[3] As, for instance, in a letter to David R. Ogden, April 5, 1813.
[4] People sometimes forget that Burr was as willing to try sedition in the East as in the West.
[INDEX.]
Adams, John, [52];
appointed commissioner, [119];
repudiates command of Congress, [120];
share in most important treaty, [124];
absent from National Convention, [133];
nominated for the Presidency, [328];
signs judiciary bill, [331];
appoints new judges, [332].
Adams, Samuel, [77], [79], [128].
Allen, Ethan, [46].
America, successful, [117], [118], [131], [132], [144].
American army, suffering of, [76], [77];
commissioners, [119], [120], [121], [123], [124];
Constitutional Convention, delegates in, [133];
contrasted with States General of France, [134], [135], [136];
independence, [122], [123];
leaders compared with European, [82], [83];
navy, [196], [291];
triumph, [123], [124].
Americans, in Revolutionary War, [5];
of 1776, compared with those of Civil War, [49], [50].
Ames, Fisher, [327].
Assembly, [33], [36], [37], [44].
Bank of North America, [103].
Bastile, the, [211], [225], [226].
Battle of Bennington, [69];
Brandywine, [75];
Princeton, [48];
Trenton, [48], [49];
Guilford Court House, [113].
Battles on soil of New York, [3], [4].
British allies, [49], [50], [68], [119];
war-ships, [43], [47].
Brunswick, Duke of, [284], [285].
Burgoyne, [49], [68], [72], [74], [78];
breach of faith with, [125].
Burke, Edmund, [39].
Burr, Aaron, [329], [330], [360];
and Jefferson Davis, [361].
Butler, [147], [157].
Calhoun, famous toast of, [354].
Canada, [45], [89], [90].
Carolinas, the, [8], [11], [30], [45], [50].
Carroll, [40].
Church of Rome, [65].
Churches, [9], [13], [16], [17], [18], [19].
Civil War, people in the, [49], [50].
Clermont-Tonnerre, Count de, [179], [203].
Clinton, George, [10];
chosen governor, [68], [327];
as a politician, [97], [128].
Clintons, the, [10], [20], [68].
Colonial contests, [3];
legislature, [20], [21], [33].
Colonies, [11].
Confederation, condition of, after the war, [126].
Congress. See [Continental];
see [Provincial].
Connecticut, [45], [46].
Constitution, its character, [136], [141], [142];
opposition to its adoption, [165], [167].
Continental Congress, the, [36];
dishonorable acts, [73], [78], [79], [80];
its condition at end of 1779, [99];
establishes four departments, [103];
instructions to commissioners, [119], [120].
Convention, New York, [59], [65];
national, [133]-[139].
Cornwallis, [114], [116].
Council of appointment, [64], [155];
of revisions, [64], [155];
of safety, [67], [68], [71].
Cruger, [14], [45].
Currency, condition of, [105];
table proposed, [107].
Dalrymple, General, [125].
Danton, [270], [287], [296].
Davis, Jefferson, [361].
D'Artois, Count (Charles X.), [217], [306].
Deane, Silas, [93].
Decimal system, [104], [107].
Declaration, of Independence, [47], [53];
of Rights, [178].
De Lanceys, [16], [21], [45].
D'Estaing, Count, [264].
De Flahaut, Madame, [204]-[207].
Democracy, [145].
Democrats, [137], [138].
Departments, [103].
De Staël, [203];
Madame, [179], [199];
vanity of, [200], [201];
want of delicacy, [202], [203];
her estimate of the Abbé Sieyès, [247];
grief for Lafayette, [317].
Disunion movements, [358], [359], [360].
Dollar, the Spanish, [106], [107].
Dumouriez, [269]-[272].
Dutch, descendants of, [9];
language, [13];
republicans, [17];
battle with English, [115];
in war with Spain, [132].
Ellsworth, Oliver, [160].
England, treatment of her American subjects, [4], [5];
grounds of complaint, [5];
courage, [116];
insolence, [323].
