Title-page of Pamphlet Published in Defense of
Fitch's Claims

From original edition in the New York Public Library.

271

Title-page of Fulton's Treatise on Canal Navigation 271

From original edition in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building).
This particular copy was presented by Fulton to Napoleon in 1798. Accom-
panying it are a four-page letter and two manuscript memorials relating
to the practicability of canal navigation in France.

Portrait of Eli Whitney

272

From painting by King owned by Eli Whitney's grandson, Mr. Eli Whitney,
New Haven, Connecticut.

Model of Whitney's First Cotton-gin

273

Reproduced by courtesy of Mr. Eli Whitney from a model in his possession.

Broadside Offering Employment to Children in a
Newark Stocking Manufactory

274

From engraving in White's Memoirs of Samuel Slater.
New York Bank and Neighboring Buildings in Wall
Street in 1798

276

The buildings shown in the picture are, from left to right, the New York
Bank, the United States Bank, and the New York Insurance Company.
Reproduced from original drawing by Robertson in collection of the
New York Historical Society.

Two-dollar Note Issued, August 24, 1804, by the
Bank of Albany, and Ten-dollar Note Issued,
February 22, 1802, by the Farmers' Bank of
Troy
between 276 and 277

Reproduced from originals preserved in the New York State Library,
Albany.

Portrait of Mercy Warren

280

From original painting owned by Mr. Winslow Warren, Dedham, Massa-
chusetts.

Title-page of Timothy Dwight's Travels

Autograph of Joel Barlow

282

From a copy in collection of the New York Historical Society.

282

From letter dated April 19, 1796, in the New York Public Library (Emmet
Collection).

Title-page of Joel Barlow's Hasty Pudding

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

283

From original edition in collection of the New York Historical Society.

289

Painted by Charles Willson Peale. Owned by the city of Philadelphia and
deposited in Independence Hall.

First Page of Jefferson's Inaugural Address

From the original draft in the Library of Congress.

Jefferson's Summary of Expenses from 1802 to

From original manuscript in the New York Public Library (Lenox
Building).

290

302

Circular from a London Mercantile House Explaining Act of Parliament relative to Imports. 305

From a copy in the Library of Congress.

Sword of the Tripoli Campaign

Taken by Stephen Decatur in the siege of Tripoli in 1804. Preserved in
the United States National Museum, Washington, D. C.

Map of the Mediterranean and Northern Africa, to
Illustrate the War with Tripoli

Prepared by Mrs. Annie H. Eastman.

Commission Given to Thomas Barclay when he was Sent as Consul to Morocco, March 31, 1791

Thomas Barclay was the first United States consul to France and after-
wards to Morocco, where he was sent in 1785 to make a "treaty of peace"
with that country and our infant republic. In 1791 he was again sent as
consul to Morocco. The commission given to him then is in the possession
of his great-grandson, Mr. J. J. Barclay, Bethany, West Virginia, who,
from 1893 to 1896, filled the same position as his great-grandfather.

Letter by Bainbridge to Mohammed Dghies Respect-
ing Treatment of Prisoners, dated November
15, 1803

From original in the Library of Congress.

Midshipman Lewis's Map of Tripoli Harbor, Show

308

309

312

· 315

ing the "Philadelphia's" Grounding-place,
Route of the "Intrepid," etc. between 316 and 317

From original manuscript copy made in 1804, preserved in the Library of
Congress.

Portrait of Stephen Decatur

From painting by Sully in the Comptroller's Office, New York City.

Tripolitan Kris captured by Midshipman Frederick
de Krafft, U. S. N., in hand-to-hand Fight in
Boats at the Time of the Burning of the "Phila-
delphia"

Midshipman de Krafft shot the man, who was about to strike him with
the kris. This kris was later given by him to his son, the late Rear Admiral
J. C. P. de Krafft, U. S. N., and now is in the possession of Miss F. B. de
Krafft, daughter of the Admiral and granddaughter of Midshipman
Frederick Cornelius de Krafft.

317

318

Stephen Decatur's Conflict with the Algerine at
Tripoli, showing Reuben James interposing his
Head to Save the Life of his Commander
From a print in the Library of Congress.

Cannon Captured by Decatur at Tripoli, now at the
United States Navy Yard, Washington

Silhouette and Autograph of Richard Somers.

The original silhouette is owned by Mr. A. M. Heston who procured it
from a grand-nephew of Captain Somers, the late Dr. J. B. Somers. It
is the only likeness of Captain Somers extant.

319

320

320

321

Medal presented to Edward Preble by Congress Gallatin's Letter to President Jefferson, October 14, 1802, Respecting Regulation of the Mississippi River Trade between 330 and 331

From original in the Library of Congress.

