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Abercrombie, General. I.

Abolition, the first society formed, III. sentiment growing, III. lull in spirit of, III. "immediate abolition," III. cause of spread of feeling for, III. revival of feeling, III.

Abolitionists, methods of, III. opposition to, in the South and North, III. schism in the ranks of, III. ignored the South's dilemma, III. their opposition to Lincoln and Congress. IV.

Acadia, named, I. ceded to England, I. expulsion of French from, I.

Adams, Charles Francis. III. at the Geneva tribunal, IV.

Adams. John. quoted. II. cautioned not to utter the word "independence," II. signs treaty between England and America, II. a Federalist, II. his overtures to France, II. and the sedition law, II. attended theatres, II. assailed, II., III.

Adams, John Quincy. II. a leading Whig, III. his record, III. defends Jackson. III. and the Amistad case, III. Jackson and, III. as an abolitionist, III. opposed to the gag policy, III.

Adams. Samuel. II.

Agriculture in the South, IV. VI.

Aguinaldo, Emilio. V. and Admiral Dewey, V. and insurgent forces at Manila, V. president of republic, V. capture, V.

Aix-la-Chapelle. I.

Alabama and secession, III. suffrage, V.

Alabama claims, the, IV.

Alabama, the, destructive career of, IV. shattered by the Kearsarge, IV.

Alaska, the fisheries question in, IV. its purchase, IV. its resources, IV. constituted a civil and judicial district, V. boundary question, V. census, V. products of, VI. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, VI. population, 1910, VI.

Albany, begun, I. convention, I., II.

Albemarle, the iron-clad. IV.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, VI.

Aldrich, Senator Nelson W., VI.

Aldrich-Payne Bill. VI.

Aldrich-Vreeland Act, the, VI.

Alexander, chief of the Pokanokets. I.

Alger, R. A., Secretary of War, and army equipment, V.

Algiers, the Dey of, II.

Allefonsce. Jean, I.

Allen, Ethan, at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. II.

Ambrister, III.

Amelia Island seized, III.

Amendment. See Fourteenth Amendment.

America before Columbus, Introduction, I. age and origin of man in, 21; brute inhabitants of, 30; plants, fruits, and trees in, 31; alleged discoveries of, before Columbus, 37; Basques, Bretons, and Normans in, 37; discovered by Columbus, 55; illusions of Columbus concerning. 57; origin of name, 58, 61.

America, Spain gets most of, I. confusion of ideas concerning, I. earliest legislative body in, I. the first Swedish colony in, I. origin of political institutions in. I. the French in, I. the English in, I. treaty of France with, II. receives help from France, II. peace negotiations and treaty between England and, II. See United States.

American Civic Association, VI.

American Protective Association, V. Rail way Union strike, V.

Americanism, III.

Americans, primordial, unlike Asiatics, I. differences between their branches, I. varieties of, I.

Amerigo Vespucci, his voyages and discoveries, I.

Ames, Fisher, his words on Washington. II. urges ratification of Jay's treaty, II.

Ames, Oakes, and the Credit Mobilier, IV.

Amherst. General. I.

Amistad case, the, III.

Anarchists, V.

Anderson, Major Robert, at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter, III. in charge of Department of the Cumberland, III.

Andre, Major, II.

Andros, Sir Edmund, governor, I. leaves New England, I; in New York, I.

Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty, V.

Annapolis convention, the, II.

Annapolis founded, I.

Anne, Queen, War of, I.

Antietam, battle of, IV.

Appomattox, Lee's surrender at, IV.

Arbitration, International Court of, organized 1901, VI. chief features of, VI. advantages of, VI. convened for first time, VI. Pious Fund case, VI. Venezuela case, VI. permanent headquarters of, VI.

Arbuthnot, III.

Arctic exploration, VI.

Argall, Captain, the voyages of, I.

Argentina, S. A., progress of, VI. Atlantic fleet at, VI.

Arizona, VI. constitution of, VI. population and products of, VI.

Arkansas and secession, III.

Arlington, Lord, I.

Armed neutrality, the, II.

