early history, 529-547; condition in 1687,
542-544: Leisler's Rebellion, 544-547;
settlements in Jersey, 569; Dutch settle-
ments, 580; Palatine Germans, ii, 77-
79; governors, 143. 153, 161, 162,
169; disallowance, 183; Zenger prosecu-
tion, 192-199; Albany government, 208–
211; pirates, 244-247; smuggling, 249-
250; fur trade, 320; Schenectady taken,
323, 337-339; Sir William Johnson, 331-
334; Albany Congress, 357-360; Stamp
Act Congress, 402; military prisoners,
508; John André, 515; abandoned by
the Americans, 554; siege, 608-609; issues
bills of credit, iii, 136; votes against plan
for import duty, 137; debate on the Con-
stitution, 242-249; state banks, 441-445;
state legislature, iv, 633-635. - See also
Dutch, New Amsterdam, New Nether-
land, New York City.

New York City, in 1679, i, 586-590; in 1760,
ii, 87-89; fashions, iii, 41-44; theatres,
42; anti-slavery meeting, 602-608; draft
riot, iv, 376-381; tenement life, 654-657.

See also New York.

New York Commercial Advertiser, AN
ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING, iii, 602-608.
New York Herald, iv, 150, 385.

New York Historical Society, Proceedings,
i, 13; Collections, 13, 132, 525, 537, 579,

ii, 19.

New York Public Library, i, 8, ii, 10.

New York Times, iii, 622.

New York Tribune, A SLAVE AUCTION,
iv, 75-79; cited, 79, 351, 399, 467, 511;
ADOPTION OF THE THIRTEENTH
AMENDMENT, 465-467.

New York Weekly Journal, libels in, ii,
193; advertisements in, 298.
Nicaragua Canal, proposed, iii, 56; benefits

of, iv, 622-625; compared with Panama,
624; necessity, 627; neutrality, 627.
Nicholson, Francis, founds a college in Vir-
ginia, i, 310; governor of New York, 544;
popularity, ii, 90-91; change in his atti-
tude, 91; disliked, 92-94.

Niles, Hezekiah, Principles and Acts, ii, 12,
21, 472; Weekly Register, 404, iii, 417. 445.
458, 608, 622; A MODERATE VIEW OF
THE MISSOURI QUESTION, iii, 455-458.
Nina, Columbus's caravel, i, 35.

Noailles, Vicomte de, iii, 39, 310.
Nomini Hall, Virginian mansion, iii, 49–52.
Nootka Sound, fisheries at, iii, 56.
Norembega, myth of, i, 118-121.
Norse, sagas, i, I; discoveries, 28.
North, the, Calhoun on ascendency of, iv,
49; anti-slavery attitude arraigned, 159–
162, 196; nullification of Fugitive-Slave
Law a southern grievance, 167; south-
ern demands on, 174; popular rising in
1861, 221-224, 227, 230; conditions of the
Civil War, 228-239; call to arms, 230-
232, 236-237; war meetings, 232-236,
258-259; southern sympathizers, 233, 402-
405; Everett on duty of, in 1863, 237-239:
war songs, 259-263; Russell on, 310;
business men of, in the South, 451; social
hostility to, 451. - See also Army (United
States), Civil War, South, states by name,
and Tables of Contents.
North American Review, iv, 178.
North Briton, ii, 380.

-

North Carolina, settlement of, i, 275-284;
value of records, ii, 6; Records, 13, 175.
192, 214, 248, 428; regulators in, 426-428;
bills of credit, iii, 134; cession of public
lands, 148; ratification of the Constitu-
tion, 251-254. See also Carolinas, South.
Northern Poets, WAR SONGS, iv, 259–263.
Northwest passage, hope of, i, 155.

www

Norton, Captain, killed by Pequots, i, 439.
Norton, John, JOHN COTTON, AN IDEAL
PURITAN, i, 335-339; Abel being Dead yet
Speaketh, 339.

Nova Albion, name for Maine, i, 177.
Nova Scotia Historical Society, Report and
Collections, ii, 365.

Nowell, Thomas, A PURITAN'S WILL AND
INVENTORY, i, 477-478.
Nullification, Calhoun on right of, iii, 544-
548. See also Fugitive-Slave Law.

