Ukase of the Emperor Alexander. September 4, (16,) 1821. State Papers, Foreign, V.
Message from the President of the United States. . in relation to Claims set up by Foreign Governments, to Territory of the United States upon the Pacific Ocean, 1822.
W. Sturgis: Examination of the Russian Claims to the Northwest Coast of America, North American Review, vol. 15, pp. 370-401. October, 1822.
Robert Greenhow: History of Oregon and California and other Territories on the Northwest Coast of North America. Boston, 1845. 8vo. (And treaties in appendix.) Congressional Globe.
40th Congress, 1st (extra) Session.
(Alaska purchase.) (Also Canada resolution.)
C. de Varigny La doctrine Monroe et le Canada. Revue des Deux Mondes, 1879, vol. 32.
ACCOLADE, 49, 50, 51.
Adams, Charles Francis, quoted as to origin of Monroe Doctrine, 169. Adams, Henry, "Life of Randolph," quoted, 35; "Life of Gallatin," quoted, 168.
Adams, John, 2, 68, 125, 126, 127, 165; Monroe's hostility to the ad- ministration of, 64.
Adams, John Quincy, quoted, 12, 26, 38, 45, 97; 125, 126, 127, 169; sketch of his career, 127; in Mon- roe's cabinet, 127-155; relation to the Monroe Doctrine, 167-171; other mention of, 189, 191; anec- dote of, 220.
Ambrister and Arbuthnot, execu- tion of, 141.
Amelia Island, 231, 232.
Marbois, 79; thanks Marbois, 84; interview with Monroe, 84; arbi- trary powers of, 92, 93. Boundary, Massachusetts and New York, 26. "Bowler, Jack," 33. Brandywine, Battle of, 10. Breckenridge, John, 32. Brock, R. C., 218. Burr, Aaron, 131.
Cabinet of Monroe, sketches of the members, 126–135.
Calhoun, John C., 126-130, 132, 135, 142, 151, 155, 189, 210, 212; sketch of his career, 128. Callender publication, 71. Cambacérès, M., 81, 85. Camden, Lord, portrait of, 6.
America for Americans, the idea of Campan, Madame, friend of Hor-
tensia Hay, 178, 183.
Canning, George, 101, 143, 170, 171; relation to Monroe Doctrine, 171.
Capital, public buildings at, 230; capture of, 119-124. Carr, Dabney, 4. Cary, Archibald, 11. Castlereagh, Lord, 141, 143, 167. Cevallos, Don Pedro, 95. Chateaubriand, M., 168. Chatham, Lord, portrait of, 6, 7. Cherokees, treaty with, 238. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 249. Civil service, Monroe's attitude re- specting, 213, 214.
Clay, Henry, 126, 132, 133, 143, 155, 189.
Coast, defence of: see Defence. Coit, Daniel L., letters to, 38-62. Coit, Joshua, letters hitherto un- printed on the state of the Union in 1794, 38-62; critical relations with France, 39; French "frenzy," 39, 43, 44; Madison's resolutions, 39; Southern hostility to Great Brit-
Federalists, 28-30, 67, 135. Finance: see Debt.
Financial embarrassment of Mon- roe, 252.
ain, 40; embargo, 42; sequestra- | Eustis, William, Secretary of War, tion of British debt proposed, 42; Minister to England talked of, 42; Jay nominated, 43; embargo de- creed, 43; danger of dissolution of Union, 43, 44; presentation of the French flag, 62. College life of Monroe, 8, 9. Commerce, Monroe's views on regu- lation of, 19-21, 237, 243. Commercial relations of United States, 236.
Committee of Public Safety, French, 45, 46, 57.
Confederation, inefficiency of the, 17-21.
Congress, Monroe's action as dele- gate in, 17-26; Coit's letters from (1794), prior to Monroe's first mis- sion, 38-44; Monroe on the pow- ers of, 239-247.
Constitution of United States, Mon- roe's views on the adoption of and on the powers of, 27-30, 242, 243.
Convention of Virginia (1776), 8; (1788), 17, 27; (1830), 17. Convention, French, in 1794, Mon- roe's relation to, 45-55. Cornell University Library, 66. Correspondence, delays in diplo- matic, 55, 56, 61.
Crawford, William H., 126, 127, 130, 131, 132, 138, 142, 155. Croix, de la, 60.
Crowninshield, Benjamin W., 127. Cullum, George W., quoted, 116,
Cumberland Road Bill, Monroe's veto of, and explanation, 149, 239- 249.
