Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913

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.

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.

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.

madge's amendment, 313; Taylor's
amendment, 313, 314; Thomas's amend-
ment, 314; report of conference com-
mittee, 314, 315; enabling act, 315,
316; constitution, 316, 317; admission,
317, 318.

Mitchell, John H., 616.

Molasses act, 103-105.

Monroe, James, 279, 283; message
enunciating the Monroe doctrine, 318-
320.

Moore, Sir Henry, 141.

Morrill, J. S., 454, 593.
Morton, O. P., 542.

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-
Icluded in Connecticut, 60.
Newlands, F. G., 600.
New Netherlands, 26, 60, 70.
New Orleans, 279.
Newport, R. I., 43.

Newtowne (Cambridge), Mass., 36.
New York Assembly, act suspending,

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

209-216.

Oregon country, 372.

Oregon Territory organized, 383.

Otis, James, 106.

Overstreet, Jesse, 609.

Paine, R. T., 162.

Panama, Republic of, 623.

Panama Canal treaty, 623-630.

Panama Canal Zone, 623.

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.

Paper read to the Cabinet, Jackson's, Refunding the national debt, act for, 551-

Removal of deposits, 344-353-

Paris, treaty of 1763, 109-112; of 1783, Reid, Whitelaw, 608.
204-209; of 1898, 602–608.
Patent of Providence Plantations, 43-45.
Patroons, charter of privileges to, 26-31.
Paxton, Charles, 105.
Pendleton, G. H., 576.
Penn, Richard, 188.

Port Royal, N. S., 93, 94.

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 proclamatior, concerning America,
113-116.

Rucker, William W., 647.
Ruggles, Timothy, 137.
Russell, Jonathan, 293.

Spaulding, E. G., 446.

Specie circular, 359, 360; payments,
resumption of, 566–568.

Russia, 289, 318; Alaska treaty, 511- Stamford, Conn., 50.

514.

Rutledge, John, 176, 188,

Sandys, Sir Edwin, 9.

San Ildefonso, treaty, 279.
San Juan, P. R., 599.

Say and Sele, Lord, 36, 60.
Saybrook, Conn., 36.
Schenck, R. C., 539, 551.
Scott, James B., 644.

Scott, Winfield, 463.

Stamp act, 122-131.

Stamp Act Congress, resolutions, 136-
139.

Standard silver dollar, 573-575.

Stanton, E. M., 518 seq.

State debts, assumption of. See Hamil-
ton.

Stevens, Thaddeus, 436, 464, 467, 501,

529, 530, 532, 536.
Stone, William, 53.
St. Mary's, Md., 54.

Secession, South Carolina ordinance, 423, | Sugar act, 117-122.

424.

Second chapter of Virginia, 9-14; of
Carolina, 76-78; of Massachusetts,
84-90; Civil Rights act, 568, 569;
Navigation act, 72-74; Reconstruction
act, 508-511.

Sedition act, 265-267.
Seven Years' War, 100.

Seventeenth amendment, 647, 648.
Seward, W. H., 457, 536.

Shelburne, Earl of, 141, 147, 204.
Shellabarger, Samuel, 560.

Sumner, Charles, 467, 488, 494, 551,
568; proposed amendment to Kansas-
Nebraska bill, 403.
Sumter, Fort, 433.

Surplus revenue distribution, 358, 359.

Tallmadge, amendment to the Missouri
bill, 313.

Taney, R. B., 344; instructions to
collector at Philadelphia, 349, 350;
letter to Girard Bank, 350, 351; opinion
in Dred Scott case, 405-416.

Sherman, John, 473, 501, 560, 565, 566, | Tariff, act for enforcing, 341-343;

591.

Sherman, Roger, 190.

"tariff of abominations," 329.
Taylor, John, 267.

Silver dollar, coinage of standard, 573- Taylor, J. W., amendment to Missouri
575.

bill, 313, 314.

Silver Purchase act, 593-595; repeal of Tea duties, 150.
595, 596.

Sixteenth amendment, 647.

Slavery, abolition of, in District of Co-
lumbia, 450, 451; in Territories, 452.
Slave trade, abolition of, in Disrict of
Columbia, 394.

Soldiers' families, freedom for, 490.
Somers Islands, 14.
Somers, Sir George, 1.

Sons of Liberty, 139.

South Carolina, ordinance of nullifica-
tion, 329-333; Jackson's proclama-
tion to, 333-340; ordinance of secession,
423, 424; admitted to representation in
Congress, 532-534.

Southold, Long Island, 50.
Spain, Florida treaty, 306-131; declara-
tion of war, 598, 599; treaty of Paris,
602-608.

Spanish Succession war, 93.

Tennessee, restoration of, 498, 499.
Tenure of Office act, 504-507.
Territories, abolition of slavery in, 452;
elective franchise in, 500.
Texas, joint resolution for annexation,
368-370; Texas and New Mexico
act, 388, 389; provisional govern-
ment, 538, 539; submission of con-
stitution, 540, 541.

Thacher, Oxenbridge, 106.
The Association, 166-171.
Third charter of Virginia, 14–19; Naviga-
tion act, 78, 79; Reconstruction act,
514-518.

Thirteenth amendment, 494.

Thomas, amendment to Missouri bill, 314
Tilden, S. J., 570.

Tillman, Benjamin R., 635.
Tobacco trade, 78.

Toleration act, Maryland, 53-55.

Topeka constitution, 420.

Wade, B. F., 444, 499, 500.

Townshend, Charles, 117; Revenue act, "Wade-Davis" bill, 482-487.

Verplanck, G. C., 341.

Williams, Roger, 43.

Wilmot proviso, 383.

Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, 267- Wilson, Henry, 438, 450, 459, 490.

Wilson, J. F., 453.
Wilson, W. L., 595.
Windsor, Conn., 36.
Winthrop, John, 36, 60.
Woodbury, Levi, 360.
Writ of Assistance, 105-109.
Wyandotte constitution, 421.

Yancey, W. L., 383.
Yeardley, Sir George, 20.

York, Duke of, 60, 80; grant to, 74-76.

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