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country's esteem,578,581n.;Story on green old age,579;on attitude toward Jefferson,579,580;and Story's Commentaries and dedication to himself,569,576,580,581;on Nullification,556-59,562,569-72,574,575;despondent over state of country,575-78;tributes at death,589-92;hostile criticism,591;Story's verses on,592,593.Marshall, John, M.'s son, M. on, as baby,2,370;birth,370n.,4,73n.;education,73.Marshall, John, New England skipper,4,223.Marshall, Judith, M.'s sister, birth,1,38n.Marshall, Louis, M.'s brother, birth,1,56n.Marshall, Lucy, M.'s sister, birth,1,38n.;marriage,166n.;M. helps,197.Marshall, Martha, M.'s putative great-grandmother,1,483.Marshall, Mary, M.'s aunt,1,486.Marshall, Mary, M.'s sister, birth,1,34n.Marshall, Mary, M.'s daughter, Mrs. Jacquelin B. Harvie,3,192n.,4,73;birth,73n.Marshall, Mary Randolph (Keith), M.'s mother, ancestry and parents,1,10,16-18;education and character,18,19;children,19,34,38n.,56n.Marshall, Mary W. (Ambler), courtship,1,148-54,159,160,163;marriage to M.,165,166;children,179,190,2,370n.,453,4,73n.;religion,1,189n.,4,69;items in M.'s account book,1,197;invalid, M.'s devotion,198,2,371n.,4,66-69;independent means,524n.;death, M.'s tribute,524-27.Marshall, Nancy, M.'s sister, birth,1,56n.Marshall, Peggy, M.'s aunt,1,486.Marshall, Sarah, Mrs. Lovell,1,485.Marshall, Susan, M.'s sister, birth,1,56n.Marshall, Thomas, M.'s putative great grandfather,1,14;will,483,484.Marshall, Thomas, father of M., and Washington,1,7,46;and Braddock's expedition,8;similarity to Jefferson's father,11;birth,13;character,19;children,19,34,38n.,56n.;as a frontiersman,31;settlement in Fauquier County,33,34;migration to "The Hollow,"34-37;appearance,35;slaves,37n.;education,42;and M.,42;influence of Lord Fairfax,47,50;offices,51,58n.,170n.;leases land,51;vestryman,52;acquires Oak Hill,55;in House of Burgesses,58,61,64;in Virginia Convention (1775),65,66;prepares for war,67;major of minute-men,69;at battle of Great Bridge,76,77;enters Continental service,79;in crossing of the Delaware,91;promotions,95;in Brandywine campaign,95;colonel of State Artillery,96n.,117n.;source on military services,148n.,489;not at surrender of Charleston,148n.;property,166;financial stress, moves to Kentucky,167-69;gives M. land,186;and M.'s election to Legislature,202;and M.'s election to Council of State,209n.;and British debts,229,231;in Virginia Legislature from Kentucky,229;bequest from father,485;on Kentucky and National Government (1791),2,68n.;resignation as Supervisor of Revenue, on trials of office,212n., 213n.;M.'s visit to (1799),421,422.Marshall, Thomas, M.'s brother, birth,1,34n.;in Revolutionary army,117n.Marshall, Thomas, M.'s son, birth,1,179n.,4,73n.;education,73;home,74;killed,588.Marshall, William, putative great uncle of M.,1,12,14,483;deed to M.'s grandfather,487,488.Marshall, William, M.'s uncle,1,485.Marshall, William, M.'s brother, birth,1,38n.;and Chase impeachment,3,176,191,192.Marshals, United States, plan to remove Federalist,3,21;conduct in sedition trials,42.Martin, Luther, and Callender trial,3,37;in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void,115n.;counsel for Chase,186;career and character,186n., 187n.,538n.;argument,201-06;counsel for Swartwout and Bollmann,348;counsel for Burr,407,428;security for Burr,429n.;on subpœna to Jefferson,436,437,441,451;Jefferson's threat to arrest,451;on pardon for Bollmann,452-54;and confining of Burr,474;public hostility,480n.;on preliminary proof of overt act,485;intemperance,501n.,586n.;on overt act,501-04;on the verdict,513;and Baltimore mob,535-40;Burr's friendship,538n.;counsel in Fletchervs.Peck,585,586;as practitioner before M.,4,95;and Dartmouth College case,238n.;counsel in M'Cullochvs.Maryland,284,286.Martin, Philip, sale of Fairfax estate,2,203n.,4,149,150n.See alsoMartinvs.Hunter's Lessee.Martinvs.Hunter's Lessee, early case,2,206-08;importance,4,144,166,167;M.'s connection with decision,145,153,161,164;interest of M.'s brother in case,145,150,153n.,160;Virginia's political organization,146;Hunter's grant, Fairfax's State case against it,147;Marshall syndicate compromise on Fairfax lands,148;compromise and Hunter's claim,149,150n.,152,157,163;decision for Hunter in State court,151,152;Hunter's social position,151n.;appeal to Supreme Court involving treaties,153;Federal statute covering