History of the United States of America, Volume 9 (of 9) - Henry Adams

Van Buren, Martin, his support of De Witt Clinton, vi. [409], [413];
special judge advocate in Hull’s trial, vii. [417];
prevents Crawford’s nomination to the Presidency, ix. [123].
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, i. [28].
Vandeul, M. de, French chargé at Madrid, confers with Godoy respecting the cession of West Florida, v. [380];
rebuked by Talleyrand at Napoleon’s order, [384].
Van Ness, William P., i. [109];
author of pamphlet by “Aristides,” ii. [73], [171];
carries Burr’s demand to Hamilton, [186].
Van Rensselaer, Solomon, colonel of New York militia, commands attack on Queenston, vi. [348].
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, major-general of New York militia, ordered to take command at Niagara, vi. [321];
forwards letter to Hull, [324];
his force, Aug. 19, 1812, [341];
his alarming position, [342], [343];
his force, Sept. 15, [344];
expected to invade Canada with six thousand men, [345];
his attack on Queenston, [346], [347–353];
retires from command, [353];
Monroe’s opinion of, [396];
Jefferson’s comment on, [398].
Varnum, Joseph B., member of Congress from Massachusetts, ii. [123];
candidate for Speaker of the Ninth Congress, iii. [128];
chosen Speaker of the Tenth Congress, iv. [153];
re-elected Speaker in the Eleventh Congress, v. [76];
his rulings on the previous question, [353];
elected senator, vi. [116];
defeated candidate for governor, vii. [50];
his speech on Giles’s bill for drafting eighty thousand militia, viii. [269–270];
votes against Giles’s bill, [273];
votes against internal improvements, ix. [150].
Vermilion River, Indian boundary, vi. [97], [98].
Vermont, militia recalled from national service, vii. [366];
furnishes supplies to British army, vii. [146]; viii. [93];
militia not called out to defend Plattsburg, [222];
refuses to attend the Hartford Convention, [227];
chooses federalist Congressmen, [228];
prosperous, ix. [160].
“Vesuvius,” steamboat on the Mississippi, ix. [172].
Vice-Presidency, change in mode of election for, ii. [132–134].
Victor, Marshal, to command French forces in Louisiana, ii. [5].
Vienna, Napoleon’s draft for a decree of, v. [143], [144], [150], [152];
Congress of, ix. [24], [36].
Villeré plantation, at New Orleans, seized by British advance, viii. [337], [339].
Vimieiro, battle of, iv. [315], [340].
Vincennes, territorial capital of Indiana, vi. [68], [71], [79];
the Shawnee prophet’s talk at, [80];
Tecumthe’s talks at, [85], [91];
citizens’ meeting at, [92];
Indian deputation at, [108];
panic at, [110].
Vincent, Colonel, his account of Toussaint, i. [382].
Vincent, John, British brigadier-general, evacuates Fort George, vii. [157];
attacks at Stony Creek, [159], [160];
recaptures Fort George, [202].
Virginia in 1800, i. [32];
farming in, [33], [131] et seq.;
horse-racing, [51];
Washington’s views on the value of land in, [135];
Church and State in, [136];
adoption of the Constitution by, [139];
Resolutions, [140] et seq.;
law to prevent extradition, ii. [334], [345], [398];
Madison’s position in, ii. [217]; iii. [120]; iv. [226];
hostility of, to cities and fortifications, iii. [352];
opposed to Pennsylvania on the slave-trade bill, [356–369];
effect of embargo on, iv. [265], [281];
creates manufactures in New England, v. [19], [20];
apathy of, toward the war, vi. [413], [414];
exports of, affected by the blockade, vii. [264], [265];
operations of war on the shores of, [265–277];
militia, mortality of, viii. [219];
her relative rank and obligations, [233];
money furnished by, [234];
men furnished by, [235];
soldiers and sailors of, [236], [237];
arrears of internal taxes in, [256];
creates a State army, [283];
effect of peace on, ix. [60], [61];
congressional election in 1815, [93];
increase of population, 1800–1816, [155];
increase of wealth, [161–167];
legislative reports on roads and banks, [165], [166];
judicial decision of, in case of Martin against Hunter’s lessee, [190–192];
resolutions of 1798 obsolete in 1817, [194].