Army, the, discontent in, at close of the Revolution, II. in war with Spain, V. II. in Philippines, II. reorganization and reform in, VI. in China, VI.

Arnold, Benedict, attacks Quebec, II. the hero of the battle of Bemis Heights, II. turns traitor, II.

Art in United States, IV.

Arthur, Chester A., IV.

Ashburton, Lord, III.

Asser, M., VI.

Assistance, writs of, II.

"Associated Youths," the, II.

Atlanta Exposition, V.

Atlanta, taking of the city of, IV.

Atlanta, the iron-clad, IV.

Atlantic fleet, cruise of, VI.

Atwood, H. K., VI.

Auckland, Atlantic fleet at, VI.

Australian ballot, V., VI.

Automobiles, VI.

Ayllon, Vasquez de, cruise of, I.

Bacon's Rebellion, I.

Bailey, The Alonzo, case, VI.

Bainbridge, Captain, II.

Baker, Colonel, killed, III.

Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, discovers the Pacific, I.

Ball's Bluff, fight at, III.

Ballinger, Richard A., Secretary of the Interior, VI.

Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert, Sir George.

Baltimore, Md., population of, in 1800, II. streets lighted with gas, III. savings banks in, III. riot at opening of Civil War, III. General Butler subdues, III. strike at, IV. fire of 1904, VI.

Bank, United States, II. death of the old, birth of the new, III. Andrew Jackson and the, III.

Banking, VI. laws regulating, VI.

Banks, General, IV.

Baptists, favored by Charles II., I. warring with Quakers, I; spread of, II. on war of, II; in the fourth decade, III.

Barbary powers, troubles with the, II.

Barclay, Commodore, at battle of Lake Erie, II.

"Barnburners," III.

Barrill, Edward M., VI.

Barron, Commodore, II. attacked at Chesapeake Bay, II.

Barton, Clara, and the Red Cross Society aid Cuban reconcentrados, V.

Bartram, the Quaker botanist, I.

"Battle above the Clouds," the, IV.

Baume, General II.

Beachey, Lincoln, VI.

Beauregard, General, before Sumter, III. at Manassas and Bull Run, II. at battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, IV.

Beck, Assistant Attorney-General, quoted on trusts, VI.

Bell, Alexander G., and the telephone, IV.

Bell and Everett, III.

Belmont, August, VI.

Bemis Heights, battles of, II.

Bennington, defence of, II.

Benton, III.

Bentonville, battle of, IV.

Berkeley, Sir William, governor of Virginia, I. New Jersey made over to, I. and Bacon's rebellion, I. proprietary of Carolina, I.

Berlin decree, the, II.

Bessemer steel, III. in the South, IV.

Beveridge, Albert J., VI. Beveridge-Parsons Bill, VI. Tariff Commission Bill, VI.

Bicycle, V., VI.

Big Bethel, fight at, III.

Billeting Act, the, II.

Bi-metalism, international, envoys to the powers, V.

Birney, James G., his office sacked, III. and the Liberty Party, III.

"Blackbeard," I.

"Black Friday," IV.

Blaine, James G., IV. his campaign for the presidency, IV., V. proposed congress of American nations, VI.

Blair, F. P., IV.

Blair, Rev. Dr., I.

Bleriot, French aviator, VI.

Blockade of the southern ports, IV. running, IV. expeditions to aid, IV.

Bloody Brook, I.

Bobadilla supersedes Columbus, I.

Boer war issue in campaign of 1900, V.

Booth, John Wilkes, assassinates Lincoln, IV. captured and killed, IV.

Boston, I. feeling in, toward bishops, I. streets lighted, I. the massacre at, II. tea party, II. General Gage in, II. population of, in, II. in panic of 1837. III. savings banks in, III. its clearing-house, III. international peace conference at, VI. topics discussed at Peace conference at, VI. foreigners in, VI.

Bowdoin, Governor, II.

Boxer Rebellion, the, VI.

Braddock, Sir Edward, in French and Indian War, I.

Bradford, Governor, I. his reply to the Dutch, I.

Bragg, General, invades Kentucky, IV. 47; at Stone River, 48, 49, 50; at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, 50-60; his army broken up, 61.