appeal,153n.;M. and similar North Carolina case,154,155;Story's opinion, treaty protects Fairfax rights,156;Johnson's dissent,157;Virginia court denies right of Supreme Court to hear appeal,157-60;second appeal to Supreme Court,160;Story's opinion on right of appeal,161-63;M.'s private letter on appellate power,164n., 165n.;Johnson's dissent on control over State courts,165,166.Martineau, Harriet, on M.'s attitude toward women,4,72.Maryland, and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,3,105n.;tax on Bank of the United States,4,207.See alsoBrownvs.Maryland; M'Cullochvs.Maryland.Mason, George, as statesman,1,32;in the Legislature,203;on character of post-Revolutionary Legislature,205n.;and amendment of Virginia Constitution (1784),217;and chancery bill (1787),219;on loose morals,220;and British debts,229n.,230n.,231;and Confederate navigation acts,235;and calling of Ratification Convention,245;in Ratification Convention: characterized,369;motion for detailed debate,369;and delay,372;on consolidated government,382;on conciliation,383;in the debate,421-23,435,438-40,445,448,467;appeal to class hatred,422,439n.,467;denounces Randolph,423;fear of the Federal District,438,439;on payment of public debt,440,441;on Judiciary,445-47;on suppression of Clinton's letter,478;and M.,2,78;in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void,3,115n.;and on obligation of contracts,558n.Mason, Jeremiah, as practitioner before M.,4,95;counsel in Dartmouth College case,233,234,250,251;fee and portrait,255n.;Bank controversy,529.Mason, Jonathan, on X. Y. Z. dispatches,2,338,342;in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act,3,60.Mason, Stevens T., divulges Jay Treaty,2,115,3,63n.;on Virginia and Jay Treaty,2,151n.;appearance,3,62;in debate on repeal of the Judiciary Act,63-65.Masonry, M.'s interest,1,187,2,176;first hall at Richmond,1,188.Massac, Fort, Burr at,3,294.Massachusetts, drinking in colonial,1,23n.;Shays's Rebellion,298-303;policy of Constitutionalists,339;character of opposition to Ratification,339,340,344-47;strength and standpoint of opposition,344;influence of Hancock,347;recommendatory amendments and Ratification,348,349;soothing the opposition,350-53;question of bribery,353n., 354n.;and Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,3,43,105n.;and Embargo,4,12,15,17;and War of 1812,48n.;and M'Cullochvs.Maryland,334;steamboat monopoly,415;Constitutional Convention (1820),471.Massachusetts Historical Society, makes M. a corresponding member,3,271.Massie, Thomas, buys land from M.'s father,1,168.Mattauer divorce case in Virginia,2,55n.Matthews, George, journey (1790),3,55n.;and Yazoo lands bill,549-51.Matthews, Thomas, and chancery bill (1787),1,219;presides in Ratification Convention,468.Maxwell, William, Brandywine campaign,1,93.Mayo, John, defeat and duel,2,515.Mazzei letter,2,537n., 538n.Mead, Cowles, and Burr conspiracy,3,362,363.Meade, William, on drinking,1,23;on irreligion,221n.;on M.'s daily life,4,63,63n.,69.Mellen, Prentice, on bankruptcy frauds,4,202.Mercer, Charles F., on M.,4,489n.Mercer, John, grand juror on Burr,3,413n.Mercer, John Francis, in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void,3,115n.Meredith, Jonathan, counsel in Brownvs.Maryland,4,455.Merlin de Douai, Philippe A., election to Directory,2,243.Merry, Anthony, intrigue with Federalist Secessionists,3,281;and Burr,287-90,299.Mexican Association,3,295.Mexico.SeeBurr Conspiracy.Midnight appointments,2,559-62;ousted,3,95.Milan Decree,4,7.Military certificates, M. purchases,1,184.Military titles, passion for,1,327n., 328n.Militia, in the Revolution,1,83-86,100;debate in Ratification Convention on efficiency,393,406n.;on control,435-38;uniform in Virginia (1794),2,104n.;M. on unreliability,404.Milledge, John, on Yazoo lands,3,573n.Miller, James, and Yazoo lands,3,566n.Miller, Stephen D., and Nullification,4,555."Millions for defense," origin of slogan,2,348.Minor, Stephen, Spanish agent, and Burr conspiracy,3,256,329n.Mirabeau, Comte de, on the Cincinnati,1,293.Miranda, Francisco de, plans, knowledge of Administration,3,286,300,301,306;and Burr conspiracy,306,308;Ogden-Smith trial,436n.Mississippi River, free navigation in Virginia debate on Ratification,1,399,403,411,420,430-32;first steamboat4,402,402n., 403n.;steamboat monopoly,402,414.Mississippi Territory, powers of Governor,2,446;Burr,3,362-68.Missouri.Seenext