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Callava, Don José, a Spanish commissioner. 324.
Campbell, Hugh, 193, 194. Canada. 21, 27, 62, 78, 120, 143, 201, 212 .. Caraccas, 182, 190. Carmagnole, term applied to D'Yrujo, 87. Carmichael, William, 66, 67; re- ceives instructions from Jef-
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ferson, 53-54, 55-56 ; appoint- ed commissioner plenipoten- tiary in Spain, 57 ; instructions from Jefferson to, 58; leaves Spain, 59. Carolina, 34.
Carolinas, the, 40.
Carondolet, Marquis of, 174; writes of Western settlements, 54-55 ; asks aid against Genet, 62 ; excuses delay in transfer- ring posts, 77-78. "Carron," the, 206, 208.
Cartagena, 207, 218, 231, 234.
Castlereagh, Lord, 202, 253, 278, 279.
Cedar Keys Bay, 24.7.
Cevallos, Don Pedro, 100, 105, 109, 112, 116, 149, 168, 215, 218, 277 ; statement to Pinck- ney not justifying Louisiana purchase, 115; refuses to ap- prove treaty submitted by Pinckney, and transfers nego- tiations to Washington, 156- 157; discusses terms with Monroe, 158-159 : grants full power to De Onis to treat, 271-272.
Charles I, 34.
Charles V, 75, 120, 179, 276.
Charleston, 18, 60.
Charlotte, Fort, 202.
Chase, Samuel, 263.
"Chasseur," the, 225.
Chattahoochee River, 33, 96, 229.
Cherokees, the, 41.
Chickasaw Bluff ( Memphis), 35, 68.
Chickasaws, the, 41, 203. "Childers," the, 208.
Chili, 302.
Choctaws, the, 41, 203, 230.
Christian, Pass, 202, 230.
Cincinnati, 34.
Claiborne, William Charles Cole, 119, 120, 137, 160, 174, 186, 187 ; named governor of Lou- isiana, 118; receives orders to dismiss Spanish officials, 161- 162: warned by Jackson against Wilkinson. 172-173 ; organizes government of West Florida for United States, 184-185.
Clark, George Rogers, 48, 61, 62, 63, 64, 74, 171.
Clarke, General Elijah, 51, 61, 79 ; disturber on Florida bor- der, 63-64. Clay, Henry, 262, 265, 305. 309. 321; denounces course of Jackson in debate. 259-261: attacks administration for failure to recognize South American colonies, 281 ; at- tacks treaty of 1519, 319-320. Clinch, Colonel Duncan L., 229, 230.
Cobb, William C., 265 ; opens 25 .
discussion concerning execu- tion of Arbuthnot and Am- brister, 256-259; introduces three amendments, 259.
Cobbett, William, sketch of, 85- 86; reviles D'Yrujo, 85-87; charged with libel, 87.
Coffee, General William, 210.
Colorado River, 147, 148, 149, 158, 159, 162, 168, 272, 276.
Columbia River, 305.
"Comet," the, 225.
Cook, white man captured by Jackson, 249. Copenhagen, 260.
Coppinger, Don José, governor of Florida, 323, 324.
Cow Ford, 192.
Crawford, William H., 192, 240, 241, 265, 267, 270, 303, 330; opposes Adams in cabinet, 304-305.
Creeks, the, 223, 228, 251, 254, 261. 286; treaty with Georgia, 38-39 ; treatment of, by pion- eers, 40-41; treaty with Unit- ed States, 49-50; futile,
51-52 ; war upon Unit- ed States, 203; destroy Fort Mimms, 203; routing of, by Jackson, 203-204; join the Seminoles, 227.
Crozat, Antoine, 120.
Cuba, 16, 100, 133. 141, 142, 182, 189, 205, 221.
Culvo, Marquis de Casa, 161. Cumberland River, 201.
Cumberland settlements, 47.
DANIELS, a sailor, 289.
Decatur, Commodore Stephen, 265.
Delassus, Don Carlos Debault, 183.
Delaware River, term applied to the Mississippi, 94.
Del Norte River. See Rio del Norte.
De Onis. See Onis, de.
Dickinson, John, a member of continental congress. 21. Dover cutter, seized by Spanish, 68. Doyle, Edmund, 251.
