted to the Union (1790),
St. Clair, Arthur, General,
Sans Pareil, ship,
Sedgwick, Theodore, of Massachusetts,
Senate, privy council function of,
Short, William,
Smith, Samuel, of Maryland,
Smith, William, of South Carolina,
Spain, Treaty with (1795),
Stone, M.J., of Maryland,
Story, Joseph, Justice,
Talleyrand,
Tariff, see Finance.
Taylor, John,
Treasury Department, established by Congress, rights and duties of
Secretary defined, Secretary's report,
Trenton, proposal to place capital at,
Truxtun, Thomas, Captain,
United States, The, ship
Virginia Resolutions
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, of Connecticut
War Department, Opposition to
Washington, George, reluctant to reassume public responsibilities, installed as President (1789), personal characteristics; his magnificence, his levees; first message to Congress; first cabinet, message to Senate (1789), differences with the Senate, tours, church-going habits, receives news of St. Clair's defeat, concern about Genet affair, opinion as to validity of French treaty, dependence upon Hamilton, address of Dec. 3, 1793, reëlected President, party spirit against, Farewell Address (1796), death (1799), bibliography,
Washington, Martha, arrival in New York, her entertainments
Wayne, Anthony, General
West Indies, trade with
Whiskey insurrection,
White, Alexander, of Virginia
Willett, Marinus, Colonel
Wolcott, Oliver, of Connecticut
"X.Y.Z." dispatches