Brandywine, battle of, II.

Brant, Joseph, II.

Breckenridge, his nomination, III.

Breed's Hill, II.

Brooklyn Bridge, the, IV.

Brooks, James, and the Credit Mobilier, IV.

Brooks, Preston S., his attack on Sumner, III. challenges Wilson and Burlingame, III.

Brougham, Lord, his words on Washington, II.

Brown, General, I.

Brown, John, his raid, III.

Brush, Charles G., and electric lighting. IV.

Bryan, William J., free silver speech, Democratic convention, 1896, V. nominated for President, 1896, V. nominated for President, 1900, V., VI. nominated for President, 1908, VI. characteristics of, VI.

Buchanan, III. his vacillation, III.

Buckner, General Simon B., IV., V.

Buell, General, at battle of Pittsburg Landing, IV. Louisville, IV.

Buffalo, Pan-American Exposition, V.

Bull Run, battle of, III. General Sherman's words concerning, III. effect of, III. loss at, III. second battle of, IV.

Bunau-Varilla, M., Panama diplomatic agent at Washington, VI.

Bunker Hill, battle of. II.

Burgoyne, General, his advance on upper New York, II. takes Ticonderoga, II. his advance on Fort Edward, II. his situation critical, II. retreats to Saratoga, II. his defeat and surrender, II.

Burlingame, Anson, challenged by Brooks, III.

Burns, Anthony, rendition of, III.

Burnside, General, at Knoxville. IV. in command of Army of Potomac, IV. at Fredericksburg, IV. resigns, IV. at Petersburg, IV.

Burr, Aaron, Vice-President, II. his rise, II. kills Hamilton, II. his treason, II. his arrest, II.

Burroughs, George, condemned for witchcraft, I.

Butler, General B. F., at Baltimore, III. at Fortress Monroe, III. at New Orleans, IV. "bottled up" at Bermuda Hundred, IV.

Cable, the Atlantic, III. submarine, from United States to Europe, IV. new, to England, IV.

Cabot, John, discoveries of, I.

Cabot, Sebastian, I.

Caldwell, Rev. James, II.

Calhoun, John C., II. his election as Vice-President, III. wishes Jackson censured, III. his record and ability, III. his views on the tariff, III. advocates annexation of Texas, III. his theory of popular sovereignty, III. and the Creole case, III.

California, exploration and seizure, III. increase in population, III. gold in, III. early law in government, III. applies for statehood, III. a state, III., IV.

Calvert, Sir George, Lord Baltimore, plants colony at Newfoundland, I. sails for Virginia, I. Maryland is granted to, I. his death, I. settles Maryland, I. and Clayborne, I. wise and conciliatory, I. compared with Roger Williams, I. his character. I. defied, I. sustained by Cromwell, I.

Calvert, Philip, made governor of Maryland, I.

Cambalu, I.

Camden, battle of, II,

Canada, triple movement of, I. the cession of, II. hostility for, II. the advance on, in war of 1812, II. and the fisheries question, IV. emigration to, VI. IV. reciprocity with, IV.

Canals in United States, III., VI.

Cannon, Joseph G., VI.

Cape Ann settlement, I.

Carleton, Sir Guy, II.

Carnegie, Andrew, and the steel trade, VI. donation of, for palace of peace, VI. on conservation of minerals, VI. notable gifts of, VI. Carnegie Institution, VI.

Carolina, its constitution, I. conflict of parties in, I. population of, in 1700 and later, I. the clergy in, I. See North Carolina and South Carolina.

Carolina Fort, I.

Carroll, George W., Prohibitionist candidate, VI.

Carteret, Sir George, I.

Cartier, voyages and explorations, I.

Carver, Governor, I.

Casco, treaty of, I.

Castlereagh, Lord. II.

Catherine of Russia, organizing the Armed Neutrality, II.

Catholics, in Maryland, I. in United States, IV.

Cavendish, Lord, urges return of troops, II.

Cavendish, Thomas, sails around the world, I.

Census, twelfth, V. thirteenth, VI. permanent bureau established, VI.

Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876, IV.

Cervera, Admiral, V.

Chaffee, General Adna R., military governor Philippines, V.

Chambersburg burned, IV.

Champlain, Lake, explored, I.

Champlain, Sieur de, founds Quebec, I. his western trials, I.

Chantilly, battle of, IV.

Chapin, Eugene W., Prohibition candidate, VI.

Charitable institutions in United States, III,

Charles I., indifference of, to Virginia colony, I. grants charter to Massachusetts Bay Company, I.

Charles II. and Massachusetts colony, I. his views of political rights of Massachusetts colony, I. favors Baptists and Quakers, I. his vengeance delayed, I. and Connecticut, I. and Rhode Island, I. and Virginia, 277. I. words on Berkeley, I.

Charles V. of Spain, I.

Charleston, defence of harbor, II. besieged, II. population of, in 1800, II. taken by Sherman, IV. Dupont's attack on, IV.

Charlestown settled, I.

Charter Oak, the, I.

Chase, Secretary, IV.

Chattanooga, movements around, IV. lumber trade and tannery of, IV.

Cherokees, the, II., VI.

Cherry Valley, massacre at, III.

Chesapeake affair, the, II.

Chicago, first appearance of the word, I. in 1830, III. progress of, III. become a great money lender to the West, IV. fire, IV. Columbian Exposition, V. drainage canal, VI. foreigners in, VI.

Chickamauga, battle of, IV. the "Rock of," IV.

Chickasaws, the, II., VI.

Child-labor in United States, VI.

Chile, the Itata incident, V. Atlantic fleet at, VI.

China, friendly relations between the United States and, VI. trade with, VI. "open door" policy in, VI. Boxer Rebellion in, VI. neutrality of, VI. Russia's influence in, VI. Atlantic fleet in, VI.

Chinese labor in the United States, IV., V., VI. students in the United States, VI. Exclusion Act, VI.

Chloroform first used, III.

Choctaws, the, II., VI.

Christmas not observed in New England, II.

Church, Captain, in King Philip's war, I.

Cincinnati laid out, II.

City Government, commission plan of, VI.

Civil Service, Andrew Jackson and the, III.

Civil service reform, IV. Cleveland and, IV., V. McKinley and, V. Roosevelt and, VI. Taft and, VI.

Civil war, the, causes of, III. an irrepressible conflict, III. opening of, at Sumter, III. begun, III. the three lines of campaign, IV. plan of campaign of 1864-65, IV. Virginia campaigns of 1862-63. IV. close of, at Appomattox, IV. military service in, and number of killed and wounded, IV. naval operations of, IV. expenses of, IV. measures to payoff debt of, IV.

Clark, John, of Newport, I.

Clay, Henry, II., III. the most interesting figure of the Whig Party, III. his record, III. his power as an orator, III. his duel with Randolph, III. his wit, III. a pleader for the Missouri Compromise, III. forces the bank question forward, III. opposes annexation of Texas, III. his omnibus bill, III. and the Creole case, III.

Clayborne, and Lord Baltimore, I. his insurrection, I.

Clergy, the, in the colonies, I.

Cleveland, Grover, elected President, IV. and the civil service, IV. on the tariff, IV., V. campaign and election, 1892, V. second administration, V. Venezuela message, V. riot proclamation, V. and Cuba, V., VI.

Clinton, General, II. sends out plundering parties, II. at Charleston, II. his severity, II. returns to New York, II. deceived by Washington, II.

Coal, anthracite, discovered, II. waste of, VI. conservation of, VI. in South, VI.

Coinage, Andrew Jackson and, II., Ill., IV., V.

Cold Harbor, the fight at, IV.

Colfax, Schuyler. IV.

Coligny, Admiral, I.

Colleges, founded in America, in colonial times, I. social differences in, I. commencements, II.

