priests or ignorant zealots, but to kindly and educated gentlemen, good fathers of families, for the most part models of a Christian life, and centres of civilization in their several neighbourhoods. And, along with these venerable institutions, we shall study to uphold the dignity of the Commons' House of Parliament, and resist every attempt to establish the brute force of numbers, in place of the virtual representation of the spirit and intelligence of the country. In a word, we shall cling faster than before to the old laws, the old franchises, the old customs of England; and, by so doing, we shall best preserve that glorious inheritance of freedom, which we have derived from a long line of patriots and statesmen, and which I trust in God we shall transmit unimpaired to distant generations.
ADAMS, JOHN, recommends Washington as commander-in-chief, 18;
exults in the Declaration of Independence, 34; minister at the
English Court, 173; returns home, 242; his character, 243, 246;
elected Vice-President, 247; re-elected, 301; elected President,
362; retains the late cabinet, 366; sends a special mission to
France, 369; prepares for war, 371; jealous of Hamilton, 379;
renews diplomatic relations with France, 382; denounces Hamilton
and his friends, 391; refuses to be present at the inauguration of
his successor, 403; his death, 435.
AMES, FISHER, supports Hamilton's financial scheme, 267; predicts
the fall of the Federalist party, 392.
ANDRÉ, MAJOR, captured on his return from an interview with
Arnold, 84; condemned as a spy, 87; his relations with Hamilton,
89, 91; his melancholy fate, 92, 93.
ARNOLD, BENEDICT, renders good service at Saratoga, 48; poorly
requited, 78; considers himself wronged, 79; obtains the com-
mand of West Point, 80; carries on a treasonable correspondence
with the enemy, 81; finds himself discovered, and flies, 82.
ASGILL, CAPTAIN, selected by lot for execution, 114; saved by the
representations of the Court of France, 115.
BACHE'S AURORA, its remarks on the retirement of Washington, 363.
BARRAS, M. his insolent message to America, 367.
BAYARD, MR. induced by Hamilton to vote for Jefferson rather than
Burr, 403.
BOWDOIN, James, suppresses the insurrection in Massachusetts, 175.
BRADDOCK, GENERAL, his unfortunate campaign, 10, 12.
BRADFORD, WILLIAM, becomes Attorney-General, 333.
BURGOYNE, GENERAL, forced to capitulate at Saratoga, 48.
BURR, AARON, his birth, education, and character, 163, 165;
compared with Hamilton, 166, 171; elected to the senate, 297;
his policy, 298; candidate for the Presidency, 362; ties with
Jefferson, 394; elected Vice-President, 406; candidate for the
governorship of New York, 407; challenges Hamilton, 409; his
obduracy, 410, 416; his conduct on the ground, 421; his subse-
quent adventures and death, 426, 430.
CALLENDER, a libeller by profession, 337.
CHATHAM, LORD, expresses admiration of the First Congress, 6.
CHOISEUL, DUKE DE, sends agents to the American colonies, with a
view to detach them from England, 58.
CLINTON, GOVERNOR, letter from Hamilton to him, 56: opposes
the Constitution, 227; candidate at the presidential election, 247.
CLINTON, SIR HENRY, withdraws from Philadelphia to New York,
60; attacked near Monmouth Court House, 61; demands the
release of André, 86; obliged to act wholly on the defensive,
CONWAY, GENERAL, plots against Washington, who discovers the
intrigue, 53.
CORNWALLIS, LORD, defeats General Gates, 95; blockaded in York-
town, 106; makes a desperate attempt to escape, 109; capitu-
lates to the allied armies, 110.
CURTIS, GEORGE TICKNOR, extracts from his work on the "History
of the Constitution," 96, 137, 182, 214, 227, 234.
CUSTIS, MARTHA, married to Washington, 13; worthy of her husband
366; her sense of his loss, 386.
D'ARÇON, CHEVALIER, his batteries destroyed before Gibraltar, 112.
D'ESTAING, COUNT, arrives with a French fleet to assist the
Americans, 66; insulted by their officers, but appeased by
Hamilton, 67.
DICKINSON, JOHN, delegate to the Convention from Delaware, 181.
EDWARDS, JONATHAN, grandfather to Aaron Burr, 163.
FAIRFAX, LORD, the early friend and patron of Washington, 9.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, his remarks on Braddock's defeat, 12;
member of the Convention, 179; his character, 180; his last
speech, 209; influence of his name, 226.
FRENEAU, PHILIP, editor of the National Gazette, 292; declares he
is acting independently, 295; incites the people in favour of
France, 304.
GAGE, GENERAL, orders the seizure of the stores at Concord, 6.
GATES, HORATIO, Adjutant-General to the American army, 20;
supersedes Schuyler, 45; gains the victory of Saratoga, 48; his
presumption, 49; made President of the Board of War, 54;
defeated by Lord Cornwallis, 95.
GENET, CITIZEN, arrives at Charleston, 306; his designs, 307; his
insolence, 312, 327; quarrels with Jefferson, 330, 332; recalled
from his mission, 333.
GEORGE III., represents the opinions of the majority of the British
nation, 94; acknowledges the independence of America, 120.
GERRY, ELBRIDGE, one of the commissioners to France, 369.
GRASSE, COUNT DE, arrives with a French fleet and army at York
River, 106.
GREENE, NATHANIEL, joins the army before Boston, 23; first notices
Hamilton, 26; his successes in South Carolina, 112.