Dane, Nathan, 25. Dayton, J., 63.
Debt, national, 230, 235, 248, 249. Defence of coast and frontier, 229, 230, 232, 235, 237, 238, 251. Diplomacy, perils of, 36; delays of, 55, 56, 61.
Diplomatic relations, presidential messages on, 230-232, 234, 236, 237, 249.
District of Columbia, 232, 252. Drayton, W. H., 134.
England, Monroe's mission to, 93- 100, 211; convention with, 251. See Treaty. "Era of good feeling," 2. Erskine, Mr., 97.
Flag, presentation of, to French Convention, 51; to American Con- gress, 62.
Floridas, desire of the United States to acquire, 85, 95; acquisition of, 135, 143; see also Spain; Jack- son's campaign in, 140-143; troub- les in, 232; territorial government of, 248.
Foster, Mr., 105, 106. Foster, Wm. E., compiles a bibliog- raphy of American statesmen, vi. Fox, Charles J., 96.
France, Monroe's first mission to, 36-73; Monroe's second mission to, 74-93; war threatened with, 38, 39, 52; our natural ally, 44; commercial treaty with, 234, 248. Franklin, Benjamin, 13. Frontier, defence of: see Defence.
Gabriel, "General," 32. Gallatin, Albert, 104, 112, 168. Garnett, James M., 219. Genet, M., 39.
Germantown, Battle of, 10. Ghent see Treaty.
Goose Creek, Virginia, 220. Gore, C., 68.
Gouverneur, S. L., Mr. and Mrs., 178, 183, 184, 191, 195, 196, 200. Gouverneur, S. L., quoted, 207. Gouverneur manuscripts relating to
Monroe, hitherto unprinted, quot- ed, 53, 55, 58, 63, 69, 70, 208, etc. Government, general, and the sev- eral States, Monroe's views on, 239.
Grayson, W., 24, 27, 30. Great Britain, convention with, 251. See England.
Grigsby, H. B., quoted, 8.
Haerlem, Battle of, 10. Hamilton, Alexander, 30, 71, 164. Hamilton, Paul, 104. Hammond's "Political History," quoted, 131. Harper, Robert G., 68. Harrison, Gov. Benjamin, 23. Harrowby, Lord, 93. Hart, C. F., quoted, 75. Harvard College, 8, 129.
Hay, George (Mr. and Mrs.), 178, 182, 183, 191, 192, 194, 197, 220. Hay, Hortensia, 178, 183. Henry, Patrick, 9, 27.
Hildreth, R., quoted, 68, 69, 71. Hoar, G. F., 8.
Holland, Lord, 97; his account of negotiations with Monroe and Pinkney, 98. Holst, von, quoted, 130. "Homoselle," 32.
Hortense, Queen, 178, 183. Howison's "Virginia," quoted, 32.
Illinois, admission of, 232. Imposts, Monroe's report on collec- tion of, 19, 20.
Indians, relations with, 230-232, 236, 251, 252.
Internal improvements, Monroe's views on, 149, 230, 231, 250, 251, 252; message on, 239-248.
Jackson, Andrew, 28, 126, 133, 134, 140, 141, 142, 144, 155; his hostil- ity to Monroe, 207; Monroe's re- lations to, 206.
Jameson, J. F., compiles a Monroe bibliography, 253; notes by, 229. Jay, John, 26, 31, 37; Minister to England, 43, 57-65.
Jay's treaty see Treaty. Jefferson, Thomas, 2, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22-24, 72, 74-77, 94, 102, 125, 126, 152, 156, 176, 194, 213; begin- ning of intimacy with Monroe, 16; estimate of Monroe, 209; letter to Livingston, quoted, 73; letters to Monroe, quoted, 18, 74; relations to the Monroe Doctrine, 163, 165, 166, 168, 170; withholds the Mon- roe treaty, 97, 100. Jennings, Edward, 6, 7. Jones, Joseph (Monroe's uncle), 4; correspondence with Monroe, 13, 14, 19, 58, 63, 71, 94, 175, 177.
Kennedy, J. P., quoted, 131, 155. Kent, James, 135.
King, Rufus, 24, 25, 125, 144, 145. Kingsbury, F. J., quoted, 5. Knox, General, 194.
Kortwright, Eliza (Mrs. Monroe), 175, 177.
Kortwright, Lawrence, 175.
