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Authors: James MacGregor Burns
Armstrong, John,
212-13
Army, U.S.,
124
,
201
,
215
; in Indian wars,
96
,
452
; in Mexican War,
460-4
; in War of 1812,
210-11
,
212-13
,
214
;
see also
Union Army Articles of Confederation,
6
,
23
,
25
,
39
,
85
,
261
; Congress under,
16
,
17
,
43
,
76
,
96
; faults of,
26
,
29
,
44
; proposed Revision of,
28-9
,
34
,
49
,
assembly, freedom of,
55
,
90
,
91
,
130
Astor, John Jacob,
429
Atchison, David R.,
544
Atlantic Monthly, The
,
588
Aupaumut, Capt. Hendrick,
96
Austerlitz, Battle of,
194-5
,
197
Austin, Moses,
454
Austin, Stephen F.,
454
Bache, Benjamin,
108-9
,
122
,
128-9
Back, H. E,
397
Bagley, Sarah,
397-400
Bailyn, Bernard,
117
Baker, Edward Dickinson,
620
Baldwin, James,
527
Baldwin, Luther,
129
Ball, Burgess,
99
Baltimore, Md.,
65
,
259
,
333-4
,
337
,
342
,
380
,
393
,
431
,
469
,
536
,
560
,
592-3
,
604
,
616
,
619
; in War of 1812,
214-15
Baltimore
Patriot
,
513-14
Baltimore
Sun
,
514
banking,
14
,
80
,
285-6
,
295-6
; and federal government,
86
,
424-5
, legislation,
339-40
,
424-6
,
435
; and Panic of 1857,
588-9
; state system,
236
,
344-5
·
373
,
374
,
see also
United States Bank
Bank of New York,
80
Baptists,
7
,
24
,
257
,
373
,
439
,
494-5
,
496-7
,
514
Barber, Benjamin,
140
Barlow, Joel,
297
Barnard, Henry,
505-7
Bayard, James.
232-3
Beaumont, Gustave de,
354
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre G. T,
606
,
609-11
Bee, Gen. Barnard,
610
Beecher, Catharine,
507-8
Beecher, Henry Ward,
546
Belgium,
438
Bellevue, N.Y.C.,
407
Benjamin, Judah,
612-13
Benson, Lee,
373
Benton, Thomas Hart,
208
,
242
,
321
,
327-8
,
343-4
,
358
,
421
,
425
,
458
,
473
,
544
,
560
Berlin,
416
Berlin, Isaiah,
379
Bernard, John,
256
Bestor, Arthur,
442
Biddle, Nicholas,
239
,
335
,
337-9
,
340
,
347
,
361
,
373
,
378
,
445
,
46
,
513
Biddle, Owen,
117
Billings (Adams’s hired man),
106
Bill of Rights,
89-90
,
91
,
125
,
130
,
134
,
141
,
493
,
511
; absence of, in Constitution,
42
,
50
,
51
,
53-5
,
57
,
59
,
60
,
69
; in state constitutions,
60
,
89
,
134
,
511
Birkbeck, Morris,
315-16
Birney, James G.,
468
Bismarck, Otto von,
531
black Americans,
7
,
81
; African culture of,
149
,
387
,
568
; colonization of,
360
,
366-7
,
394
,
468
,
500
,
626
; education of,
111
,
115
; and Emancipation Proclamation,
625-8
; employment of,
406
,
408
,
409
; equal rights for,
510
; inequality of and prejudice against,
114
,
142
,
263
,
356
,
362
,
365
,
383
,
384
,
392-4
,
407
,
410
,
469
,
510
,
519
,
548
,
564
,
572
,
576
,
584-7
,
597
,
623
; leadership of,
149-51
,
387
,
391-2
,
394-5
,
415
; suffrage for,
392
; urban,
80-1
,
114
,
116
;
see also
slavery
Black Hawk,
452
Blackstone, Sir William,
363
Blair, Francis Preston,
326
,
332
,
375
Bledsoe, Albert Taylor,
573
Bliss, George, Jr.,
432
Bloomington, Ill.,
555
,
558
,
622-3
Bogardus, James,
534
book publishing,
588
Boorstin, Daniel,
429
