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Monterey, Calif.,
455
,
461
,
472

Montesquieu,
28-9
,
225
,
368

Montreal,
208
,
210
,
212-13

Moody. Paul,
292
,
293-4

Mooney, William,
82

Moore, Alfred,
185

Moore, Barrington,
411-12

Moore, Glover,
243

morality,
143-4
,
225
,
491
,
498
, and education,
502
,
509-10
; in foreign affairs,
195
,
252-4
; and the poor,
435

Moravians,
289-90
,
439

Morgan, Edmund S.,
257

Morgan, William,
334

Morgenthau, Hans,
254

Morison, Samuel Eliot,
219

Mormons,
499-500

Morris, Gouverneur,
35
,
39
,
54
,
56
,
71
,
184

Morris, Robert,
31
,
35
,
54

Morse, Samuel Finley,
430-1

Morton, Louis,
256

Mott, Frank Luther,
514

Molt, James,
401

Mott, Lucretia,
400-2
,
412
,
414

Muhlenberg, Frederick,
104

Muir, John,
526

Murray, Lindley,
527

Naples,
172
,
248-9

Napoleon I, Emperor,
153
,
194
,
203
,
213
,
232
,
244
,
271
; and Louisiana Purchase,
172-7

Napoleonic wars,
172
,
176
,
194-5
,
197-9
,
204-6
,
212
,
216
,
234
,
251
,
295
,
445
,
618

Nashville, Tenn.,
299
,
319
,
321-2
,
621

Nasson, Samuel,
51

Natchez, Miss.,
197
,
284-5
,
300
,
302

national character,
see
American national character

National Gazette
,
90
,
93

national security,
141
,
203
,
209
,
215
; and liberty,
253-4

nativism,
547-8
,
553-4
,
559
,
560
,
565
,
594
,
599

Naturalization Act (1798),
126
,
127

natural resources, waste of,
485
,
529-30

nature,
489
,
491
; Emerson on,
481-2
,
489
; and Thoreau,
485-7
,
489

Navy, U.S.,
124
,
166
,
196
,
201
,
215
,
235
; in Civil War,
615
,
617-18
,
621-2
; in Mexican War,
461-3
; in War of 1812,
210
,
211
,
212-14
,
216
,
233

Nebraska,
543-9
,
556-9

Nedham, Marchamont,
118

Nelson, Adm. Horatio,
125
,
195

Nevada,
464

Nevins, Allan,
526-7
,
532
,
560
,
607

Newark, N.J.,
129
,
406

New Bedford, Mass.,
220
,
393
,
541

Newburyport, Mass.,
75
,
220
,
222

New England,
6
,
24
,
25
,
71-6
,
234
,
240
,
366
,
392
,
475
,
485
,
488
,
497-8
,
507
,
540
,
594
; agriculture in,
72-3
,
279-82
,
410
,
450
,
529
; commerce of,
201
,
217-22
,
230-1
,
275
,
455
,
476
; culture of,
476-92
; industry in,
73
,
75
,
80
,
269-70
,
281
,
291-5
,
302
; politics in,
266
,
322
,
323
,
334
,
336
,
358
,
380
; port towns of,
218-23
,
54
;
see also
Boston; Federalist party

Newfoundland,
200
,
234
,
540

New Hampshire.
31
,
52
,
75
,
220
,
223
,
231
,
279-81
,
295
,
392
,
399-400

New Harmony, Ind.,
360
,
440-1

New Haven, Conn.,
72
,
166-7
,
216
,
220
,
275
,
287-8
,
351

New Haven theology,
498

New Jersey,
6
,
29
,
47
,
98
,
405
,
406
,
431
,
504
,
528
; politics in.
147-8

New Jersey Plan,
36-7

New Lanark, Scotland,
360
,
439

New London, Conn.,
220

New Mexico,
460
,
461
,
464
,
472

New Orleans,
141
,
172
,
173-4
,
175
,
197
,
285
,
299-302
,
305
,
310
,
391
,
450
,
532-3
,
535
,
538
,
621
; Battle of,
231
,
234
,
320

newspapers: mercantile dailies,
511
,
515
; penny press,
512-18
;
see also
press

New York City,
7
,
28
,
56-7
,
76-83
,
198
,
234-5
,
247
,
273
,
298
,
304
,
337
,
339
,
344
,
354
,
393
,
403
,
404-8
,
415
,
430
,
433
,
440
,
469
,
504
,
509
,
511
,
512-14
,
516
,
534
,
588
; Dickens on,
351-2
,
356
; as federal capital,
66-7
,
69
,
76-7
,
79
,
82-3
,
86
,
110
; as financial center,
77
,
80
,
86
,
285-6
,
506
; politics in,
79
,
107
,
108
,
309
,
408
,
436
; as port city,
80
,
275-6
,
404-5
,
528
,
536
; radical movements in,
359-60
,
365
,
410
,
589
; society and culture in,
78-83
,
355
,
406