Virginians, i. [133] et seq.;
middle and lower classes of, [137];
agriculture their resource, [138].
“Vixen,” sloop-of-war, captured, vi. [386]; vii. [312], [313].
Volney describes the American habits of diet, i. [44].
Voltaire, i. [161].

Wabash, valley of, vi. [67], [68], [75], [77];
Harrison’s land purchase in, [83];
war imminent in, [85].
Wadsworth, Decius, colonel commissary general of ordnance, detailed to erect fortifications at Bladensburg, viii. [132], [141];
refuses to obey Monroe’s orders, [158], [159].
Wadsworth, William, brigadier-general of New York militia, vi. [351];
surrenders at Queenston, [352].
Wagner, Jacob, chief clerk of the State Department, i. [236]; ii. [267];
editor of the “Federal Republican,” vi. [406], [407].
Walbach, John B., adjutant-general to Wilkinson at Chrystler’s Farm, vii. [189].
Wales, Prince of (see [George, Prince of Wales]).
Wales, R. W., captain of British sloop-of-war “Epervier,” his report of action with the “Peacock,” viii. [182], [183].
Walpole, Lord, British ambassador at St. Petersburg, his remarks on Roumanzoff, vii. [354].
War, Jefferson’s recommendation of a fund for, iii. [3];
cost of, 1812–1815, ix. [90], [91].
War with England, declared by Monroe to be nearly decided in November, 1811, vi. [130];
recommended by House Committee of Foreign Relations, Nov. 29, 1811, [133–136];
its objects explained by Peter B. Porter, [136];
its probable effects discussed by Felix Grundy, [138], [141];
Grundy’s account of its causes, [139], [140];
Macon’s view of its object, [145];
Monroe’s remarks on, [190];
Madison’s message recommending, [221–226];
expediency of, [223];
Calhoun’s report on causes, [226];
Calhoun’s bill for, adopted by the House, [228];
by the Senate, [228], [229];
and signed by the President, [229];
criticisms on the conduct of, [392–399];
opposition to, [398–403];
apathy toward, [414];
only attainable object of, [418];
reasons of continuance, [430–432].
War Department (see [Dearborn], [Eustis], [Armstrong], [Monroe], [Dallas]).
War Power, ii. [100], [101], [105], [106], [108], [113];
over the militia, vi. [159–161].
“War in Disguise,” pamphlet by James Stephen, iii. [50].
Ward, Artemas, member of Congress from (Boston) Massachusetts, on defence of the Union, viii. [276].
Ward, Robert Plumer, vi. [279].
Ware, Henry, appointed Professor of Theology at Harvard College, i. [311];
his Unitarianism, ix. [176], [182], [205].
Ware, Henry, the younger, ix. [206].
Ware, William, ix. [206].
Warren, John, iv. [411].
Warren, Admiral Sir John Borlase, his authority to suspend hostilities, vii. [4]; ix. [33];
his blockade of May 26, 1813, vii. [262];
his operations in Chesapeake Bay, [265–277];
his remarks on Broke’s victory, [302].
Warren, Dr. J. C., his description of Boston customs in 1800, i. [91];
professor of anatomy at Harvard College, ix. [206].
Warrington, Lewis, commander in U. S. Navy, commands “Peacock,” viii. [181];
captures “Epervier,” [182], [184];
sails from New York, ix. [63];
fires into “Nautilus,” [73].
“Warrior,” privateer brig, her escape, vii. [326].
Warton, agent of Burr, iii. [238].
