JAMES MADISON

By HENRY ADAMS

Vol. V.

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1890

Copyright, 1890
By Charles Scribner’s Sons.

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

CONTENTS OF VOL. V.

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I.Subsidence of Faction[1]
II.Alienation from France[22]
III.Canning’s Concessions[42]
IV.Erskine’s Arrangement[66]
V.Disavowal of Erskine[87]
VI.Francis James Jackson[109]
VII.Napoleon’s Triumph[133]
VIII.Executive Weakness[154]
IX.Legislative Impotence[176]
X.Incapacity of Government[199]
XI.The Decree of Rambouillet[220]
XII.Cadore’s Letter of August 5[241]
XIII.The Marquess Wellesley[262]
XIV.Government by Proclamation[289]
XV.The Floridas and the Bank[316]
XVI.Contract with France[338]
XVII.Dismissal of Robert Smith[359]
XVIII.Napoleon’s Delays[380]
XIX.Russia and Sweden[404]

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.