the importance of possession to France, 482; M. de la Luzerne, 4×2; plan of negotiation, 4×3; —— Oration over Hamilton, 457.
Morris, Lewis, the father of Gouverneur, 1. 453, 454. Morris, KichARD, Í. 453.
MORRIS, ROBERT, i. 120; anonymous letter to, from Alex- ander Hamilton, 155; designs the Bank of North Amer- ica, 171, 6; superintendent of the finances of the United States, during the revolution, 455.-See Fort Wilson."
MORRIS, ROBERT Hunter, i. 454.
MORRIS, SAMUEL C.-See "Fort Wilson."
Morris, Sarah, wife of Richard Morris, i. 453.
MORRIS, THOMAS-See Fort Wilson."
Mosquito Shore, English settlements on, i. 571.
MOULTRIE, GENERAL, John Rutledge's letter to, 1. 119. MULLER, the historian, ii. 130.
Munro, Professor, in Edinburgh Medical University, i. 846.
Murder and Manslaughter, the distinction between, 1. 241. MURPHY, ARTHUR, ii. 835.
MURRAY, JUDGE, death of, i. 48.
with other States, 478; De Witt Clinton elected mayar of; the duties of the mayor,366; meeting at, relative to the British treaty, ii. 34; Huguenots settled in, 52; yel- low fever in, 1508, 219.
New York, American, ii. 220.
New York Convention, 1812; incident of the, i. 558. New York Federal Convention, Hamilton at, i. 560. New York Gazette, i. 850, 454; ii. 147. New York Gazetteer, i. 447.
New York Historical Society, Gouverneur Morris's discourse before the, 1512, i. 466; James H. Raymond's paper on Hillhouse's proposition to amend the Federal Constita- tion, read before the, ii. 146; collections of, 180; The Jubilee of the Constitution," an address before the, E
New York Journal, i. 454.
New York Society Library, notice of, $3.
New Orleans, battle of, ii. 219; New England Society of; address of S. S. Prentiss before the, 583.
NICHOLAS, ME., of Va., i. 503; ii. 23; remarks on the British treaty, 140; his resolution for reducing the army, 1500,
NICHOLS, WILLIAM-See "Fort Wilson."
MURRAY, LINDLEY, estimate of the character of John Jay; Non-Importation, i. 271. account of, 1. 151.
MURRAY, WM. VANS, i. 403.
NAPPER TANDY, the case of, ii. 547. NAPOLEON.-See Bonaparte.
NASH, THOMAS, alias Jonathan Robbins, case of, ii. 9. National Bank, the bonus of, and the United States share of its dividends, proposed to be set apart as a permanent fund for the construction of roads and canals, ii. 479. National Intelligencer, i. 449; ii. 835, 355, 356, 474; account of the death of John Q. Adams, published in, ii. 250. National Portrait Gallery, ii. 218, 474.
National Road, the originator of, ii. 182.
Navigation, assistance to be derived from, ii. 36.
Non-Intercourse with Great Britain, Elias Bondin's
Nootka Sound, controversy about, 1790, i. 571. NORRIS, ISAAC, i. 277.
North America, Bank of-See Robert Morris.
North Carolina, the position of respecting the Federal Constitution, i. 33.
North Carolina Convention, extract from the speech of William Gaston in the, on the "thirty-second article" of the State Constitution, ii. 553.
NORTH, LORD, inauguration of, i. 320; the conciliatory prop- osition of, 11. 451.
OGLETHORPE, GEN., the failure of, ii. 347, 351.
Navigation Act, of Charles II.; i. 7; of England, 103; Rufus OHIO, slavery prohibited in the territory North-west of the,
Navigators of the 16th and 17th centuries, ii. 86.
Neriede, William Pinkney's speech in the case of the, ii. 95. NESBITT, ALEXANDER.-See "Fort Wilson." NASSELRODE COUNT, ii. 8:2
New England, Tristam Burges' defences of, il. 320, 822; the course of, in relation to the public lands, ii. 379; peace party in, during the War of 1812; the democracy of, 574; village school of, 586.