O'CALLAGHAN, EDMUND BAILEY,

Documents relative to the Colonial
History of New York, i, 10, 14, 15, 186,
520, 541, 549, 551, ii, 13, 17, 21, 79, 131,
154, 162, 164, 170, 184. 247, 250, 253, 290,
334, 339, 356, 357, 367, 387, 412; Laws
and Ordinances of New Netherland, i, 14.
Odell, Jonathan, THE ARREST
LOYALIST PARSON, ii, 472-474.

OF A

Officers, Jaramillo, i, 60; Barlowe, 89; Ver-
razano, 102; Cartier, 107; Clap, 195;
John Smith, 209, 313; Butler, 225; Fitz-
hugh, 301; Johnson, 366, 414; Underhill,
439: Goelet, ii, 61, 240; Waterman, 214;
Byrd, 235; Carver, 334; Monseignat, 337;
French, 337, 365; Brewton, 340; Love-
well, 344; Curwen, 346; Winslow, 360;
Braddock, 365; Knox, 369; Chastellux,
392, 495; Scammell, 461; Washington,
467, 490, 559, 594; Graydon, 481; Lafay-
ette, 485, iii, 303; Hamilton, ii, 488, 543;
Thacher, 493; Drowne, 497; Pausch, 504;
Boudinot, 508; Simcoe, 511; André, 515;
Clinton, 554; Riedesel, 565; Burgoyne,
565; Waldo, 568; Trumbull, 575; Clark,
579; Steuben, 582; De Kalb, 585; Jones,
587; Greene, 609; De Grasse, 612; Corn-
wallis, 615; Heath, 626; May, iii, 102;
Putnam, 106; Armstrong, 122; Lincoln,
191; Lewis, 381; Clark, 381; Hall, 385;
Barron, 395; Bainbridge, 414; M'Kenney,
531; Houston, 637; Grant, iv, 26, 437.
457; W. Scott, 28; Stringfellow, 68, John
Scott, 110; Lee, 144, 359; Crawford, 182;
Anderson, 213, 216; Foster, 216; Dwight,
263 Hart, 273; Stevenson, 280; Fre-
mantle, 284; Mosby, 287; Martin, 330;
Prentiss, 334; Bailey, 336; McClellan,
338; Jackson, 342; Burnside, 351; Wil-
kinson, 356; Porter, 363; Longstreet,
372; Thomas, 386; Butler, 390; Semmes,
416; Farragut, 418; Sheridan, 422; Sher-
man, 428; Hood, 432; Schurz, 452; Han-
cock, 504; Dewey, 579; Mahan, 582;
Wood, 601.

Office-Seekers, WHY WE OUGHT TO BE
APPOINTED, iii, 273-276; political strength
of office-holders, 333-334
Official Opinions of Attorneys-General, iii,
9, iv, 8.

Oglethorpe, James Edward, DESIGNS OF

THE TRUSTEES FOR ESTABLISHING THE
COLONY OF GEORGIA, ii, 110-114; Es-
tablishment of the Colony of Georgia, 114;
receives the Salzburgers in Georgia, 115-
116; oversees building of forts, 116-117.
Ohio, legislation on negroes, iii, 585.
Ohio River, question of importing Ger-
mans, ii, 310-311; ownership, 354-356;
plan to found a colony, 386-387; early

settlements, 387-391; description of, iii,
459-463. See also Kentucky, West.
Olaf Tryggvason and Leif Ericsson, i, 29.
Oldham, John, vain propositions, i, 180.
Old South Church, at Boston, ii, 4.

Old South Leaflets, i, 5, 15, ii, 5, 12, 21, iii, 8.
'Old Style," chronological reckoning, i, 17,
ii, 24.

Old Testament, argument against slavery,
ii, 293-297.

Olmsted, Frederick Law, Cotton Kingdom,
iv, 9.

Olney, Richard, THE OLNEY DOCTRINE,
iv, 567-572; OUR FOREIGN POLICY, 612-
616; Growth of our Foreign Policy, 616.
Onis, Luis de, Spanish minister, iii, 481-483.
Open door, Hay on policy of, iv, 616–618.
Orange, Fort, founded, i, 530, 539. - See
also Albany.

Oratory, among the Indians, ii, 331-334; in
First Continental Congress, 438.
Oregon, expedition to, iii, 381-384.
Orinoco River, Ralegh at, i, 99.
Orphan-house, in Georgia, ii, 122-124.
Orthodox. See Religion.