Drake, Sir Francis. 36. D'Yrujo. See Yrujo, Marquis Casa d'.
EAST FLORIDA. See Florida, East.
East Indies, 207.
Eaton, John H., senator from Tennessee. 313.
Ellicott, Andrew, 78, 84: com- missioned to run Florida boundary line, 76; stirs trou- ble, 76 ; D'Yrujo complains of, 77: statement of, regarding extent of Louisiana. 137-13S. Elliott, a colonial governor, 34.
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Enghien, Duc d', 260.
England, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 48, 49, 53, 56, 58, 59, 62, 65, 66. 72, 74, 80, 83, 86; 106, 107, 108,
112, 115, 138, 141, 142. 150,
151, 170, 175. 183, 187, 211, 214, 219, 221, 224, 227, 228, 248, 252, 260, 268, 271, 281, 296, 297, 304, 312, 313, 326, 328, 330; warned against ac- quisition of Louisiana and Florida, 54; Spain tires of al- liance with, 69-70 ; declares war against Spain, 71; at wat with Spain, 79; proposed alli- ance of, with United States against France and Spain, 87- 89; failure of scheme, 90-91; determines boundaries of East and West Florida, 143-144; plan of alliance of Unit- ed States with, frustrated, 161; prospect of war with, 177 ; possibility of occupation of Florida by, 178 ; declaration of war against, 197 ; probabil- ity of occupation of Florida by, 200; mastery of, over Spain, 204-205; assisted by authorities in East Florida against United States, 205; seizure of Pensacola by, un- der Nicholls, 205-206 : rumor of cession of Florida to, 218 ; assumption of Jackson regard- ing, 246 ; indignation in, over course of Jackson. 253-254; Russia withdraws Spain from, 273; relations of Spain with, 274-275; offers to mediate be- tween Spain
and United States. 278-279 ; policy of, as to South American colonies, 280; opinion in, regarding Jackson campaign, 295; re- quested to join United States in recognizing South Ameri- can colonies. 301-303. See also Great Britain.
Eppes, John W., senator from Virginia, 265.
Erie, Lake, 29.
Erving, George W .. 176. 180, 252, 255, 258, 265, 266, 267,
271, 285, 286, 307 ; quits Ma- drid, 214-215 ; named minister to Spain, 215 ; writes concern- ing attitude of Spain toward United States, 272-273; con- cerning Russian-Spanish un- derstanding, 273-274 : concern- ing relations of Spain with other European powers, 274- 275; negotiates with Pizarro, 275 ; describes Spanish council of state, 276 : writes concern- ing . favorable attitude of Spain, 278: out of patience with De Onis, 278; Adams writes to, concerning Eng-
land's offer to mediate, 279; describes character of Pizar- ro and D'Yrujo, 296; an- nounces propitious time for making treaty, 296-297 ; ad- vises seizure of Florida, pend- ing negotiations, 305; sends information concerning land grants in Florida, 309; suc- ceeded by Forsyth, 310.
Escambia River, 210, 244. Estafanos, José, 226. Estrada, governor of Florida, 197. Europe, 19, 54, 56. 57, 58, 68, 96. 107, 140. 148, 150, 176, 181, 189, 199, 202, 205, 206, 211, 218, 220, 221, 227, 293, 294, 295, 303, 315, 316, 326, 328; excitement in, over course of Jackson, 252-203; favors Spain against colonies, 281.
Eustis, General William, 192.
"FAIRY," the, 225.
Fatio, Philip, 86.
Fauchet, Jean Antoine Joseph, 62, 70. Fayetteville, 244.
Ferdinand VII, 179, 180, 181, 183, 199, 202, 213, 215, 216, 217.
Fernandina, 191, 195, 234, 235 ; surrender of, demanded by Ashley, 193; surrendered to patriots, 194 ; delivered to Am- ericans, 194; captured by MacGregor, 232 ; surrendered to Americans by Aury, 236.
Flint River, 29, 33, 229, 237.
Florida (Floridas, the), 21, 22, 23, 24, 34, 35, 39. 40, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54. 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 78, 79, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 124, 125, 136, 137.