New England Society, of New Orleans, S. S. Prentiss' ad- dress, ii. 583, 587.
New Haven, Conn., invasion of by General Tryon, ii. 144. New Jersey, speech of William Livingston to the Legisla- ture of, i. 88; outrages of the British in, during the revo- lution, i. 88; women of, i. 268.
New Jersey College, i. 805; ii. 218. New Jersey Historical Collections, i. 262.
New London, Conn., Caulkin's History of, ii. 144; second Church in, 144.
New Orleans, Sergeant S. Prentiss's address before the New England Society of, 1845; ii, 583.
New York, first Congress at, i. 3; Provincial Congress as- semble at, 152; the Committee of Observation and Com- mittee of Association; notice of, 152; meeting in, relative to the Boston Port Bill, 152; Society of the Cincinnati, 1. 852; early settlement of, 467; population of, compared
Ohio and Chesapeake Canal, i. 490.
ONIS, DON, mission of, 345.
Orders in Council, author of the, ii. 271.
OSWALD, RICHARD, English Commissioner of Peace, i. 156. OTIS, HARRISON GRAY, parentage and birth; education; commences the study of law with John Lowell, i. 557; his practice; serves as an aid to General Brooks in the Massachusetts insurrection; chosen to the Legislature; succeeds Fisher Ames in Congress; his career; Elect- ed Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Repre sentatives, and President of the Senate; appointed judge; his oratory; eulogy on Hamilton; incidents of its delivery, 557, 558; New York Convention of 1812; anecdote of his oratory at; Hartford Convention; mission to Washington, 558; defence of the convention; elected to the United States Senate; speech on the Missouri question; candidate for governor; elected mayor; letter advocating the election of General Taylor; Mr. Otis' death; eulogy on Hamilton, 559; Hamilton at college; at the battle of Yorktown; the Federal Convention; the treasury, 560, 563; the com- prehensiveness of his mind, 563; his eloquence, 564 OTIS, JAMES, date and place of birth, i. 1; studies with
Rev. Jonathan Russel; college habits; anecdote of his wit; studies law; commences practice at Plymouth; removes to Boston, 1; literary labors, 2; speech on
the writs of assistance, 4; hated by the advocates of the | PICKERING, MR. ———. See "Fort Wilson." crown, 2; chosen to the Legislature; publishes the PIERCE, WILLIAM.-See Knapp's trial. vindication, &c., see Massachusetts Bay; attends the PIERSON, DR.-See Knapp's trial. first Congress at New York, 1765; publishes vindica- tion of the British colonies, and considerations on be- half of the colonists; appointed on a committee to reply to Governor Bernard; his reply; proposes the opening of the galleries of the House of Representa- tives, 3; advises moderation in relation to the Paper and Glass Act, 4; the affray with Robinson, 4; death of, 4; notices of, 225, 446, 557.
OTIS, JOHN, emigrates to America, 1. 1; settles at Hingham, Massachusetts, 1.
OTIS, SAMUEL ALLYNE, i. 7, 557.
Oxford, Mass., Dr. Holmes' Memoir of the French Protest- ants who settled at, ii. 237.
PAGE, MR.-See Knapp's trial.
PAINE, ROBERT TREAT, argument in the trial of the soldiers of the Boston massacre, i. 247.
PAINE, THOMAS, his Rights of Man reviewed by John Quin- cy Adams, ii. 249.
PINCKNEY, CHARLES, sketch of the life of; heroism of his wife; is chosen to the Federal Convention; his career in that body; his "Plan of a Federal Constitution;' elected Governor of South Carolina, i. 361; in the House of Representatives, ii. 75, 340, 344.