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, his birth and education, 27, 30; first
political essays, 31; noticed by General Greene, 32; introduced
to Washington, 35; first campaign, 36; his personal appearance,
37; appointed aide-de-camp, 39; acts as secretary, 40, 45; mission
to Philadelphia, 46; transactions with Gates, 49, 51; rallies the
army at Monmouth Court House, 63; conciliates the French, 67;
writes on the projected conquest of Canada, 68; essays of Publius,
74; interested in the fate of André, 84, 93; conceives the plan
of a Constitution, 96; marriage, 97; difference with Washington,
98, 104; retires from the staff, and writes the Continentalist, 105;
captures a redoubt at Yorktown, 107, 111; retires from active
service, 112; studies the law, 113; writes in favour of Captain
Asgill, 114; enters Congress, 115; pleads the cause of the army,
118; prepares resolutions on the state of the country, 132;
leaves Congress, 138; practices at the bar, 140; letters of Phocion,
150; opposed to slavery, 162; sent as commissioner to Annapolis,
176; proposes a Convention, 177; delegate from New York, 182;
his great speech, 193; his plan of a Government, 197; recom-
mends a compromise, 202; writes the chief part of the Federalist,
214; attends at Poughkeepsie, 227; his exertions, 231; his
triumph, 234; his advice as to Adams, 246, 247; made Secretary
of the Treasury, 256; duties of his office, 259; his financial
schemes, 261, 264; carries his measures, 284; his view of the
British Constitution, 285, and of the French Revolution, 288;
letter of An American, 294; writes to Washington, 296; his
character of Burr, 299; recommends a declaration of neutrality,
305; protests against the popular reception of Genet, 308; letters
of Pacificus, 316; recommends Jay for the mission to England,
345; subject to groundless charges in Congress, 346; shamefully
calumniated, 347; retires from office, 351; his motives, 354;
assaulted by the mob, 357; urges the ratification of Jay's treaty,
358; made second in command of the army, 372; endeavours to
moderate his party, 379; declares against Adams, 391; differs
from the Federalists on the Tie question, 396, 402; his despon-
dency, 404; his residence at the Grange, 405; loses his eldest
son, 406; opposes Burr's election, 407; challenged by him, 409;
correspondence, 410; accepts the challenge, 415; banquet of the
Cincinnati, 416; his will, 417; his last hours and death, 418,
423; what would have been his conduct now, 436, 441.
HARRISON, COLONEL, Washington's Old Secretary, 40; not equal to
all the duties of the post, 41.
HENRY, PATRICK, declares for Union in the First Congress, 5;
opposes the Constitution, 227; submits to the vote of the
majority, 232.
HOWE, LORD, appears with his fleet before Newport, but is driven
back by a storm, 66.
HOWE, SIR WILLIAM, evacuates Boston, 23; a courteous opponent,
44; advances against Washington, 53; recalled from his com-
mand, 60.
HUDDY, CAPTAIN, murdered by refugees on the English side, 114.
JAY, JOHN, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Conrgess, 182; con-
cerned in the Federalist, 214; made Chief-Justice, 258; sent on
a mission to England, 346; concludes a treaty with Great
Britain, 356.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, prepares the Declaration of Independence, 33;
named Secretary of State, while absent in France, 257; returns
home, 269; his life, character, and opinions, 270, 278; his inter-
view with Hamilton, 279; his own views on finance, 282; his love of
paradox, 283; his attacks upon Hamilton, 284, 287; his sympathy
with the French Revolution, 290; his intrigues, 292; letter of
explanation to Washington, 295; offers to resign, 296; recon-
siders his resolution, 301; opposes neutrality, 305; makes Genet
his confidant, 312; deceived by him, 314; retires from office,
332; his connexion with the press, 337, 339; letter to Mazzei,
342; put forward for the Presidency, 361; elected Vice-President,
362; instigates resistance to the Alien and Sedition Acts, 389;
ties with Burr, 394; inaugurated as President, 403; his submis-
sion to the democracy, 430; his death, 435.
JOHNSON, DR. of Connecticut, expresses his opinion of Hamilton's
conduct in the Convention, 210.
KING, RUFUS, delegate to the Convention from Massachusetts, 179.
KNOX, HENRY, supplies the Americans with artillery, 23; made
Secretary for War, 256; sides with Hamilton, 311; declines to
serve under him, 374.
LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE, joins the American army, 47; stands
firmly by Washington, 55; plans the conquest of Canada, 68;
sends news of the preliminaries of peace, 121; takes part in the
French Revolution, 288, 290.
LEE, GENERAL CHARLES, offers his services to America, 20; captured
by the English, 38; exchanged, 60; his conduct at Monmouth
Court House, 62; his retirement and death, 64, 65.
LEDYARD, ISAAC, writes under the name of Mentor against Hamilton,
155; prevents a gross outrage, 159.
LOUIS XVI., brought a prisoner to Paris, 290; put to death, 303.
LUZERNE, M. DE, applied to by Arnold for an advance of money, 79.
MCHENRY, MR. Secretary for War, 371.
MADISON, JAMES, delegate to the Convention from Virginia, 179;
keeps a record of the proceedings, 192; helps to write the
Federalist, 214; supports the Constitution at Richmond, 227;
opposes Hamilton's measures, 266; letters of Helvidius, 328.
MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN, intercedes for the life of Captain
Asgill, 115.
MARSHALL, JOHN, one of the commissioners to France, 369.
MARTIN, LUTHER, delegate to the Convention from Maryland, 181;
opposes the Constitution, 208, 224.
MASON, GEORGE, delegate to the Convention from Virginia, 181.
MAZZEI, Jefferson's letter to, 342.
MONROE, JAMES, a member of the opposition, 349; minister in
Paris, 367.
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