142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 159, 169, 161, 162, 163, 164, 175, 186,
187, 190, 191, 192, 193. 194,
205, 207, 210, 227, 228, 231, 232,
212, 216. 223,
233, 236,
239, 240, 243,
246, 247, 251,
268, 279.
281, 282, 283, 284,
285, 289, 291, 294, 301, 308. 310, 313, 314, 318. 319, 1329, 330 ; importance of, 9; diplo- matic history of, neglected. 9 ; sources. 9-10. General char- acter of early history of. 15- 16 ; attacked by southern colo- nists, 16 ; ceded to Great Brit- ain, 16; loyal to England dur- ing Revolution, 17; traded for Jamaica to Spain. 18-19: a !- lotted to Spain in peace nego- tiations, 30: northern boun- dary of, 31-32; complaints against American settlers, 37-
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38; continuous border dis- turbances, 41; rumors of pro- posed conquest of, 42; com- missioner to run boundary line, 76; violations of Spanish territory in, 84-85; United States fears cession of, to France, 98-99; United States decides to purchase, 100;
letter . of Pinckney, pro-
posing to purchase, 100- 104; not ceded to France, 105-106 ; Jefferson sends spec- ial mission to negotiate pur- chase of, 106-107; Pinckney renews offer to purchase, 107- 108; refusal of Spain, 108- 109; Napoleon in relation to. 109-110 ; plan of United States to purchase from France, 111- 112 ; circumstances favorable, and overtures continued, 115- 117; Talleyrand on extent of, 138-140 ; extent of, under Spain. 141; Jefferson secures appropriation for purchase of, 165 ; move unpopular, 165-166 ; Napoleon desires Spain to sell, 176: Bowdoin advises seizure of, 176-177; terms of- fered to Spain under prospect of war with England, 177; possibility of occupation of, by England, 178; Foronda com- plains of violation of Spanish sovereignty in, 179-180; ex- tent of authority of United States in, 188; Barnabue pro- tests against occupation of, 189 ; Spain unable to maintain order in, 199; probability of occupation of, by England, 200; Westerners rejoice at projected seizure of, 200-201; Jackson sets out . for, with Tennessee volunteers, 201: Jackson ordered to return, 201-202; joint commission to St. Petersburg to discuss question of, 202; Jackson pre- pares to invade, 204: incur- sions into, from Georgia, 211; Morris suggests possibility of purchase of, 217-218; rumor of cession of, to England, 218 ; De Onis discusses boundaries of, 221-222; negotiation be- tween Monroe and De Onis concerning, 272 ; negotiations between Pizarro and Erving concerning, 275; demand of Adams that Spain maintain sufficient force in, 287-288 ; invasion of, justified by Adams, 288; Pizarro com- ments upon Jackson's inva- sion of. 295; reoccupied by Spain, 298 ; United States de- mands cancellation of land- grants in, 300; cession of, de-
manded by United States as satisfaction for claims, 300 ; Adams recommends provision- al seizure of, 303-304; Erving advises seizure of. pending ne- gotiations, 305 ; ceded to Uni- ted States in treaty of 1819, 307; DeOnis and Adams dis- cuss question of land-grants in, . 309 ; statement of Jack- son regarding, 320-321; Jack- son appointed governor of, 323 ; Jackson's conduct in, 324-325; justice of acquisi- tion of, by United States con- sidered, 326-328. Sce also Florida. East, and Florida, West.
Florida, East, 73, 101, 110, 111, 141, 145, 146, 147, 148, 168. 179, 190, 196, 217, 221, 222, 224. 231, 240, 242, 244, 271, 276, 284, 319, 324; D'Yrujo protests against United States legislating in. 124; boundary of. as determined by England, 143-144; conditions in, as found by Matthews, 191; plan of Matthews to annex to Uni- ted States, 191-192 ; insurrec- tion in, against Spain, 192; establishment of republic in, by revolutionists, 193 ; patri- ots of, refuse to retire at American demand, 197; seiz- ure of British ships in, 197; right of United States to oc- cupy, 198 ; senate declines to countenance seizure of, 201; orders issued for evacuation of. 202-203 ; authorities of, as- sist English against United States, 205; delivery of, to United States. 323. See also Florida.