English, stock, people of, [5], [126];
language, [12], [13];
historians, [117];
hostile feeling, [228], [229];
society, [230], [231];
climate, [342].
Episcopalians, [13], [16], [18], [21], [60].
Esterhazy, [311], [312].
Extremists, [20].
Federalism, [138], [322], [323].
Federalist party, leaders of, [92], [137], [138].
Federalists, [141], [156], [321], [323], [331], [334], [335].
Foreign or non-English elements, [11], [12], [13], [34].
Foreigners, movement against, [157].
Fox, [123], [233], [236].
France, treaty with, [88];
would have Americans dependent allies, [121], [122], [123];
contrasted with America, [184];
destitute of statesmen, [241].
Franklin appointed commissioner, [119], [120], [124];
delegate to National Convention, [133];
advocate of weak central government, [137].
French, motives, [89], [90];
struggles with England, [115];
navy, [116];
admirals, [117];
government, [121];
character, [186]-[189];
noblesse and common people, [212];
Revolution, [170]-[175], [244], [258]-[263].
Gates, [71], [72], [73], [74].
Generals, of Revolution, [52], [116];
in Civil War, [52].
Genet, [292].
George III., [8], [228], [231].
Georgia, [8], [11], [50], [160].
Gerard, [89], [90], [122].
German auxiliaries, [119].
Germany, [144], [145], [165].
Gibraltar, [115], [116], [122].
Government, [130], [131], [144], [145].
Governor, name obnoxious, [62], [63].
Gower, Lord, [276].
Great Britain and American subjects, [4], [6];
odds against, [115];
hostility to American trade, [128].
Greene, [45], [52], [86], [113], [115], [116], [117].
Hamilton, Alexander, [10], [52], [92], [102], [104], [111];
delegate to National Convention, [133];
advocate of strong government, [137], [138];
in favor of domestic manufactures, [156];
proposes basis of representation, [158];
assisted in writing the "Federalist," [166];
procures ratification of the Constitution, [167];
passing coolness with Morris, [320];
his haughtiness, [326];
defeat by Democrats, [329].
Hancock, John, [79].
Hartford Convention, [357].
Henry, Patrick, [128], [324].
Herkomer, [10].
Holland, [116].
Huguenots, [9], [10], [65].
Impressment of American sailors, [233], [234].
Independence, [55], [56], [88].
India, [115], [116].
Indian warfare, [3], [4], [8], [74].
Infidels, [289].
Irish, in New England, [12];
of 1776, [21];
in Revolutionary armies, [34];
in Civil War, [35].
Jackson, General, [349], [350].
Jay, John, admitted to the bar, [23];
in Continental Congress, [41], [42];
resolution indorsing Declaration of Independence, [58];
plan for state constitution, [62], [63];
article on toleration, [65];
would abolish slavery, [66], [67];
on committee to organize state government, [67];
defends Schuyler's cause, [72];
reinforcements for Gates, [73];
chief justice, [75];
wishes well to Old England, [92];
of Puritanic morality, [110];
friendship with Morris, [111];
minister to Spain, [111];
views on education of children, [111];
affection for America, [112];
commissioner, [119];
repudiates command of Congress, [120];
true policy summed up, [123];
his the chief part in treaty, [124];
secretary for foreign affairs, [133];
helps Hamilton on the "Federalist," [166];
a strong Federalist, [301], [326];
appointed to negotiate treaty in England, [301], [302], [327];
governor, [327], [328], [329];
visits to and from Morris, [340], [341].
Jefferson, [52], [104], [107], [108], [129], [131], [133];
important truth taught by him, [138];
American minister to France, [176], [177];
treatment of Morris, [292];
incompetence when President, [334], [335], [348].
Johnsons, the, [17], [38], [45].
Judiciary bill, [331]-[334].
King, Rufus, [252], [353].
King's College, [3], [18].
Lafayette, [85], [86], [117], [176], [177], [178], [180], [181], [184], [187];
his character, [221], [222], [273];
ideas impracticable, [240], [241];
proclaimed and imprisoned, [273], [274];
released, [317].
