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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.

INDEX.

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-

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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-

104, 107, 136.

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,

118.

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.

Hawkesbury, Lord, 93.

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-

29.

United States Senator, 30-32.

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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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