Washington city in 1800, i. [30];
expense of living in, iv. [209];
F. J. Jackson’s impressions of, v. [116–119];
threatened by British fleet in July, 1813, vii. [55], [277];
fears for safety of, [56];
declared to be adequately defended, [57];
neglect of its defences, viii. [120];
military district created to protect, [122];
result of measures of defence, [123];
British reasons for attacking, [121], [127], [130];
measures of defence taken after August 18, [131], [132];
Winder retreats to, [135], [136];
natural defences of, [138];
capture and burning of, [145–148]; ix. [21];
conduct of citizens of, viii. [158], [159], [160];
militia system tested at, [218];
report of investigating committee on capture of, [277];
Ross’s treatment of, approved by his government, [314], [315];
defence of, compared with that of New Orleans, [340–342];
news of capture received at Ghent, ix. [31], [42];
Lord Liverpool on capture of, [38];
news from New Orleans and Ghent received at, [57], [58];
banks share in loan of 1815, [102];
public buildings rebuilt, [142], [143].
Washington, (or Warburton) Fort (see [Fort Washington]).
Washington, President, opinion of American farming-lands, i. [35];
his support of a national bank, [65];
on emancipation in Pennsylvania and its effects, [135];
establishes the precedent of addressing Congress in a speech, [247];
his personal authority, [262], [320];
denounced by Thomas Paine, [328];
expenditures of his administration, v. [200];
Jefferson’s estimate of, viii. [232].
“Wasp,” sloop-of-war, vi. [364], [378];
her action with the “Frolic,” [379], [380]; vii. [310], [312].
“Wasp,” new American 22-gun sloop-of-war built in 1813, viii. [184], [237];
in the British Channel in June, 1814, [185];
captures the “Reindeer,” [186], [187];
sinks the “Avon,” [188–192];
lost, [193];
gunnery of, ix. [230].
Water communication in 1800, i. [8].
Waterhouse, Dr., i. [93].
Waterloo, ix. [56].
Watmough, John G., lieutenant of artillery, in Fort Erie, viii. [76].
Watson, W. H., first lieutenant of the “Argus,” vii. [306], [308].
Watt, first lieutenant of the “Shannon,” killed, vii. [296].
Wayne, Fort, vi. [294].
Wea Indians, vi. [71], [75], [87].
Weatherford, William, Creek half-breed, vii. [229], [244], [257].
Webster, Daniel, his Rockingham Resolutions, vi. [403];
member of Congress from Massachusetts, vii. [53];
his resolutions on the repeal of French decrees, [55], [58];
his speech on repealing the restrictive system, [375], [376], [377];
his speech on a defensive war, [382], [383];
his speech on Dallas’s bank scheme, viii. [258];
his bank scheme adopted by Congress, [259], [260];
deprecates disunion, [275];
defeats conscription, [279];
in the Fourteenth Congress, ix. [107], [108], [110];
opposes protective duties, [115];
opposes bank, [117], [118];
favors Compensation Act, [120];
his report on repeal of the Compensation Act, [144];
becomes resident of Boston, [206];
a type, [216].
Webster, Noah, i. [62], [105];
presides at Amherst town-meeting, viii. [5].
Weld, Rev. Abijah, of Attleborough, i. [21].
Weld, Isaac, Jr., an English traveller describes condition of inns in America, i. [46], [52];
describes Princeton College, [129];
describes William and Mary College, [136];
at Wilmington, [182].
Wellesley, Marquess, his character, v. [264], [265], [269];
appointed ambassador to the Supreme Junta, [267];
becomes Foreign Secretary, [268];
his friendship with Pinkney, [270], [275];
his promises, [271];
his note on Jackson, [272];
his remark on American hatred, [273];
his procrastination, [277–280], [285];
his contempt for his colleagues, [281], [282];
resolves to retire, [285];
his reply to Champagny’s letter of August 5, [286];
hopes for a Whig ministry in November, 1811, vi. [4];
his controversy with Pinkney over the French decrees and the law of blockade, [5], [6], [9];
abandons hope of a Whig ministry, [14];
rejects Pinkney’s demands, [14], [15], [18];
appoints a minister to Washington, [16];
his instructions of April 10, 1811, to the new minister (see [Foster]), [22], [23];
criticises his colleagues for apathy toward America, [24];
his instructions to Foster of Jan. 28, 1812, [191], [192];
settles the “Chesapeake” affair, [121], [122], [270];
urges his colleagues to choose a course, [267], [268];
resigns from the Cabinet, Jan. 16, 1812, [271];
on the American government, vii. [10].