Lafayette, Madame de, [181], [274], [275].
Lake Champlain, [4], [68].
Lake George, [3].
Leaders, [52];
loyalist, [16], [45];
revolutionary, [16], [49].
Lecky, [117], [118].
Leeds, Duke of, [231], [233], [237].
Lincoln, [52], [133], [138].
Lineage, [10], [34].
Livingston, Robert, [10], [59];
on committee to organize state government, [67];
chancellor, [75];
secretary of foreign affairs, [103].
Livingstons, the, [21], [326].
Louis XVI., [216], [250], [254], [255], [256], [286].
Louis XVII., [307].
Louis Philippe, [317], [318].
Louisiana, [336], [337], [339].
Loyalists, [16], [29], [45], [119], [167].
Luzerne, [236].
Madison, [129];
delegate to National Convention, [133];
during formation of Constitution, [139], [140], [145], [150], [153], [162];
compliment to Morris, [165];
assists Hamilton in writing the "Federalist," [166];
as President, [348].
Manorial families, [14], [15], [19].
Marie Antoinette, [225], [288].
Marmontel, [247].
Marshall, [325].
Mason, George, [160].
Merchants, [15], [19], [21].
Militia, [69], [70], [72], [113], [114].
Mirabeau, [136], [174], [200], [222], [223].
Mississippi, [90], [91], [95], [112], [113], [148].
Money, [24], [37], [128].
Monroe, [293];
recalled and rebuked, [300];
a foolish minister, [301], [302].
Montmorin, Count de, [218], [249].
Moreau, General, [341], [342].
Morris, Gouverneur, birth, [1];
descent, [2];
boyhood, [3];
college career, [20], [22];
takes part in public affairs, [23], [24];
desire for foreign travel, [25];
narrow means, [26];
in society, [27];
little faith in extreme democracy, [30], [31];
dislike for mobs, [31], [32];
plans for reunion with Great Britain, [32], [33];
delegate to Provincial Congress, [35], [36];
report and speech, [37], [38];
objects to eighth article of report, [41];
at head of patriotic party, [46], [47], [53];
able speech in favor of new governments, [53]-[58];
member of committees, [59];
position in regard to the Tories, [60], [61];
formation of State Constitution, [62]-[67];
at Schuyler's headquarters, [68]-[71];
efforts in behalf of Schuyler, [72];
secures reinforcements for Gates, [73];
letters to Schuyler, [74], [75];
elected to Continental Congress, [76];
visits Valley Forge, [77];
a good financier, [78], [80], [86];
endeavors to secure approval of Washington's plans, [78], [79], [83], [85];
letter to Washington, [84];
friendship with Greene, [86];
report on Lord North's conciliatory bills, [88];
prepares "Observations on the American Revolution," [88];
drafts instructions to Franklin, [89];
reply to French minister, [91];
"Observations on the Finances of America," [91];
his loyalist relatives, [92], [93];
controversy with Thomas Paine, [93], [94];
drafts instructions to our foreign ministers, [94], [95];
dispute of New York with Vermont, [96], [97];
fails of reëlection, [98];
life in Philadelphia, [99];
publishes essays on the finances, [100], [101], [102];
assistant financier, [103];
founder of national coinage, [104], [105], [106], [107];
enjoyment in society, [108], [110];
serious injury, [109];
want of insight into the future, [112], [113];
foresees final success of Greene, [113];
letters to Jay, [118], [120], [127];
advocates a firmer Union, [129], [130];
in Constitutional Convention, [133], [139], [140];
has no regard for States-rights, [142]-[145];
jealousy of the West, [146], [147];
views on the suffrage, [149]-[153];
on the power of the President, [153], [154];
on the judiciary, [155];
on Congress, [156];
speeches on the slavery question, [158], [159];
a warm advocate of the Constitution, [166];
return to New York, [167];
acts in behalf of loyalists, [167];
residence in France, [169];
letters and diary, [170], [175], [176], [183];
hostile to spirit of French Revolution, [170]-[175];
at home in Parisian society, [176];
opinion of Jefferson, [177];
of Lafayette, [178], [181];
views on French politics, [183]-[186];
