Kames, Lord, Franklin corresponds with, [6].
Kent, Chancellor, [61].
Kercheval, Samuel, History of the Valley of Virginia, quoted, [33]-[34].
King, Rufus, in Federal Convention, [113], [132], [140]; on three-fifths rule, [122]; on form of executive, [134].
Knox, Henry, [61].
L
Lafayette, Marquis de, Washington’s letter to, [164]-[165].
La Luzerne, Chevalier de, French minister in Philadelphia, [7].
Land, question of ownership of western, [56]-[57]; cession to United States by States, [58]-[59]; American interest in, [59]-[62]; Jefferson and land policy, [62]-[64]; plan for sale under Ordinance of 1785, [65]-[66].
Land Ordinance of 1785, [64]-[65], [71].
Lansing, John, [116].
Laurens, Henry, [10].
Lecky, W. E. H., The American Revolution, cited, [32] [(note)].
Lincoln, General Benjamin, and Shays’ Rebellion, [94]; letter to Washington, [152]-[153].
Lingelbach, W. E., cited, [3] [(note)].
Loyalists, question of compensation of, [16]-[17], [19]-[20]; groups comprising, [17]; treatment of, [18]-[19]; Commissioners agree to restitution, [20].
M
McMaster, J. B., History of the People of the United States, quoted, [31]; Acquisition of Industrial, Popular, and Political Rights of Man in America, quoted, [45].
Madison, James, describes trade situation, [30]; on violation of federal authority by Virginia, [100]-[101]; personal characteristics; [103]-[104]; and Annapolis Trade Convention, [104]; quoted, [108]; Washington, and, [111]; for strong central government, [115]; in Federal Convention, [111], [132], [140]; supports Constitution, [155]; and The Federalist, [156]-[157].
Martin, Luther, [116], [132], [153].
Maryland, and land claims, [57], [58]; suggestion as to power of Congress over western land, [68]; agreement with Virginia, [100], [104]; ratification of Constitution, [153]-[154].
Mason, George, [112], [132], [155].
Massachusetts, State Constitution submitted to people for approval, [46]; Shays’ Rebellion (1786), [91]-[96]; ratification of constitution, [150]-[153].
Mayflower Compact, [140].
Metropotamia, [69].
Michigania, [69].
Mississippi River, right of navigation declared, [14].
Monroe, James, invests in western land, [61]; Grayson writes to, [76].
Morris, Gouverneur, invests in western land, [61]; quoted, [108], [140]; in Federal Convention, [112]-[113], [132], [140]; and Washington, [113] [(note)].
Morris, Robert, invests in western land, [61].
N
Navigation Acts, [24], [27].
Netherlands, the, commerical treaty with, [11].
New England, prosperity due to commerce, [24]; effect of trade restrictions on, [26]; “plantation covenants”, [40]; system of land grant, [65]; interest in trade, [97]; favors navigation acts, [129].
New England Confederation (1643), [48].
New Hampshire, Vermont withdraws from New York and, [68]; and Federal Convention, [106]-[107]; ratification of Constitution, [154]-[155], [157].
New Jersey, ratification of Constitution, [149].
New Jersey Plan, [118], [119], [121], [125]-[126].
New York cession of western land claims to United States, [58], [59]; Vermont, withdraws from New Hampshire and, [68]; refuses to accede to Revenue Amendment, [88]; ratification of Constitution, [150], [156]-[158].
New York City chosen as seat of government, [163].
Newburg on the Hudson, mutinous Revolutionary soldiers at, [81]-[82].
Newfoundland, fisheries, [13].
North Carolina, ratification of constitution, [158].
Northwest Ordinance, [55] et seq.; see also Land Ordinance of 1785, Ordinance of 1784, Ordinance of 1787.
Northwest Territory, settlement, [55]-[56]; States relinquish claims, [57]-[59]; question of land sale and government, [62] et seq.
O
Ohio admitted as State (1802), [78].
Ohio Company of Associates, [72].
Ordinance of 1784, [67], [69]-[71], [75].
Ordinance of 1785, see Land Ordinance of 1785.
Ordinance of 1787, Congress adopts, [72]; stimulus from Ohio Company, [72]-[74]; authorship, 75; provisions, [75]-[77]; successful operation, [77]-[80]; text, [190]-[200].
Oregon, question of military occupation (1825), [77]-[78].
Otto, Louis, French Chargé d’Affaires, letter to Vergennes, [100]-[103].