INDEX.
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [X], [Y]
A.
Adams, John, [310], [372], [399], [411], [427], [460];
Vice-President of the United States, favors Gallatin’s claim to eligibility for the Senate, [120], [121];
elected President, [178];
suspects intrigue, [178];
his first speech to Congress, [183];
his second speech, [188];
declines invitation to birthday ball, [194];
nominates William Vans Murray to France, [220], [221];
remark on mediation, [223];
his third speech to Congress, [223];
ostensibly renominated for the Presidency, [241];
his conduct in 1801, [258], [265], [266];
calls the Senate, [260], [263].
Adams, Mrs. John, [185].
Adams, John Quincy, [429], [502], [634];
rejected by the Senate as minister to Russia, [389];
his account of the conduct of the Senate in 1809, [389-391];
his account of Duane and Binns, [442];
commissioner under the mediation, [479];
parallelism of his career with Gallatin’s, 4[95-497];
his antagonism to Mr. Clay, [520], [522];
his account of his colleagues at Ghent, [523], [527], [528];
prepares articles, [540];
his struggle to secure the fisheries, [540-545];
minister to England, [548];
joined in negotiating commercial convention, [548];
his character, [552], [592], [599];
Secretary of State, [562], [566];
his negotiation with France in 1819-1822, [573-575], [579];
his character of Gallatin, [576], [626], [629], [676];
W. H. Crawford’s comments on, [580], [584], [586], [588];
Gallatin’s character of, [599];
chosen President, [602], [606];
his reasons for not offering the Treasury to Gallatin, [609];
on the distrust of Mr. Clay, [609];
on relations with England in 1827, [624], [625], [627], [628];
his comments on Mr. Canning, [624], [627], [628];
his comments on men and measures, [636];
his death, [677].
Adams, William, British commissioner at Ghent, [519], [543];
negotiator of the commercial convention, [552].
Addison, Alexander, [177], [223].
Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of, [572].
Alexander, Emperor of Russia, invites diplomatic relations in 1808, [390];
offers mediation, [477], [498];
renews the offer, [498], [503];
causes misunderstanding, [503], [510], [511];
receives a note from Mr. Crawford, [511];
his conversation with La Fayette at the house of Madame de Staël, [512], [514];
his visit to London, [514];
his interview with Gallatin, [514], [515];
his influence on the negotiation, [516], [518], [537];
his friendliness, [553].
Alien laws, [202], [204], [206], [274], [320].
Algerine powers, war with, [300], [306], [307], [349].
Allegre, Sophia, Gallatin’s first wife, her family, [69];
her engagement, [70];
her mother, [70], [71];
her marriage, [71], [72];
her death, [72], [75], [80], [83].
Allen, John, M.C. from Connecticut, on the sedition law, [207].
Alston, Joseph, reports of his character, [244], [245].
Ames, Fisher, [154];
his speech on Jay’s treaty, [155], [165], [198];
his opinion on the use of the army in domestic politics, [170];
favors war with France, [184];
his political formulas, [199], [214].
Amory, scholar of Gallatin’s at Harvard College, [43], [59].
Anderson, Joseph, Senator from Tennessee, [429], [484], [490].
Armstrong, John, [290], [389], [400];
appointed Secretary of War, [471];
his conduct, [481];
wishes to be commander-in-chief, [485];
his account of how he ceased to be Secretary of War, [530].
Assumption of State debts, [87], [168].
Astor, John Jacob, [455], [477], [488], [588];
on Gallatin’s rejection by the Senate, [488], [489];
offers to take Gallatin into partnership, [555];
his account of American habits, [584];
establishes the National Bank for Gallatin, [642].
B.
Bache, Franklin, [15].
Bache, Richard, [554].
Bacon, Ezekiel, M.C. from Massachusetts, [450], [454].
Badollet, Jean, schoolmate of Gallatin’s, [15], [16], [64], [120];
urged by Gallatin to come to America, [51], [53], [60];
comes to George’s Creek, [63], [66];
settles at Greensburgh, on the Monongahela, [144];
his opinion of Judge Brackenridge, [133], [134];
appointed register of the land-office at Vincennes, [404], [405];
his struggle against the introduction of slavery in Indiana, [404], [406];
Gallatin’s opinion of, [610], [646], [647];
death of his wife, [649].
Baer, George, M.C. from Maryland, [250], [262].
Bainbridge, Commodore, [462], [466].
Baldwin, Abraham, Senator from Georgia, [253], [302].
Bank of the United States, [157], [308], [309];
Mr. Jefferson’s views regarding, [308], [321], [665];
its dissolution in 1811, [416], [417], [426-430];
rechartered in 1816, [429];
consequences of its dissolution, [451], [474], [475];
Gallatin declines Presidency of, [578], [583], [584];
question of recharter in 1830-1842, [636], [638], [639], [651];
its power, [651];
rechartered as U.S. Bank of Pennsylvania, [659];
opposes return to specie payments, [659], [660];
becomes bankrupt, [661];
Gallatin’s views on rechartering, [639], [659], [665], [666].
Bank, National (Gallatin), of New York, [642], [643], [647], [658], [662].
Banking, Gallatin’s writings on. (See Currency.)
Baring, Alexander (Lord Ashburton), [552], [564], [565];
his relations with Gallatin in the Louisiana purchase, [317], [318];
his letters to Gallatin on the Russian mediation, [499], [500], [502], [504];
his negotiation in 1842, [668-670];
his opinion of Gallatin, [668];
his death, [677].
Barlow, Joel, [424], [436], [461].
Bassano, Duke de, Napoleon’s Minister of State, [421].
Bathurst, Lord, his notes and instructions to the British commissioners at Ghent, [527];
his offer of the uti possidetis, [535];
his instructions regarding the fisheries, [543].
Bayard, James A., M.C. from Delaware, [154], [155], [156], [205], [316], [458], [459];
his course in the contested Presidential election of 1801, [250], [254], [260], [262];
sent as envoy to Russia, [479], [490], [493], [495];
goes with Gallatin to London, [506];
his influence in the negotiation, [522], [523];
conversation with Goulburn, [524], [525];
death, [549].
Baylies, Francis, M.C. from Massachusetts, [620], [624], [625].
Bentley, William, tutor at Harvard College, and clergyman at Salem, [43], [69].
Benton, Thomas H., his defence of Mr. Van Buren, [618].
Berkeley, Admiral, [358], [359].
Bibb, W. W., M.C. from Georgia, [480].
Biddle, Nicholas, [637], [660].
Binns, John, [439], [442].
Bledsoe, Jesse, Senator from Kentucky, [484].
Bonaparte, Napoleon, [381], [383], [399];
his Berlin, Milan, and Bayonne decrees, [374], [376], [567];
his apparent change of policy in 1810, [420], [421];
his secret Trianon decree, [421], [422], [425];
succeeds in leading the United States into war with England, [425];
anecdote of Count Romanzoff, [444];
returns from Elba, [547].
Boston, [55], [68];
description of, in 1780, [27], [28], [45];
Mr. Clay’s opinion of, [509].
Boundary, North-Eastern, [521], [535], [536], [614], [621], [627], [628], [629], [630], [631], [667], [668];
North-Western, [569], [570], [614], [621], [627], [670], [671].
Bourdillon, [146], [209], [226].
Bourse Gallatin, [5].
Brackenridge, Judge H. H., his first meeting with Gallatin, [68];
his character, [128], [133], [134];
his conduct at the Mingo Creek meeting, [128];
at Braddock’s Field, [129], [130];
at Parkinson’s Ferry, [131], [132];
at Redstone Old Fort, [135-137];
his distinction between Quakers and Presbyterians, [150];
candidate for Congress, [141], [176], [210].
Braddock’s Field, rendezvous at, [129], [130].
Bradford, David, [91], [92], [125];
a member of the State Legislature, [93];
a tenth-rate lawyer, [96];
an empty drum, [97];
his enmity to Gallatin, [98];
his course at the Mingo Creek meeting, [128];
causes the mail to be seized, [128];
summons the militia to Braddock’s Field, [129];
his course there, [129];
at the Parkinson’s Ferry meeting, [131-134];
at Redstone Old Fort, [135-137];
escapes to Louisiana, [138];
his party defeated, [141].
Bradford, William, [441];
his reforms in the penal code of Pennsylvania, [84].
Brasier, Philip, [235], [236].
Breckenridge, John, Attorney-General, [598].
Brent, Richard, M.C. from Virginia, [190], [317];
Senator, [435], [490].
Broglie, Duke de, [563], [564].
Brooks, David, H.C. from New York, [193].
Burr, Aaron, [101];
speech on Jay’s treaty, [151];
distrusts the Virginians, [178], [242], [243], [247];
conducts the New York City election of May, 1800, [232], [233], [238];
his intrigue and management, [234], [239];
the most eligible character for Vice-President, [239];
the agent of a Supreme Power, [241];
nominated for Vice-President, [243];
the election, [244];
his daughter’s marriage, [244], [245];
his conduct during the contest in the House of Representatives, [245], [246], [247], [254];
causes of his schism, [282], [288], [289];
urges M. L. Davis for office, [283], [284], [289];
his opinion of Gallatin, [289];
his schism, [311], [313], [389].
