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arms,
179-80
; right to bear,
90

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
,

Ashburton, Lord,
447-8
,
458

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

Austria,
194
,
213
,
232
,
249

Bache, Benjamin,
108-9
,
122
,
128-9

Back, H. E,
397

Bagley, Sarah,
397-400

Bailey, Thomas,
200
,
234

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

Bancroft, George,
361
,
487

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

Banks, Nathaniel P.,
553
,
560

Baptists,
7
,
24
,
257
,
373
,
439
,
494-5
,
496-7
,
514

Barbary pirates,
195-6
,
212

Barber, Benjamin,
140

Barlow, Joel,
297

Barnard, Henry,
505-7

Barnburners,
468-70
,
549

Bates, Edward,
593-4
,
604
,
626

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

Beecher, Lyman,
497-500
,
507

Belgium,
438

Bell, John,
593
,
596-7

Bellevue, N.Y.C.,
407

Bemis, Samuel Flagg,
245
,
267

Benjamin, Judah,
612-13

Bennett, James Gordon,
513
,
515

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

Bethlehem, Pa.,
146
,
439

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

Blair, Montgomery,
605
,
626

Bledsoe, Albert Taylor,
573

Bliss, George, Jr.,
432

Bloomington, Ill.,
555
,
558
,
622-3

Bogardus, James,
534

Bolivar, Simon,
248
,
251

book publishing,
588

Boone, Daniel,
180
,
449

Boorstin, Daniel,
429

Boscawen, N.H.,
279
,
281

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

Boulton, Matthew,
297
,
300

Bowdoin, James,
14
,
33
,
35
,
49

Bowie, James,
455

Bowler, Jack,
149-50

Bowles, Samuel,
512
,
546

Bozeman, Theodore Dwight,
492

Bradford, David,
98

Bradford, William,
110

Bragg, Braxton,
464

Brant, Irving,
168

Brant, Joseph,
6

Brazil,
244
,
249

Breckinridge, John,
186

Breckinridge, John C,
592
,
597
,
614

Bridger, Jim,
455

Brisbane, Albert,
442-3

British Honduras,
540

Brook Farm, Mass.,
443
,
489
,
491

Brooks, Preston S.,
552
,
565
,
566

Brooks, Van Wyck,
222
,
482
,
488

Brown, Jacob,
213

Brown, John,
522
,
551
,
589-91

Brown, Joseph,
613

Brown, Moses,
292

Brown, Paul,
442

Brown College,
74

Brown family,
302
,
307

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

Bunker Hill, Mass.,
240
,
430

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, Andrew P.,
544
,
551-2

Butler, Franklin,
371

Butler, Pierce,
413

Byllesby, Langdon,
360

Byron, George Gordon, Lord,
478

Cable, George W.,
533

Cabot, George,
75
,
153
,
218
,
231

Cabot, John,
75

Cabot, William,
276

Cabot family,
292
,
307

Cadwalader, Gen. George,
619

Cairo, Ill.,
532
,
616
,
617

Calhoun, Florida,
326
,
332

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

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