Speech on the Federal Constitution, i. 861; objects of the convention; defects of the confederation, 362; rep- resentation, 363; the Senate; the Executive; mode of procedure in the Federal Legislature; delivery of fu- gitives, 864; power of the States and the Federal Government, 365; Helvetic and Belgic confederacies; the army; impost, 366; post office; judiciary; coining money; militia, 367; coercive power wanted; the ad- mission of new States; citizenship; amendments, 368; habeas corpus; trial by jury; freedom of the press and religious tests; the seat of government, 369. PINCKNEY, C. C. GEN., i. 48; appointed minister to France; refused an audience, ii. 9; refusal of the French Direc- tory to receive, I. 491.
PINCKNEY, THOMAS, i. 48, 150; ii. 844, 346, 351; sketch of the life of, i. 861.
PINCKNEY, FRANCES, mother of Christopher Gore, i. 410.
-, testimony in the trial of J. F. Knapp, PINKNEY, WILLIAM, birth; enters King William school;
Panama, Congress of, ii. 860, 507.
Paper Currency, the depreciation of, i. 122.
Paper, Glass, &c., duties on, opposed by the people of Bos- ton, i. 4; James Otis' opinion of, 4.
PARSONS, THEOPHILUS, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, i. 83; sketch of the life of, ii. 248; death of, 399; William Pinkney's opinion of, 97.
"Parson's Cause," the.-See Patrick Henry. Patriotism, i. 113.
PATTEN, JANE, wife of Thomas Addis Emmet, i. 525.
PATTERSON, ADJUTANT GENERAL of the British army, i. 294.
Pea Patch Island, ii. 507.
PHARSON, MR, from North Carolina, ii. 267.
"Peine du Boulet," description of, ii. 549. PEMBERTON, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, i. 7. PENDLETON, EDMUND, i. 350; ii. 454. PENN, WILLIAM, i. 346.
Pennsylvania, the position of respecting the Federal Con- stitution, i. 30; puisne judges of; their compensation, ii. 66; speech of John Dickinson in the House of As- sembly of, 1764, i. 277.
Pennsylvania Journal, i. 294.
Pennsylvania Packet, i. 455; il. 472.
Pensacola, Florida, resolutions of the House of Repre-
sentatives relative to the seizure of the posts at, ii. 273.
Perdido, the line of the, Henry Clay's speech on, ii. 260. Periodical Literature, the state of in America, 1826, il. 430.
PERKINS, THOMAS H.-See Hartford Convention. PHELPS, MR. See trial of R. M. Goodwin. PHELPS, OLIVER, Indian agent, i. 429.
the revolution; commences the study of law with Judge Chase; his practice; his oratory, ii. 93; elected a member of the Maryland Federal Convention; chosen to the House of Delegates; his speeches; marries; elec- tion to Congress; declines to serve; the Executive Council; serves in the State Legislature, 93; appointed commissioner under the seventh article of Jay's treaty; his opinions; return to the United States; sent on a mission to England; his duties, 94; appointed Attorney General of the United States; the war of 1812; defens the course of Mr. Madison; "Publius," 94; the attack on Baltimore; battle of Bladensburg, 95; the case of the Neriede, 95; election to Congress; speech on the Conven- tion of 1815; appointed minister to Russia and envoy to Naples, 96; his mode of life in Russia; his opinion of Chief Justice Parsons, 97; elected to the Senate; his professional duties; last illness and death, 98.
Speech in the case of the Neriede; the case consid- ered, 100; rights of neutrals, 101; Azuni's Treatise on the Maritime Law of Europe, 103; case of the Haase, 103; cases of the Rebeckah, San Bernardo, the Spitfire, and Glutton, 104; the Fortuna and Melomasne, 105; relative rights and duties of belligerent and neutral pow- ers, 106; "Free ship, free goods," 107; the character of the Neriede, 108; "What are Mr. Pinto's intentions?" 109; case of the Swedish convoy in 1798 examined, 112; cases of the Catharine, Elizabeth; of the Sampson, Bar- ney, 112; Robinson's Admiralty reports, 99, 114.