Burr, Theodosia, her marriage, [244].
C.
Cabell, Samuel J., M.C. from Virginia, [202].
Cabot, George, [112], [199].
Calhoun, John C., M.C. from South Carolina, [445], [473], [562];
on Gallatin’s character, [576], [577];
W. H. Crawford’s comments on, [580], [581];
Gallatin’s opinion of, [599];
chosen Vice-President, [601], [602];
on war with France, [655].
Calvin, John, [2], [11].
Campbell, George W., M.C. from Tennessee, his report on foreign relations in 1808, [378];
Secretary of the Treasury, [505].
Canning, George, [381], [383], [399];
his remarks on the naval battles of 1812, [171];
his treatment of Mr. Jefferson’s diplomacy, [356];
his management of the affair of the Chesapeake, [364];
of the orders in council, [364], [365];
his success, [367], [368], [411];
his sarcasms, [374], [376];
his instructions to Erskine, [392], [393];
disavowal of Erskine’s arrangement, [394];
thrown out of office, [411];
Foreign Secretary in 1826, [614];
his orders in council of 1826, in regard to the West India trade, [615-617];
his motives, [616], [618], [620], [624], [627];
Prime Minister, [626];
his opinion of the English constitution, [626];
his death, [626].
Castlereagh, Lord, [498], [499];
instructions to Lord Cathcart, [503];
offers direct negotiation, [504];
favorable to peace, [506], [507], [508], [516];
obliged to check Mr. Goulburn, [525];
favors delay, [531];
his influence in 1818, [569], [618];
his death, [614].
Cathcart, Lord, [503], [504].
Caucuses, party, [214], [595];
in 1824, [592], [594], [595], [596], [597].
Champagny, Duke de Cadore, his letter of August [5], 1810, [420], [421].
Chapman, Maria, [671].
Chase, Judge Samuel, his impeachment, [327];
his successor, [440].
Chateaubriand, Vicomte de, French Minister of Foreign Relations, [567].
Chesapeake, affair of, [357], [359], [360].
Cheves, Langdon, M.C. from South Carolina, [445], [472], [473], [475], [476];
President of the U.S. Bank, [582], [583].
Circular to collectors. (See Civil Service.)
Citizenship, Gallatin’s, [48], [49], [62], [109], [111], [112];
statement of the question regarding, [119], [120];
adverse decision, [110], [121];
amendment of the Constitution concerning, [203], [211].
Civil service in 1801, [273];
Gallatin’s circular to collectors, [278], [279].
Claiborne, W. C. C., Governor of Louisiana, [319], [325];
establishes a bank at New Orleans, [322].
Clare, Thomas, [55], [62], [71], [99], [120];
his death, [560].
Clark, John, Governor of Georgia, [581].
Clay, Henry, [154], [445], [577];
opposes the bank charter in 1811, [428], [429], [430];
supports the war policy, [449];
forces Mr. Madison to recommend a declaration, [456-459];
sent to negotiate treaty of peace, [505];
his views on the political situation and the New England Federalists, [509], [546];
his antagonism to Mr. Adams, [520], [522], [544-546];
his criticisms, [523];
opposes offer to renew the treaty of 1783 in regard to the fisheries and the Mississippi, [541];
carries a compromise, [541], [542];
continues his opposition, [544];
nettled by the result, [545];
joined with Gallatin and Adams in negotiating commercial convention, [548-552];
opposes President Monroe, [562];
Gallatin’s opinion of, [599], [623];
to be supported as Vice-President, [602];
causes the election of J. Q. Adams, [602];
distrust felt towards him, [608], [609];
offers Gallatin the post of envoy to the Panama Congress, [612];
his note on the colonial trade difficulty, [616], [623];
his attack on Gallatin in 1832, [641];
his compromise, [642].
Clinton, De Witt, [282], [471], [562], [577].
Clinton, George, consents to be candidate for the Assembly, [234], [237];
averse to accepting the Vice-Presidency in 1800, [239], [242];
recommends Burr, [242];
chosen Vice-President, [312];
throws casting vote against the bank charter, [429], [430];
annoys Administration, [471], [606].
Clopton, John, M.C. from Virginia, [202].
Coast Survey, [350].
Cobb, T. W., M.C. from Georgia, [593].
Coit, Joshua, M.C. from Connecticut, [202].
Collectors, circular to. (See Civil Service.)
Colonial trade, [151], [550], [551], [569], [570], [571];
British orders in council of 1826, [615-617];
failure of negotiations, [617], [621], [622], [623], [624], [625], [628].
Committee of Ways and Means, its origin, [157], [172].
Connecticut, [68];
manners, [191].
Constitution of 1787, [68], [76], [79], [648];
its provisions regarding eligibility to the Senate, [119], [120];
its grants of power: regarding a national bank, [157];
internal improvements, [157];
the making of treaties, [160], [161], [162], [163], [319], [674];
amendment proposed regarding citizenship, [203], [211], [224];
the acquisition of territory, [319-321], [674];
its great defect the monarchical principle, [606];
its guarantees to the slave power, [673].
Cooper, Dr. Samuel, [15];
obtains for Gallatin a position as instructor in French at Harvard College, [38], [39], [42];
joins in giving him a certificate, [43], [44].
Copenhagen, [495].
Coxe, Tench, [228].
Craik, William, M.C. from Maryland, [262].
Cramer, Mr., [9], [11].
Crawford, William H., Senator from Georgia, [433], [435], [469];
supports the bank charter in 1811, [428];
sent as minister to France, [509], [510];
attempts to approach the Emperor Alexander, [611];
returns home with Bayard in 1815, [552];
Secretary of the Treasury under Monroe, [559], [562], [566];
his political plans, [578], [580];
his comments on J. C. Calhoun, [580], [581];
on J. Q. Adams, [579], [580];
on William Lowndes, [581];
on Henry Clay, [582];
his bitterness,
[586];
candidate of the triumvirate for the Presidency, [589], [592], [599];
struck by paralysis, [590], [593], [594];
reproached with intrigue, [597];
offered the Treasury by J. Q. Adams, [607].
Cumberland Road. (See Internal Improvements.)
Currency, Gallatin’s opinions on, [638], [664];
his essays on, [638], [647], [648], [662], [664], [665].
Curtius. (See John Thompson.)
D.
Dallas, Alexander J., [245], [259], [281], [312];
comes to America in 1783, [67];
Secretary of State for Pennsylvania, [86];
his intimacy with Gallatin, [99], [109], [113], [303];
his part in the whiskey campaign, [142], [143];
on Pennsylvania politics, [326], [328], [330], [333], [439];
on the impeachment of the judges, [327];
offered the chief-justiceship of Pennsylvania, [333];
on the last year of Mr. Jefferson’s Presidency, [372];
recharters the U.S. Bank, [429];
on the succession to Justice Chase, [440-442];
imposes war taxes, [468];
on Gallatin’s rejection by the Senate, [479];
retires from the Treasury, [557];
differs from Gallatin on returning to specie payments, [657].
Dallas, George M., [493];
sent to England, [502].
Dana, Samuel, M.C. from Connecticut, [154], [155], [156], [185], [205];
the most eloquent man in Congress, [188].
Davis, Matthew L., [228];
editor of the Time-Piece, [197];
Burr’s most active friend, [232];
presses him for the Vice-Presidency, [239], [240];
candidate for the post of naval officer, [282], [283];
goes to Monticello, [284], [287];
his rejection a declaration of war on Burr, [288].
Davy, Albert, [666].
Dayton, Jonathan, M.C. from New Jersey, speech on sequestering British debts, [121];
Speaker, [191], [192], [202].
Dearborn, Henry, Secretary of War, [265], [274], [303], [345], [373];
his character, [276];
general, [485].
Debt, public. (See Finances.)
Degen and Purviance, navy agents at Leghorn, [400-403].
Democracy, its dogmas in 1801, [270], [272], [655], [666].
Dennis, John, M.C. from Maryland, [262].
De Staël, Mme., [563];
La Fayette’s interview with the Emperor at her house, [513];
on the negotiations at Ghent, [531], [532];
her death, [566].
Dexter, Samuel, Secretary of the Treasury, [258], [265], [277].
Drayton, William, M.C. from South Carolina, [642].
Duane, William, editor of the Aurora, Treasury books in his hands, [258];
urges removals from office, [277], [278], [281];
cause of his hostility to Gallatin, [281], [311], [331];
his schism, [311], [312], [326], [328], [329], [330], [331];
his war on Gallatin, [322], [329], [388], [400], [414], [417], [419], [427], [437], [439], [442], [558];
account of, by J. Q. Adams, [442];
his treatment by Jefferson and Madison, [443], [483].
Dumont, Etienne, schoolmate of Gallatin’s, [16], [52], [289], [519].
D’Yvernois, [144], [145], [146].
E.
