Brackenridge, Judge H. H., on Gallatin's part in anti-excise agitation,
50;
in Washington County, advises moderation, 69;
an authority for history of insurrection, 71;
his character and policy, 71;
leads Pittsburgh committee to urge moderation upon rioters, 72;
describes Bradford's behavior, 72;
his estimate of numbers under arms, 72;
compares excitement with that in 1765 and 1775, 74;
at Parkinson's Ferry meeting, 78;
supports Gallatin's efforts to prevent rebellion, 80, 82;
on committee to confer with United States commissioners, 81;
describes Gallatin's speech, 82;
claims credit for preventing civil war, 84;
on threats of secession, 86;
defeated by Gallatin for Congress, 93.
Bradford, David, represents Washington County in anti-excise
proceedings, 51;
elected to legislature, 54;
low opinion of Gallatin concerning, 54;
tries to shirk responsibility, 69;
then determines on extreme measures, robs mail, 69;
calls for armed resistance, 70;
unable to countermand order, 70;
assumes office of major-general, 72;
his harangue to the insurgents, 73;
at meeting at Parkinson's Ferry, 78;
advocates armed resistance, 79;
on committee on resolutions, 80;
named to confer with United States commissioners, 81;
urges rejection of their terms, 81, 82;
excepted from amnesty, flies from the country, 84, 85.
Bradford, James, in anti-excise convention, 52.
Bradford, ----, member of Ethnological Society, 379.
Bradish, Luther, his eulogy of Gallatin, 388.
Breading, Nicholas, in Pennsylvania ratifying convention, 35.
Breckenridge, John, his brief career, 355.
Brevoort, ----, member of "The Club," 367.
Brodhead, John Romeyn, orator at fortieth anniversary of New York
Historical Society, 384.
Buck, Daniel, on committee on finance, 107.
Burke, Edmund, on place of revenue in the state, 218.
Burr, Aaron, his connection with Dayton, 104;
in presidential election of 1800, 163, 164, 166, 167;
alienated from Jefferson by refusal to appoint Davis, 282.
Cabinet, its lack of financial cooeperation under Jefferson, 188;
criticises Jefferson's messages, 283;
weekly meetings of, suggested by Gallatin, 283;
absence of system in, 284;
dissensions and reorganization under Madison, 296, 297.
Cabot, George, on committee to consider Gallatin's eligibility to
senate, 61.
Calhoun, John C., reports plan for a national bank, 265;
ascribes Gallatin's disregard of Adams's arguments in Apollon case to
"pride," 338;
Gallatin's opinion of, 355;
elected Vice-President, 358;
on Gallatin's ethnological studies, 378.
California, discovery of gold in, 353, 354.
Campbell, George W., furnished with report by Gallatin on injuries of
Great Britain, 292, 303;
secretary of treasury, 312.
Canning, George, his policy toward United States, 225, 295, 344;
attitude of Gallatin toward, in negotiation, 345;
death, 347.
Carnahan, Dr., describes entry of Whiskey Rebellion prisoners into
Cannonsburg, 91.
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