Speech on the Missouri question; reply to Rufus King, 114; compromise suggested, 115; domestic legis- lation of Missouri; admission of Maine; power of Con gress to admit new States considered, 116; danger from restriction; slavery; enthusiasm; moral, political and religious, 118; the Union; a State, 119; "No State or Territory, in order to become a State, can alienate or surrender any portion of its sovereignty to the Union, a sister State, or foreign nation," 120; relation of the restriction, 121; answer to Messrs. Roberts, Lowrie, and Morril; compared with the duelist in the Rivals; fur- ther remarks in answer to Mr. King, 122; abolition of the slave trade by England considered, 123; fugitive slaves, 123; the people the source of all power; Federal and local rights, no difference between, 124; further re-
marks on slavery, 125; involuntary servitude and a re- | QUINCY, JOSIAH, JR., birth and parentage of; early educs- publican form of government, 126; farther reply to Mr. Morril, 126; women should have political rights, 127; Elizabeth of England, Catharine of Russia; Semiramis and Zenobia; Mrs. Wolstoncraft, 127; migration of slaves from State to State considered, 128; answer to Mr. Bur- ril, 129;-anecdote of, i. 527; remarks on the impress- ment of seamen, ii. 83.
PINTO, MANUEL-See Pinkney's speech in the case of the
PITKIN, MR., of Connecticut, fl. 267.
PITT, MR., in Parliament, 1792, 1. 100. PLATT, COL-See "Miranda's Expedition."
Plenipotentiaries, speech of John Witherspoon on the ap- pointment of, i. 801.
Plymouth, Mass., John Quincy Adams's oration at, 1802; ii. 251; history of the first settlement at, 258; incidents of, 254.
POINSETT, JOEL R., quotation from, ii. 176, 299.
Politics, improvements in, il. 429.
POLK, JAMES K., ii. 552.
tion; graduates at Harvard College; oration on "Ps triotism;" study of law; his eloquence; commences his political career; his contributions to the Boston Ga zette; "Hyperion," i. 831; opposition of the crown offi- cers; the non-importation agreement; Boston massa- ere; trial of the soldiers; public feeling at the time; his political writings, 332; ill health; voyage to South Car olina; visit to the Commons House of Assembly at Charleston; Christopher Gadsden's speech; returns to Boston; observations on the Boston Port Bill; warned to desist from political writing; sails for England; his correspondence; letter to Joseph Reed, 333, 334; returns to America; he dies; his life by his son, 834.
An appeal under the signature of "Hyperion," 334; sentiments of the North Americans; stringent patrio ism required, 834.
Speech in defence of the soldiers of the Boston mas- sacre, 336; the soldiers' rights, 336; the citizen and the soldier, 837, liberty, 838; Farmer's letters, $39; the spirit of English jurisprudence, 845.
POLLOCK, SIR ROBERT, daughter of, marries "Alexander QUINCY, JOSIAH, quotation from his speech on the admission
Portugal, the accession of signed; ratification of, 1. 495. Post Roads, extent of in the United States in 1824, ii. 292. POTTS, JOHN.-See "Fort Wilson."
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Federal Convention meet at, i. 157. POWNAL, THOMAS, i. 2; governor; returns to England, 224. PRATT, BENJAMIN, biographical sketch of, 1, 2. PRENTISS, SERGEANT S., birth; his early life; graduates
from Bowdoin College; accepts a tutorship at Natchez, Mississippi; admitted to the bar, ii. 579; literary pur- suits; removal to Vicksburg; his appearance before the Supreme Court of the United States; duel with General H. S. Foote, 580; visits his home in Maine; elected to Congress; his political career, 581; opposition to the Mississippi repudiation; removal to New Orleans: anal- ysis of his character, 582, 583; address before the New England Society of New Orleans, 583, 587.
RABELAIS, quoted, i. 824. RADCLIFFE, MRS., ii. 428. Raleigh Star, ii. 55.