Boston,
7
,
8
,
50
,
235
,
240
,
337-8
,
339
,
361
,
403
,
429-30
,
480
,
508
,
512
,
514
,
518-19
,
529
,
549-550
,
589
: Dickens on,
351
,
352
; as financial center,
220
,
296
; Jubilee of 1826 in,
270
,
273
; politics in,
74
,
161
,
220
,
435-5
,
545
; as port city,
220
,
276
,
373
,
374
,
432
,
536
; religion in,
476
,
483
,
499
; society and culture in,
14
,
220-21
,
222-3
,
355
,
393
,
408-9
,
435-7
,
478
,
481
,
482
,
589
; Washington’s visit to,
73-4
;
see also
New England
Boston
American Herald
,
50
Boston Associates,
292-6
Boston
Courier
,
434
Boston
Daily Times
,
514
Boston
Gazette
,
99
Boston
Independent Chronicle
,
139
,
188-9
Boston
Post
,
514
Boston
Statesman
,
374
Boston
Transcript
,
512
Bowie, James,
455
Bowler, Jack,
149-50
Bozeman, Theodore Dwight,
492
Bradford, David,
98
Bradford, William,
110
Bragg, Braxton,
464
Brant, Irving,
168
Brant, Joseph,
6
Breckinridge, John,
186
Breckinridge, John C,
592
,
597
,
614
Bridger, Jim,
455
Brisbane, Albert,
442-3
British Honduras,
540
Brooks, Preston S.,
552
,
565
,
566
Brown, Jacob,
213
Brown, Joseph,
613
Brown, Moses,
292
Brown, Paul,
442
Brown College,
74
Browning, Orville,
558
Bruchey, Stuart,
433
Bryant, William Cullen,
201
,
547
,
588
,
594
,
596
;
Thanatopsis
,
477
Buchanan, James,
421
,
458
; and Dred Scott decision,
577-8
,
582-3
; in election of 1856,
559-62
; Minister in London,
536
,
538
,
539
; presidency of,
563
,
578-80
,
589
,
591
,
599
,
603
,
606
Buell, Don Carlos,
621
Buena Vista, Mexico,
462
Buffalo, N.Y.,
302-3
,
446
,
470
,
532
Buffalo
Republic
,
547
Bulfinch, Charles,
217
,
220
,
430
,
478
Bull, Ephraim,
529
Bull Run, Battle of,
609-12
,
615
,
623
,
624
Bulwer-Lytton, Henry,
540
Burnet, John,
129
Burns, Anthony,
549-50
Burns, Robert,
223
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose,
621
,
626
Burr, Aaron: duel with Hamilton,
192
,
193
,
196
; and election of 1796,
107-9
; and election of 1800,
145
,
147
,
152-5
,
196
,
230
,
378
; treason trial of,
202-3
; as vice-president,
159
,
192
; western conspiracy of,
196-7
,
319
business,
533-5
; criticism of,
485
; investment in,
531
,
534
; and law profession,
436
; and Panic of 1857,
588-9
; and political parties,
427
,
435-7
,
593
; power of,
347-8
;
see also
capitalism; industry; labor
Butler, Franklin,
371
Butler, Pierce,
413
Byllesby, Langdon,
360
Byron, George Gordon, Lord,
478
Cable, George W.,
533
Cabot, John,
75
Cabot, William,
276
Cadwalader, Gen. George,
619
Calhoun, John C,
427
,
459
,
525-6
; in Congress,
235
,
237
,
240
,
339
,
346
,
425
,
470-1
,
566
,
570
; debate with Webster,
337
; feud with Jackson,
332-3
,
334
,
570
; and nullification,
329
,
330-1
,
333
,
336
,
337
,
544
,
571-3
; presidential ambitions of,
264-5
,
268
,
331
,
333
,
339
,
572
; and secession,
473-4
; as Secretary of War,
239
,
247
,
264
,
332
; South Carolina Exposition of,
329
; as vice-president,
268
,
272
,
322
,
326-7
,
332-3
; and War of 1812,
209
,
328