New York
Evening Post
,
234-5
,
528
,
547

New York
Herald
,
406
,
513
,
515
,
537

New York State,
6
,
29
,
53
,
55-7
,
72
,
141
,
288
,
315
,
364
,
370
,
402
,
442
,
465
,
492
,
500
,
504
; agriculture in,
278-9
,
280
,
286-7
,
528-9
; and Canadian rebellion,
446-7
; Erie Canal,
302-4
,
306
,
310
,
432
; politics in,
79
,
147-8
,
210
,
212
,
227
,
238
,
266
,
267
,
321
,
325
,
334
,
336
,
343
,
348
,
358
,
370-3
,
380
,
421-2
,
437
,
465
,
468
,
469
,
553
,
565
,
603
; steamboat monopoly in,
259
,
297
,
298
,
301

New York Stock Exchange,
81
,
588

New York
Sun
,
512-13

New York
Times
,
546
,
610

New York
Tribune
,
443
,
516-17
,
530
,
539
,
547
,
549
,
570
,
581
,
604
,
609
,
612
,
625

Niagara Falls,
213
,
352
,
446
,
532

Nicholas, Cary,
260

Niles’ Weekly Register
,
234
,
246

Noah, Mordecai,
371

nominating conventions,
210
,
230
,
265
,
333-4
,
342
,
380
,
594
; of 1860,
592-6
; and sectionalism,
466
,
469-70
,
592-3
,
599

Non-Intercourse Act (1809),
205
,
291

North, the,
302
,
305
,
459
,
465
,
521
,
531
,
564
,
574
,
577
,
578
; agriculture in,
72
,
141
,
269
,
275-7
,
279-82
,
286
,
528-9
,
608
; black Americans in,
114
,
142
,
356
,
362
,
392-4
,
406
,
407
,
408
; and Civil War,
607
,
608
,
612
,
617
,
619
,
620
; and trade,
217-22
,
275-6
,
506
;
see also
New England; sectionalism

North, Simeon,
289-90

North American Review
,
436
,
478
,
517

Northampton, Mass.,
220
,
361

North Carolina,
86
,
92
,
227
,
319
,
409
,
482
,
507
,
530
,
608
,
621

North Dakota,
180
,
181

Northfield, Mass.,
361

Northwest Ordinance of 1781,
96

Northwest Territory,
207
,
233
,
248
,
454
,
455
,
504
,
507
,
526-8
;agriculture in,
299
,
301
,
302
,
526-8
; Oregon boundary settlement,
457-9
; transportation in,
277
,
298-9
,
531
;
see also
West, the nullification,
140
; and Kentucky and Virginia resolutions,
131
,
134
,
139
,
145
; Webster-Hayne debate on,
327-30
;
see also
states’ rights: and nullification

Oberlin College,
400
,
500

O’Brien, Father William,
78

Ogle, Charles,
421

Ohio,
141
,
299
,
315
,
392
,
405
,
442
,
449
,
496
,
511
,
527
,
529
; politics in,
267
,
358
,
380
,
435
,
545

Ohio River,
94
,
180
,
197
,
206
,
277
,
298
,
299-302
,
304-5

Oklahoma,
454
,
514

Olmsted, Frederick Law,
564
,
568

Oneida commune,
443

Onís y Gonzales, Don Luiz de,
246-8

Oregon,
182
,
455
; boundary settlement with Britain,
457-9
,
468

Osgood, Samuel,
81

Ostend Manifesto,
539
,
607

Otis, Elisha Graves,
534

Otis, Harrison Gray,
127
,
218
,
222
,
231
,
327

Otis, James.
58

Otis, Samuel.
71

Ottawa Indians,
96-7

Overton, John,
321-2

Ovid,
483

Owen, Robert,
396
,
411
,
414
,
439-42
,
444

Owen, Robert Dale,
360
,
440
,
503
,
508

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