Edgar, James, [136], [176].
Education, [84], [90];
Mr. Jefferson’s scheme for a national university, [350];
Gallatin’s scheme for a popular university, [648].
Ellsworth, Oliver, [112], [228], [486].
Embargo decided upon, [366];
Gallatin’s opinion on, [366], [370-372], [375], [622];
Jefferson’s opinions on, [367], [368], [369];
adopted, [369];
amended, [369];
effects of, [370], [412];
Robert Smith’s opinion on, [373];
Enforcement Act, [378], [379];
repeal of, [375], [380], [382], [383];
to give place to war, [383], [384], [385];
removed, [386].
England, her political condition in 1789, [71];
her conduct towards America in 1793, [104], [112];
Jay’s treaty, [158-166];
the danger of war, [165], [169];
relations with, in 1798, [224];
in 1801, [255];
in 1805, [334];
revival of the rule of 1756, [348];
Monroe and Pinkney’s treaty, [355], [356];
her change of policy in 1807, [356];
affair of the Chesapeake, [357-362], [364];
orders in council, [364], [365], [366], [367], [374], [376], [378], [393], [460], [472];
Rose’s mission, [364], [367], [394], [397];
Erskine’s arrangement, [392], [393];
disavowed, [394], [396];
Jackson’s mission, [394], [396], [411];
proposed Navigation Act against, [413], [414];
Macon’s Act, [416];
her refusal to withdraw the orders in council, [425], [444];
approach of war, [444], [460];
refuses Russian mediation, [497], [499], [500], [503];
offers direct negotiation, [504];
refuses concessions on impressment, [506];
her attempts to isolate the United States, [499], [511], [513], [514];
her position in Europe, [517], [518] (see Ghent, Negotiations at);
commercial convention of 1815, [551], [614], [626];
negotiations of 1818, [570-572] (see Colonial Trade, Fisheries, Mississippi, Impressments);
negotiations of 1826-27, [612-629] (see Colonial Trade, Boundary);
disposition towards America, [508], [618], [620], [621], [622], [624], [625], [627], [628];
character of English diplomacy, [622].
Eppes, John W., M.C. from Virginia, [480].
Erskine, David M., British minister, [358], [359], [381];
his relations with Gallatin, [381], [395], [418];
his wish to reconcile, [381], [382];
his arrangement, [392-394];
disavowed, [394], [396];
his despatches, [418].
Escalade, the, [4], [30].
Ethnological Society, [645].
Ethnology. (See Indian Ethnology.)
Eustis, William, Secretary of War, [395], [440], [462], [469];
his administration of the War Department, [467], [468], [469], [470];
his resignation, [470];
minister to the Netherlands, [568].
Everett, Alexander, [587].
Everett, Edward, [655].
Excise, resolutions on, by the Pennsylvania Legislature, [88];
causes of hostility to, [88];
Washington resolutions on, [89];
Pittsburg resolutions on, [91], [123];
their effect, [93], [94];
resistance to the law previous to the insurrection, [123], [124];
its repeal in 1801-2, [274];
reimposition in the war of 1812, [452], [453].
F.
Fauchet, Joseph, French Minister, [188].
Fayette County, [55], [58], [62], [73], [75], [90], [108], [109], [113], [121], [122];
its obedience to the excise law, [124];
disturbed by rioters, [130], [138];
insurrection in, [148], [149].
Federalist party, [155], [156], [159], [161], [165], [169], [175], [178], [184], [199], [203], [206], [211], [215], [221], [223], [228], [232], [265], [266], [272], [274], [277], [280], [281], [373], [379], [394], [414];
its success, [273], [274];
schism in, [221];
plans in 1801, [254], [257], [259], [262], [263];
disorganized, [398];
conduct in the war, [477], [483], [484].
Few, William, Senator from Georgia, Gallatin’s brother-in-law, [101].
Finances, [167];
of the United States in 1796, [157], [168], [169], [173], [174];
in 1800, [243];
in 1801, [291-293];
in 1802, [305], [306];
in 1803, [318], [319];
in 1804, [327];
in 1805, [348];
in 1806, [348], [349];
in 1808, [382];
in 1809, [412];
in 1811, [445], [446];
management of, by the Federalists, [273], [274];
national debt, its origin, [168], [169];
its amount in 1796, [168], [173];
in 1800, [243];
addition to, in 1803, [318];
reduction in 1806, [348];
its condition in 1811, [446];
its payment the great dogma of the Democratic principle, [270], [276], [354], [407], [410], [655], [656];
Gallatin’s “fundamental substantial measure,” [293], [295], [296], [297], [318];
Mr. Hamilton’s sinking fund, [173], [174], [229], [230], [231], [296];
ultimate discharge of the debt and its consequences, [655], [656];
direct tax, [181];
reduction of taxation a dogma of Democracy, [270], [276];
internal taxes, removed in 1801-2, [270], [291], [293], [295];
restored in the war of 1812, [452], [453];
Mediterranean Fund, [295], [318], [319], [336], [349], [412], [446];
loans, [447], [452], [473];
in 1812, [454];
in 1813, [477];
war taxes, [451], [452], [454], [475], [480];
threatened collapse in 1812, [474];
suspension of specie payments in 1814, [553], [556], [561], [657];
in 1837, [667];
resumption in 1838, [658-662].
Findley, William, [92], [136], [176], [177], [222], [323], [453].
Fisheries, nature of the question at Ghent, [540], [541];
disputes in the American commission, [541], [542], [544];
doubts on the British side, [542], [543];
omitted from the treaty, [545];
settlement in 1818, [571];
Gallatin’s opinion of, [572].
Fisk, James, M.C. from Vermont, [456].
Florida, proposed purchase of, in 1805, [336], [337], [339], [341];
cession of, in 1819, [572], [573].
Foster, Augustus, British minister, [444].
Fox, Charles James, [355].
France, her conduct towards Geneva, [52];
her cause in 1793, [104], [110], [112];
how affected by Jay’s treaty, [158], [166], [178], [186];
relations with, in May, 1797, [184];
in 1798, [189], [195], [196], [199], [200], [201], [214];
in 1801, [254], [255], [273];
treaty rejected, [258];
ratified, [259];
the peace of Amiens, [300];
her purchase of Louisiana, [307];
sells Louisiana to the United States, [308], [334];
her Berlin and Milan decrees, [355], [364], [374], [376], [378], [422];
Macon’s Act, [416];
its effect on French policy, [419], [420], [421], [444];
her secret Trianon decree, [422];
her Rambouillet decree, [421], [423], [424];
indemnity asked of her, [444];
negotiations on, [567], [568], [655];
court of Louis XVIII., [563];
commercial negotiations and treaty, 1819-1822, [573-575], [579], [582];
case of the Apollon and Alligator, [575], [576], [579];
threatened rupture with, in 1835, [655].
Franklin, Benjamin, [15], [24], [38], [519], [520], [567].
Free trade, [640];
memorial, [640].
Freneau, Philip, [197].
Friendship Hill, [63], [589], [590], [610].
G.
Gaddis, [147], [148].
Gailliard, John, Senator from South Carolina, [484].
Gallatin, Abraham, of Pregny, grand-father of Albert Gallatin, [5], [10], [64];
his death, [94].
