Adams, John,52;appointed commissioner,119;repudiates command of Congress,120;share in most important treaty,124;absent from National Convention,133;nominated for the Presidency,328;signs judiciary bill,331;appoints new judges,332.Adams, Samuel,77,79,128.Allen, Ethan,46.America, successful,117,118,131,132,144.American army, suffering of,76,77;commissioners,119,120,121,123,124;Constitutional Convention, delegates in,133;contrasted with States General of France,134,135,136;independence,122,123;leaders compared with European,82,83;navy,196,291;triumph,123,124.Americans, in Revolutionary War,5;of 1776, compared with those of Civil War,49,50.Ames, Fisher,327.Assembly,33,36,37,44.Bank of North America,103.Bastile, the,211,225,226.Battle of Bennington,69;Brandywine,75;Princeton,48;Trenton,48,49;Guilford Court House,113.Battles on soil of New York,3,4.British allies,49,50,68,119;war-ships,43,47.Brunswick, Duke of,284,285.Burgoyne,49,68,72,74,78;breach of faith with,125.Burke, Edmund,39.Burr, Aaron,329,330,360;and Jefferson Davis,361.Butler,147,157.Calhoun, famous toast of,354.Canada,45,89,90.Carolinas, the,8,11,30,45,50.Carroll,40.Church of Rome,65.Churches,9,13,16,17,18,19.Civil War, people in the,49,50.Clermont-Tonnerre, Count de,179,203.Clinton, George,10;chosen governor,68,327;as a politician,97,128.Clintons, the,10,20,68.Colonial contests,3;legislature,20,21,33.Colonies,11.Confederation, condition of, after the war,126.Congress.SeeContinental;seeProvincial.Connecticut,45,46.Constitution, its character,136,141,142;opposition to its adoption,165,167.Continental Congress, the,36;dishonorable acts,73,78,79,80;its condition at end of 1779,99;establishes four departments,103;instructions to commissioners,119,120.Convention, New York,59,65;national,133-139.Cornwallis,114,116.Council of appointment,64,155;of revisions,64,155;of safety,67,68,71.Cruger,14,45.Currency, condition of,105;table proposed,107.Dalrymple, General,125.Danton,270,287,296.Davis, Jefferson,361.D'Artois, Count (Charles X.),217,306.Deane, Silas,93.Decimal system,104,107.Declaration, of Independence,47,53;of Rights,178.De Lanceys,16,21,45.D'Estaing, Count,264.De Flahaut, Madame,204-207.Democracy,145.Democrats,137,138.Departments,103.De Staël,203;Madame,179,199;vanity of,200,201;want of delicacy,202,203;her estimate of the Abbé Sieyès,247;grief for Lafayette,317.Disunion movements,358,359,360.Dollar, the Spanish,106,107.Dumouriez,269-272.Dutch, descendants of,9;language,13;republicans,17;battle with English,115;in war with Spain,132.Ellsworth, Oliver,160.England, treatment of her American subjects,4,5;grounds of complaint,5;courage,116;insolence,323.English, stock, people of,5,126;language,12,13;historians,117;hostile feeling,228,229;society,230,231;climate,342.Episcopalians,13,16,18,21,60.Esterhazy,311,312.Extremists,20.Federalism,138,322,323.Federalist party, leaders of,92,137,138.Federalists,141,156,321,323,331,334,335.Foreign or non-English elements,11,12,13,34.Foreigners, movement against,157.Fox,123,233,236.France, treaty with,88;would have Americans dependent allies,121,122,123;contrasted with America,184;destitute of statesmen,241.Franklin appointed commissioner,119,120,124;delegate to National Convention,133;advocate of weak central government,137.French, motives,89,90;struggles with England,115;navy,116;admirals,117;government,121;character,186-189;noblesse and common people,212;Revolution,170-175,244,258-263.Gates,71,72,73,74.Generals, of Revolution,52,116;in