Osburne, Sarah, tried as a witch, ii, 43-45:
testimony, 45-48.

Osgood, Herbert L., on colonial govern-
ment, ii, 32.

Otis, James, ARGUMENT ON WRITS OF
ASSISTANCE, ii, 374-378.

Otto, Louis Guillaume, QUESTION OF THE
MISSISSIPPI, iii, 150-154; THE ANNAPO-
LIS CONVENTION, 185-187.

Otto, William T., Cases Argued and Ad-
judged, iii, 9, iv, 8.

Owners and Masters, ALL Sorts of RUN-
AWAYS, ii, 298-302.

QUESTION OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, iii,
138-142; Public Good, 142; BRITISH
COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS, 167-170;
The Crisis, 170.

Pakenham, Sir Edward, at battle of New
Orleans, iii, 423-424.

Palatines.

-

See Germans, New York.
Palfrey, J. G., History of New England,
i, 16, 27, ii, 22.

Palmer, John M., in peace conference, iv,
205.

Palmer, John Williamson, STONEWALL
JACKSON'S WAY, iv, 282-283.
Pamphlets, value as sources, i, 2, ii, 2, 7.
Panama Congress, iii, 506-508.
Papal bull, dividing America, i, 40.
Paper currency, issued by states, iii, 128;
effect of issue on industries, 133; demand
for, 184, 192; effect on ratification of the
Constitution, 255. — See also Banks, Cur-
rency, Finances, Money.

Papers relative to Half-Pay, iii, 125.
Papists, compared with infidels, ii, 286.
Pardon, Lincoln's offer to the Confederates,
iv, 459-460; exceptions, 460; oath, 460;
Johnson on, 469. See also Reconstruc-

tion.

Paris, Comte de, NORTHERN PREPARA-
TIONS, iv, 315-319; History of the Civil
War, 319.

Paris, Treaty of, iii, 379.

Parker, Joel, THE WRONG Of Secession,
iv, 175-178; Right of Secession, 178.
Parker, Theodore, offers to lead a mob, iv, 88.
Parker, William, MY PROPERTY I WILL

HAVE, iv, 84-87; Freedman's Story, 87.
Parkman, Francis, transcripts of documents,
i, 16, 21, ii, 22, 28; France and England
in North America, i, 27; use of sources,
ii, 26.

Parliament, relations with Virginia, i, 233-
236; EXTRACTS FROM A NAVIGATION
ACT, ii, 127-129; control of colonial
charters, 137; authority in colonies, 149,
394-397, 409-410; examination of Frank-
lin, 407; effect of Stamp Act, 409-410;
repeals Stamp Act, 411-412; revenue
scheme, 413; defended by Johnson, 445:
relations with crown, 449-453; concilia-
tion, 586; "change of sentiments," 619.
-See also England, Government,

Pastorius, Francis Daniel, interest in, i,
23; GERMANS IN PENNSYLVANIA, 559-
562; Geographical Description of Penn-
sylvania, 562.

Patriots, arguments, ii, 442, 449; proceed-
ings, 454-469; violence, 458, 470-476;
spirit criticised, 482; state governments,
519, 534; independence, 537-539. - See
also Revolution.

Patterson, William, plan to remedy evils of

Confederation, iii, 127-130; character, 207.
Pausch, Georg, prejudiced, ii, 31; ARMY

LIFE, 504-507: Journal, 507.

Peabody Institute, catalogue, i, 16, ii, 22.
Peabody Museum (Cambridge), collections,
i, 4, ii, 5.

Peace, of 1782, French attitude toward
America, ii, 621-623; explanation. 623-
625; effects, 629-632. — See also Treaties,
and nations by name.

Peace conference, of 1861, suggested, iv, 194-
195; debates in, 204-209; Crittenden on,

210.

Peckham, Sir George, ADVANTAGES OF
COLONIZATION, i, 152-157.

Pekin, Boxer siege of foreign legations, iv,
619-622.

Pemberton, J. C., at Vicksburg, iv, 368-370;
Confederate opinion of, 371.

Penhallow, Samuel, History of the Wars of
New-England, ii, 16.

Peninsular campaign, McClellan on, iv,
338-342.