Wellesley, Sir Arthur, Duke of Wellington, wins the battle of Vimieiro iv. [315];
in India, v. [266];
fights the battle of Talavera, [106];
made a viscount, [264];
general-in-chief, [267];
retreats into Portugal, [268];
fails in siege of Burgos, vii. [4], [9];
invades France, [356];
his remarks on Prevost’s retreat from Plattsburg, viii. [113];
his remarks on his troops sent to America, [113], [354]; ix. [41];
brother-in-law of Pakenham, viii. [353];
on the negotiations at Ghent, ix. [40–42].
Wellesley, Henry, v. [264];
envoy in Spain, [268];
on Perceval’s commercial policy, [283], [284].
Wells, Samuel, colonel of Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, vii. [89], [90–92], [95], [110].
Wells town-meeting in January, 1809, vi. [414].
West, Benjamin, i. [127].
West Indian Report, ii. [68].
West Indian trade, English policy toward, ii. [318];
value of, to England, [331], [413], [415].
West Point Military Academy established, i. [301];
school at, v. [319];
value of, in the war, ix. [235], [236].
“Western World,” the, iii. [273].
Westmoreland, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. [282];
his opinion on Spencer Perceval’s proposed Order in Council, iv. [89].
Wewocau, Little Warrior of (see [Little Warrior]).
Wheat, value of export of, in 1815, ix. [94], [95].
Whiskey-tax, rejected, ii. [167].
Whitbread, Samuel, member of Parliament, i. [50]; ii. [270];
on the American war, vii. [11], [21], [24].
Whitby, Captain, of the “Leander,” iii. [199].
White House, at Washington, burned by Ross, viii. [145], [146], [230], [231];
rebuilt, ix. [143].
White, Samuel, senator from Delaware, iv. [146].
Whitney, Eli, i. [181].
Whittemore, Asa, i. [182].
Whitworth, Lord, British minister at Paris, Napoleon’s announcement to, ii. [19].
Wickham, John, Burr’s counsel, iii. [444];
his opening speech in the Burr trial, [465].
Widgery, William, member of Congress from Massachusetts, vi. [400].
Wilberforce, William, member of Parliament, vi. [273], [280].
Wilde, Richard Henry, member of Congress from Georgia, on the decline of the House of Representatives, ix. [146].
Wilkinson, James, brigadier-general and governor of the Louisiana Territory, ii. [220];
portrayed by Turreau, [406];
his relations with Burr, [408];
holds civil and military powers, iii. [176];
his military force in 1806, [299];
sends Lieutenant Pike to find the sources of the Mississippi, [213];
and to New Mexico, [214];
Burr’s friend, [219] et seq.;
joins Burr at Fort Massac, [222];
author of Burr’s projects against Mexico, [223], [234];
discouraged, [227];
opposed to attacking Spanish territory, [249];
receives cipher despatch from Burr, [253];
in communication with the Spanish authorities, [262], [263];
Governor Mirò’s agent, [269];
denounced by Daveiss as a Spanish pensioner, [270];
at New Orleans, [297];
Laussat’s opinion of, [298];
ordered to Natchitoches, [310];
receives Burr’s letter at Natchitoches, and communicates its contents to Colonel Cushing, [312] et seq.;
writes to Jefferson, [314];
writes again to the President, [315];
takes command in New Orleans, [317];
tells Bollman his intention to oppose Burr’s schemes, [318];
demands of Claiborne the supreme command, [318];
establishes a degree of martial law in New Orleans, [319];
his letter to Clark, [321];
his acts, [323];
despatches including his version of Burr’s cipher received by Jefferson, [336];
assailed by Randolph and the Federalists, [341];
in the receipt of a pension from the King of Spain, [342];
arrives at the Burr trial, [454];
deserted by Clark, [454];
accused by Major Bruff, [454];
supported by Jefferson, [456];
escapes indictment for treason, [457];
Randolph brings charges against, iv. [208];
his movements, v. [37];
Gallatin’s remarks on his character, [38];
military court of inquiry on, [169];
his influence on the army, [169];
ordered to New Orleans, [170];
his encampment at Terre aux Bœufs, [171–175];
summoned to Washington for investigation, [175];
senior brigadier, vi. [291];
appointed major-general, Feb. 27, 1813, vii. [37];
ordered from New Orleans to Sackett’s Harbor, March 10, 1813, [172], [215];
causes of his transfer, [173], [216];
arrives at Washington, July 31, [174];
takes command of military district No. 9, [175], [176];
his plan of campaign, [177], [178];
goes to Niagara, [179];
returns to Sackett’s Harbor, October 2, [179];
his relations with Armstrong, [180–182];
his expedition down the St. Lawrence, [184–191];
goes into winter quarters at French Mills, [199];
throws blame on Armstrong and Hampton, [199];
advises evacuation of Fort George, [201];
his administration at New Orleans, [214];
seizes Mobile, [215]; viii. [322];
on Armstrong, vii. [406];
court-martialed, [407];
on Jacob Brown, [408];
at French Mills, viii. [24];
demands a court martial, [25];
attacks Lacolle Mill, [25], [26];
relieved and court-martialed, [26], [27].