Civil War,52.Genet,292.George III.,8,228,231.Georgia,8,11,50,160.Gerard,89,90,122.German auxiliaries,119.Germany,144,145,165.Gibraltar,115,116,122.Government,130,131,144,145.Governor, name obnoxious,62,63.Gower, Lord,276.Great Britain and American subjects,4,6;odds against,115;hostility to American trade,128.Greene,45,52,86,113,115,116,117.Hamilton, Alexander,10,52,92,102,104,111;delegate to National Convention,133;advocate of strong government,137,138;in favor of domestic manufactures,156;proposes basis of representation,158;assisted in writing the "Federalist,"166;procures ratification of the Constitution,167;passing coolness with Morris,320;his haughtiness,326;defeat by Democrats,329.Hancock, John,79.Hartford Convention,357.Henry, Patrick,128,324.Herkomer,10.Holland,116.Huguenots,9,10,65.Impressment of American sailors,233,234.Independence,55,56,88.India,115,116.Indian warfare,3,4,8,74.Infidels,289.Irish, in New England,12;of 1776,21;in Revolutionary armies,34;in Civil War,35.Jackson, General,349,350.Jay, John, admitted to the bar,23;in Continental Congress,41,42;resolution indorsing Declaration of Independence,58;plan for state constitution,62,63;article on toleration,65;would abolish slavery,66,67;on committee to organize state government,67;defends Schuyler's cause,72;reinforcements for Gates,73;chief justice,75;wishes well to Old England,92;of Puritanic morality,110;friendship with Morris,111;minister to Spain,111;views on education of children,111;affection for America,112;commissioner,119;repudiates command of Congress,120;true policy summed up,123;his the chief part in treaty,124;secretary for foreign affairs,133;helps Hamilton on the "Federalist,"166;a strong Federalist,301,326;appointed to negotiate treaty in England,301,302,327;governor,327,328,329;visits to and from Morris,340,341.Jefferson,52,104,107,108,129,131,133;important truth taught by him,138;American minister to France,176,177;treatment of Morris,292;incompetence when President,334,335,348.Johnsons, the,17,38,45.Judiciary bill,331-334.King, Rufus,252,353.King's College,3,18.Lafayette,85,86,117,176,177,178,180,181,184,187;his character,221,222,273;ideas impracticable,240,241;proclaimed and imprisoned,273,274;released,317.Lafayette, Madame de,181,274,275.Lake Champlain,4,68.Lake George,3.Leaders,52;loyalist,16,45;revolutionary,16,49.Lecky,117,118.Leeds, Duke of,231,233,237.Lincoln,52,133,138.Lineage,10,34.Livingston, Robert,10,59;on committee to organize state government,67;chancellor,75;secretary of foreign affairs,103.Livingstons, the,21,326.Louis XVI.,216,250,254,255,256,286.Louis XVII.,307.Louis Philippe,317,318.Louisiana,336,337,339.Loyalists,16,29,45,119,167.Luzerne,236.Madison,129;delegate to National Convention,133;during formation of Constitution,139,140,145,150,153,162;compliment to Morris,165;assists Hamilton in writing the "Federalist,"166;as President,348.Manorial families,14,15,19.Marie Antoinette,225,288.Marmontel,247.Marshall,325.Mason, George,160.Merchants,15,19,21.Militia,69,70,72,113,114.Mirabeau,136,174,200,222,223.Mississippi,90,91,95,112,113,148.Money,24,37,128.Monroe,293;recalled and rebuked,300;a foolish minister,301,302.Montmorin, Count de,218,249.Moreau, General,341,342.Morris, Gouverneur, birth,1;descent,2;boyhood,3;college career,20,22;takes part in public affairs,23,24;desire for foreign travel,25;narrow means,26;in society,27;little faith in extreme democracy,30,31;dislike for mobs,31,32;plans for reunion with Great Britain,32,33;