Gallatin, Albert, his origin and family, [1-5];
his birth, [9], [10];
his education, [10-15];
graduates from college, [16];
refuses a commission in the Hessian service, [17];
secretly quits Geneva, [17], [18];
writes from Pimbœuf, [23];
lands at Gloucester, [26], [27];
arrives at Boston, [26], [27], [35];
his account of Boston in 1780, [27], [28];
his voyage to Machias, [30], [32], [36];
his life at Machias, [33-37], [40];
returns to Boston, [38];
instructor in French at Harvard College, [39], [42], [43], [70];
departs to Philadelphia, [44];
associates himself with Savary in land speculations, [46], [50], [53], [59], [60], [61], [70];
his political opinions in 1783, [47-49], [51], [52];
decides to become an American citizen, [48], [49];
goes to Richmond, [53], [54];
his first expedition to the Ohio, [54], [65];
his first meeting with General Washington, [56-59];
brings Badollet to America, [60];
his second expedition to the Ohio, [61], [62];
attempts to settle there, [62];
becomes a citizen of Virginia, [62];
leases land at George’s Creek, [62];
returns to Richmond, [63];
buys Friendship Hill, [63];
rumor of his death, [65];
his indolence, [22], [65], [73];
his awkwardness, [103];
attains his majority, [65];
his life at George’s Creek, [66], [67];
result of his land speculations, [67];
makes a winter expedition to Maine, [68], [69];
falls in love with Sophia Allegre, [69], [70], [71];
his first marriage, [71], [72];
death of his wife, [72], [75], [80];
meditates returning to Geneva, [73], [75];
his political tendencies, [76], [77];
attends the Harrisburg conference, [77];
his draft of report, [78];
opposes the calling of the convention of 1789 to revise the State constitution of Pennsylvania, [79], [80];
becomes a member of it, [80];
his share in its proceedings, [81], [83];
is elected to the State Legislature, [83];
his share in legislation, [84-86], [89], [90], [95];
his report in favor of the abolition of slavery, [86];
his resolutions on the excise, [87], [88];
his report on the finances of Pennsylvania, [85];
his plan for a county school system, [84], [90];
for county taxation, [91], [97];
elected Senator, [86], [95], [96], [97], [98];
clerk of the Pittsburg meeting of August, 1792, [91], [92];
his responsibility for the resolutions, [92];
his opinion of them, [92], [93], [94];
his inheritance, [66], [94];
question as to his citizenship, [98];
falls in love with Hannah Nicholson, [99], [102];
his views on European politics in 1793, [104], [110], [112];
his marriage, [108];
his election as Senator disputed, [109], [111], [113];
takes his seat in the Senate, [110], [112];
goes into business, [113], [152], [153], [175], [176], [221], [226];
his action as Senator, [114];
his call for financial statements from the Treasury, [115];
declared ineligible to the Senate, [119], [120], [121];
sells western lands to Robert Morris, [121], [122], [179];
returns to George’s Creek, [123];
attends meeting at Uniontown on outbreak of insurrection, [124];
attends meeting at Parkinson’s Ferry, [130], [131], [132], [133], [134], [135];
at Redstone Old Fort, [135-137];
urges that the army should not march, [138];
elected to Congress, [140]; returns to the Assembly, [141];
election disputed, [141], [143], and annulled, [142];
his speech on the occasion, [141], [142];
his re-election, [142], [144];
his scheme for emigration from Geneva, [144], [145], [146], [150], [151];
his opinion of New York and Pennsylvania society, [146], [147];
of Jay’s treaty, [151];
enters Congress, [154];
his account of his Congressional service, [155-157];
his speeches on Jay’s treaty, [155], [156], [161], [162], [163], [165], [166];
his views on constitutional construction, [157], [205];
Executive encroachments, [157];
specific appropriations, [157], [180], [299];
the finances in 1796, [157], [169], [173], [174];
originates the standing committee of Ways and Means, [157], [172];
his views on the navy, [157], [170], [171], [172], [180], [217], [218], [229], [334], [335];
his share in originating the land-system, [167], [297], [298];
his financial principles compared with Hamilton’s, [169], [174], [175];
re-elected to Congress, [176-178];
birth of his eldest son, [179], [180], [181], [182];
on the political situation in 1797, [183], [185], [187];
his opinion of Washington, [182];
of John Adams, [265], [266];
the political situation in 1798, [189], [190], [195], [196], [199], [200], [201], [202], [203], [223], [224];
on foreign intercourse, [189], [195], [197], [198], [611];
on the alien bill, [205], [219], [220];
on the sedition bill, [207], [208], [219];
on the exclusion of slavery from the Southwestern Territory, [209];
re-elected to Congress, [210];
his character described by Curtius, [213];
his nationality of character, [214];
on R. G. Harper, [216], [217];
state of his affairs, [222], [225];
on the political situation in 1799, [226], [227], [228];
on a sinking fund, [230], [231], [296];
on John Marshall’s argument in the case of Jonathan Robbins, [232];
on the New York City election of 1800, [240], [241];
on the finances in 1800, [243];
his account of the Jefferson-Burr contest in 1801, [248-251], [253-262];
his plan in the event of usurpation, [248], [251], [254], [255], [256];
his description of Washington in 1801, [252], [253];
named as Secretary of the Treasury, [258], [259];
nomination communicated by Mr. Jefferson, [263];
fears of rejection by the Senate, [264], [265], [276];
his position compared with that of Hamilton, [268], [269];
his views on the objects of Mr. Jefferson’s Administration, [269-271];
his opposition to removals from office, [277], [279], [280], [285], [286], [290];
his circular to collectors, [278];
on M. L. Davis, [285], [286];
on Burr’s political position in 1801, [287], [288], [289];
on the succession to Mr. Jefferson, [287], [288];
his “fundamental substantial measure” regarding reduction of debt, [292-295], [296], [297];
his notes on the finances in 1801, [292];
his complaints of bad administration in the navy, [294];
his views on removal of internal taxes, [291], [293], [295];
on internal improvements, [85], [86], [157], [167], [299];
his portrait by Stuart, [301];
his house in Washington, [302];
his account of a public dinner at the navy-yard, [304];
on the finances in 1802, [305];
on dry-docks, [305];
on the U. S. Bank, [309];
on the occupation of Louisiana, [319];
on the constitutional right to acquire territory, [319];
his description of Humboldt, [323];
his relations with John Randolph, [314], [324], [328], [329], [339], [340], [341], [342], [344];
on Pennsylvania politics, [330], [331];
on relations with Spain, [334], [335];
on the political dissensions of 1806, [345-347];
on the finances in 1806, [349];
on internal improvements, [350-352];
on gun-boats, [352-354];
on the affair of the Chesapeake and war with England, [357-359], [361], [362];
on embargoes, [366];
on enforcing the embargo law, [370-372], [373], [374], [375];
on the attitude of England and France, [374-376];
urges Mr. Jefferson to settle a policy, [377], [378];
drafts “Campbell’s Report,” [378];
his war policy, [380], [382], [383], [384], [385], [386], [392];
his relations with Erskine, [381], [395], [418], [419];
chosen by Mr. Madison to be his Secretary of State, [383], [388-391];
on the navy coalition of 1809, [387], [388];
meditates resignation, [392], [403], [408-410];
on the disavowal of Erskine’s arrangement, [396];
his political position in 1809, [398], [399];
on the bills of exchange drawn by Smith & Buchanan, [402], [403];
on the tendency to extravagance in Mr. Madison’s Administration, [410];
his report for 1809, [412], [413];
favors continuation of the bank, [416], [417], [426], [451];
makes a report on domestic manufactures, [417];
on Mr. Jefferson’s alleged partiality to France, [418], [419];
on the attacks of the Aurora, [419];
on Napoleon’s secret Trianon decree, [422];
his letter of resignation in 1811, [434];
Duane’s character of, [437], [438];
thirsts for obscurity, [440];
his feelings regarding Duane, [443], [483];
on the finances in 1811, [446], [447];
on loans, [447];
his views on war taxes, [450-452];
on the war policy, [450], [455], [461];
his alleged wish to lay up the frigates, [462-466];
wishes to reorganize the Cabinet, [469], [470];
on remission of forfeitures, [473];
requests to be sent to Russia, [477];
his motives, [478];
on the occupation of Florida, [481];
on the Russian mediation, [482];
his rejection by the Senate, [483-491], [501];
his system of administration, [491], [492];
sails for St. Petersburg, [493];
arrives at Gottenburg, [494];
at Copenhagen, [495];
at St. Petersburg, [495];
effect of his arrival, [498];
correspondence with Gen. Moreau, [499], [501], [509];
with Alexander Baring, [499], [500], [502], [504];
recognized by the Emperor and rejected by the Senate, [501];
determines on going to England, [502];
quits St. Petersburg, [505];
arrives at Amsterdam, [505], and in London, [506];
appointed member of commission to negotiate directly, [505], [508];
superintends diplomatic operations, [505];
changes negotiation from Gottenburg to Ghent, [506], [507], [509];
his views on the political situation, [507], [517];
attempts to win the Emperor Alexander, [499], [509], [510];
his interview with the Emperor, [514], [515];
meets Dumont and Bentham, [519];
arrives at Ghent, [518];
delicacy of his ground there, [522];
expects the negotiation to fail, [523], [524];
ascendency over the mission, [528];
on the financial outlook, [533];
draws article offering to confirm the provisions of the treaty of 1783 regarding the fisheries and the Mississippi, [541];
accepts Mr. Clay’s compromise, [542];
offers an article to continue the liberty of taking fish, [544];
carries an article referring the subject to future negotiation, [544];
his delicate management, [545];
the treaty his special triumph, [546];
visits Geneva, [547], [598];
returns to Paris, [547];
appointed minister to France, [548];
negotiates commercial convention with England, [551];
returns to America, [553];
on the situation of America and Europe in 1815, [553], [554];
declines mission to France, [554];
declines nomination to Congress, [554];
declines offer of partnership with Mr. Astor, [555];
declines the Treasury, [558], [559];
reconsiders and accepts mission to France, [556], [557];
urges return to specie payments, [556], [561];
his residence in Paris, [561], [562], [563], [564], [565];
his arrival there, [562];
his opinion of Talleyrand, [564];
his negotiation for indemnities, [567], [568];
or a commercial treaty with the Netherlands, [568];
his negotiations with England in 1818, [568-572];
his opinion of the fisheries convention, [572];
his share in the commercial negotiations with France, [573-575], [577];
his argument in the case of the Apollon, [575], [576];
character of, by J. Q. Adams and J. C. Calhoun, [576], [577], [676];
declines the presidency of the U. S. Bank, [578];
decides to return to New Geneva, [578];
returns to America, [684-586], [588];
supports Mr. Crawford for the Presidency, [589], [590];
description of Friendship Hill, [589], [590];
nominated for the Vice-Presidency, [591], [592], [594];
his reasons for accepting, [598-600];
his account of Mr. Crawford’s character, [598];
of Gen. Jackson, [599];
of Mr. Calhoun, [599];
of J. Q. Adams, [599];
of Mr. Clay, [599], [623];
of Genevan affairs, [600], [601];
withdraws from the contest, [602], [604], [605], [606];
his attitude towards J. Q. Adams, [607], [608];
entertains La Fayette, [611], [612];
offered appointment as envoy to the Panama Congress, [612];
appointed minister to London, [612], [613];
arrives in London, [613];
subjects of negotiation, [614];
his notes on colonial intercourse, [616], [617];
Mr. Van Buren’s paraphrase of his despatch, [618];
his explanations of Mr. Canning’s hostility, [620], [624];
his opinion of English and French diplomacy, [622];
his conciliatory management, [626], [628], [629];
his treaties of 1827, [626], [627];
prepares statement of the argument on the North-Eastern boundary, [629], [633];
his views on politics in 1828-9, [630], [631], [633], [634];
would accept mission to France in 1829, [632], [633];
disapproves removals from office, [633], [634];
on quitting public life, [634];
publishes his first essay on banks and currency, [637], [638], [647];
his attitude regarding the U. S. Bank, [638], [639], [651], [665], [666];
composes the free-trade memorial, [640], [642];
attacked by Mr. Clay, [641];
becomes president of the National Bank, [643], [647], [652];
resigns, [662];
his ethnological writings, [643-645], [652];
tries to establish a popular university, [648];
on politics in 1833, [648], [649];
in 1834, [650];
favors annual Presidency, [650];
on American society, [646], [650], [651], [653], [663], [664];
on universal suffrage, [654];
his share in the resumption of specie payments in 1838, [657-662];
his second essay on banks and currency, [662], [663], [664], [665];
asked by President Tyler to take the Treasury Department, [666], [667];
republishes his argument on the North-Eastern boundary, [668];
Alexander Baring’s opinion of him, [668];
his views on the Ashburton negotiation, [670];
his pamphlet on the Oregon question, [671];
his speech on the annexation of Texas, [670-675];
J. Q. Adams’s remarks regarding him, [676];
his pamphlet on peace with Mexico, [677];
his religious opinions, [678]; his death, [678].