William and Mary, college of, i. [136].
Williams, A. J., captain of artillery in Hindman’s battalion, viii. [37];
in Fort Erie, [71];
killed, [76].
Williams, David R., member of Congress from South Carolina, iii. [358]; iv. [213];
his argument in favor of the embargo, [266], [378];
declares that the embargo is the wish of the South, [421], [426];
on the repeal of the embargo, [436], [439], [448], [450], [451];
not a member of the Eleventh Congress, v. [76];
in the Twelfth Congress, vi. [122];
chairman of military committee, [124], [435].
Williams, John, colonel of Thirty-Ninth U. S. Infantry, ordered to join Jackson, vii. [245], [251];
arrives at Fort Strother, [252].
Williams, Samuel, iv. [167];
Pickering gives Rose a letter to, [235].
Williams, Timothy, iv. [117].
Williamson, Colonel, Burr’s agent, iii. [219], [229], [234], [238].
Wilna, in Poland, Barlow’s journey to, vi. [263], [264].
Wilson, Alexander, describes New England in 1808, i. [19];
on North Carolina, [36], [57], [124].
Wilson, Judge, i. [127].
Winchester, James, brigadier-general, vi. [291];
yields command to Harrison, vii. [75];
commands left division at Fort Defiance, [77], [78], [79];
hardships of his men, [80];
by Harrison’s orders moves to the Maumee Rapids, [84], [86];
his force, [87];
sends detachment to Frenchtown, [88];
follows to Frenchtown, [90];
his account of the position, [91], [92];
defeated and captured, [96];
effect of his defeat on the Creek Indians, [223], [226], [227];
commands at Mobile, [383], [385].
Winder, Levin, governor of Maryland in 1814, viii. [122], [168].
Winder, William H., colonel of Fourteenth Infantry, vi. [357], [359];
brigadier-general, vii. [156];
takes part in capture of Fort George, [157];
advances to Stony Creek, [159];
captured, [160];
appointed to command new military district at Washington, viii. [122];
his physical activity, [123], [131], [132];
takes command of forces at the Woodyard, [133];
retreats to the Old Fields, [134];
retreats to the navy-yard, [135], [136];
his letter to the Secretary of War, August 24, [137];
his supposed motives for occupying the navy-yard, [135–138];
starts for Bladensburg, [139];
rides about the field, [140];
retreats to the capitol, [142];
retreats to Georgetown, [153], [156];
retreats to Rockville, [154];
his fear of responsibility, [154], [155];
goes to Baltimore, [156];
yields command to Samuel Smith, [167];
his measures compared with Jackson’s, [340–343].
Windham, County of, in Vermont, sends delegate to the Hartford Convention, viii. [293].
Wirt, William, counsel for government, iii. [445];
his eloquence in Burr’s trial, [465];
his opinion of Chief-Justice Marshall, [469];
his description of Madison in October, 1814, viii. [230], [231].
Wistar, Dr. Caspar, i. [127].
Wolcott, Alexander, v. [359], [360].
