History of North Carolina: The Federal Period 1783-1860, Volume II, Part 33

Author: Connor, R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950; Boyd, William Kenneth, 1879-1938. dn; Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac, 1878-
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Chicago : New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 432


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Daniel, Joseph J., 158


Davidson College, 369; manual labor, 358 Davie, William R., 10, 13, 25, 49, 51, 360, 385; (portrait), 22


Deaf and Dumb, North Carolina Insti- tution for the Instruction of, 251


Debt, 227 Debts of loyalists held valid, 11


Debts, provision for settlement of, 7; imprisonment for, 257


Declaration of Rights, 43


Decline of Whig party, 288


"Defense," 383


Delegates to the Convention of 1787 (portraits), 22


Depreciation of money, 3


Die used by Bechtler (illustration), 342 "Discipline," 189


Dispute over Tennessee boundary, 73 Distilled turpentine, 338 Distilleries, 335


Distribution of federal surplus revenue among the states, 227


Distribution of negroes, 203 Dividends from bank stock, 106


Dix, Dorothea, 253


Dobbin, James C., 309; (portrait), 256


Dockery, Alfred, 158, 306, 310


Domestic debt, 4; payment of, 115


Douglas, Stephen A., 326 Dred Scott decision, 326 Dudley, Edward B. (portrait), 226


Early banks, 96 Economic conditions, 1800-1836, 83


Economic depression, 335 Economic development, 84, 229


Economic influences, 84


Economic problems at the close of the Revolution, 1 Economic reform, 146 "Edenton Gazette." 375 Edenton judicial district, 66


Educational growth, aversion to taxa- tion checked, 91


Education, 354; in 1815, 101; dearth of capable teachers, 244; early curricu- lum of North Carolina University, 362 Education Society of North Carolina, 390 Edwards, Weldon N., 158 Election of 1800, 54 Vol. II-26


Electoral system, 29 "Elizabeth City Gazette," 376


Ellis, John W., 233, 316; (portrait), 321


Embargo act of 1807, 57


Embree, Elihu, 210


Emmons, Ebenezer, 332


"Enterprise," 62


Episcopalians, 197


Equality in the Senate, 28


Established church, prohibition of an, 145 Evans, Henry, 220


Excise tax, 48


Expenditures, review of, 109


Extension of slavery, 297


Fares, railroads, 238 Farmers, 83; dependent on distant markets, 83 "Farmers' Advocate," 332


"Farmers' Journal," 332


Farms, average size in 1860, 331; value per acre, 331


Fayetteville, 155; session of legisla- ture at, 80


Fayetteville Convention ratifies Consti- tution, 44


"Fayetteville Gazette," 374


"Fayetteville Intelligencer," 375


Fayetteville judicial district, 66 "Fayetteville Observer," 166, 376


Federal Convention, 24


Federal judiciary, 49


Federal politics, 1824-1836, 166-184


Federal relations, 1783-1787, 21-47


Federal surplus revenue, distribution of among states, 227


Federalists, 31, 47


Federalists' policies, reaction against, 49 Federalists' reaction, 51


"54° 40' or fight," 281 Finance, effects of banks on, 117


Financial policy during the Revolution, 12 First Methodist preacher in North Car- olina, 200


First Railway Office in Halifax County (illustration), 229


First republican newspaper, 52


First State House, Burned in (illustration), 81 Fisher, Charles, 158


1831


Floral College, 249, 372


Flour and meal mills. 338


Foote, William H., 383


Force Bill, 181


Forests, 87 Forsythe, Benjamin, 60, 62 Franklin, Benjamin, 17, 26 Franklin, Jesse, 52 Franklin, Meshack, 158 Franklin, State of, 16, 18


402


INDEX


Frauds, Statute of, 261


Freeman, Ralph, 221


Free negroes, 203, 220, 260


Free negro suffrage, 146, 162, 220


Free Soil ticket, 299


Fulton, Hamilton, 94


Fund for Internal Improvements, 94, 113, 136, 228; decline of, 95


Gales, Joseph, 52; (portrait), 53


Gaston, William, 70, 128, 146, 155, 158, 160, 163, 207; (portrait), 131; "Car- olina," 386