Colonies, the governmental institutions in, I. the relation of, to England, I. classification of, I. constitutional and governmental changes in the, I. rights claimed by, I. attitude of, toward taxation, I., II. population of, at different dates, I. intellectual ability in, I. English Church in the, I. the clergy in the, I. opposition to episcopacy in, I. colleges and schools in, I. newspapers in, I., II. libraries in, I. postal service in, I., II. learned professions in, I. epidemics in, I. scholars and artists in, I. travelling in, I., II. manufactures and commerce in, I. houses in, I. food and clothing in, I. social differences in, I. redemptioners in, I. penal legislation in, I. French and Indian war a military training for, II. union of, II. George III. and, II. England ignorant of, II. effect of the Stamp Act on, II. desire for independence in, II. effect of Declaration of Independence on, II.

Colonization Society, American, III.

Colorado, made a State, IV. mineral discoveries in, IV.

Columbian Exposition, the World's Fair, V.

Columbus, Christopher, influence of reading of travels on, I. his birth, early life, and marriage, I. his studies, I. his theory of reaching Asia by sailing west, I. his appeals for aid, I. lays his project before Ferdinand and Isabella, I. his contract with Isabella, I. sails from Palos, I. his voyage, I. discovers America, I. later voyages and discoveries, I. superseded by Bobadilla, I. his illusions concerning America, I. his death, I.

Comer, Rev. John, I.

Commerce and Labor, Department of, created, VI. attitude of, toward Chinese immigration, VI.

Commerce Commission, Interstate, VI.

Commission of 1664, I.

Concord, fight at, II. Emerson's lines on, II.

Cone, Dr. Spencer H., III.

Confederacy, its government organized, III. its constitution, III. its prospects, III. collapse of, IV. naval operations of the, IV. England sides with, IV. Napoleon III. aids, IV. finances of, IV.

Confederation, the Articles of, II. bound the States together, II. faults of, II. advantages of, II. propositions to reform the, II. no fundamental law, II.

Congregationalists nearly all Federalists, II.

Congress, the first Continental, II. petition by, sent to England, II. adjourns to Baltimore, II. gives thanks for close of Revolutionary war, II. the Revolutionary, II. its powers, II. personnel of, II. thoroughness of first constitutional, II. censures Andrew Jackson, III. an extra session of, in panic of 1837, III. treatment of anti-slavery petitions by, III. inaction of, toward the South, III. and President Johnson, IV. takes measures to protect the negroes, IV. resolution declaring Cuba free, V. extra session, tariff, V. national defence fund voted, V. on occupancy of Cuba, V. government of Cuba, V. on Philippines, V. Filipinos, V. congressional apportionment, V. San Francisco relief fund voted, VI. increase of members of House of Representatives, VI. Progressives in, VI.

Congress, the, burned, IV.

Connecticut, settlement of, I. population of towns of, in 1643. I. and Charles II., I. liberal charter of, I. prosperity of, I. its boundary disputes, I. in fear of Dutch attacks, I. and Andros, I. valley of, invaded during King Philip's war, I. population of, in 1754, I. ratifies the Constitution, II. corporation laws, III.

Conservation of nation's resources, White House conference on, VI. first national commission created, 134; North American Conservation Congress, 135.

Constitution, the, James Madison the father of, II. rise of the new, II. completion and ratification of, II. signed, II. launching the, II. benefits from, II. popularity of, II. Federalists and anti-Federalists on interpretation of, II. XIIth amendment to, II. broad construction of, III. ambiguity of, on slavery, III. precludes possibility of secession, III.

Constitutional Union party, III.

Constructionists, close and liberal, II.

Continental Congress. See Congress.

Contraband of war, IV.

Contract debts between nations, resolution concerning, VI.

Contrecoeur at Great Meadows, I.

Cook, Dr. Frederick A., Arctic expedition of, VI.

Cooper, Peter, III. and the Greenback Party, IV.

Copley, Sir Lionel, governor of Maryland, I.

Copperheads denounce the war as cruel and needless, IV.

Copyright, international, V.

Corinth, battle of, IV,

Corliss engine, the, IV.

Cornell, Ezra, and telegraphy, III.

Cornwallis, General, follows Washington across New Jersey, II. at the battle of Camden, II. his triumphal march north, II. at Guilford Court-House, II. retreats to Virginia, II. at Yorktown, II. his surrender, II.