Florida. West. 27. 29, 31, 32, 34. 85. 38, 73, 101, 103, 110, 111, 147, 148, 150, 156, 168, 174, 176, 190, 191, 198, 200. 203. 217. 218, 255, 271, 282, 319, 326; D'Yrujo protests against United States assum- ing authority over, 124; right of United States to, 124-126 ; right of Spain to, 136-138; question considered, 141-145 ; boundary of, as determined by England. 143-144; Jefferson and Madison, on ownership of, 144; Livingston advises Madison to seize. 146: news from, reaches Jefferson, 160- 161 ; people of, seek liberation from Spanish government,
177-178 ; revolt against Spain in, 182-184 ; insurgents ask for annexation to United States, 184; United States takes pos- session of. 184; insurgents of, overcome, 195-186 ; debate in
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senate concerning, 187; right of United States to, 188-189 ; disposition of, by Congress, 199; invasion of, by United States, 202; DeOnis discusses right of Spain to, 221-222; further arguments concerning ownership of, 224-225; Jack- son provides government for, 250. See also Florida.
Florida Blanca, Count de, 26, 28. Folch, governor of Florida, 186, 187, 188, 190.
Foronda, Valentine de, succeeds D'Yrujo. 168 ; complains of ir- regularities in south and southwest, 179-180.
Forsyth, John, 314, 318, 321; succeeds Erving, 310; de- mands ratification of treaty, 310 ; Adams sends instructions to, 311-312.
Foster and Elam vs. United States, 189. Fowltown, 237, 238, 247, 252, 290. 292.
Fox River, 184.
France, 21, 25, 33, 43, 44, 45, 52, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 86, 98, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 111, 116, 118, 119, 120, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 146, 152, 153, 155, 159,
160, 166, 171, 175, 187, 221, 224, 225, 271, 275, 313, 326,
327, 328, 330; unfavorable designs respecting America, 28-29 ; position of, in boun- dary disputes between United States and Spain, 29-30; pro- poses to assist Spanish-Amer- ican colonies, 57-58 ; proposed alliance of United States with England against Spain and, 87-89; failure of scheme, 90- 91; takes advantage of Spain, 95-96; secures Louisiana, 108 ; motives therefor, 110; trans- fers Louisiana to United States, and protest of Spain, 112-113 ; statement of case. 113-115 ; gives construction of Louisiana purchase treaty, unfavorable to United States, 133-136; in Family Compact of the Bourbons, 141-142; sides with Spain in Louisiana boundary dispute, 148; Span- ish rejection of treaty propo- sitions owing to French coun- sels, 150; policy thereof, 151; hostile to United States in Spanish negotiations. 158 : opinion in, regarding Jack- son's campaign, 294-295 ; anx- ious to secure settlement be-
tween Spain and United States, 296-297. 'Francis, or Hillis Hago, an In- dian prophet, 228, 245, 248, 260. Francisville, 185.
Franklin, Benjamin, 23, 26. Fromentin, Judge Elgin, quar- rel of Jackson with, 324.
GADSDEN, Fort, 244.
Gadsden, Lieutenant James, 249, (Captain) 250, 262, 266. Gaines, General Edmund, 229, 230, 237, 238, 240, 244, 251, 277, 290.
Gallatin, Albert, 160; member of joint commission to go to St. Petersburg, 202; writes of opinion in France regarding Jackson's campaign, 294-295. Galpington, treaty of (1785), 38. Galveston, 234, 278, 313.
Garcon, a Choctaw chief, 231.
Gardoqui, Diego, Spanish min- ister, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44; re- ports to Spanish court con- cerning Mississippi, 56 ; treats with United States commis- sioners, 59; conduct of, in United States, 213-214.
Garret, Mrs., killed by Indians, 289.
Gayoso, governor of Louisiana, 68, 76, 78.
Genet, Edmond Charles, 171; arrival of, in America, 60; designs of, 60-62 ; failure of, 62 ; results of work of, 63-64. George II, 31.
Georgia, 17, 29, 31, 34, 41, 51, 60, 61, 63, 79, 85, 93, 123, 152, 192, 197, 209, 211, 220, 222, 227, 228, 236, 241, 244, 250, 255, 310, 321, 327 ; position of, during Revolution, 18; makes treaty with Creeks. 38-39; in- cursions into Florida, 39 ; or- ganizes government in Span- ish territory, 39-40; resolves to occupy East Florida, 198. Gerry, Elbridge, 89.