Geographical character of the state, 83 Geological survey, 100


Georgia boundary, controversy over, 72


Gerrard, Charles, 76


Gilliam, Robert, 232


Glasgow, James, 68


Glendenning, William, 195


Gold deposits, 340


Gold Piece Coined by Bechtler (illus- tration), 342


Government Mint at Charlotte, 341


Governor, popular election of, 161


Graham, William A., 227, 300; (por- trait), 278


Grand Lodge of the Masonic Order, re- vived, 3


Graves, Calvin, 158, 232


Greensboro Female College, 249, 372


"Greensboro Patriot," 180, 376


Green Hill House (illustration), 188


Halifax, session of legislature at, 80 Halifax County, First Railway Office in (illustration), 229 Halifax judicial district, 66 Hall, John (portrait), 71


Hamilton, Alexander, 47


Harper's Ferry, John Brown raid at, 322 "Hawk," 62


Hawks, Francis L., 379; (portrait), 381


Hawkins, Benjamin, 47


Hawkins, M. T., 148


Haywood, John, 68, 113


Haywood, William H., 155, 228; (por- trait), 282 Hedrick, Benjamin S., 311, 315


Helper, Hinton R., 323 Henderson, Leonard (portrait), 71 Henry, Joseph, 146


"Hero," 62


Hillsboro, chosen for state capital, 80 Hillsboro Convention, 35; made possi- ble ten amendments to Constitution, 45; left open way for later ratifica- tion, 45 Hillsboro judicial district, 66


Hillsborough Military Academy, 357


"Historical Sketches of North Caro- lina," John H. Wheeler, 379


"History of North Carolina," Francis Xavier Martin, 378


"History of North Carolina," Hugh Williamson, 378


Holden, William W., 317, 326; (por- trait), 276


Holt, Edwin M. (portrait), 337


Hooper, William, 141


Hostility, sectional, 148


Hubbard, F. M., 385


Huckaby vs. Jones, 216


Hunter, Humphrey, 185


Illiteracy, 88


Illustrations, The Capitol, frontispiece; Revolutionary and Post-Revolution- ary Currency, 5; Convention Hall, Fayetteville, 44; Congressional Med- al in Honor of Captain Johnston Blakeley, 61; First State House Burned in 1831, 81; Residence of Joel Lane, 81; State Bank Building, Now Rectory Christ Church, Raleigh, 120; State Treasury Notes, 124; Note of Bank of the State of North Carolina, 134; Green Hill House, 188; First Railway Office in Halifax County, 229; Locomotive, R. & G. R. R., with W. W. Vars, President of the Road, 235; Old Alamance Mill, Burlington, 337; Die used by Bechtler, 342; Gold Piece Coined by Bechtler, 342; Salem Temple Acad- emy in 1800, 372; Residence of John Louis Taylor, where Gaston wrote "Carolina," 386


"Impartial Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser," 374


"Impending Crisis," 323


Imprisonment for debt, 257; abolished, 258


Independence of the United States, 1 Indian removal from North Carolina (map), 78


Insane, care of, 253


Instruction of the blind, 253


Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, North Carolina Institution for, 251 Internal Improvements, 96, 156, 225, 227, 236, 294; appropriations for, 92; fund for, 94, 113


Iredell, James, 8, 24, 33, 50, 52, 175, 205, 361, 385; (portrait), 32; opinion on States Riglits, 50


Iron, 341


Jackson, Andrew, 170 Jacksonian democracy, 225


Jefferson, Thomas, 51, 153, 167


John Brown raid at Harper's Ferry, 322


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INDEX


Johnston, Samuel, 8, 31, 35, 42, 47, 52, 361


Jones, James, 210 Jones, Willie, 33, 42; (portrait). 36


Judges, increased to six in 1806, 67


Judicial decisions relating to slavery, 260 Judicial districts, state divided into six, 66


Judicial procedure, bank charters saved from, 129 Judiciary Act of 1801, repeal of, 55


