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Canada, 93.

Canal Zone, 623.

Capitol, location of national, 233.

Carolina, first charter of, 63-66; second
charter, 76-78.
Carteret, Lord, 77, 95.
Cerero, Rafael, 608.
Chandler, William E., 635.

Charter of Carolina, first, 63-66; of
Carolina, second, 76-78; of Connecti-
cut, 60-62; of Georgia, 95-103; of
Maryland, 31-35; of Massachusetts,
first, 22-26; of Massachusetts, second,
84-90; of Pennsylvania, 80-84; of
privileges to patrons, 26-31; of
Rhode Island and Providence Planta
lions, 66-72; of Virginia, first, 1-9;
of Virginia, second, 9-14; of Virginia,
third, 14-19.

Chase, S. P., 436, 446, 519.
Chatham, Earl of, 147, 172, 188. See
Pitt.

Chinese Exclusion act, 616–618.
Churchill, J. C., 554.

Cienfuegos, 599.

Civil Rights act, first, 494-497; second,

568, 569.

Civil Service act, 575-581.

Claiborne, William, 306.

Clark, Champ, 616.

Clark, Clarence D., 648.
Clarke, John, 66.

Clarke, Sidney, 518.

Clay, Henry, 293, 312, 341, 368, 383;
resolutions on compromise of 1850,
384-386.

Clayton, J. M., 324.
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 614.
Cleveland, Grover, 600.
Coddington, William, 43.

Coinage act of 1873, 565, 566; of standard

silver dollar, 573-575.

Coit, Joshua, 259.

Coke, Sir Edward, 1.

Colon, revolution at, 623.
Command of the army, 507, 508.

Compensated emancipation, joint resolu-
tion on, 449, 450.

Compromise of 1850, 383-394; Clay's
resolutions, 384-386; report of Com-
mittee of Thirteen, 386, 387; Utah
act, 387; Texas and New Mexico act,
388, 389; Fugitive Slave act, 390-
393; act abolishing slave trade in
District of Columbia, 394.

Conciliatory resolution, Lord North's,
171, 172; report on, 184-188.
Concord battle, 188.

Confederate States of America, constitu-
tion, 424-433.

Confiscation act of 1861, 442-444; of
1862, 454-457.
Conger, E. H., 593.
Conkling, Roscoe, 449.
Connecticut, fundamental orders of, 36-
39; charter, 60–62.
Conspiracies, act to define and punish
certain, 441, 442.
Constitution of American Anti-Slavery
Society, 353-355; of Confederate States
of America, 424-433; of Missouri,
316, 317; of United States, 216-232;
thirteenth amendment, 494; fourteenth
amendment, 536–538; fifteenth amend-
ment, 546, 547.

Constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi,
and Texas, submission of, 540, 541.
Contract between Girard Bank and United
States, 352, 353.

Convention parliament, 56.

Conway, Henry, 139, 147.

Cooper, Grey, 184.

Cornwallis, Lord, 204.

Council for New England, 22, 36.
Coxe, Daniel, 63.

Credit, act to strengthen public, 539,

540.

"Crime of 1873," 565, 566.
Crittenden, J. J., 439.

Cuba, independence of, 597, 598.

Cullom, S. M., 581.

Curtis, B. R., dissenting opinion in Dred

Scott case, 416-420.
Cushing, Thomas, 162.

Dallas, A. J., 324.
Dane, Nathan, 209.
Dartmouth, Lord, 188.

Davenport, John, 39–43, 60.
Davis, C. K., 597, 608.
Davis, Garrett, 453.

Davis, H. W., 482.

Davis, Jefferson, 434.
Dawes, H. L., 534.
Day, W. R., 608.

De Berdt, Dennis, 147.

Declaration and Resolves of First Con-

tinental Congress, 162–166.

Declaration of causes and necessity of
taking up arms, 176-183; of inde-
pendence, 190-194; of war (1812),
288, 289; of war (1898), 598, 599.
Declaratory act, 139, 140.
Deposits, removal of, 344-353; act to
regulate, 355-359.

Dickinson, John, 137, 176, 188, 195.
Dillingham, William P., 637.
Dingley, Nelson, 597.

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Disabilities, political, act removing, 564.
District of Columbia, abolition of slave
trade, 394; abolition of slavery, 450,
451; franchise in, 499.

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Fourteenth amendment, 536-538; act
to enforce, 560-564.

Dixon's proposed amendment to Kansas- Fourth Reconstruction act, 529, 530.

Nebraska bill, 402.

Dodderidge, Sir John, 1.

Dorchester Adventurers, 22.

Dorchester, Mass., 36.

France, treaty with, for Louisiana, 279–

282.

Franchise in District of Columbia, 499;
in Territories, 500.

Douglas, S. A., 397-399; report on Franklin, Benjamin, 139, 176, 184, 188,

Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399–402.