Ghent, treaty of, 247, 251, 286, 319.
Gibraltar, 21, 24, 26, 96, 153, 259.
Godoy, Don Manuel de, 58, 59, 66, 73, 75, 179. Gough, Reverend Thomas, 215. Grand Pré, 19. Grandpré, Louis, 184.
Great Britain, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 31, 32, 54, 58, 65, 68, 72, 73, 89, 90, 106, 110, 111, 112, 113,. 114, 116, 117, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 141. 144, 170, 177, 178, 184, 212, 221, 227, 240, 245, 253, 254, 25%. 273, 279, 280, 281, 286, 288,
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290, 297, 301, 303, 308. See also England.
Green, Thomas, 40.
Guadeloupe River, 161.
Guillemard, -- , a Spanish engineer, 77.
Guioso. See Gayoso.
Gunn. James, 90.
Gutierres de Lara, Bernardo, 211, 219.
HAMBLY, William, 251.
Hamilton, Alexander, 64, 88,
173, 174, 325 ; seeks to become leader in liberation of South America, 89-90; failure of scheme. 90-91.
Hammond, Samuel, 61.
Hancock, John, 17.
Harmar, General Josiah, 43.
Harper, Robert G., 89.
Harris, General, of Georgia militia, 211. Hartford, 241.
Havana (the Havanna), 38, 1:36, 141, 142, 169, 186.
Havre de Grace, 68.
Hawkins, Colonel Benjamin, 227, 236. Henderson, General Pleasant, 39.
"Hermes," the, 206, 207, 208.
Herrera, Joseph Manuel de, 218, 234.
Hillis Hago. See Francis.
Himollemico, 248, 260. Holland, 70.
Holmes, John, representative from Massachusetts. 259.
"Hornet," the, sloop of war, 310. Horseshoe, battle of, 204.
Houston, Sam, 170.
Howard, Benjamin, 196.
Howe. General Robert, 17.
Hubbard, - sheriff of New York, 234.
Hudson River, term applied to Mississippi, 94.
Humbert. Jean Joseph Amable, 211. 219.
Humphreys, David, 91, 95. Huron, Lake, 29.
IBERIAN Peninsula, 204.
Iberville River, 53, 127. 129,
130, 131, 138, 140, 143. 188.
Illinois River, 29, 84, 139.
Indiana Territory, 137, 183.
Indians, treatment of, by pio- neers, 39-41 ; drilling of, into British soldiers, 207.
Ingersoll, Jared, 154.
JACKSON, , newspaper ed- itor, accuses D'Yrujo of at- tempted bribery, 166-167.
Jackson, Andrew, 62, 228, 281, 284, 292, 295, 298, 303, 304, 310; relations with Aaron Burr, 170; warns Claiborne
against Wilkinson, 172-173; sets out for Florida with vol- unteers, 201; ordered to re- turn, 201-202; annihilates Creek nation, 203-204; pre- pares to invade Florida, 204; provokes quarrel with govern- or of Pensacola, 204; unsuc- cessful attack of Nicholls upon, 207-208 ; issues procla- mation, 208-209; storms Pen- sacola, 209; at New Orleans, 210; permits Gaines to over- awe occupants of Negro Fort.
