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Adams and his Cabinet.....

Rank of the Major Generals; Hamilton and Knox...... 242

Defense of New York .....

Yellow Fever ; Duane, of the Aurora

New Treaty with the Cherokees..

Mississippi Territory..

Eastern Boundary of the United States..

Prosecution of Lyon; his Re-election to Congress..... 247

Maryland Election

Gerry's Correspondence with Talleyrand...

The X, Y, Z Explosion ..

Concluding Correspondence between Gerry and Talleyrand 253

Departure of Gerry; Further Concessions by France... 259

Logan at Paris ; Communication opened with Murray... 261

Various Views as to Gerry's Conduct ..

Return of Pinckney; Military Arrangements..

Return of Logan; his Interview with Washington..... 265

Honors to the President......

American Cruisers—their Collisions with the British.... 267

Affairs of St. Domingo..

Squadrons in the West Indies; Private armed Vessels.. 270

Affairs of Gaudaloupe; Capture and Release of Bainbridge 270

Secret History of the Kentucky Resolutions..

Jefferson's original Draught....

Kentucky Resolutions as adopted...

Virginia Resolutions....

Third Session of the Fifth Congress; President's Speech. 277

Secret History of this Speech...

Answer thereto; Logan Act...

Blount's Impeachment.

Documents laid before Congress...

Bills passed; Navy and Army.

Nomination of Murray as Minister to France...

Occasion of that Nomination.....

The President's Motives therefor.....

Made without the Privity of the Cabinet...

Dissatisfaction at it .....

Ellsworth and Henry nominated as Colleagues to Murray 291

Negotiations with Russia, Turkey, and Toussaint ... 292

Davie appointed in place of Henry ..

Activity of Jefferson...

His Letters to Gerry, Pendleton, and Madison..

Lyon in the House-Motion for his Expulsion.... 295

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions not responded to.... 296

Attempt to repeal the Alien and Sedition Laws... 297

Ground of Opposition to the Sedition Law..... . 298

General Considerations on the Law of Libel...

Narrowness of the Objections taken to the Sedition Law. 301

Rules for the Navy ; Navy Hospitals...

Quarantine; Increase of Salaries..

Finances; Revolutionary Balances...

Capture of a French Frigate.....

Reopening of the Trade with St. Domingo....

VIRGINIA, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. REVISION OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY. JUDICIAL DECISIONS.

NULLIFICATION. EMBARKATION OF THE ENVOYS TO

FRANCE. DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL PARTY. COM-

MISSIONS UNDER THE BRITISH TREATY SUSPENDED.

FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTH CONGRESS. DEATH OF

WASHINGTON. INDIANA TERRITORY. NAVAL AFFAIRS.

Election Canvass in Virginia....

Washington's Letter to Patrick Henry.

Washington's estimate of the Opposition...

Elections in Virginia and the Southern States.

Abolition of Slavery in New York..

Manhattan Company..

Connecticut Settlers in Pennsylvania....

306

306

309

310

310

311

312

Fries's Insurrectior...

Assault upon Duane of the Aurora...

Gubernatorial Election in Pennsylvania...

Revised Constitution of Kentucky

Slavery in Kentucky, Maryland, and Pennsylvania... 316

Case of Nash, or Jonathan Robbins...

Case of Isaac Williams-Doctrine of Expatriation. 317

Criminal Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts...

Doctrine of Nullification...

Kentucky Resolutions of 1799...

Madison's Report on State Rights

Monroe Governor of Virginia.

The new Mission to France..

Instructions to the Envoys.

Reverses of the French Republic ...

The President directs the departure of the Envoys.. 323

Breach between the President and his Cabinet..

Objections to the Renewal of the Negotiation.

Reaction against France ....

Good Policy of the Course pursued by the President..

Imputations occasioned by it...

True Character of that Transaction; Parallel of Adams
and Dickinson....

32:3

Commission under Jay's Treaty suspended.

State of the Finances..

Members of the Sixth Congress

President's Speech...

Wolcott's Account of the State of Parties..

Answer to the Speech.....

Death of Washington; his Character..

Great Loss to the Federal Party..

Honors to his Memory... ::

Petition to Congress from colored Men....

Nicholas's Resolution ; John Randolph.

His Letter to the President

The President's Message thereon.

Proceedings in the House.....

Appropriations; Loans and Taxes...

Connecticut Reserve ; Connecticut Gore..

Territory of Indiana..

Sales of public Lands.

Amendment of the Land System..

Government of Indiana...

Mississippi Territory...

Act against Tampering with the Indians..

Unsuccessful Attempt to repeal the Sedition Law ...

Action on the Case of Nash or Robbins ..

Privileges of the Senate; Duane..

Growing Differences among the Federalists .

Dissatisfaction with Adams

Intrigue against him....

Prospects of the Presidential Election.

Plans of the ultra Federalists....

Caucus Nominations

Reduction of the Army ; Navy...

Truxtun engages another French Frigate..

PENNSYLVANIA, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK. STATE

TRIALS. CHANGES IN THE CABINET. STRUGGLE BE-

TWEEN ADAMS AND HIS FEDERAL OPPONENTS. CON

VENTION WITH FRANCE. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

PEMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT TO WASH-

INGTON. SECOND SESSION OF THE SIXTH CONGRESS,

JUDICIARY ACT. PROJECT FOR MAKING BURR PRES.

IDENT. DOWNFALL OF THE FEDERAL PARTY.

Politics of Pennsylvania; Governor M.Kean...

Massachusetts Election.....

New York Election ; Governor Jay..

Trials of Holt and Cooper...

Second Trial of Fries; his Pardon....

Trial of Callender....

Rush's Verdict against Cobbett

Cobbett's Revenge ; his English Career....

Changes in the Cabinet ; Character of Pickering.

Wolcott; Reconstruction of the Cabinet..

The Dismissals justified......

Progress of the Intrigue against Adams.

Retort of Adams; the Essex Junto.

Qualified Truth of Adams's Charges

The Tench Coxe Letter; Adams and the Pinckneys...

Hamilton's Pamphlet against Adams...

Envoys to France; their cordial Reception...

Obstacles to the Negotiation.

Convention as agreed to...

Presidential Electors...

Removal of the Seat of Government to Washington.... 391

Burning of public Offices .....

Second Session of the Sixth Congress-President's Speech 395

Resignation of Wolcott; State of the Treasury..

Poverty of Wolcott and Pickering..

Monument to Washington ..

Modified Ratification of the French Convention.

Captures of French Cruisers...

French Convention as finally Ratified..

New Judiciary Act ..

Appointment of Judges.

Tie between Burr and Jefferson in the Electoral Colleges 402

State of Parties in the House of Representatives... 402

Project for making Burr President ..

Hamilton's opposition to it.....

The Project persevered in...

Protracted Balloting in the House..

Great Excitement ...,

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