Judiciary and Legislature, controversy between, 9


Keith, Robert, 374 Kentucky resolutions, 51


King, William R., 362 Know Nothing Party, 311


Labor, 338 Land bounties to soldiers, 23


Land grants; offered as inducements to military service, 12


Land policy, 173 Land speculation, 88


I.and tax, 106, 108


Land warrants, validity of, 74


Lands, cheap, 173


Lands, vacant, sales of. 104


Lane, Joel, Residence of (illustration), 81


Lane, Lunsford, 222; (portrait), 223 Lead, 344


Legal reform, 242, 257-262


Legislative reform, 158


Legislative representation, inequality of, 148


Legislature and judiciary, controversy between, 9


Legislature, 80; sessions at Halifax, Tarboro, Smithfield. Fayetteville, Newbern, Salem, Wake Courthouse, 80; biennial sessions of, 161


License taxes. 104


Lincoln, Abrahamn. 329


Literary Board, 125 Literary Fund, 101, 103. 113, 136, 227, / 228, 242; management of, 248 Literary periodicals, 387


Literature. 378


Locating the capital, 80


Locomotive, R. & G. R. R., with W. WV. Vars, President of the Road (il- lustration), 235


"Lovely Lass," 62


Loyalists, Persecution of, 9; treatment of, 10; debts of held valid, 11 Lumber, 338, 339 Lutherans, 186


Macon Bill No. 2, 58 Macon measure might have avoided War of 1812, 58


Macon, Nathaniel, 52, 56, 157, 166, 206, 385


Madison, James, President, 58


Mangum, Willie P., 146, 221; (por- trait), 182


Manly, Charles, 221; (portrait), 290 Manual labor colleges, 358


Manual labor schools, 357


Manufacturers, 334 Manufacturing, from 1840 338


to 1860,


Manumission Society, 210


Maps: Indian removal from Nortlı Carolina, 78; Railroads in North Carolina prior to 1860, 351


Martin, Alexander, 1, 18, 25, 50; (por- trait), 22


Martin, Francis X., 374; "History of North Carolina," 378


Masonic order, Grand Lodge of re- vived, 3


McCaule, Thomas, 185


McRae, Duncan, 316


McRee, Griffith J., 385


Meal mills, 338


Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ- ence, controversy over, 383


Mecklenburg Resolves of May 20, 1775, 382


Methodists, 187; first preacher in North Carolina, 200


Methodist Sunday School, 188


Mexican war, 284; volunteers, 285


Military Reservation, 74


Military schools, 357


Military service, Revolution, land


grants offered as inducements to, 12 Militia, War of 1812, 59


Mineral resources, 340


Mineralogy of North Carolina, 100


"Minerva," 52, 206


Mint, Charlotte, 341


Miscellaneous taxes, 106


Missions, 197


Mississippi river, navigation of, 18


Missouri Compromise, 206, 305 Money depreciation, 3


Money, paper, 4 Moore, Alfred, 361


Moore, Bartholomew F. (portrait), 215 Moravians, 186 Morehead, John M., 158, 266; (por- trait), 269


Morganton judicial district, 66 Morris, Robert, 21 Morrison, Robert H. (portrait), 368


Mt. Pleasant Academy, 249


Murphey, Archibald D., 91, 101, 151, 249, 257, 380; report on education, 101; (portrait), 92


Nationalization, 26 Nat Turner conspiracy, 218 Naval stores, 339


.


404


INDEX


Navigation acts, 28


Navigation of Mississippi river, 18 Newbern Academy, 356


Newbern judicial district, 66


Newbern, session of legislature at, 80 New capitol, construction of, 239


Negroes, free, 203, 220; number and distribution of, 203; legislation, 219 Negro suffrage, 158, 162; free, 146, 220


Neuse river, 85


Newspapers, early, 2; first republican, 52; beginning of partisan press, 53; none in state at close of Revolution, 374


Norfolk Southern Railroad, 350


North Carolina; financial policy during Revolution, 12; Independence of Watauga region from, 15; next to last member to ratify Constitution, 46; in federal politics, 166


North Carolina Baptist Missionary So- ciety, 198


North Carolina Bible Society. 196


"North Carolina Chronicle," 375


North Carolina College, 372


North Carolina delegates to the Con- vention of 1787 (illustration), 22


"North Carolina Gazette." 2, 374, 375 North Carolina Historical Society, or- ganization of, 363