Corporation laws in the fourth decade, III.

Corregan, Charles E., Socialist Labor Party candidate, VI.

Correo, I.

Cortelyou, George B., Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, VI. manager Republican campaign 1904, VI. brings to New York city aid from U. S. Treasury surplus, VI.

Cortez, Hernando, conquers Mexico, I.

Costume in United States in the fourth decade, III.

Cotton, tariff on, III., VI. slavery and, III. crops after the war, IV. production of, in the South, VI.

Coxey, industrial army, V.

Crandall, Miss Prudence, her school destroyed, III.

Credit Mobilier, the, IV.

Creeks, the, II. Andrew Jackson conquers, II., VI.

Creole case, the, III.

Crittenden, III. his compromise, III.

Crompton's mule-jenny, II.

Cromwell requires submission of colony, I.

Crown Point taken, II.

Cuba, efforts of Lopez to conquer, III. United States and, III., V. and Spain, V. U. S. endeavors to purchase, V. Santiago campaign, V. U. S. Congress on, V. U. S. military government, V. sanitary and educational reform, V. census, V. constitutional convention, V. republic, V., VI. government organized, VI. attitude of the United States toward, VI. United States reciprocity with, VI.

Culpeper, Lord, I.

Cumberland, the army of, IV.

Cumberland, the, sunk by the Merrimac, IV.

Curtis, G. W., IV.

Curtiss, Glenn R., VI.

Cushing, Caleb, IV.

Cushing, Lieutenant, blows up the Albemarle, IV.

Czolgosz, Leon, Assassinates President McKinley, V.

Dale, Commodore, expedition of, II.

Dale, governor of Virginia, I.

Dam, the Roosevelt, VI. the Shoshone, VI.

Danbury Hatters case, the, VI.

Dare, the name of the first child of English parents born in America, I.

Dartmouth College, decision of the United States Supreme Court, III.

Davies, Rev. Samuel, his words concerning Washington, I.

Davis, Henry G., nominated for Vice-president, VI.

Davis, Jefferson, in Mexican war III. chosen President of the Confederacy, III. his career and powers, III. sends cannon to St. Louis boxed up, III. and his government leave Richmond, IV. his capture, IV. excluded from Mexican war pension, V.

Debs, Eugene V., Social Democratic Party candidate, VI.

Debt, the Federal, at close of the Revolution, II. the foreign debt, II. domestic debt, II. state debt, II. scheme for payment, II. reduction of national, IV.

Decatur, II.

Declaration of Independence, II. mooted, II. drafted, passed, and signed, II. the language and spirit of, II. its effect, II.

"Declaratory Act," the, II.

De Kalb, General, II. the hero of Camden, II.

Delaware, Lord, governor of Virginia, I. his mild sway, I.

Delaware, settlement begun, I. intimately related to Pennsylvania, I. its legislature, I. population in 1700 and later, I. ratifies the Constitution, II. and secession, III.

De Lesseps, Ferdinand, VI.

De Lome, Dupuy, V.

Democratic Party, the origin of, II. enters a long lease of power, II. its policy, II. and the tariff, III. in 1840, III. favored annexation of Texas, III. and Whigism, III. revolt from, at the North, III. disagreements in, III. wished to compromise with the South, III. opposition of, to the administration on slavery question, IV. views of, on effect of secession, IV. recovery of power by, IV. tariff policy of, IV., V. convention 1896, V. defeat, V. in campaign 1900, V. defeat, V. convention of, 1904, VI. convention of 1908, VI. platform of, 256, VI.

Demont, Adjutant, treason of, II.

Deneen, Governor Charles S., VI.

Depew, Chauncey M., quoted, VI. 25.

Des Moines, Iowa, adopts commission plan of government, VI.

Dewey, Commodore George, in Manila Bay, V. Schley court of inquiry, V. and Aguinaldo, V.

Dickinson, Jacob M., Secretary of War, VI.

Dickinson, John, of Pennsylvania, II.

Dighton Rock, the writing on. I.

Dingley, Nelson, chairman, V.