Gallatin, Mrs. Albert. (See Allegre, Sophia, and Nicholson, Hannah.)
Gallatin, James, [179], [180], [316], [480], [493], [606], [607], [608], [610], [632], [650]; his son, [650], [667].
Gallatin, Jean, enrolled as citizen of Geneva in 1510, [2].
Gallatin, Jean, father of Albert Gallatin, [9];
his death, [10].
Gallatin, Paul Michel, Albert’s guardian, [19-22].
Gallatin, Pierre, Count de, Würtemberg minister at Paris, [3], [563].
Gallatin-Rolaz, Mme., mother of Albert Gallatin, [7], [9], [10].
Gallatin-Vaudenet, Mme., grandmother of Albert Gallatin, [5], [16];
Voltaire’s notes to, [6], [7];
her figs, [6], [7];
her children, [9];
gives her grandson a “cuff,” [17];
her decline, [94].
Gambier, Lord, British commissioner at Ghent, [519].
Genet, Edmund, French minister, [86], [104], [111].
Geneva, its government, [3]; its society, [5], [10], [11], [15], [40];
its academy, [11-15];
its politics, [28], [33], [48], [47], [48], [51], [52], [73], [75], [96], [97], [144], [145], [199];
emigration from, [145], [146], [150];
condition in 1814, [531];
revisited by Gallatin in 1815, [547];
his account of, [600], [601].
George IV., [650].
George’s Creek, [55], [56], [58], [59], [66], [68], [69], [72], [123].
Georgetown, [253], [259], [530].
German, Obadiah, Senator from New York, [484].
Gerry, Elbridge, nominated envoy to France, [185];
vote on his confirmation, [185].
Ghent, negotiations at: meeting of the commissioners, [519];
American terms of peace, [520];
British terms, [520], [521];
Indian sovereignty, [521], [527];
antagonisms among the American commissioners, [520], [521], [522], [523];
expected failure of the negotiation, [523], [524], [525], [526];
first modification of the British terms, [526], [527];
effect on the American commissioners, [527], [528];
settlement of the Indian question, [535];
British offer of the basis of uti possidetis, [535], [536];
rejected, [536];
effect of the rejection, [536-538];
negotiation considered at an end, [636], [537];
interposition of the Duke of Wellington, [538], [539];
second modification of the British terms, [539], [540];
articles on impressment, blockade, and indemnities, [540];
straggles over the fisheries and the Mississippi, [540-545];
signature of the treaty, [546];
the treaty peculiarly a triumph of Mr. Gallatin, [546];
Castlereagh’s opinion of, [546].
Giles, William B., [154], [156], [298], [678];
leaves Congress in 1798, [202];
favors war in 1808, [376];
opposes Gallatin’s appointment as Secretary of State, [388], [389], [401];
opposes the bank charter, [427], [428], [429];
his taunts at Gallatin, [448], [449];
opposes Gallatin’s confirmation to Russia, [484], [490];
thought of for President of the Senate, [485].
Gilman, Nicholas, Senator from New Hampshire, [484].
Girard, Stephen, [477].
Glass, manufacture of, [176].
Goodhue, Benjamin, Senator from Massachusetts, [185].
Goodrich, Chauncy, M.C. from Connecticut, his speech for Jay’s treaty the best, [155].
Gottenburg, [493], [494], [495].
Goulburn, Henry, British commissioner at Ghent, [519];
his reports of the Ghent negotiations, [524], [525], [534], [535], [545];
checked by his chiefs, [525], [526];
his mortification, [540];
his views on the fisheries, [543], [545];
negotiates commercial convention, [550].
Granger, Gideon, [329], [429].
Granges, estate in Bugey, [1], [2].
Greenville, treaty of, [521].
Griswold, Roger, M.C. from Connecticut, [154];
his speech on Jay’s treaty, [155], [162], [163];
his altercation with Matthew Lyon, [191-193], [194], [195];
his political opinions, [192], [199], [214], [249];
nominated Secretary of War, [258];
his attack on Gallatin in 1803, [309], [314], [315].
Grundy, Felix, M.C. from Tennessee, [445], [457].
Gun-boats, Gallatin’s views on, [352], [353];
Mr. Jefferson’s views on, [353], [354];
results of, [354].
Gurney, Francis, [85], [88].
H.
Hamilton, Alexander, [67], [101], [106], [120], [153], [154], [202], [320];
his financial policy, [87];
regarding excise, [89];
his jealousy of control, [114];
his letter on calls for financial information, [116], [117];
his course in regard to the whiskey rebellion, [139], [140], [141];
his antagonism to Jefferson, [159], [170];
his financial principles, [167], [168], [169];
his sinking fund, [173], [174], [296];
his reduction of debt, [174];
his political formulas, [199];
commander of the army, [211];
his statement of the political situation in 1798, [223];
pitted against Burr in 1800, [232], [242];
active in the New York City election of 1800, [233];
fears Burr’s influence, [234];
not present at the nominating caucus, [235];
opposed to making Burr President, [254];
the vigor and capacity of his mind, [268];
compared with Gallatin, [268], [269].
Hamilton, Paul, Secretary of the Navy, his report on gun-boats, [353], [354];
his administration of the navy, [462], [467];
Gallatin’s remarks on, [463];
his cruising orders, [465];
his resignation, [470].
Hamilton, Dr. Robert, his work on the British National Debt, [230].
Hanson, A. C., M.C. from Maryland, [457], [530].
Harper, R. G., M.C. from South Carolina, [154], [155], [156], [201], [202];
his qualities, [188];
chairman of Ways and Means, [188];
remarks on “the plot,” [205], [207];
on the alien and sedition bills, [205], [207], [208];
on Gallatin’s glass house, [216];
on the sinking fund and the debt, [218], [229], [230].
Harris, Levett, [514].
Harrisburg, conference at, [77-79].
Harrison, William H., Governor of the Indiana Territory, [404];
candidate for the Presidency, [653].
Harvard College appoints Gallatin instructor in French, [42].
Henry, John, his discoveries, [455].
Henry, John, Governor of Maryland, [224].
Henry, Patrick, his letter of introduction for Gallatin, [59], [60];
nominated minister to France, [228].
Hesse-Cassel, the Landgrave of, [7], [8], [9], [16];
letter to Mme. Gallatin-Vaudenet, [9].
Hispaniola, [109].
Hull, General, his surrender, [468], [469], [470].
Humboldt, Alexander von, [564], [565], [626];
Gallatin’s description of, in 1804, [323];
his diplomatic assistance in 1814, [511];
his congratulations on the treaty of Ghent, [548];
influences Gallatin to write on Indian ethnography, [644].
Husbands, Herman, [133].
Huskisson, William, [414], [618], [625], [626].
