James Madison: A Life Reconsidered (77 page)

Madison’s notes on,
97

Madison’s retirement from,
103
–5

and Mississippi River navigation,
84
–85,
120
–21,
122
–23,
174
–75,
182

and money matters,
76
–77,
91
,
92
,
116
,
117

in New York,
123
,
154
,
155

in Philadelphia,
45
,
47
,
48
,
60
,
75
,
101
,
121

secrecy of,
45

and state constitutions,
60
–61

and states’ powers,
89
,
90
,
117

and Virginia Resolutions,
57
,
58
,
62

Convention of Mortefontaine,
297

Conway, Francis,
16

Cooper, Thomas,
275

Corbin, Francis,
430
–31

Cornwallis, Charles,
79
,
87
,
90
,
91

Corps of Discovery,
308
,
335

Cosway, Maria,
205

Cowpens, Battle of,
87

Craig, Sir James,
375

Crillon, comte de,
376

Cullen, William,
87
–88,
390

Cutler, Rev. Manasseh,
140
,
210
,
306

Cutts, Anna Payne,
322
,
323
,
327
–28,
332
,
345
,
358
,
438
,
439
,
450
;
see also
Payne, Anna

Cutts, James Madison,
438

Cutts, Mary Estelle Elizabeth,
322
,
438

Cutts, Richard,
322
,
332
,
358
,
439

Cutts, Richard D.,
438

Dartmouth,
43

Davie, William,
286

Davis, Matthew Livingston,
316

Dawson, John,
286
,
291

Dayton, Jonathan,
337

Dearborn, Henry,
382
,
386
,
392

Decatur, Stephen,
300
,
386
,
395
,
423

Declaration of Independence,
61
,
62
,
110
,
126
,
129
,
139
,
164
,
402
,
437
,
443

Delaplaine, Joseph,
425

Delaware:

and Constitutional Convention,
132
,
139
,
141

embargo defeated by,
90

Delaware River, Washington crossing,
65
,
91

de Retz, Cardinal,
Memoirs,
32
–33

Devinsky, Orrin,
51

Dexter, Samuel,
253

Dickinson, John,
131
,
132
,
133
–34,
146

Dinsmore, James,
359

Donald, Alexander,
174

Dorchester, Lord,
246

Downie, George,
413

Duane, James,
80

Duane, William,
275

Duer, William,
157
,
226
,
230
–31

Dulany, Lloyd,
117

Dunglison, Robley,
443

Dunlap’s American Daily Advertiser,
235

Dunmore, Lord,
44
,
46
,
47
,
49
–51,
56

East India Company,
43

Edinburgh Review,
420
–21

Einstein, Albert,
5
,
7

Eleanor,
43

Electoral College,
144
,
146
–47,
182
–83,
237
,
264
,
284
,
290
,
291
,
318
,
385

Ellsworth, Oliver,
137
,
138
,
139
,
144
–45,
286

Elsworth, Vandine,
123
,
155

Embuscade,
240

Engelbrecht, Jacob,
433

England,
see
Great Britain

Enlightenment,
17
,
31
,
59
,
162

epilepsy:

as “the falling sickness,”
32

and heredity,
271

and Madison’s “sudden attacks,”
4
,
6
,
17
–18,
29
–30,
31
–32,
38
,
40
,
51
–52,
88
,
328

popular assumptions about,
37
–38

religious prejudices against,
6
,
30
–32,
36
,
40
,
72

treatments for,
17
,
18
,
88
,
390
–91

Eppes, Francis,
18
,
441

Eppes, John,
366
,
391

Erskine, David,
339
–40,
356
,
358
,
359
–60,
361
,
362

Eugene of Savoy, Prince,
19

Eustis, William,
377
,
386
–87

Evans, Robert J.,
432

Eve, George,
185

executive branch:

cabinet members,
190

Constitutional Convention on,
134
–35,
137
,
142
–48,
149
,
150
,
166

powers of,
see
president

Federalist, The,
157
–66

authors of,
8
,
157
,
164
,
165
,
179
,
208
,
246
,
347

Constitution defended in,
8
,
163
,
347
,
426

distribution of,
169

on government as experiment,
187
–88

importance of,
164
,
180

No. 10,
160
–61,
228

No. 11,
246

No. 14,
161
–62

No. 18,
162

No. 19,
162

No. 37,
164

Nos. 37–58,
165

No. 41,
163

No. 44,
163
,
221

No. 49,
164
–65

No. 51,
162
,
224

No. 62,
165

No. 63,
165

use in curriculum of,
437

Federalists:

and Adams presidency,
273
,
274
–76,
278
,
279
,
285

and amendments,
194
,
198
,
199

“Blue Light Federalists,”
395

and British provocations,
246
,
255

in Congress,
186
,
194
,
198
,
246
,
247
–48,
252
,
257
,
275
,
279
–80,
287
,
291

demise of,
222

and elections,
186
–87,
263
–65,
287
,
288
,
290
–92,
295
,
316
,
318
,
349
–50,
384
,
416

and immigration,
253
,
274

and Jay Treaty,
255
,
261

and Jefferson presidency,
303
,
305

and Madison presidency,
366
–67,
376
,
396

and military expansion,
285

and peace negotiations with France,
279
–80

as pro-Constitution forces,
156
,
172

and ratification,
172
,
175
,
178

and
Report of 1800,
284

vs. Republicans,
236
,
241
,
279

and taxes,
302
–3

and War of 1812,
379
–81,
384
,
389
,
395
–96,
421

and Whiskey Rebellion,
251

Federal Republican,
380
,
381
,
391
,
416

Fenno, John,
223
,
234
,
241

Ferguson, Adam,
45

Few, William,
451

financial panic (1792),
230
–31,
242

Findley, William,
261

First Amendment,
197
–98

Fithian, Philip,
25

FitzSimons, Thomas,
251

Floyd, Catherine (Kitty),
99
–100,
101
–3,
158

Floyd, Hannah,
99

Floyd, Nicoll,
103

Floyd, Polly,
100

Floyd, William,
80
,
81
,
99
,
100
,
102
–3,
224

Force Bill (1809),
351
–52

Formicola, Serafino,
105
–6

Fort Erie,
400

Fort George,
394

Fort McHenry,
413

Fort Niagara,
394
–95,
398
,
400

Fort Stanwix,
111
,
112
–13

Fort Ticonderoga,
63

Fort Warburton,
392
,
410

Foster, Augustus John,
313
,
371

Fourteenth Amendment,
200
,
458

Fourth of July,
308
,
370
,
424

Fox, Charles James,
339

France:

and American Revolution,
67
,
68
,
82
–83,
86
,
88
–91,
111
,
191
,
205

Berlin Decree,
343
,
365
,
366
,
370
,
371
,
376

and Britain,
174
,
240
–42,
262
,
269
,
301
,
304
,
307
,
319
,
323
,
332
,
340
,
343
,
359
,
364
–65,
366
,
398
,
422

debts of,
116
,
205

Declaration of the Rights of Man,
206

French Revolution,
205
–6,
239
–40,
379
–80

and Louisiana Territory,
301
–2,
304
,
305
,
307
–8,
310
–11,
330

Madison as honorary citizen of,
239

Milan Decree,
365
,
366
,
370
,
371
,
376

and Mississippi River,
111
,
113
,
305

as monarchy,
183
,
205

and Napoleon,
see
Bonaparte, Napoleon

peace negotiations with,
279
–80,
286
,
287
,
288
,
297

and Spain,
84
–85,
111
–13,
329
,
367
,
376

treaties with,
191
,
240
–41

undeclared war with U.S.,
262
,
264
–65,
269
,
273
,
278
,
303
,
356
,
365
,
370

and XYZ Affair,
273
,
279
,
331

Franklin, Benjamin,
48
,
80
,
98
,
192
,
433

and Constitution,
154

and Constitutional Convention,
127
,
136
–37,
138
,
139
,
150
–51

death of,
215

in Paris,
67
,
83
,
111

and slavery,
212
,
213
,
215

Franklin, William Temple,
127

Frederick the Great,
78

French and Indian War,
48

French West Indies, trade with,
246

Freneau, Philip,
24
–25,
222
–23,
226
,
229
,
232
–33,
234
,
235
,
241

Gage, Thomas,
49

Galen,
17

Gallatin, Albert,
310
,
316
,
372
,
422

and Jay Treaty,
260

and Russian peace talks,
390
,
392
,
395

and trade embargo,
350
,
351

as Treasury secretary,
293
,
302
,
355
–56,
368
–69

and war with Britain,
397
–98

and Yazoo landgrab,
324
,
325

Gallatin, Hannah,
302
,
314
,
400
,
417
,
421

Gálvez, Bernardo de,
66

Gardoqui, Don Diego de,
122

Gates, Horatio,
66
,
79

Gazette of the United States,
223
,
234
,
241