Dingley Tariff Bill, V. 204; VI.

"Dollar of the Fathers," the, IV.

Dolliver, Senator, of Iowa, VI.

Donelson, Fort, capture of. IV.

Douglas, Judge, and the Missouri compromise, III. his "squatter sovereignty," III. his theory, III. how far he was right, III. his nomination, III. his voice for war, III.

Drake, Sir Francis, sails around world, I. takes Virginia settlers back to England, I.

Du Lhut, explorations of, I.

Dupont, Flag-Officer, IV. tries to seize Charleston, IV.

Duquesne, Fort, I.

Durand, E. Dana, VI.

Dustin, Hannah, I.

Dutch, the honesty of, I. their relations with the Plymouth colonists, I. conquest of, by the English, I. persistence of influence and traits of, I. war of, with Indians, I. treaty of, with Indians, I. Connecticut in fear of, I. conquest of, by the English in New Netherland, I.

Dutch West India Company, the, I., III.

Dwight, Timothy, his sermon to Gates's soldiers, II. quoted, II.

Eagan, Commissary-General, and Army equipment, V.

Early, General, his advance against Washington, IV. burns Chambersburg, IV. defeated at Opequon Creek, IV. completely routed, IV.

Eaton, Major, and his wife, III.

Edison, Thomas A., and electric lighting, IV., V.

Education, General, Board, VI.

Educational Institutions, VI.

Edwards, Jonathan, I.

Electoral Commission of 1877, the, IV.

Electoral Count Act, the, IV.

Electric lighting, IV.

Electricity, V. new uses of, VI.

Elevated railroads, IV.

Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia, I.

Ellsworth, Colonel, killed, III.

Ellsworth, Oliver, II.

Emancipation, laws to hinder, III. Proclamation, III. growth of feeling for, IV. universal, IV.

Emergency currency, VI.

Emerson, R. W., quoted,

Emigration to Canada, VI.

England made little effort to explore New World, I. conquest of New Netherland by, I. in the heart of America, I. relations of American colonies to, I. in King William's war, I. English population in America, I. causes of colonial strength of, I. her plans in French and Indian war, I. her wars a heavy drain, II. tries to force navigation laws, II. her ignorance of the American colonies, II. her attitude toward taxation of the colonies, II. her difficulties at close of the Revolution, II. involved in four wars, II. peace negotiations and treaty between America and, II. clung to western posts after the Revolution, II. determined to monopolize America's foreign trade, II. Federalist leaning toward, II. impresses seamen, II. seizes French goods in American vessels, II. her attitude toward United States, II. tried to prevent knowledge of new machinery reaching America, II. ignores international law, II. she questions the neutrality of the United States, II. and the Oregon question, III. attitude of, in the civil war, IV. and the Alabama claims, IV. and the fisheries dispute, IV.

English, the. See England.

English Church, agitation in Maryland in favor of, I. in the colonies, I.

English, William H., IV.

Epidemics in Colonial America, I.

Ericson, Lief, his sail to America, I.

Ericson, Thorwald, I.

Erie, battle of Lake, II.

Erskine, Lord, his words on Washington, II.

Eskimos, traditions among, concerning Frobisher's visits, I.

Ether, III.

Eutaw Springs, battle of, II.

"Evangeline," history, I.

Evans, Oliver, II.

Evans, Rear-Admiral R. D., VI.

Evarts, William M., IV. delivers oration at Centennial celebration, IV.

Everett, Edward, III. his nomination, III.

Excise, the, in Washington's administration, II.

Factory system, beginning of, in United States, II.

Fairbanks, Charles W., nominated for Vice-president, VI.

Fair Oaks, battle of, IV.

Farmers' Free List Bill, VI.

Farms in United States, VI.

Farragut, Commodore, at New Orleans, IV. at Mobile harbor, IV.

Federal Convention of 1787, the, II. personnel of the, II.

Federalism and anti-Federalism, II. origin and development of the terms, II. policy of, II. Federalists, aristocratic, II. two kinds of Federalists, II. policy of anti-Federalists, II. Federalist and anti-Federalist arguments on Article 1.,