Hutchinson, Dr., his character, [105];
death by yellow fever, [107].
Hyde de Neuville, French minister to the United States, [573], [574], [575], [582], [583].
I.
Impressments, [502], [506], [512-518], [540], [551], [570].
Indemnities. (See France.)
Indian ethnology, Gallatin’s writings on, [644], [645], [652], [677].
Indian sovereignty at the Ghent negotiation, [521], [527].
Indians, disturb Monongalia County, [55], [62];
break up Gallatin’s settlement, [62], [91], [112].
Ingersoll, C. J., his History of the War of 1812, [462], [514].
Ingersoll, Jared, [440].
Ingham, Samuel D., M.C. from Pennsylvania, [582], [592].
Internal improvements, [85], [86], [157];
the National Road, [167], [299], [350];
Mr. Jefferson’s schemes for, [350];
Gallatin’s schemes for, [350-352].
Invisibles, the, [427], [430].
Irvine, Gen. William, [96], [98].
J.
Jackson, Andrew, [497], [562];
Gallatin’s opinion of, [599];
his political removals from office, [632], [633], [634];
a dinner at the White House, [634];
his war on the U. S. Bank, [636], [639];
a pugnacious animal, [651].
Jackson, Francis James, British minister, [394], [396], [411], [412].
Jackson, John G., M.C. from Virginia, [341].
Jay, John, [65], [104], [186], [355], [485];
his treaty with England, [151], [155], [156], [214], [669];
speeches on, [155-157];
its merits, [158], [201];
its effects, [159], [178];
question arising on its execution, [160];
debate on, [160-166], [172].
Jefferson, Thomas, [25], [65], [86], [175], [187], [189], [202], [214], [228], [253], [394], [496], [513], [577], [633], [636];
his democratic principles, [159], [170];
defeated as candidate for the Presidency, [178];
his Mazzei letter, [198];
his conduct as Vice-President, [606];
on the political situation in 1798, [206];
and in 1799, [219], [220];
his election in 1800, [244];
contest in 1801, [244-262];
his alleged compromise with the Federalists, [247], [250];
elected President, [252], [262];
nominates Gallatin to the Treasury, [263];
characteristics of his Administration, [269], [270], [272];
his New Haven letter, [278], [280], [281];
on the interference of office-holders in politics, [279];
his ostracism of Burr, [288], [289], [290], [313];
his course regarding the navy, [291];
his alleged parsimony, [294];
his want of humor, [306];
his dry-docks, [306];
on balancing England and France, [310], [334], [356], [376];
his treatment of Duane, [311], [313], [330], [439], [443];
on the constitutional power to acquire territory, [321];
on the United States Bank, [308], [321], [322], [665];
re-elected President, [326];
his Spanish policy in 1805, [334], [335], [336], [337], [347];
his defence of Gallatin against Randolph, [342], [343];
on the dissensions of 1806, [344];
on a national university and internal improvements, [349], [350];
on gun-boats, [353];
his rejection of Monroe’s treaty, [355];
his faith in commercial restrictions, [367], [368];
his abdication of power, [376], [377], [383];
his discouragement, [376], [379];
disastrous close of his Administration, [380], [390], [391];
Erskine’s remarks on, [381];
on the defeat of the war-policy of 1809, [385], [386];
on Gallatin’s proposed resignation, [407], [408];
on the dissensions of 1810, [418];
his alleged partiality to France, [418], [419];
his scheme of administration, [491], [492];
his views on Presidential candidates of 1822, [591], [593];
his mind impervious to argument on the extension of slavery, [671].
Johannot, [15].
Jones, Walter, M.C. from Virginia, [190], [222], [228].
Jones, William, Secretary of War, [471].
Judiciary bill, repeal of, [274], [301].
K.
Kanawha River, [56], [61].
Kentucky, [56].
King, Rufus, [104], [484], [490], [612], [613];
his political theories, [272].
Kinloch, Francis, [15], [22], [24].
Kirkpatrick, Major, burning of his barn, [130], [133].
L.
Lacock, Abner, [582], [588], [602], [603], [604], [605].
La Fayette, General, [643], [654];
his diplomatic assistance to Mr. Crawford, [511];
his interview with the Emperor Alexander, [512];
his position in 1817, [564];
entertained at Friendship Hill, [611], [612].
Lands, public, system of, [167], [297], [298].
Langdon, John, of New Hampshire, [222], [253], [265].
La Place, Pierre Simon, [564].
Law, Mrs. (Custis), [191], [194], [252], [303], [305].
Lawrence, Cornelius W., [658].
Lawrence, William Beach, [622], [628].
Lee, Henry, [249].
Leib, Michael, U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, [313], [322], [328], [330], [388], [389], [400], [401], [414], [429], [459], [484], [490].
Lesdernier de Russin, friends of Gallatin and Serre at Machias, [30], [31], [35], [36], [40].
Lincoln, Levi, Attorney-General, [265], [274], [298], [373];
his character, [276]; story told of him, [277].
Livermore, Samuel, [112].
Liverpool, Lord, on the Emperor of Russia, [516];
obliged to check his commissioners at Ghent, [526];
accepts the Indian article, [535];
his embarrassment, [536], [537];
his appeal to the Duke of Wellington, [538];
accepts the status quo ante, [539];
his death, [626].
Livingston, Brockholst, [236].
Livingston, Edward, [154], [156], [162], [212], [228], [245], [246], [283], [284];
begins the debate on Jay’s treaty, [160];
on the alien bill, [207], [219];
his defalcation, [290].
Livingston, Chancellor Robert R., his character, [239];
minister to Paris, [307].
Logan’s Act, [215].
Louis XVIII., [563].
Louis Philippe, [650].
Louisiana, purchase of, [307], [310], [318];
incorporation of, [325], [673].
Lowndes, William, M.C. from South Carolina [445], [449], [473], [562];
Mr. Crawford’s comments on, [581].
Lowrie, Walter, Senator from Pennsylvania, [582], [592];
advises Gallatin to withdraw, [602], [603].
Lyon, Matthew, M.C. from Vermont, [560];
his altercation with Roger Griswold, [191-195];
his imprisonment, [219];
his relations with Randolph, [325], [329].
M.
Machias in 1780, [30], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37].
McClanachan, Blair, [77], [185], [188].
McKean, Thomas, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, [84];
candidate for governor, [227];
governor, [249];
offered nomination for Vice-Presidency, [312];
declines, [312], [313];
his account of Pennsylvania politics, [313];
re-elected governor by Federalists, [330];
his mistakes, [331], [333], [442].
McLane, Louis, his instructions as minister to England, [618], [619].
Macon, Nathaniel, M.C. from North Carolina, [302], [473];
on the Chesapeake affair, [359], [362];
on the war policy of 1808, [384];
his navigation bill of 1809, [413], [414], [415], [416];
his Act of May [1], 1810, [416];
its effect, [419], [420], [421];
opposes the bank charter, [427];
refuses to go into caucus, [591], [595-597].
Madison, James, [79], [83], [86], [154], [155], [156], [166], [214], [219], [298], [300], [496], [636];
his speech on Jay’s treaty, [155], [162], [163];
retires from Congress, [181];
his nullification resolves, [211], [212], [374];
appointed Secretary of State, [265];
his influence in the scheme of administration, [268], [269], [272];
John Randolph’s attack upon, in 1806, [339], [340], [341], [342], [344], [345];
candidate for the Presidency, [346];
his pamphlet on the rule of 1756, [348];
elected President, [374];
urges Mr. Jefferson to fix a policy, [377], [378];
his views on the war policy, [384];
his character, [384], [399], [459];
attempts to make Gallatin Secretary of State, [388-391], [633];
unfortunate beginning of his Administration, [391], [392];
his message of 1809, [412];
his course towards France in 1810, [423], [424], [425], [461];
his course regarding the bank charter, [416], [427];
dismisses Robert Smith, [435];
appoints Monroe Secretary of State, [435];
his treatment of Duane, [443];
his attitude towards the war party, [445], [448], [455], [460];
his opinion of their measures, [449];
his share in causing the declaration, [456-459];
his supposed wish to lay up the frigates, [462-466];
reorganises his Cabinet, [468-470];
accepts Russian mediation, [477];
sends Gallatin to Russia, [477-479];
his dangerous illness, [484-488];
refuses to vacate the Treasury, [486], [487];
disaffection towards him in Washington, [529];
his dismissal of General Armstrong, [530];
offers the Treasury to Gallatin in 1816, [557].
Marbois, Barbé, [52].
Marshall, Humphrey, Senator from Kentucky, [185].
Marshall, James, [91];
his course at the Mingo Creek meeting, [128];
at the Parkinson’s Ferry meeting, [131], [132].
Marshall, John, [213], [277];
his encouragement to Gallatin, [54];
his talent, [83];
his views on blending common law and equity, [81-83];
member of Congress, [154-156];
on the sedition law, [211];
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, [231], [232];
Chief Justice, [258].
Martineau, Harriet, her notes of Gallatin’s conversation, [650], [651].