RAMSAY, DAVID, i. 52, 275; birth and education; early had- its; tutor at Carlisle: Princeton College; studies medi- cine; Dr. Bond, College of Pennsylvania; Dr. Rush; commences practice; removes to Charleston, S. C.; his character, i. 308; oratory; oration on the fourth of Ju- ly, 1778; surgeon in the American army; siege of Sa- vannah; elected to the Legislature of South Carolina; taken prisoner by the British; elected to Congress; his career; his literary productions; his character as an su- thor, 309; "Universal History Americanized," 309; his death; assassinated by a madman, 310.
Oration on "The Advantages of American Independ- ence," 810; equality; industry and frugality; home spun; private economy; the arts and sciences; edu cation, 811; eloquence "the child of a free state," 812; authority of the States; commerce, 813; benefit to Car- olina; the tobacco trade; cotton and rice; slitting mills; strength of the people in their numbers, 814; conse- quences of independence; population, 815; union the pleasure of God, 317; the aborigines of Louisiana, 818.;
"Progress of Science," Samuel Dexter's poem on the, li. RANDOLPH, ANNE CARY, wife of Gouverneur Morris, i. 456. 287.
RANDOLPH, EDMUND, i. 48; ii. 378, 468, 465; birth of; joins the military family of General Washington; death of his uncle Peyton Randolph; delegated to the Virginis Convention; appointed Attorney General of Virginia; clerk of the House of Delegates; practises law; suc- cess; elected Governor of Virginia; Annapolis Con- vention; Federal Convention; his career in that body; the Virginia Convention; appointed Attorney General of the United States; Secretary of State; trial of Aaron Burr; his death; his literary productions, i. 164; expla nation of Patrick Henry's allusion to, 27; Patrick Hen- ry's remarks on the letter of, 23.
Speech on the Federal Constitution; picture of the country; case of Josiah Phillips, i. 165; union; neces sary to Virginia, 166, 167; British debts, 168; navigation of the Mississippi; bordering States; Rhode Island; pa- per money, 169; want of a navy; public credit, 170; ob- ject of a confederacy, 171; state of the country, 171, 172;
answer to George Mason, 173; speech in the trial of Aaron Burr, 174; tribute to Lord Mansfield, 176; firm- Dess of Washington, 176; Blannerhassett, 176; Henry II. and Thomas à Becket, 177; felony, 178; case of Bollman and Swartwout, 179; Henry IV. and the Jes- uits, 181.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, the father of Edmund, notice of, i. 164. RANDOLPH, SIR JOHN, account of, i. 163.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, father of John Randolph of Roanoke, ii.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, OF ROANOKE, born at Cawsons; death of his father; education and incidents of his early life; his mother; her second marriage; St. George Tucker, ii. 155; letters to Dudley, quoted, 155; college life; appear- ance at Charlotte court; Patrick Henry; his eloquence, 156; election of Mr. Randolph to Congress; his first speech; career in Congress; impeachment of Judge Chase, 156: the Yazoo question; the embargo; remarks on, 157; retirement; re-elected to Congress; Bank of the United States, 158; declining bealth; anecdote of; visits England; his reception; the Greek question; opposes Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster; opposes the tariff and internal improvement, 155; duel with Mr. Clay; the Virginia Convention; last illness and death, 159.
READ, MR. of South Carolina, ii. 74; see William B. Giles' speech on the Judiciary, 216. REDMAN, JOHN, M. D., i. 346.
RED JACKET, his early history lost; incidents of his military career; hatred of Brant; his oratory; his cowardice at Canandaigua lake; indignation and rebuke of Corn- planter; origin of his name "Red Jacket," i. 423; at- tains his chieftainship by working on the superstitions of his tribe; the council at Fort Stanwix; opposition to Cornplanter; his speech; war of 1812; his neutrality; overruled by the Americans, and joins their forces; anecdotes illustrative of his character and eloquence, 424; eloquence of the Six Nations, compared with that of other tribes, 424; opposition to the missionaries; his reasons, 425; his death; his last hours, 426; his reply to Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War, 426; defence of "Stiff Armed George," 427; reply to the young mission- ary, Cram, 429.