Penn, Thomas, unpopularity, ii, 85.
Penn, William, letters,i,7, 18; THE QUAKER
AND THE NOBLEMAN, 272-274; boun-
dary controversy with Maryland, 273:
THE INFANT COLONY OF PENNSYL-
VANIA, 554-557; TREATY-MAKING WITH
THE INDIANS, 557-558; German opinion,
559-562.-See also Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, early history, i, 548-562;
Swedish settlements, 548-551; Penn's ac-

count, 554-557; Indian treaty, 557-558;
Germans, 559-562; value of records, ii, 6;
University of, library, 10; Colonial Records,
17; Archives, 17; condition in 1698,65-68;
home for the poor, 68; separation of
Delaware, 72; Philadelphia, 74-77; po-
litical history, 85-87; growth, 113; gov-
ernment, 143; election, 171-172; county
court, 205; Franklin's almanacs, 263;
state of religion, 278; Quakers against
slavery, 291; Braddock's defeat, 365;
Congresses in Philadelphia, 434, 442,
525. 543; Battle of the Kegs," 562;
Valley Forge, 568; confederation, 604;
politics, iii, 73-76; violates Articles of
Confederation, 127; debts, 132; bills of
credit, 134.
See also Delaware, Middle
Colonies, New Jersey.

Pennsylvania Farmer. See Dickinson,
John.

Pennsylvania Gazette, ii, 299-302.
Pennsylvania Hall, as a source, ii, 4.
Pennsylvania Historical Society, Collections,
i, 562; transcripts of minutes of Lords of
Trade, ii, 10; Memoirs, 20, 208.
Pennsylvania Journal, ii, 301.
Pennsylvania Magazine, ii, 455.
Pennsylvania Packet, ii, 476; THE FED-
ERAL ARCH COMPLETED, 604.
Penobscot.--
-- See Maine.

Pequot War, Roger Williams in, i, 404;
Underhill's account, 439-444.
Percival, James Gates, NEW ENGLAND,
iii, 518-520; Clio, 520.
Perquimans. See Courts.

Perry, W. S., Collections relating to the
American Colonial Church, i, 10, ii, 13.
Personal-liberty acts, of Massachusetts, iv,
93-96; a southern grievance, 167; repeal
demanded, 193. See also Fugitive-Slave
Law, Secession, Slavery.

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Personal Recollections of the War of the
Rebellion, iv, 333.

Peru, conquest of, i, 3, 53-57; war with Chili,
iv, 561-563.

Pessecus, Aumsequen, and others, A
TYPICAL INDIAN TREATY, i, 321-324.
Peto, Sir Samuel Morton, THE AMERI-
CAN RAILWAY SYSTEM, iv, 513-515;
Resources and Prospects of America,
515.

Pettit, Charles, describes local politics, ii,
25; A COLONIAL ELECTION, 171-172.
Philadelphia, founded, i, 555; Germans in,
559-562; ferries, 574; Pennsylvania Hall,
ii, 4; Old Swedes' Church, 4; description
in 1710, 74-77; in 1788, iii, 35-39; violent
election, ii, 85-86; Adams's impression of,
439; threatened, 559-560; British annoyed
at, 562-565; yellow fever in, iii, 39–41. —
See also Pennsylvania.
Philanthropist, iii, 633.

Philip, King, war, i, 458; death, 461.
Philip II, of Spain, i, 158-160.
Philippine Islands, battle of Manila Bay, iv,
579-581; cession of, 589-590; conditions,
594-597; Spanish government of, 595-
597 instructions to commissioners to,
604-607; Hoar on sovereignty over, 608-
611; effect on American policy, 612-616.
See also Colonies, Spain.

Philips, Miles, AN ENGLISHMAN IN
MEXICO, i, 65-68; Discourse, 68; quoted,
158-159.

Phillips, Wendell, THE WAR OF LIBERTY,
iv, 306-309; Speeches, Lectures, and Let-
ters, 309; Johnson denounces, 470.
Phipps, Sir William, career of, i, 507–511.
Physicians, as writers, ii, 9.

Pickens, Fort, Lincoln's cabinet on reinforc-
ing, iv, 211-212.

Pickering, Timothy, objections to annexa-
tion of Louisiana, iii, 374-376.
Pickett, George E., charge at Gettysburg,
iv, 372-376.

Pierce, William, CHARACTERS IN THE
CONVENTION, iii, 205-211; Notes, 211.
Pierpont, John, THE FUGITIVE SLAVE'S
APOSTROPHE TO THE NORTH STAR,
iii, 589-591; Airs of Palestine and other
Poems, 591.