Autograph of Barbé Marbois

.

From letter dated September 28, 1795, in the New York Public Library
(Emmet Collection).

Robert R. Livingston (Portrait and Autograph)

From portrait by Gilbert Stuart in possession of Mr. Carleton Hunt and sis-
ters - -Louise Livingston Hunt and Julia Barton Hunt Barrytown-on-
Hudson, New York. Autograph from letter dated April 27, 1802, in the
New York Public Library.

Monroe's Draft of Convention respecting Payment
of French Debts to United States Citizens
From the original manuscript in the Library of Congress.

First and Last Page of the Treaty Transferring
Louisiana to the United States

334

335

336

between 336 and 337

From original manuscript in the Department of State, Washington.

First Page of the Treaty of Cession of Louisiana

From original in the Department of State, Washington.

Portrait of Talleyrand

From a colored engraving after an original painting at the French embassy
in London.

Draft of Proposed Amendment to United States Con-
stitution Anent the Louisiana Purchase .

In Jefferson's handwriting. The manuscript is in the New York Public
Library (Lenox Building).

338

340

View of the City of New Orleans, Showing an
American Man-of-war taking Charge of the
City
between 342 and 343

From a colored print, made in 1803, in collection of Mr. T. P. Thompson
of New Orleans.

Two Pages from General James Wilkinson's Orderly
Book, Showing Orders Issued December 19,
1803, the Day Before the United States Troops
Took Possession of New Orleans

between 342 and 343

From original manuscript in the Library of Congress.

Portrait of Meriwether Lewis, by Saint Memin
From original portrait owned by Mr. C. Harper Anderson, Charlottesville,
Virginia.

Portrait of William Clark

From original painting in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

345

346

Commission Given to Meriwether Lewis, April 15, between 346 and 347

1802

.

The original parchment is owned by Mr. B. R. A. Scott of San Antonio,
Texas; reproduction made from a photograph in possession of Mrs. E. C.
Griffith of Mount Vernon, New York.

Map of United States, 1803-06, Showing Territorial
Expansion, the Louisiana Purchase, and Route
of Lewis and Clark
between 348 and 349

Prepared from data compiled by Miss Susan Myra Kingsbury, Ph. D.,
with revisions by David Maydole Matteson, A. M.

Portrait of William Clark

351

From original painting by Harding in possession of his grandson, Mr. John
O'Fallon Clark, Saint Louis.

Lewis and Clark's Map of the Lower Falls of the
Columbia River

353

This pamphlet was a forerunner of the edition of 1810, described in Coues's
Pike's Expedition. Reproduction made from an original in the personal
library of Mr. Wilberforce Eames.

Title-page of the First Edition of Pike's Account of

his Expedition

From an original copy in collection of the New York Historical Society.

Autograph of Charles Pinckney

From letter dated March 23, 1802, in the New York Public Library.

359

363

365

A Campaign Circular in Support of Morgan Lewis for Governor of New York

From collection of the New York Public Library.

A New York Election Broadside of the Campaign of 1804

From collection of the New York Public Library.

A passage in it reflecting on Aaron Burr was used by him as ground for
his challenge to Alexander Hamilton.

Tablet which Marked the Spot where Hamilton
fell in his Duel with Burr

This tablet formed part of a monument erected by the Saint Andrew's
Society in 1806 and, on account of public feeling against duelling, destroyed
about 1820. The slab was found in 1833, and passed into the hands of
James Gore King who owned the property where the monument stood. It
remained in the King family until 1900 when it was presented to the New
York Historical Society by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer.

Aaron Burr (Portrait and Autograph)

367

368

369

369

Portrait from original painting by John Vanderlyn in collection of the
New York Historical Society. Autograph from a letter dated October 21,
1806, in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

From painting by Jarvis in collection of the New York Historical Society.

John Marshall's Country Residence

.

372

From painting owned by Mr. Thomas Marshall Smith.

Silhouette of John Randolph

373

Drawn in 1830, by William Henry Brown. From collection of the Penn-
sylvania Historical Society.

Passport to a New York Ship signed by President
Jefferson, dated June 15, 1808

From original in the Library of Congress.

379

Letter by Albert Gallatin respecting a Seaman claimed to be a Deserter from a British Frigate 381

From original in the Library of Congress.

Notice of Draft for Payment of Claim of One John

Peters

From original in the Library of Congress.

Letter by Commodore John Rodgers to Lieutenant
David Porter ordering him to Malta to obtain
Bread for the United States Squadron at Syra-

cuse

From original in the Library of Congress.

384

391

392

From a letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

Autograph of William Pinkney