REED, JOHN OTIS, estimate of, 1. 7. REED, JOSEPII, General, ii. 52.
Rehearsal, The, newspaper established, i. 2. Religious Toleration, an extract from the speech of Wil- liam Gaston on the "thirty-second article," in North Carolina Convention; called to amend the State Consti- tution, ii. 553.
Speech on Mr. Gregg's resolution for the non-impor- tation of British merchandise; the resolution a war measure, 159; situation of the nation, power of Great Britain on the ocean; the carrying trade the question in dispute; Sir Robert Walpole quoted, 160; relations with Spain considered; navies of France and England compared; impolitic to aid France; has no ambition to possess Nova Scotia, 162; fur trade; 1793; origin of the revolution, 164; the continental influence of Great Brit- ain gone, 165; the situation of England, 166; Great Britain and the United States, the two great commer- cial nations, 167; duty of the Executive explained, 169. Speech on the tariff, 1824, 169; reply to P. P. Bar- bour; situation of the country, 170; all policy, suspi- cious, that sacrifices the interest of a part of a com munity to the ideal good of the whole, 171; England as a manufacturing country, 172; her example not to be followed, 173; Ireland; the effect of the tariff upon the people, 174; the English judge and Horne Tooke; union, 175; quotation from Joel R. Poinsett, 176; Vir- ginia; Lord Cornwallis' remarks concerning, 177; Gay, Ganilh, Adam Smith, and Ricardo, referred to, 177; economists, the theory and practice of; Alexander, Ca- sar, and Napoleon, 178; the Constitution a "curious one;" made for foreigners, 179; evils of the policy; fur-Roads and Inland Navigation, John Sergeant, chairman ther remarks on, 181.
RENWICK, JAMES, his life of De Witt Clinton, i. 565. Representation, i, 15, 35.
Republicans, in the Virginia House of Burgesses, i. 41. "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God,” ii. 450. Retrenchment, extract from John Randolph's speech on, ii. 188.
Revolution, The American, origin of, i. 87. Revenue System, speech of Alexander Hamilton on the, i. 215.
Revenue Collection (Force) Bill, John Caldwell Calhoun's speech on the, ii. 483.
Speech on an increase of the army, 1811; importance of the question; republicans of 1798, 181; closing of the Mississippi by Spain in 1803, referred to, 182; massacres on the Wabash; Canada; war spirit in the South, 183; French alliance, 184; republicanism of John Ad- ams and William Cobbett; the people will not submit to be taxed for a war of conquest; the defenceless state of the Chesapeake referred to; slaves, 185; Spain; notices the importation of British attachment, &c., 186.
Genuine statesman, an extract from a speech on re- trenchment, 188; comparison of Wm. B. Giles and Charles Fox, by, 190; Henry Clay's reply to, ii. 818; John C. Calhoun's reply to the speech of, on an increase in the army, 476; Tristam Burges' reply to, 320, 822. RANDOLPH, PEYTON, i. 226; death of, 164. RANDOLPH, THOMAS, account of, i. 163. RANDOLPH, WILLIAM, account of, i. 163.
RAYMOND, JAMES H., his paper on James Hillhouse's propo- sition to amend the Federal Constitution, ii. 146.
REYNOLDS, THOMAS, treachery of, i. 526. Rhode Island, opposition of to national duties, i. 169; Brit- ish at, ii. 33.
RICHARDSON, MR., in the trial of Thomas O. Selfridge, ii.
Richmond, Va., trial of Aaron Burr at, i. 174. RIDGE, the Cherokee chief, ii. 469.
RITTENHOUSE, DAVID, director of the mint, i. 263; sketch of the life of, 263.