distrust of French character, [185], [186], [188], [189];
National Assembly, [190], [191];
a true republican and American, [193], [194];
minor services to Washington, [195];
correspondence with Paul Jones, [196];
life in Paris, [197], [198], [199];
opinion of Madame de Staël, [199]-[204];
intimacy with Madame de Flahaut, [204]-[207];
acquaintance with the Duchess of Orleans, [207]-[211], [245], [246];
literary life of the salon, [213]-[215];
judgment of his contemporaries, [216], [219]-[223];
of French people, [224];
advice to a certain painter, [226];
mission to British government, [227], [228];
English not congenial, [229], [230];
impatience at delay, [233];
interview with Pitt, [234];
is blamed for failure of negotiations, [236];
trip through Netherlands and up the Rhine, [237];
speculations of various kinds, [238], [239];
advice to Lafayette, [240]-[243], [260];
letter to Washington, [243]-[245];
fondness for the theatre, [247];
dislike to priesthood, [248], [249];
interest in home affairs, [250];
made minister to France, [252];
is advised by Washington, [252], [253];
plans for escape of the king and queen, [254], [255], [256];
his, a brilliant chapter in American diplomacy, [257], [258];
horror of the mob, [260], [261];
his house a place of refuge, [263], [264];
picture of the French, [265]-[268];
generosity to Lafayette family, [274], [275];
remains in Paris, [276], [277];
spirited conduct when harassed, [278], [279];
payment of American debt, [280], [281];
irritates the executive council, [281], [282];
French privateers, [283];
commentary on passing events, [283]-[291];
is recalled, [292], [293];
as foreign minister to be honored, [264], [294];
accurate forecast of events, [295];
clear views of French Revolution, [298];
journeys in Europe, [302];
no longer an impartial judge, [303];
estimate of Napoleon, [303], [304];
in Switzerland, [304];
in Great Britain, [305];
opinion of royalist refugees, [306], [307];
in Berlin, [308], [315];
in Vienna, [310]-[315];
dealings with Louis Philippe, [317], [318];
return to New York, [320];
elected to Senate, [328];
disapproves of Burr, [330];
opinion of Jefferson, [331];
speech in favor of occupying Louisiana, [337], [338];
fails of reëlection, [339];
leader in project of Erie canal, [339], [340];
life at Morrisania, [340];
marriage, [340];
formality, [341];
compares America and England, [342];
loses his satisfaction with the people and the government, and becomes soured, [345];
advocates northern secession, [347];
loses his loyalty to the nation, [352]-[359];
closing acts of his career unworthy of him, [352]-[355];
after the peace, [361];
gives sound and patriotic counsel, [362], [363];
death, [363];
character and services, [363], [364].
Morris, Robert, [102], [103], [133].
Morris, Staats Long, [15], [61], [167].
Morrisania, [1], [167], [340].
Morrises, the, [2].
Narbonne, Chevalier de, [202], [203].
National Union, [126], [140].
Nationalists, [141].
Necker, [199], [200], [218], [219], [220].
New England, [11], [161], [324];
Puritans, [5];
militia, [69];
members of Continental Congress, [71], [79], [80].
New Rochelle, [3].
New York city, [1];
society in, [26];
exposed positions, [43];
entered by Continental forces, [46];
left by peaceable citizens, [48];
held by British, [116].
New York colony, [1], [3];
battles in, [3], [4];
claim of liberty as a right, [6];
loyalty, [7], [8];
many nationalities, [9], [10];
churches, [9];
ethnic type, [11];
rivalries, [14];
government, [14];
three parties, [19];
in debt, [23];
not in full sympathy with the patriots, [35], [36];
soldiers in royal armies, [44];
famous Tory leaders, [45];
second Provincial Congress, [46];
third Provincial Congress, [47];
Declaration of Independence ratified, and State Constitution organized, [47];
adoption of the national Constitution, [165], [167].
New York State, [48];
party contests, [326].