229 ; assumes command against Seminoles. 238-239; real object of, 239; famous letter of, to Monroe, 240 ; his- tory of letter according to, 241-242 ; responsibility. of ad- ministration for acts of, 242- 243 ; assembles army in Ten- nessee, 244; disregard of in- ternational law by, 244-245 ; characteristic order of, to Mc- Keever, 245-246; pursues In- dians to St. Marks, 246 ; inac- curate assumptions of. 246; seizure of St. Marks by, 247- 248 ; captures Arbuthnot, 248 ; hangs Francis and Himollemi- co, 248-249 ; is baffied in at- tack upon headquarters of Bo- leck, and places blame upon Arbuthnot. 249 ; captures Am- brister, 249 ; provides govern- ment for West Florida, 250; trial and execution of Arbuth- not and Ambrister under, 250- 252; responsibility of, for their death, 252; excitement in Europe over course of, 252- 253; indignation in England over, 253-254; enters Pensa- cola, 254-255 ; correspondence of, with Rabun, 255 ; debate in congress respecting course of, 256-264: false prin- ciple of, 257; summary of arguments against, 261-262; letter of, to secretary of war, 262; defenders of, 262-263; popular feeling with, 263-264; sustained in house, 264; re- port in senate unfavorable to, 264; threats of, against his opponents. 264-265; flatterers of, 263-266 ; sample of letters to, 266; statement of Parton concerning debate, 267; dis- cussion of course of, in cab- inet, 267-270 ; DeOnis protests to Adams against course of, 282-283; Spain demands rep- aration for injuries inflicted by, 285-286; Adams justifies invasion of Florida by, 287- 288, and execution of Arbuth- not and Ambrister by, 291; Monroe and Calhoun write to,
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293-294; Bagot's opinion of, 296; writes concerning Span- ish breach of faith, 313-314; statement of, regarding Tex- as and Florida, 320-321; ap- pointed governor of Florida, 323; quarrel of, with Fro- mentin. 324; conduct of, as governor, 324-325: justice of course of, in Florida consid- ered, 32S.
Jackson. Fort, 204, 229; treaty of. 204, 227, 236, 247, 260, 261, 286.
Jacksonville, 38, 192.
Jamaica, traded to England for Florida, 19.
Jaudenes, M. de, a Spanish rep- resentative, 64, 66.
Jay, John, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30. 36, 68; ambassador to Madrid, 19: sees advantages of treaty with Spain, 43-44; argues with Gardoqui, 44; recommends treaty for term of years. 44-46; asserts right to Mississippi, 46-47; Spain declines treaty, 47.
Jay treaty, 70, 71, 73, 79, 86, 89. Jefferson, Thomas, 49, 57, 59, 60, 63, 64, 67. 74, 93, 109, 119, 121, 124, 125, 168, 178, 185, 188, 293, 322, 325; argues right to navigate Mississippi, 52-53; instruction to Carmi- chael, 53-54, 55-56 ; curious argument of, 56; instructs Carmichael and Short. 58 ; sends special mission to ne- gotiate purchase of Florida and Louisiana, 106-107 ; opin- ion of. in West Florida con- troversy, 144 ; writes on Mis- sissippi and the Floridas, 151- 152 ; consults with cabinet and others respecting treaty with Spain, 159-160; receives news from disputed territory, 160- 161 ; his plan of alliance with England frustrated. 161 ; de- cides to appeal to France for help. 161: orders Governor Claiborne to dismiss Spanish officials. 161-162 ; submits
propositions of France to Con- gress, 163; breaks with Ran- dolph, 164; secures appropria- tion for purchase of Florida, 165; move unpopular, 165-
166 ; relation of. to conspir- acy of Aaron Burr, 173-174 ; advocates war with Spain, 175. Jena, battle of, 176. 181.
Johnson. Richard M., 262, 321. Jones, William, 85.
KALB, Johann de. 257. Kanawha River, 29. Kemper, Nathaniel, 174.
Kemper. Reuben, 186.
Kentucky, 47, 60, 61, 62. 64, 94.
95, 119, 137, 172, 174, 219, 220, 244, 321 ; proposes to de- clare her independence, 42 ; press of, supports West Flori- da revolutionists, 183; pro- clamation of Nicholls to peo- ple of, 206.
King, Rufus, 88, 89, 157.
King, Colonel William, in Jack- son's army, 250.
Knoll. John, 85.
Knox, Henry, 40, 41, 51.
LACOCK, Abner, 241, 264, 265. La Fayette, Marquis de, 30, 52, 259.
Lafitte, Jean, 207.
Lanans, post, 169.
Laussat. Peter Clement, French envoy, 119, 137.
Laval, Major Jacint, 194.
Law, John, 120.
Lawrence, Major William, 207. Lexington, 17.
Lincoln, Levi, 92.
Liston, Robert. 83, 84, 89. Livingston, Edward. 154.
Livingston, Robert R., 26, 105, 106. 134, 138, 151, 160, 176, 325 ; receives instructions re- specting Louisiana, 104; re- specting purchase of Florida and New Orleans. 109-112 ; re- ceives from Madison Ameri- can construction of Louisiana purchase treaty, 126-133 ; ad- vises Madison to seize West Florida. 146.