Massachusetts, account of, in 1780, [28], [29].
Masters, Josiah, M.C. from New York, [342], [343].
Mediterranean Fund. (See Finances.)
Mexico, war with, [672], [673], [676], [677];
Gallatin’s pamphlet on, [677].
Mifflin, Thomas, Governor of Pennsylvania, [86], [223].
Mississippi, navigation of, at the Treaty of Ghent, [540-545];
in 1818, [570].
Mitchell, Stephen N., [112].
Mitchill, Samuel L., [237], [238].
Monongahela River, [55], [62], [63], [630], [646].
Monongalia County, [55], [58], [59], [62].
Monroe, James, minister to France, recalled by Washington, [178], [179], [186];
his account of his mission, [186];
dinner to, [187];
sent to France in 1802, [307];
negotiates treaty with England in 1808, [348], [355], [361], [616];
appointed Secretary of State, [435];
assumes duties of Secretary of War, [469], [470];
aspires to be “generalissimo,” [471];
on Gallatin’s rejection by the Senate, [484-486];
urges him to accept the French mission, [555];
elected President, [559];
his Cabinet, [559];
the Monroe doctrine, [614], [624].
Monroe, Mrs. James, [594].
Montgomery, John, M.C. from Maryland, Gallatin’s brother-in-law, [101].
Moreau, General, [499], [501], [509].
Morgan, Col. Zach., [59].
Morris, Gouverneur, [111], [199], [254], [260].
Morris, Lewis R., M.C. from Vermont, [250], [254], [262].
Morris, Robert, [65], [66];
his land speculations, [53], [179];
buys lands of Gallatin, [121], [122], [152], [225];
on the eligibility to office of actual citizens in 1788, [120];
his bankruptcy, [209], [210].
Morton, Col. J., [235], [236].
Muhlenberg, F. A., [166].
Muhlenberg, Peter, [249].
Murray, William Vans, his nomination as minister to France, [220], [221], [227], [228].
N.
Napoleon I. (See Bonaparte.)
Navigation act;
Macon’s bill, [413], [414], [415], [416];
in 1817, [569].
Navy, a subject of division, [157], [170-172];
economy in, [180], [217], [218], [229], [318], [319];
Mr. Jefferson’s conservatism regarding, [291];
dry-docks, [306];
Gallatin’s complaints of, [294], [354], [410];
Randolph’s views on, [325], [330], [335];
Gallatin’s views on, [157], [170], [171], [172], [180], [217], [218], [229], [334], [335], [386];
the navy coalition of 1809, [387], [388], [399], [400];
the alleged order to lay up the frigates in June, 1812, [462-466].
Nesselrode, Count, [497], [498], [504].
Netherlands, negotiation with the, [568].
Neville, General, inspector of excise, [124], [125].
New England, her attitude in the war of 1812, [507], [509], [546];
her people, [651].
New Geneva, [578], [579].
New York in 1783, [45], [68];
in 1795, [146];
city election of May, 1800, [232-241];
politics of, [288], [289].
Newbold, George, [658].
Nicholas, John, M.C. from Virginia, [154], [190], [193], [202], [212], [222], [253];
his speech on the sedition law, [219], [220].
Nicholas, Wilson Cary, Senator from Virginia, [154], [162], [253], [302], [387], [389], [401];
favors war in 1808, [376].
Nicholson, Hannah (Mrs. Albert Gallatin), [303], [404];
her family, [100];
description of her person and character, [99], [108], [109];
her dislike of the western country, [259], [275];
her death, [678].
Nicholson, Commodore James, his origin, [100];
his wife, [101], [647];
his naval battles, [100];
his brothers, [100];
his children, [101];
his political activity, [101];
quarrel with Hamilton, [108], [153], [154];
engages in the city election of May, 1800, [232], [233];
urges Burr for Vice-President, [241], [242];
interview with George Clinton, [242];
urges removals from office, [282], [290];
is appointed loan officer, [282], [303].
Nicholson, James W., Gallatin’s brother-in-law, [481], [482], [598];
associated in partnership with Gallatin at New Geneva, [152].
Nicholson, John, Comptroller-General of Pennsylvania, his impeachment, [97].
Nicholson, Joseph Hopper, M.C. from Maryland, [101], [156], [262], [299], [302], [316], [337], [338], [339], [344], [439];
accepts seat on the bench, [344];
on the affair of the Chesapeake, [360];
attacks General Smith, [401];
on Gallatin’s proposed resignation, [403], [406];
urges Gallatin to return to the Treasury, [558].
Nicholson, Maria, marries John Montgomery, [101];
her doubts of Burr’s character, [244], [245].
Non-intercourse, [386], [396], [397], [406], [413].
Nullification in 1798, [211], [212], [374]; in 1833, [642], [648], [656].
O.
Ohio, Gallatin’s expeditions down the, [54], [55], [61], [62].
O’Neal, Peggy, [634].
Orders in council of November [11], 1807, [364], [365] (see England);
regarding the colonial trade in 1826, [615-617].
Otis, Harrison Gray, a pupil of Gallatin’s, [43];
M.C. from Massachusetts, [154], [155], [156], [192], [193], [202], [205];
on the sedition bill, [208].
P.
Paine, Thomas, [101], [102], [187], [326].
Panama Congress, [612].
Parker, Jonah, M.C. from Virginia, [193], [202].
Parkinson’s Ferry, meeting at, [130-135], [139].
Pauly, Louis, [60], [70], [71].
Pennsylvania (see Western Insurrecton), adopts the Federal Constitution, [77];
its constitutional convention of 1789-90, [78-83];
its legislation, 1790-95, [84], [85], [86];
report on its finances, [85];
its financial condition, [86];
its society in 1795, [146-147];
its politics, [281], [311], [326], [327], [328], [330], [331], [332];
Duane’s schism, [290].
Perceval, Spencer, Attorney-General of England, author of the orders in council, [365].
Perry, Commodore, [529].
Peters, Judge Richard, [148].
Philadelphia, [46], [46], [54],
[90];
yellow fever in, [105], [106], [107];
gentlemen corps, [142], [143].
Pickering, Timothy, [95], [184], [188], [436], [467], [458].
Pictet, Catherine, adoptive mother of Albert Gallatin, [10], [16], [19], [24], [38], [39], [42], [52], [74], [75], [94];
her death, [152], [153].
Pinckney, C. C., [223];
to be supported for the Presidency in place of John Adams by the Federalists, [241].
Pinckney, Charles, [260].
Pinckney, Thomas, [178], [241].
Pinkney, William, sent minister to England in 1806, [348];
negotiates treaty, [355], [361];
Attorney-General, [395], [440].
Pitt, William, his sinking fund, [173], [174], [230], [296], [326].
Pittsburg, [54], [56], [61], [68];
meeting of August, 1792, [91], [92], [93], [123], [204];
seizure of its mail, [128]; march through, [129];
occupied by the U. S. militia, [139].
Porter, Commodore, [529].
Posso di Borgo, [564], [565].
Pregny, [5], [6], [10], [16].
Providence in 1783, [44].
Q.
Quincy, Josiah, M.C. from Massachusetts, his speech on the conduct of the war, [470].
R.
Randolph, John, [154], [156], [302], [314], [316], [389], [394], [459], [581];
causes repeal of internal taxes, [295];
moves resolutions regarding Louisiana, [308];
on Mr. Griswold’s attack, [314], [315];
on politics in 1804, [324];
on a naval force, [325];
his attack on the Yazoo settlement, [328], [329];
on the management of the navy, [330], [335];
on politics in 1805, [331-333];
on Mr. Jefferson’s retirement, [333];
his course regarding the purchase of Florida in 1805, [338-344];
against continuing the embargo, [384];
on Gallatin’s resignation, [430], [431];
his temper and eccentricities, [598].
Redstone Old Fort, meeting at, [135-137].
Reed, Jacob, Senator from South Carolina, [185].
Richelieu, Duke de, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, [567].
Richmond, 1783-1789, [53], [54], [59], [61].
Robbins, Jonathan, case of, [231], [232].
Roberts, Jonathan, M.C. from Pennsylvania, [473], [588];
his reminiscences of the war, [476], [480].
Robinson, Frederick (Lord Goderich), [550], [552], [570], [571], [618];
Prime Minister, [626].
Rochefoucauld d’Enville, Duc de la, [24].
Rodgers, Commodore, [465], [466], [529].
Rodney, Cæsar A., Attorney-General, [366];
resigns, [440], [493].
Rogers, Richard, naval officer of the port of New York, [281], [282];
question of his retention in office, [282-289].
Rolas of Rolle, Alphonse, [10], [11], [21], [74].
Romanzoff, Count, Chancellor of the Russian Empire, [497];
anecdote of Napoleon I., [444]; his policy, [498];
renews offer of mediation, [499], [503];
retires from office, [504].
Rose, George, British Minister, [364], [367], [394], [397].
Ross, James, U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, [122], [185], [227].
Rush, Richard, minister to England, [569], [588].
