American territory, France renounced right to acquire, 26. B. Bernadotte will treat on Livingston basis, 100, 143. of Louisiana, 234, 271. of west Florida, 86. Britain would have seized New Orleans, 205. C.. Canada and Mexico threatened, 21. Causes that led to cession to United States, 187, 189, 203, 221, 225, 231, 268, 291. Cede, right of France to alienate, 244. Spain denies right of France to, 233, 239, 242, 245. denied by French minister, 9. confirmed by Livingston, 11. England's objection, 4. England's views sounded, 25. opposed by Frenchmen, 28. Livingston's discussion of, 89. reasons France wanted Louisiana, 12. reasons for, by Madison, 5. rumors of, 3, 5, 8. threatens peace with United States, 25. Cession to United States, Livingston proposes, 121. what induced it, 187, 189, 221, 225, 229, 231, 268, 291. Claims commission named, 171, 213. 293 Claims, classified, 133. Livingston binds First Consul to payment, 190. payments to be prorated, 272. Talleyrand guarantees payment, 142. Colonial commerce discussed, 36. officers, abuses of, 64, 136, 139. Colonies, are they useful to France, 39. Constitutional amendment necessary, 235. Convention of purchase, 256. on claims, 257. D. Deposit, importance of right, 85. Jefferson on restoring, 182. Livington presses First Consul, 119, 148. right of, denied by Spanish officer, 53. right restored, 179. right of United States irrevocable, 149. right of, by treaty, 31. suspension, governor of Louisiana disowns, 67. Governor Claiborne's letter, 55. Livingston remonstrates, 89. Madison protests, 63. proclamation of Intendant, 54. protests pour into Washington, 67. Western indignation, 64. Discontent with treaty in France, 209, 225. Duplicity of French minister, 11. Floridas, acquisition of, the first desire of United States, 126. Florida, West, Livingston advises seizure, 201. Madison discusses, 275. more valuable than New Orleans, 35. Monroe discusses, 198. negotiation with France for, 24. Spain for, 171. Spain declines to sell, 183. was it included in Louisiana? 23, 29, 33, 50, 60, 200, 212, 218, 236, 275. Florida rivers, right to navigate, 126. Floridas, First Consul advises postponement, 230. territory, United States can not acquire, 235. to go to Washington to treat, 143. reasons for selling, copied from Livingston, 225. Jefferson on the pending crisis, 94. on independent Western States, 234, 274. value of purchase, 221, 261, 274. Joseph Bonaparte favors Livingston's propositions, 100. Livingston's medium with First Consul, 59, 82. Livingston anticipates instructions, 220. L. and Monroe's joint report, 191. asks instructions, 23, 29, 35, 61, 65, 101. advises defensive measures, 62. advises negotiation with Britain as blind, 66. announces events ready for Monroe, 158. account of negotiation, 162, 173. advises seizure of Floridas, 201. begins making propositions, 51. bewails lack of instructions, 97. communicates with First Consul direct, 65, 99, 115. convinces Frenchmen, 50, 157. discusses right of deposit, 91. explains activity pending Monroe's arrival, 147. explains letter to Monroe, 267. first memoir, 36. gets ear of First Consul, 65. incites English opposition, 10. makes many converts, 50, 65. his medium is Joseph Bonaparte, 59. makes converts of entire court, 115, 157. midnight letter, 159. outwits French minister, 160. persistency with First Consul, 140. presents another memoir, 66, 71, 82, 103, 108. remarks at signing treaty, 291. error in his commission, 221. replies to strictures on memoir, 266. recites the moving causes, 187-189. seeks to alarm England, 21. severe expostulations of, 149. suggests Natchez as depot, 20. suggests trans-Mississippi expansion, 83. to Joseph Bonaparte, 82. to Talleyrand, 153. Louisiana, cession of whole not anticipated at Washington, 199. first proposition by Talleyrand, 157. First Consul prepares to take possession, 50. reasons why France should not possess, 16. |