Lafayette, Marquis de, 56; prisoner in Olmütz, 56, 150; visits Amer- ica, 136, 150-155, 250, 251; eti-
quette as to his reception, 151; examples of his correspondence with Monroe, 151-153; offers pe- cuniary assistance to Monroe, 154. Lafayette, Madame, 56, 150. Lagrange, Americans welcomed at, by Lafayette, 152, 153.
Land, good, promotes good society, 5, and note.
Lands, public, sale of, 230, 235. Lawrence, W. B., translator of Mar- bois, 75. Lee, Dr., 7. Lee, Henry, 4.
Lee, Richard Henry, 4, 7, 24. Lee, Robert E., 5.
Lewis and Clarke's expedition, 76. Livingston, R. R., 37; Minister to France, 77; negotiates for Louis- iana, 76-90; writes to Monroe (April 10, 1803), 78; his midnight dispatch to Madison, 80; estimate of the treaty, 83; writes to Madi- son in respect to cession of Lou- isiana (November 15, 1803), 88. Louisiana, cession of, by France to the United States, 74-90; circum- stances which led to it, 90; results which came from it, 90; Monroe's satisfaction with, 86; Livingston's story of, 78, 83.
Madison, James, 2, 5, 16, 21-23, 32, 34, 39, 93, 101, 102, 125, 126, 127, 149, 156, 163, 164, 176, 194, 213 in convention of 1788, 27; nom- inated as President, 102; Pres- ident, 104-124; cabinet of, 104; letter of Monroe to, in respect to the Secretary of War, 108; last letter from Monroe to, 196; last letter to Monroe, 198; his esti- mate of Monroe, 209.
Marbois, Barbé, his work on the ces- sion of Louisiana, 74; Monroe's estimate of, 75; negotiations of, respecting the Louisiana cession, 74-90.
Marriage of Monroe to Miss Kort- wright, 175-178.
Marshall, John, 9, 23, 181, 213; in college with Monroe, 8; in Vir- ginia Convention (1788), 27. Mason, George, 2, 27. Mason, Thompson, 2. Massachusetts, boundary dispute, 26; claims of for compensation, 250, 252.
McHenry, James, 20. McKean, Thomas, 63.
McLane, Louis, quoted, 173.
McLean, John, 127, 209; Monroe's letter to, 202.
Meade, Bishop, quoted, 7, 8. Meigs, R. J., 127. Mercer, Hugh, 9.
Merlin de Douai, 49, 57. Mississippi, Monroe's memoir on, 26, 75; control and free navigation of, 25, 26, 28, 45, 76, 95, 211, 215; Spanish control of, 90, 163; de- fence of valley of, 238. Missouri, admission of, 144. Missouri Compromise, 92, 135, 144- 149.
Monmouth, Battle of, 10. Monroe, Andrew, 72, 218. Monroe Doctrine, text of, 157-161; announcement of, 249-250; not a personal decree, 161; its grad- ual development in the utterances of American statesmen, 162-166; Canning's relations to, 171; re- ception of the message, 172; dis- cussion in Congress, 173; allusions to, 162-174; Bibliography of, 269. Monro, George, 218. Monroe, Hector, 4. Monroe, James.
Sources of information, v. Manuscripts of, v.
Bibliography of his life and writ- ings, by J. F. Jameson, 253. Synopsis of his career, xi, 1. Review of his career, 200-217. Birth, 4.
Pedigree, 218, 219.
Boyhood, 5-7.
College life, 7-9.
Revolutionary service, 9-12. Student of law, 13-16.
Intimacy with Jefferson begins, 16.
Civil service begins, 17. Delegate to Congress, 17-26. Views on collecting imports, 22. Tour to the West, 23.
Views on territorial government, 24.
Views on the Navigation of the Mississippi, 26.
Commissioner on boundary dis- pute, 26.
Member of the Virginian Consti- tutional Convention (1788), 27. Opposes the United States Con- stitution, 27-29.
Speeches, in relation thereto, 27-
United States Senator, 30-32.
Cabinet of, 126-132.
Opponents of, 132.
Important subjects of his admin. istration, 135.
Tours to the North, East, West, and South, 136-140. Relations to Jackson, 142.
Veto of Cumberland Road Bill 149.
Receives Lafayette, 150-155. Monroe Doctrine, origin and enunciation of, 156-174, 249- 250. See Monroe Doctrine. Personal appearance and domes- tic relations of, 175-199. Marriage, 175-178.
Financial affairs of, 198, 252. Old age, 200.
Retrospect of his life, 200. Estimates of, 209.
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