Russell, Jonathan, rejected by Senate as minister to Sweden, [484];
sent to negotiate treaty of Ghent, [505];
his share in negotiation, [523], [541], [544];
his controversy with J. Q. Adams, [584].
Russia. (See Alexander.)
Rutherford, John, [112].
S.
St. Lawrence, navigation of, [550], [551], [621], [625].
Savary de Valcoulon, [99], [643];
his business in America, [45];
assists Gallatin, [46], [55], [64];
enters with Gallatin into land speculations, [46], [53], [56], [59], [60], [61], [70];
his brick house at Richmond, [59];
attempts a settlement on the Ohio with Gallatin, [62];
returns with him to George’s Creek and leases land, [62];
returns to Richmond, [63];
signs Gallatin’s marriage bond, [71], [72];
his death, [560].
Schools. (See Education.)
Scott, Sir Walter, [578].
Sedgwick, Theodore, Senator and M.C. from Massachusetts, [173], [185].
Sedition law, [203], [204], [206], [207], [208], [209], [274].
Seney, Joshua, M.C. from Maryland, Gallatin’s brother-in-law, [101].
Serre, Henri, schoolmate of Gallatin’s, [15];
runs away with Gallatin from Geneva, [17];
his account of life at Machias, [34], [35], [40];
his character, [34], [39], [64];
his project of life, [40], [41];
goes to Jamaica, [46], [49], [56];
dies, [46], [66];
Gallatin’s attachment to him, [50], [53], [55], [63].
Sewall, Judge Samuel, M.C. from Massachusetts, [154], [200];
the first man of his party, [188];
on the alien law, [205].
Sheldon, Daniel, secretary of legation and chargé d’affaires, [585], [586].
Shepherd, Abraham, on Mr. Madison’s share in declaring war, [457], [458], [459].
Short, William, rejected as minister to Russia, [390].
Sidmouth, Lord, [364].
Sinking fund. (See Finances.)
Sitgreaves, Samuel, M.C. from Pennsylvania, [122], [156].
Slavery, abolition of, [86]; evils of, [109], [259];
exclusion from the territory, [209], [406];
Gallatin’s opinions on, [671], [673], [674].
Smilie, John, [91], [93], [125], [560].
Smith, Robert, appointed Secretary of the Navy, [276], [333], [335];
Gallatin’s complaints of his administration, [294], [386], [410];
Randolph’s complaints, [330];
on the embargo, [373];
appointed Secretary of State, [389], [390], [633];
his course in the Cabinet, [400], [415];
his purchases of exchange on Leghorn, [401], [404];
his despatches in July and November, 1810, [423];
his removal from office, [430], [431], [435], [436], [437], [439], [468].
Smith, Samuel, M.C. from Maryland, [253], [316], [490];
his account of the Lyon-Griswold affair, [191];
his intervention in the election of Mr. Jefferson, [247], [250], [251];
declines the Navy Department, [265], [276];
U. S. Senator, [400];
makes his brother Secretary of State, [389], [390];
his drafts on Leghorn, [400-403];
becomes hostile to Gallatin, [403];
opposes Macon’s bill, [415];
opposes the bank charter, [417], [428], [429], [430];
opposes everything, [466];
takes command in Baltimore, [530];
resumes relations with Gallatin, [590].
Smith, William, M.C. from South Carolina and minister to Portugal, [15], [154], [173], [184].
South Carolina, her acts in 1833, [648].
Spain, her conduct towards America in 1793, [104];
interdicts right of deposit, [307];
protests against the Louisiana purchase, [319];
her course in 1805, [334];
Mr. Jefferson’s policy regarding, [334-338], [347];
his proposed purchase of Florida, [336];
her affairs, [513];
her course regarding the sale of Florida, [572].
Specie payments, suspension of. (See Finances.)
Specific appropriations, [157], [180], [299].
Spencer, John C., Secretary of the Treasury, [666], [667].
Stewart, Andrew, M.C. from Pennsylvania, [594], [606], [608].
Stewart, Commodore, [462], [463], [464], [466].
Stockton, Lucius H., nominated Secretary of War, [258].
Stoddart, Benjamin, Secretary of the Navy, [265], [277].
Stokeley, Thomas, [176].
Stone, David, Senator from North Carolina, [484].
Stuart, Gilbert, his portrait of Gallatin, [301].
Suffrage, universal, Gallatin’s opinions on, [664], [655].
Swanwick, John, M.C. from Pennsylvania, [188].
Symmes, John Cleves, [182].
T.
Tahon, keeper of a boarding-house in Boston, [26], [42].
Talleyrand, [227];
Gallatin’s opinion of, [564].
Tariff in 1832, [640], [641], [642].
Taxation, local, [654].
Tayloe, Benjamin Ogle, [564].
Taylor, John, M.C. from South Carolina, [416].
Taylor of Caroline, John, [212].
Texas, annexation of, [672];
Gallatin’s speech on, [672-675].
Thacher, George, M.C. from Massachusetts, his motion to exclude slavery
from the Southwestern Territory, [209].
Thomas, J. B., Senator from Illinois, [592].
Thomas, John Chew, M.C. from Maryland, [261], [262].
Thompson, John, his letters of Curtius, [212], [213], [214], [227].
Time-Piece, New York newspaper, [196].
Tom the Tinker, [149].
Tompkins, D. D., candidate for the Presidency, [559].
Tracy, Uriah, Senator from Connecticut, [185].
Treasury Department, its importance, [114], [167], [267];
its severe duties, [300], [558];
its early position towards the Executive and Legislature, [114];
annual report from, [114];
Gallatin’s call for statement from, [115], [116], [118];
auditor’s office burned, [258];
Gallatin named for Secretary, [258];
threatened collapse in 1812, [473], [474];
offered to Gallatin in 1816, [557], and in 1843, [666], [667].
Tripoli. (See Algerine Powers.)
Triumvirate, Jefferson, Madison, Gallatin, [269], [274], [470], [471], [496], [589], [598], [599].
Troup, Col. R. M., [581].
Tyler, President, wishes Gallatin to take the Treasury, [666], [667].
U.
University, national. (See Education.)
V.
Van Buren, Martin, an efficient man, [593];
his scheme for nominating Mr. Clay as Vice-President, [602], [603], [605], [632];
his instructions to Mr. McLane, [618], [619];
his position in 1829, [632], [634];
his diplomacy, [667], [668].
Vigel, Philip, condemned to death for treason, [149], [150].
Villars, Duc de, [7].
Virginia, its hospitality, [54], [67].
Virginia, resolutions of 1798, [212], [374], [379].
Voltaire, letters and notes of, [3], [6], [7], [8];
by, [7], [16], [17].
W.
War of 1812, [175];
causes of, [411], [448], [449], [455], [461];
declaration of, [456-459];
sending the frigates to sea, [465];
collapse of the administrative system, [467];
military disasters, [467], [468], [469];
condition of Washington, [529];
capture of Washington, [518], [529], [533];
danger of Baltimore, [529], [530];
defeat of Sir George Prevost at Plattsburg, [539];
suspension of specie payments, [553], [556], [561], [657].
Washington, meetings at, [129];
county of, [128], [129], [131], [141];
elects Gallatin to Congress, [140].
Washington, the Federal city, description of, in 1801, [252], [253], [255];
Gallatin’s house in, [302];
its destruction, [529];
capture of, [528], [529];
society of, [594].
Washington, George, [194], [223], [267], [268], [310], [651];
his land speculations, [53];
his first meeting with Gallatin, [56-59];
his locations of land on the Ohio, [62];
his first Administration, [86], [104], [159];
his second Administration, [111], [162], [178];
his course in regard to the whiskey rebellion, [134], [138], [139];
in regard to Jay’s treaty, [158], [163], [164];
his manners and temper, [182];
his death, [229].
Washington, Mrs., [182].
West India trade. (See Colonial Trade.)
Western insurrection, causes of, [88] (see Excise), [123], [124];
outbreak of, [124];
duration of, [125];
Mingo Creek meeting, [125];
seizure of the mails, [128];
rendezvous of the militia at Braddock’s Field, [129], [130];
meeting at Parkinson’s Ferry, [128], [130], [131-135];
at Redstone Old Fort, [136-137];
partial submission, [137], [138];
march of the militia, [138], [139], [141];
trials for treason, [147-150].
Wellesley, Marquess, successor to Mr. Canning, [411], [412].
Wellington, Duke of, [527], [540], [546].
Whiskey. (See Excise, and Western Insurrection.)
Wilkinson, Gen. James, [319], [485].
Willard, Joseph, President of Harvard College, [42], [43].
William IV., [650].
Wilson, James, [84], [441].
Wirt, William, [342], [439].
Wolcott, Oliver, Secretary of the Treasury, [182], [184], [202], [300].
Woolsey, William W., [235].
Worthington, Thomas, Senator from Ohio, [350], [457], [458], [459], [489].
X.
X. Y. Z. despatches, [200].
Y.
Yazoo land claims, [298], [328], [329].
Yellow fever in 1793, [105], [106], [107], [108].
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