London, 69, 86, 88, 89, 117, 157, 159, 161, 205, 228, 246, 247, 253, 288, 295, 299.
Loomis, Jairus, 230.
Lopez, Don José, 193, 194.
Louis XIV. 120.
Louis XV. 120.
Louis XVI. 58.
Louisiana, 21, 35, 37, 52, 53, 54, 58, 60, 61. 62. 63, 64, 70, 78, 79, 84. 89, 90, 91, 117, 124, 125, 149, 150, 151, 152, 157, 162, 163, 165, 169, 174, 175, 182, 183, 199, 205, 209, 211, 218, 220, 224, 225, 273. 276, 308. 321. 325: United States
fears cession of, to France, 98- 99; letter of Pinckney, pro- posing to purchase part of, 100-104: Jefferson sends spe- cial mission to negotiate pur- chase of. 106-107: ceded to France, 108 : Napoleon in re- lation to. 109-110 ; motives of France . in securing, 110; Spain protests against trans- fer of, to United States, 112- 113; statement of case, 113- 115: formal transfer of pos- session to United States, 118-
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120 ; previous owners, 120;
belief that it would revert to
Spain, 121 ; Madison on Amer-
ican construction of treaty of
purchase, 126-133; Madison
on French construction of same, 134-136 ; arguments of Spain respecting same, 136- 138 ; Talleyrand on ex-
tent of, 138-140; question
considered, 141-145 ; all. boun- daries uncertain, 146 ; Monroe
advises bold course in negoti- ations respecting boundaries of, 146-147 ; western boundary of, discussed by Monroe and Cevallos, 15S-159 ; news from, reaches Jefferson. 160-161 : eastern boundary of state of, 188 ; proclamation of Nicholls to people of, 206 ; DeOnis dis- cusses boundaries of, 221-222 : justice of acquisition of, from France considered. 326.
Louisiana, West. 128, 129.
Luengo, Don Francisco Casa y, 240, 287.
Luzerne, Chevalier de la, 30.
MACDONALD, Colonel James, 211.
MacGregor, Gregor, 288; cap- tures Fernandina. 232 ; char- acterization of. 232-233 ; sails for New Providence, 234.
McGillivray (half-breed). 39; makes treaty with United States, 49-50 ; has secret un- derstanding with United States, 50 ; stipulations of treaty of, never carried out, 51-52.
McIntosh, General John H., 38, 192, 193. 194, 222, 250.
Mckean, Joseph B., 87, 154. McKee, Colonel John, appointed commissioner for the Flori- das, 188; instructions to, 190- 191.
Mckeever, Captain. Isaac, 245, 247, 24S.
McMinns, Joseph, governor of Tennessee, 266.
McQueen, Peter, 245.
MACOMB, General Alexander, 261.
Madison, James. 66. 93. 98, 105, 106, 122, 137, 146, 148, 151, 152, 158, 159, 160, 166, 184, 185. 192, 198, 199. 202. 309. 325; writes on importance of Mississippi. 94-95: instruc- tions to Pinckney, respecting Florida, 116 ; respecting Lou- isiana purchase, 117-118 : gives American construction of treaty, 126-133; writes to Armstrong respecting French construction of treaty, 134- 136 ; opinion of, in West Flor-
ida controversy, 144; instruc- tions about resorting to force, 149: sends instructions to Armstrong and Bowdoin, for negotiating treaty with Spain, 168 ; sends new instructions, 169; protests against Span- ish hostilities in southwest, 170; refuses invitation of Na- poleon for United States to participate in war against England, 179; asks congress for authority to occupy the Floridas, 186 ; congress grants authority to, and he appoints. commissioners to carry out the law, 187-188; disavows acts of Matthews, 196; pre- pares to forestall England in occupation of Florida, 200. Madrid, 19, 20, 22, 56, 57, 58, 59, 67, 68, 69, 70. 71, 93, 94, 95, 105. 106, 116, 117, 125, 135, 139, 147, 148, 149, 150, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 166, 176, 179, 180. 182, 215, 217, 271, 272, 273, 275, 277, 2SS, 310, 312, 314. Maine, 319.
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