North Carolina Institution for the In- struction of the Deaf and Dumb, 251


"North Carolina Journal," 374, 376


"North Carolina Journal of Education," 247, 391


"North Carolina Medical Journal," 389 "North Carolina Medical Society," 388 "North Carolina Mercury and Salis- bury Advertiser," 375


North Carolina Military Academy, 357 "North Carolina Minerva and Fayette- ville Gazette," 374


"North Carolina Planter," 332


North Carolina Railroad Company, 234, 294, 344 "North Carolina Standard," 275, 316, 377


"North Carolina Telegraph," 377 Nullification, 178


Number of Negroes, 203


Old Alamance Mill (illustration), 337 Oregon question, 281 Osborn, Charles, 210


Outlaw, David, 155 Oxford Female College, 372


Paper currency, redemption of, 48 Paper money, 4, 119; effects on busi- ness, 6


Partisan dissensions, 308


Partisan press, beginning of, 53


Pearson, Jesse A., 150


Peddler's tax, 107


Persecution of Loyalists, 9


Philanthropic Baptist Missionary So- ciety, 197


Pierce, Franklin, 309


Pilmoor, Joseph, 200


Plank roads, 250, 350


Plot for rising of slaves, 218


Policy of issuing bonds begun in 1848, 241


Political conditions at the close of the Revolution, 1-20


Politics: Federalists and republicans, 1790-1815, 47; Federal, 1824-1836, 166-184; in 1836-1847, 263-288; rela- tion of University of North Carolina to, 363


Polk, James K., 280, 362


Poll tax, 106, 108


Pool, John, 322


Population, 153, 185, 204; at the close of the Revolution, 1; exodus to other states, 88


Portraits: John Sevier, 15; James Ire- dell, 32; Willie Jones, 36; Joseph Gales, 53; Supreme Court, 1818, 71; Archibald DeBow Murphey, 92; William Gaston, 131; D. L. Swain, 140; John Branch, 176; Willie P. Mangum, 182; Bartholomew F. Moore, 215; Lunsford, Lane, 223; Governor Edward B. Dudley, 226; Calvin H. Wiley, 246; William D. Cooke, 252; James C. Dobbin, 256; Justice Thomas Ruffin, 261; John M. Morehead, 269; William W. Holden, 276; William A. Graham, 278; Wil- liam H. Haywood, 282; Governor Charles Manly, 290; David S. Reid, 290; George E. Badger, 298; Gov. John W. Ellis, 321; Edwin M. Holt, 337; Joseph Caldwell, 364; Samuel Wait, 366; Robert Hall Mor- rison, 368; Braxton Craven, 371; Francis Lister Hawks, 381.


Post-revolutionary currency, retire-


ment of, 105


Pottle, Brackett, 622


Presbyterians, 185


Present capital, 82


Presidential campaign of 1824, 168; of 1860, 325


President, four year term adopted, 30


Press: beginning of partisan, 53


Printing press, established 1783, 2


Private banks, 135


Privateers, 62


Prohibition movement, first step to- ward, 196


Property, assessment of imperfect, 111 Protection of slaves, 213


405


INDEX


Public accounting, defects in method of, 112 Public debt, 105


Public funds, misappropriation of, 112


Public lands, 316; sale of, 106


Public schools, 242; agitation for, 91; establishment of system, 225


Quakers, 186


Railroad Bill, 234


Railroad conventions, 156


Railroads, 236, 344; state aid to, 97, 230, 239; wooden rails, 230; effects on social life, 237; early history of, 237; fares, 238; prior to 1860 (map), 351 Raleigh, 82, 154


Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, 229, 235, 344


Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, locomo- tive, with W. W. Vars, president of the road (illustration), 235


"Raleigh Minerva," 375


Raleigh Peace Society, 391


"Raleigh Register." 52, 168, 206, 375 "Raleigh Star," 375, 376


Randolph, John, 56


Ratification of Constitution, belated, 45; Hillsboro convention left way open for, later, 45


Rayner, Kenneth, 158 Readjustment after the Revolution, 2


Rectory Christ Church, Raleigh (il- lustration), 120


Redemption of paper currency, 48


Redemption of treasury notes, 137


Reid, David S., 289; (portrait), 290 Reid. John, 150


Religion, 163; provisions of the Con- stitution regarding. 144; develop- ment after revolution. 185; relation of University of North Carolina to, 363