title, and Craigvs.Missouri.Missouri Compromise, Virginia resolutions against restriction,4,325-29;struggle and secession,340-42.Mitchelvs.United States, M.'s last opinion,4,585.Mitchell, Samuel L., votes to acquit Chase,3,219,220.Monarchy, fear,1,290n.,291,334,391,2,383.See alsoGovernment.Money, varieties in circulation (1784),1,218n.;debased,297;scarcity (c. 1788),2,60n.See alsoFinances; Paper money.Monmouth campaign,1,134-38.Monopoly, Bank of the United States as,4,310,311,336,338,531.Monroe, James, Stirling's aide,1,119;and selling of land rights,168;and realizing on warrants,181,212;and chancery bill (1787),219;and British debts,229n.,231;use of cipher,266n.;in debate in Ratification Convention,407,408,431;candidacy for House (1789),2,50n.;on service in Legislature,81n.;on M.'s support of policy of neutrality,98;and M.'s integrity,140;as Minister to France,144,222,224;attack on Washington,222;and movement to impeach Justices,3,59;and J. Q. Adams,541n.;and M.,4,40;report on St. Cloud Decree,48;M.'s review of it,49,50;and Hay's pamphlet on impressment,53;and Martinvs.Hunter's Lessee,160;and second Bank of the United States,180n.;and internal improvements,418n.;in Virginia Constitutional Convention,484;conservatism there,489.Montgomery, John, and Chase,3,170;as witness in Chase trial,189n.Moore, Albert, resigns Justiceship,3,109n.Moore, John B., on M. and international law,4,117,121n.Moore, Richard C., at M.'s funeral,4,589.Moore, Thomas, on Washington,3,9.Moore, William, on election of Ratification delegates,1,360.Moravians, during American Revolution,1,110n.,116.Morgan, Charles S., in Virginia Constitutional Convention,4,501n.Morgan, George, and Burr conspiracy,3,309,465,488.Morgan, James, votes for war,4,29n.Morrill, David L., resolution against dueling,3,278n.Morris, Gouverneur, and Ratification in Virginia,1,401,433;on American and French revolutions,2,2n.;unfavorable reports of French Revolution,6-9,26n.,248;recall from French Mission,221;in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act,3,60,61,65,66,70,71;Mason's sarcasm,64;on reporting debates,67n.;on Jefferson's pruriency,90n.;in Federal Convention, on declaring acts void,115n.;and on obligation of contracts,557n.;and Judiciary Act of 1789,128;on Napoleon,4,2.Morris, Hester, marries J. M. Marshall,2,203.Morris, Robert, as financial boss,1,335;as a peculator,336;and Ratification in Virginia,401,402n.;and M.,401n.;and Cabinet position,2,63;and M.'s purchase of Fairfax estate,101,203,206,209,211;and M.'s investments,199,200;land speculation,202,205n.;connection with M.'s family,203;and Judiciary Act of 1789,3,129;and Yazoo lands,555.Morris, Thomas, in Judiciary debate (1802),3,74n.Morse, Jedediah, on secession,3,152.Morton, Perez, and Yazoo claims,3,576n.Motto, M.'s,1,17.Mumkins, Betsy, M.'s domestic,1,190.Murch, Rachel, and Dartmouth College troubles,4,226.Murdock, T. J., on Story and Dartmouth College case,4,257n.Murphey, Archibald D., on M.'s biography of Washington,3,272.Murray, William Vans, on Gerry in X. Y. Z. Mission,2,258n.,363;on memorial of X. Y. Z. envoys,309;on M.'s views on Alien and Sedition Acts,394,406;on M.'s election (1799),419;and reopening of French negotiations,423;on repeal of Judiciary Act,3,94.Murrell, John, and Burr conspiracy,3,362.Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, M. and origin,2,174.Napoleon I., and 18th Fructidor,2,230,246;Treaty of Campo Formio,271;and Talleyrand,272;reception in Paris (1797),287,288;and American negotiations,524;and Burr,3,537n.;Morris on,4,2;decrees on neutral trade,6;and Embargo Act,12n.;pretended revocation of decrees,26,36-39,48-50;battle of Leipzig,51;and Fulton's steamboat experiments,397.Napoleonic Wars, peace and resumption,3,14;and American politics,4,2-5.See alsoNeutral trade.Nash, Thomas.SeeJonathan Robins case.Nashville, Burr at,3,292,296,313.Nason, Samuel, and Ratification,1,342,345.Natchez, first steamboat,4,403n.Natchez Press, on M'Cullochvs.Maryland,4,311n.National Gazette, as Jefferson's organ,2,81.See alsoFreneau.National Government, M. on start,3,263.Nationalism, growth of M.'s idea,1,223,231,232,240,242-44,286,287,2,77;lack of popular conception under Confederation,1,232,285;Washington's spirit during Confederation,243;fear of consolidation,320,375,382,388-390,405,433,2,69;


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