Wolcott, Oliver, iii. [199];
republican candidate for governor of Connecticut, ix. [133].
Wood, Eleazar Derby, major of engineers, constructs Fort Meigs, vii. [93], [99], [104]; ix. [235];
his comments on the affair at the River Raisin, vii. [93];
with Brown on the Niagara, viii. [47];
directs entrenchments at Fort Erie, [67];
takes command of Twenty-first Infantry, [74];
leads sortie from Fort Erie, [87];
killed, [88], [89].
Wood, John, his career, iii. [272];
made editor of the “Western World” by Marshall and Daveiss, [273].
Woodyard, the, Winder’s army camps at, viii. [134].
Wool, John E., captain of Thirteenth Infantry, gains Queenston Heights, vi. [349], [350].
Woollen manufactures, v. [17];
depressed by the peace, ix. [96];
fabrics in the tariff of 1816, ix. [111], [113], [114].
Worcester, Dr. Samuel, his reply to Channing, ix. [180], [181].
Wordsworth, William, i. [94];
his lines on America, [169], [172].
Workman, Judge, iii. [303], [319].
Wright, Robert, member of Congress from Maryland, his motion on impressments, v. [351], [352];
opposes Gallatin’s taxes, vi. [167];
his threats against opposition, [213];
on the payment of taxes in suspended bank paper, viii. [256].
Wythe, George, i. [133].

X. Y. Z. affair, i. [355], [358], [359].

Yale College, i. [106];
remains orthodox, ix. [186].
Yarnall, John J., lieutenant in U. S. navy, Perry’s first officer on the “Lawrence,” vii. [123];
his comment on Elliott, [125].
Yazoo Act, i. [304].
Yazoo bill, passage of, vii. [401], [402];
Marshall’s decision on claims, ix. [189], [190].
Yazoo Compromise, ii. [210];
Madison’s measure, [211];
vote upon, [217];
the test of parties, iii. [119], [350];
bill for settling rejected, [177].
Yeo, Sir James Lucas, British commodore on Lake Ontario, vii. [160];
his attack on Sackett’s Harbor, [164], [169];
reinforces Kingston, [180], [181];
captures “Vixen,” [313];
attacks Oswego, [29], [30];
brings charges against Prevost, [112].
York, or Toronto, capital of Upper Canada, vi. [316];
captured by Dearborn, vii. [152], [154], [155];
public buildings burned, [155].
York, Duke of, v. [57], [58], [105].
“Yorktown,” privateer, captured, vii. [329].
“Young Wasp,” privateer, viii. [196].
Yrujo, Don Carlos Martinez, Spanish minister at Washington, his intimate relations with Jefferson, i. [425];
writes to Morales with respect to the right of deposit, [427];
announces the restoration of the right of deposit, ii. [3];
protests against the sale of Louisiana, [92], [252] et seq.;
his anger, [258], [389];
obtains from American lawyers an opinion, [259];
attacks Madison, [260];
his affair with Jackson, [265];
visits Jefferson at Monticello, [266];
publishes counter statement as to his affair with Jackson, [268];
relations of, with White House, [362];
indiscretion, [368];
at the White House, [369];
concerts reprisals with Merry, [373];
to be sent away, iii. [73], [74], [79];
criticises Jefferson’s message, [184];
arrives in Washington, [185];
receives a letter from Madison asking for his withdrawal, [186];
his reply and subsequent conduct, [187] et seq.;
his remonstrances about Miranda, [194];
named minister to Milan, [196];
attacks Madison in the press, [209];
receives a secret visit from Dayton, [233];
his report to his government respecting Burr’s proposal, [236] et seq.;
writes to Cevallos of Burr’s communications, [247];
notifies his government of Burr’s intentions, [261];
Burr’s message to him, [264] et seq.;
letter on Wilkinson, [342].

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The Times, Feb. 4 and 10, 1814.

[2] The Times, April 23, 1814.

[3] The Sun, Aug. 4, 1814.

[4] The Times, April 15, 1814.

[5] The Morning Post, Jan. 27 and Feb. 1, 1814.