Pigwacket (Maine), fight at, ii, 344-346.
Pike, Albert, Dixie, iv, 277-279.

Pike, James Shepherd, CARPET-BAG GOV-
ERNMENT, iv, 497-500; Prostrate State,
500.

Pilgrims, exodus to Holland, i, 167-170;
advice to colonists, 187-190. - See also
Plymouth Colony, Puritans.

Pinckney, Charles, character, iii, 211; in
Federal Convention, 211, 217, 221; How
JEFFERSON WAS ELECTED, 333-336.

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, character,
iii, 211; in Federal Convention, 218, 220;
THE X. Y. Z. CORRESPONDENCE, 322-
326.

Pinta, Columbus's caravel, i, 35.

Pirates, official protection to, ii, 244-247; in
the Delaware, 349-351.

Pitch and tar, manufacture of, ii, 96-97.
Pitkin, Timothy, History of the United
States, iii, 13.

Pitt, William, Correspondence, ii, 19, 369;
Anecdotes of the Life of, 19; THE EMPIRE
IS NO MORE, 367-369; AN ENGLISHMAN'S
PROTEST AGAINST TAXATION, 404-407.
Pittsburg (Penn.), described, iii, 459.
Pittsburg Landing, southern description of
battle of, iv, 280-282; Prentiss's report on,
334-336.

Pittsburgh Gazette, iii, 239.

Pizarro, Hernando, THE STORY OF PI-
ZARRO'S CONQUEST, i, 53-57; Letters,

57.

Plain English, REIGN OF KING MOB, ii,
458-461.

Plantations, in Virginia, i, 305-306, iii, 49-52.
Plata River, Drake's voyage, i, 82.
Plymouth Colony, Records, i, 13, 324, 365,
451, 454, 585; history, 340-365; leaving
Holland, 340-343; Mayflower compact,
344; landing, 345-348; life, 349-355;
conditions, 356-359; government, 359-
361; Morton's revels, 361-363; impend-
ing annexation to Massachusetts, 363-
365; cold to Roger Williams, 403; in
New England Confederation, 447; in
King Philip's War, 460. See also
Massachusetts.

Plymouth Council, grant to Massachusetts
Company, i, 178.

Pocahontas, interest of the story, 3; true
tale of, i, 214-218.

iv, 35-38, 178-179, 224-230, 628-632, 639-
641; conditions in 1795, iii, 296-298; crit-
icism of the Virginia Resolutions, 329-
331; Jefferson's election, 333-336; parti-
san comments, 336-339; Federalist wail,
339-343; discussion on Louisiana, 373-
380, 410-414; on the embargo, 403-409;
on internal improvements, 436-440; on
the Missouri Compromise, 452-458;
spoils system, 531-535, iv, 636-638; be-
neficent influence of slavery on, iv, 70-71;
sarcasm, 142-144; election of 1874, 501-
504, of 1876, 504-507; campaign speech
by Blaine, 508-511; practical, 629–632;
conditions in state legislature, 633-635;
civil service reform, 636-638; regulation
of trusts, 641-644; machine and boss,
644-646. - See also Civil War, Colonies,
Confederate States, Confederation, Con-
gress, Constitution, Democratic Party,
Federalists, Foreign Relations, Govern-
ment, Reconstruction, Republican Party,
Revolution, Secession, Slavery, and
Tables of Contents.

Polk, James Knox, REASONS FOR WAR,
iv, 20-23; WHY THE WHOLE OF MEX-
ICO WAS NOT ANNEXED, 32-34.
Poll tax, plan for, in 1783, iii, 121.
Pollard, Edward Albert, A GOOD-NA-
TURED SLAVEHOLDER'S VIEW OF SLAV-
ERY, iv, 72-75; Black Diamonds, 75.
Poole's Index, iv, 2.

Poor whites, in the South, iv, 59-62.
Poor, Henry Varnum, COMPLETION OF
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD, iv, 515-517;
Manual of Railroads, 517.

Poore, Ben: Perley, Federal and State Con-
stitutions, i, 5, 10, ii, 5, 13.

Pope, John, DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI, iii,
110-114; Tour, 114.

Popular government, accounts of, i, 7;
in Massachusetts, 179, 373-382; Calvin's
opinion, 324-330; Davenport's opinion,
330-333; Mayflower compact, 344; in
New York, 544-547. See also Govern-