Religious newspapers, 377


Repeal of Judiciary Act of 1801, 55


Representation problem, 160


Representatives, qualifications of, 28 Republican newspaper, first, 52


Republican victory in 1800, 54 Republicans, 47


Residence of John Louis Taylor. where Gaston wrote "Carolina" (illustra- tion), 386


Residence of Joel Lane (illustration), 81


Revenue, federal surplus, distribution among the states, 227


Revivals, 190; of 1800, 190


Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Currency (illustration), 5


Revolutionary currency, 4; redemption of, 114


Revolutionary war, political and social conditions at close of, 1; population


at the close of, 1; economic prob- lems at the close of, 1; readjustment after, 2; North Carolina's financial policy during, 12; land grants offered as inducements to military service, 12; adjustment of Court system after, 66


Rice, 334


"Richmond Family Visitor," 377


Right of eminent domain, 261


Right of search, 57


Right of secession, 306


River navigation, 352; improvement of, 93


River systems, 84 -


Roads, 2; state aid to, 97


Roanoke river, 85


Rogers, Sion H., 310 Ruffin, Thomas, 333; (portrait), 261


Saint Mary's School, 372


Salem Female Academy, 372


Salem, session of legislature at, 80


Salem Temple Academy in 1800 (il- lustration), 372


Sales of vacant lands, 104


Salisbury judicial district, 66 School law of 1839, 242


School system, 101


School tax, 242 Schools : established by Legislature, 90; agitation for public, 91; prior to 1860, 103; establishment of pub- lic system, 225, 242; establishment of. 242; office of superintendent cre- ated, 245; problem of supplying teachers, 247; number in 1860, 248; Dr. Wiley's efforts on behalf of com- mon, 248


Seaboard Air Line, 350


Secession, right of, 306


Second Bank of the United States, 123


Sectional hostility, 148


Sedition laws, 51


Senate, Spaight suggests election of members of by state legislatures, 26; proportion of membership to legis- lature, 26: equality of representa- tion demanded by small states, 26; equality in. 28 Senatorial suffrage. 288


Senators, qualifications of. 28


Sessions of legislature, 80


Settlement of debts, provision for, 7


Sevier, John, 47; (portrait), 15 Shelby, Evan, 19


Silver ore, 343 Sitgreaves, John, 361


Slave trade, 205; adjustment of, 28 Slave value, 318


Slavery. 202; Williamson against, 29: sectional aspect of. 204; religious sentiment against, 208; economic op-


406


INDEX


position to, 208; judicial decisions relating to, 260; extension of, 297; compromise on, 304; vote on, 305


Slaves, value of, 204; protection of, 213; treatment of, 213; plot for ris- ing of, 218; taxed, 318; value of, 318 Smith, Benjamin, 76


Smithfield, session of legislature at, 80 "Snap Dragon," 60


Social conditions at the close of the Revolution, 1-20; 1800-1836, 83


Social development, 229


Social life, effects of railroads on, 237 Social reform, 91


Society of the Cincinnati, 3


Soldiers, land bounties to, 23


Solicitor-general, office created in 1790, 67


Spaight, Richard D., 25, 158; (por- trait), 22; suggests election of mem- bers of senate by state legisla- tures, 26


Specie payment, suspension of by North Carolina banks, 123


Specie, resumption of, 125


State Agricultural Society, organized, 100; foundation of, 332


State aid, 100; to roads, canals, rail- ways, 97, 125; to railroads, 230, 239 State Bank, 103, 137


State Bank of North Carolina, 117, 175 State Bank Building. Now Rectory Christ Church, Raleigh (illustra- tion), 120


State boundaries, 70


State capitol, building of, 109


State Constitution of 1776, revising of, 139


State currency, 4, 116; redemption of, 118; disposed of through co-opera- tion of banks, 119


State debts, assumption of, 47 State dollar, 3


State Fair, 332


"State Gazette of North Carolina," 374


State House, constructing, 80; First, burned in 1831 (illustration), 81; fire, 82; cornerstone laid in 1792, 82 State of Franklin, 16, 18; collapsed, 20 State Treasury Notes (illustrations), 124