"Draft act" (1863), 459–463.

Dred Scott decision, 405-420.

Duane, W. J., 344.

Dutch West India Company, 26.

East Florida, 306.

Eaton, Theophilus, 39-43.
Edmunds, G. F., 504, 535, 542.
Elective franchise in Territories, 500.
Electoral count (1865), 487; act of 1877,

570-573.

Electoral votes of rebellious States, joint
resolution excluding, 535.

Eliot, T. D., 454, 488.

190, 204, 209.

Freedmen's bureau, 488-490.

Freedom for soldiers' families, 490.

Frye, W. P., 608.

Fugitive Slave act, 390-393.

Fugitive slaves, additional article of war,

448, 449.

Fundamental Articles of New Haven,

39-43.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 36–39.
Funding system, Hamilton's report, 233-

243.

Gadsden treaty, 394-397.
Gallatin, Albert, 293.

Gambier, Lord, 293.
Garfield, J. A., 571.

Garnica, J. de, 608.

Garrison, W. L., 353.
Gates, Sir Thomas, 1.

General warrants in England, 106.
Georgia, charter, 95-103; admitted to
representation in Congress, 532-534;
reconstruction of, 542-544; act for
restoration of, 553, 554.
Ghent, treaty of, 289–293.
Giles, W. B., 284.

Girard Bank, Taney's letter to, 350, 351;
contract with the United States, 352,
353.

Gold Standard act, 609-613.

Gorton, Samuel, 43.

Goulburn, Henry, 293.

Government of New Haven, 50-53.
Grant, U. S., 540, 542, 544, 566, 571.
Grant to Duke of York, 74-76.
Gray, George, 602, 608.

Great Britain, treaty of 1783, 204-209;

Hillhouse, James, 261.
Hillsborough, Lord, 147.
Hobart, Sir Henry, 9.
Holy Alliance, 318.
Howell, Benjamin F., 630.
Hunt, Gaillard, 644.
Hunter, David, 449.
Hutchinson, Thomas, 106.
Hutchinsonian controversy, 39.

Immigration act, 636–644.

Impeachment of Johnson, articles, 518-
529.
Impressment, 282.

Independence, Declaration of, 190-194;
of Cuba, 597, 598.

Independent Treasury act, 374-377.
Indianapolis Monetary Commission, 609.
Ingersoll, C. J., 368.

Interstate Commerce act, 581-590.
"Iron-clad" oath, 452-454.

Isthmian Canal, act for construction of,
618-622.

of 1794, 244-258; of 1814, 289–293; | Isthmian Canal treaty, 614-616.
of 1842, 361-368; of 1846, 372-374.

Greene, Thomas, 53.

Grenville, Lord, 117, 122, 143, 238.
Gridley, Jeremiah, 106.

Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of, 377-382.
Guilford, Conn., 50.

Habeas Corpus act, 463–466.
Hakluyt, Richard, 1.

Hamilton's first report on public credit,

233-243.

Hancock, John, 190-194.

Harper, R. G., 265.

Harrison, Benjamin, 593.

Hartford, Conn., 36.

Hartley, David, 209.

Havana, 109.

Jackson, Andrew, first message, 320,
321; second, 322, 323; third, 323;
bank veto, 324-329; proclamation to
South Carolina, 333-340; paper read
to the Cabinet, 344-349.

Jay, John, 176, 188, 209, 258.
Jay treaty, 244-258.

Jefferson, Thomas, 176, 184, 190, 233,
267, 279, 282.

Johnson, Andrew, 439, 491, 499, 501,
508, 514, 518, 532; articles of im-
peachment, 518-529.

Johnson, Reverdy, 507.

Johnson, Thomas, 176, 188.

Hartford Convention, report of, 293–301. Joint resolution for annexation of Texas,

368-370.

Hawaiian Islands, annexation of, 600- Kahn, Julius, 616.

602.

Hay-Herran convention, 623.

Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 614.
Hayes, R. B., 570, 571, 574.
Hayne, R. Y., 333.

Heath, Sir Robert, 63, 76.
Henderson, J. B., 494.
Hendricks, T. A., 570.
Henry, Patrick, 139.
Hepburn, William P., 618.
Hickman, John, 441.

Kansas, Lecompton constitution, 420-
423.

Kansas-Nebraska act, 397-405; Doug-
las's report, 399-402; Dixon's pro-
posed amendment, 402; Sumner's
proposed amendment, 403; act to
organize Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas, 403-405.
Kelley, W. D., 565.
Kelso, J. R., 518.
Kendall, Amos, 344.

Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, 267-| McLane, Louis, 344.

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Mexico, treaty of 1848, 377-382; treaty
of 1853, 394-397.

Milford, Conn., 50, 51.

Militia, act for calling out, 440, 441.
Mississippi, provisional government of,
538, 539; submission of contitution
of, 540, 541...

