_Society, Literature, Science._ His land speculations not profitable, 351; plans Genevese Colonization Association, 361; loses money through Morris's failure, 362; speculates in Virginia military lands, 362; estimates value of estates, 362, 363; ill at ease in general society, 363; his establishment at Washington described by Irving, 363; house burned by British, 364; builds at Friendship Hill, finds it lonely in winter, 364; visited by Lafayette in 1825, 364, 365; settles permanently in New York, 365; frequent changes of residence, 365; devotes last years to scientific studies, 366; conversational ability, 366; chosen member of "The Club," 366, 367; leads conversation, 367; described by Irving, 368; wishes to establish free university in New York, 368; presides over council of New York University, 369; resigns, owing to clerical opposition, 370; continued interest in French politics, 370; letter of Lafayette to, on marriage of his daughter, 371; assists Polish refugees, 372; interested in Indian customs, 373, 374; writes for Humboldt a synopsis of Indian tribes, 374; publishes Indian vocabularies, 375; issues circulars inviting information, 375; correspondence with individuals, 375, 376; republishes Synopsis, 377; scientific character of his results, 377, 378; his advice requested concerning Smithson's bequest, 378; its publications submitted to him, 378, 379; founds American Ethnological Society, 379; defrays cost of publishing its transactions, 379; essay on nations of Mexico and Central America, 380; authorizes General Scott to purchase documents in Mexico, 380; writes introduction to Hale's "Indians of Northwest America," 380; gathers information regarding gold in America for Humboldt, 381; describes his reasons for success, 381; his caution in reasoning, 382; fails to establish a literary periodical, 382; chosen president of New York Historical Society, 382; his inaugural address on course of United States History, 382-384; opinion of Washington, 383, 384; friendly greeting to Adams in 1844, 384; eulogized by Adams, 384, 385; his party career contrasted with that of Adams, 385; personal appearance and portraits, 385, 386; crushed by loss of wife, 387; death, 387; eulogized by Bradish before Historical Society, 388; acknowledges indebtedness to Bentham, 388; his brain, 389; summary of character and services, 389.