State's debt, 227 States Rights, Iredell's opinion. 50


Statesville Female College, 372 State vs. Manuel. 220


State vs. Will, 214 Statue of Washington, 80, 82 Statute of Frauds, 261 Steamboat line, 230 Steele, John, 47. 54, 63 Stokes, John, 361


Stokes, Montford, 151, 153 Stone, David, 59, 64 Store tax, 107


Strange, Robert, 184, 385


Student labor, 358


Suffrage, 26, 139, 143; frec negro, 146, 158, 162, 220; senatorial, 288


Sunday schools, 391; introduced. 188 Superintendent of Common Schools, office created, 245 Superior courts, 67


Supreme Court created, 68


Supreme Court, 1818 (portraits), 71


Supreme Court reform, 259


Suspension of specie payment by North Carolina banks, 123


Swain, David L., 105, 128, 153, 363; (portrait), 140 Swamp lands, 249


Tarboro, session of legislature at, 80 "Tarboroughi Press," 377 Tariff. 178


Tar river, 85


Taxation, 105, 106, 317; reversion to checked educational growth, 91


Taxes, 106, 240; excise, 48; license, 104: land tax, poll tax, bank divi- dends, 108; revenue derived from, 108; methods of assessing, 109; de- fects in method of public account- ing, 112; school, 242; slaves, 318


Tax rate, 106


Tax system, 240 Taylor, John L. (portrait), 71


Taylor, John Louis, residence, where Gaston wrote "Carolina" (illustra- tion), 386


Taylor, William, 145


Teachers, problem of, 247


Tennessee boundary. dispute over, 73


Texas, annexation of, 280


Thomas, William H., 77


Tippecanoe Club of Raleigh, 267


Tipton, John, 19


Tobacco, 334. 338; to be sold and ap- plied to state's quota of continental debt, 6


Trade, 83; demoralized, 7; relations, determined by geography, 83; routes, 86


Transmontane lands. 13


Transportation, condition of in 1899, 84; better means of, issue in 1830, 172; facilities, 344


Treasury notes, redemption of, 109, 137


Treatment of Loyalists, 10


Treatment of slaves, 213


Treaty of Hopewell, 76


Treaty of peace, 9, 24


Treaty of 1799, 52


Trinity College, 249, 370 "True Republican," 376


407


INDEX


Turner conspiracy, 218 Turpentine, 338, 339 Twelfth amendment to the Constitu- tion, 56


Underground Railroad, 211 United States Bank, recharter of, 175 United States, Independence of, 1


"University Magazine," 388


University of North Carolina, 76; founded in 1795, 90; second state university to be chartered in the South, 360; early curriculum, 362; famous alumni, 362; relation to politics and religion, 363


Van Buren, Martin, 263 Vance, Zebulon B., 321 Vars, W. W., 235 Vendor's lien, 261 Veto power, 30 Virginia-Kentucky resolutions, 51


Wait, Samuel (portrait), 366


Wake County, capital located in, 80


Wake Courthouse, session of legisla- ture at, 80


Wake Forest College, 249, 367; man- ual labor, 358


War of 1812, 59; Macon measure might have avoided, 58; effect on North Carolina, 63


Washington, George, 50; statue of, 80, 82 "Wasp," 62 Watauga Association, 12


Watauga region; independence from North Carolina, 15 Watauga Settlement, 11 Watson, Elkanah, 33 "Western Carolinian," 168, 376 Western lands, 11; movement to cede to Congress, 12


Western North Carolina Railroad, 346, 349


Wheat, 334


Wheeler (John H.) "Historical Sketch- es of North Carolina," 379


Whig party, origin of, 171


Whig party, decline of, 288


Wiley, Calvin H., 245, 370, 385; (por- trait), 246


Williamson, Hugh, 4, 13, 25, 29, 46, 47; (portrait), 22; against slavery, 29; "History of North Carolina," 378


Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad, 226, 228, 344


Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, first office (illustration), 229


Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford- ton Railroad, 348


"Wilmington Chronicle and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser," 375 "Wilmington Gazette." 375


Wilmington judicial district, 66


Wilmot Proviso of 1846, 297 Wilson, Frank I., 319


Woman's rights, 259


Wooden rails, 230


Woolen mills, 338


Worth, Daniel, 323


X. Y. Z. Correspondence, 51


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