RIVARDI, MAJOR, i. 427.
RIVES, W. C., ii. 496.
RIVINGTON, JAMES, i. 86, 87, 447.
of, ii. 506; the bonus of the National Bank, and the United States' share of its dividends, proposed to be set apart as a permanent fund for the construction of roads and canals, 479; the importance of, 480.
ROANE, MR., anecdote of John Randolph of Roanoke, re- lated by, ii. 158.
ROBBINS, JONATHAN, ii. 266; see Thomas Nash;-John Marshall's speech in the case of, ii. 20. ROBERTS, MR., of Pa., ii. 122.
ROBERTSON, DONALD, tutor of James Madison, L 125. ROBESPIERRE, "the nation of France," ii. 69. ROBINSON, ANDREW.-See " Fort Wilson." ROBINSON, JOHN, ELDER, his argument against Episcopus, ii. 254.
ROBINSON, JOHN, his affray with James Otis, i. 4. Robinson's Admiralty Reports, quoted, 99, 114. RODGERS, ANN MARIA, wife of William Pinkney, ii. 93. ROGERS, DR., of New York, at Edinburgh, i. 525. ROGERS, ROBERT, ii. 835.
ROSEZ, ALBERT ROLAZ DU, ii. 130.
Loss, James, resolutions of, relative to the navigation of the Msisippi, L. 475, 567; 11, 346, 850,-See Gouverneur Morris and De Witt Clinton. Eousseau, J. J., quoted, i. 827. Exnnymede, the Convention of, 1. 71.
SALLUST, Catiline conspiracy of i 31 Saratoga, ii. 864.
SARGENT, LUCTUS MANLIUS, his sketch of the life of Sansei Dexter, H. 237.
“Satis eloquentia, sapientia parum," i 313. Savannah, siege of L 309.
SAVART, Ma, testimony in the trial of J. F. Knapp, £
SCHUYLER, GEN. PHILIP, daughter of marries Aleander Hamilton, i. 155.
ESH, Benjamin, ancestry of; death of his father; studies with Doctor Finley; enters college; college life; studies medicine under Dr. John Redman; university at Edin- | burgh; the professors; visits London and Paris; returns ScHUYLER, PETER, 1. 82. to Philadelphia; elected professor; Drs. Bond, Morgan,, Shippen and Kuhn; succeeds Drs. Morgan and Kuhn, 1. 846; enters political life; his patriotism; elected to Congress; signs the Declaration of Independence; ap- pointed physician general; member of the Federal Convention of Pennsylvania; "address to the people of the United States;" resumes his practice; appointed President of the Mint; his literary labors; "medical Inquiries and observations; " history of the yellow fever; elected President of the American Abolition Society, &c.; his character, 847.
Scotch Rebellion of 1745, L. 290, SCOTT, LIEUT., masssacre of, iL. 277. SCOTT, SIR WILLIAM, H. 104, 270, SEDGEWICK, THEODORE, at the New York Convention, 1512. i. 558; at Philadelphia, ii. 9.
SEDGEWICK, THEODORE, Jr., quotations from, L. 83. Sedition Act, conduct of the judges in relation to the, ii. 61.
SELFRIDGE, THOMAS O., trial of, for killing Charles Austin; Samuel Dexter's argument, ii. 239.
Address to the people of the United States, 347; the confederation, 347; the deficiency of coercive power; Seminole War, President's message in reference to the, fi of exclusive power to issue paper money, and regulate | 292; Henry Clay's speech on the, ii. 273. commerce; the defect in vesting the sovereign power SERGEANT, JONATHAN DICKINSON, ii. 506. of the United States in a single legislature, and in the SERGEANT, JOHN, birth and parentage; study of law; ad- too frequent rotation of its members, 845; "the revolu- mission to the bar; appointed Deputy Attorney Gene- tion is not over," 849; commissioner to England, ii. 132. ral; appointed by Jefferson, Commissioner of Bank- KUSH, JAMES, i. 346. rupts; argument in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvanis: Кези, Јоим, 1. 846. chosen to the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, ii. 506; elected to Congress; discussion of the Missouri question; appointed minister to the Congress of Pana- ma by President Adams; re-election to Congress; declines a position in the cabinet of General Harrison; his decree on the question of the title to the Pea-patch Island; death; sketch of his character, 507.