New Yorkers, [13], [33], [96].
North Carolina, [165].
North, Lord, conciliatory bills of, [87].
Officers, in trade, [81];
foreign, [85];
French, in American Revolution, [264].
Oriskany, fight at, [10], [12], [72].
Orleans, Duchess of, [207], [208], [209], [245], [246].
Orleans, Duke of (Egalité), [207], [216], [275], [288].
Otis, Harrison Gray, [353].
Paine, Thomas, [93], [208], [289].
Paris, [266], [267];
factions in, [269];
changed, [270].
Paul Jones, [196].
Pennsylvania, [28], [157], [166], [324].
Philadelphia, [110].
Pinckney, [145], [326], [328], [329].
Pitt, [233], [234], [237].
Presbyterians, [14], [18], [21].
Prisoners, exchange of, [125].
Provincial Congress, [34], [35], [38], [39], [43], [46], [47], [53], [58].
Proviso regarding toleration, [66].
Prussia, [308], [309].
Quebec, [10];
bill, [41].
Queen's County, [44], [46].
Randolph, [292].
Representation of slave states, [157], [158], [164].
Republican party, [141].
Republicanism, extreme, [20].
Revolution, enemies in, [49], [68];
two sides of, [30];
officers of, [79];
men of, [81], [82];
influence of, compared with that of French, [298], [299].
Revolutionary armies compared with those in Civil War, [50], [51], [81].
Rhode Island, [126], [165], [189].
Riedesel, "America," [308];
General, [316].
Rodney, [116], [117].
Rohan, Cardinal de, [249].
Roman Catholics, [9], [39], [64], [65].
Royalist party, [19], [20].
Rumford, Count, [316].
Russia, [168].
Schuyler, Philip, [10], [68], [69], [71];
replaced by Gates, [71], [72], [73];
his noble behavior, [74].
Scott, General, [349].
Sherman, Roger, [71].
Sieyès, the Abbé, [136], [246].
Six Nations, [3].
Slavery, question of, [66], [67], [157]-[165].
Sons of Liberty, [31], [43].
South Carolina, [80], [145], [160], [325].
Southern States, [115], [147], [148], [158], [161], [162], [163].
Spain, [90], [91], [112], [115], [120], [121], [122], [123], [148].
Spanish-Americans, [131], [132].
St. Clair, General, [69].
St. Patrick's Day, [21].
Stamp Act, [4].
Stark, [69].
States General, [134], [184], [224].
Statesmen, [51], [52], [134].
Suffrage not an inborn or natural right, [149], [150], [157].
Taine, [183].
Talleyrand, [204], [221], [247], [277].
Tarleton, Colonel, [247].
Tessé, Comtesse de, [181], [182].
Toleration, [39], [64], [65], [66].
Tories, [35], [44], [50], [60], [61], [68], [92], [167].
Tory leaders, [45].
Treaty, [124];
obligations of, unfulfilled, [227], [228];
Jay's, [327].
Trio, great American, [133].
Tryon, royal governor, [44].
Valley Forge, [49], [76].
Vergennes, [121], [237].
Vermont, [70], [96], [98].
Virginia, [114], [160], [161], [165];
her statesmen and warriors, [325].
War of 1812, [148], [349], [350].
Warriors, [51], [52], [325].
Washington, [33], [44], [47], [48];
statesman, soldier, patriot, [52];
difficulties, [78], [79];
confidence in Morris, [83];
dislike to foreign officers, [85];
letter to Jay, [118];
delegate in National Convention, [133];
letter to Morris, [189], [190];
views with regard to French Revolution, [191], [192], [252], [292], [293];
a watch for, [195];
statue by Hudon, [196];
kind advice, [252], [253];
recalls Monroe, [300];
reply to letter of Morris, [306];
distrust of Jefferson, and Madison, [321].
West, the, [146], [147], [148].
Whig families, [20], [21].
White Plains, [53].
Wisdom of many worth more than wisdom of one, [136], [137].
Yorktown, [76], [116].
[American Statesmen.]
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