Legal tender notes, act authorizing issue Missouri compromise, 311-318; Tall-

of, 446-448.

Lexington battle, 188.
Liliuokalani, Queen, 600.

Lincoln, Abraham, 423, 436, 438, 449,
450, 454, 457, 459, 463; proclamation
regarding reconstruction, 482-487;
emancipation proclamation, 457-459.
Livingston, Philip, 141.
Livingston, William, 176.
Livingstone, R. R., 190, 279, 282.

. Lloyd, James, 265.

Loan, act for a national, 436, 437.
Loan, B. F., 518.

Lord North's conciliatory resolution,

171, 172; report on, 184-188.

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Madison, James, 267, 288, 302, 306.
Maine, battleship, destruction of, 598.
Maine, district of, 311; boundary dis-
pute, 361.

Manchester, Earl of, 60.
Manila, 109.

Marbois, F. Barbé, 282.

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Navigation act, first, 55-59; second,
72-74; third, 78, 79; of 1696, 90–92.
Neutrality, proclamation of, 243, 244.
Newcastle, Del., 80.

Newcastle, Duke of, 109.

Maryland charter, 31-35; Toleration New England confederation, 45-50.

act, 53-55.

Massachusetts, first charter, 22-26; second
charter, 84-90; calls Stamp Act Con-
gress, 136; calls First Continental
Congress, 162; circular letter, 146-
150; Government act, 155-159; part
in Hartford Convention, 293.
Mather, Increase, 84.
Mayflower compact, 19.
Maynard, Horace, 453.

McCray, G. W., 570.
McDuffie, George, 320, 324.
McKean, J. B., 449.

McKinley, William, 597, 599.

New England Restraining act, 172-176.
New Haven, Fundamental Articles of,
39-43; government of, 50-53; in-
cluded in Connecticut, 60.
Newlands, F. G., 600.
New Netherlands, 26, 60, 70.
New Orleans, 279.

Newport, R. I., 43.

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North, Chief Justice, 80.
North,, Lord, 151, 155, 159, 172, 188,

204.

North Carolina, proclamation appointing
a governor for, 491-493; admitted to
representation in Congress, 532-534.
Northeast boundary, treaty of 1842, 361-
368.

Northwest boundary, treaty of 1846,

372-374.

Nullification, South Carolina ordinance,
329-333; Jackson's proclamation, 333-
340; act for enforcing the tariff, 341–
343.

Oath of Office (1862), 452-454; oath
of 1868, 534.

Oglethorpe, J. E., 95.

Onis, Luis de, 311.

Carolina, 333-340; declaring block-
ade of Southern ports, 434, 435; of
emancipation, 457-459; of amnesty,
470-472; regarding reconstruction, 482-
487; appointing governor for North
Carolina, 491-493.

Providence Plantations, patent, 43–45.
Provisional governments of Virginia,
Texas, and Mississippi, 538, 539.
Public credit, Hamilton's first report on,
233-243; act to strengthen, 539, 540.
Puritans in Maryland, 54.

Quakers in Maryland, 54.
Quartering act, 131-136; in New York,

141.

Quebec, 109.

Queen Anne's war, 93.

Ordinance for Virginia, 20-22; of 1787, Railroad and telegraph lines, act authoriz-

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ing seizure of, 444, 445.

Randolph, Edmund, 243.

Rebellion, royal proclamation of, 188-190.
Recognition of independence of Cuba,
597, 598.
Reconstruction: Lincoln's plan, 470-
472; proclamation regarding, 482-
487; first act, 500-504; second act,
508-511; third act, 514-518; fourth
act, 529, 530; of Georgia, 542-544.

553.

Paper read to the Cabinet, Jackson's, Refunding the national debt, act for, 551-
344, 349.
Paris, treaty of 1763, 109-112; of 1783, Reid, Whitelaw, 608.
204-209; of 1898, 602–608.

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Removal of deposits, 344-353.

Repeal of Silver Purchase act, 595, 596.
Report on Lord North's conciliatory
resolution, 184-188; of Hartford Con-
vention, 293-301.

Republic of Panama, 623.
Resolutions of Stamp Act Congress, 136–

139; for admission of Missouri, 317,
318; on nature and object of the Civil
War, 439, 440.

Restoration of Georgia, act for, 553, 554;
of Tennessee, 498, 499.

Resumption of specie payments, 566–568.
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
charter, 66-72.

Ríos, E. M., 608.

Portsmouth, N. H., branch bank at, 320. Rockingham, Lord, 139, 143, 147, 204.

Portsmouth, R. I., 43.

Proclamation concerning America, royal,
113-116; of rebellion, royal, 188
190; of neutrality, 243, 244; to South

Roosevelt, Theodore, 614, 619, 623, 630.
Root, Elihu, 644.

Royal proclamation concerning America,
113-116.

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