-, expedition under the command
RUSSELL, REV. JONATHAN, i. 1.
RUSSELL, JONATHAN, ii. 270, 835; at the treaty of Ghent, 54; sketch of the life of, 335.
Russia, the emperor of, offers his mediation between the United States and Great Britain, 1812, ii. 54. Russia, The Emperor of, his opinion of free trade, il. 312. RUTLEDGE, EDWARD, I. 296.
RUTLEDGE, DR. JOHN, i. 118.
RUTLEDGE, JOHN, parentage of; birth of; education; death of his father; studies in the Temple; commences prac- tice in Charleston, South Carolina; his professional en- gagements; action in the Gadsden controversy, 1764; member of the Congress at New York, 1765; his elo- quence; elected to the Continental Congress; advocates unlimited powers to the representatives, i. 118; elected President of South Caroli address of the legislature to; his answer; serves in the action at Sullivan's Island; his note to General Moultrie; elected governor, i. 119; chosen a member of Congress; appointed, with George Clymer, to visit the several States and induce them to carry out the requisitions of Congress; his eloquence before the Virginia Assembly; appointed minister to Holland; declines to serve; elected Judge of the Court of Chancery; appointed Judge of the Su- preme Court of the United States; elected Chief Justice of South Carolina; his death; speech to the South Carolina Assembly, i. 120; speech to the General As- sembly of South Carolina, i. 122, notice of, 286; ii. 485.
Speech on the Missouri question: Pennsylvania, cessions of territory or claims to territory, 509; ees sion from the United States to Pennsylvania, 1798; States have a capacity to contract with individ- uals; the admission of a State a compact; a new State may contract, 510; the ordinance of 1787, 511; power of Congress to admit new States; its extent, 512; power of Congress on the death of the President and Vice- President, 513; government an evil; case of Louisiana, 515; State rights; a new State the creature of the con- stitution, 516; slavery, 516; is it essential, by the prin- ciples of our constitution, to the character of a State, that it should have the power of originating, establish- ing, or perpetuating the condition of slavery within its limits? 517; political equality, 519; ninth section of the first article of the constitution considered, 520; has s State the power to originate slavery? &c., 521; “migra- tion," 521; applies to freemen arriving from abroad, 522; further remarks, 523; treaty of cession, 524; case of Louisiana further considered, 525; dangers from an ex- tension of slavery, 525, 526; expediency of the measure, 526; slavery an evil founded in wrong, 526; “diffusion,” 527, 528; where to end-answer to Mr. Clay, 529. SERRE, M., companion of Albert Gallatin, 1780, ii. 180. SEWALL, SAMUEL, i. 2; ii. 422.
SEWALL, STEPHEN, biographical sketch of, i. 2; ii. 448. SHARP, MARGARET, ii. 533.
St. Helena, the governor of, i. 526.
St. Mark's, Florida, resolutions of the House of Represen- tatives relative to the seizure of the posts at, ii. 273.
ST. VINCENT, LORD, ii. 270.
SHARPLESS, MR., portrait painter, anecdote of, i. 552. SHAW, MRS., daughter of Gen. Greene, i. 449.
SHELTON, MISS, first wife of Patrick Henry, i. 8; death of 11 SHEPARD, MR.-See Knapp's trial. SHERMAN, ROGER, 1. 296, 350.
Salem, Mass., writs of assistance, first applied for, at, i. 2; SHERIDAN, MR., in Parliament, ii. 122, 247.
trial of John F. Knapp at, ii. 899.
Sheriffs, to be collectors of revenue, i. 85.
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