_Advertiser_, the Edgefield, xxviii, note Agassiz, 273 Alabama, settlement of, 356; _see also_ Mobile and Montgomery; Sevier buried in, 463 Alabama Convention, 402 Alabama Platform, 399 _Alabama Swan_, the, 392 “Alabama Town,” 382, 384 _Albemarle_, the, 250, 251 Alexandria and the national capital, 116 Alferez Real, the, 424 Algonquins, 101, 102 Alibamons, 335, 340 _Alice_, the, 366 Allan, John, 174 Allen, James Lane, 534 Allen, Rev. Bennett, 80 Allston, Washington, 275 Almonester, Don Andres, 424, 425 _America_, the, 22 _American Notes_, Dickens’s, 521 Anacostan, 101 Anacostia, 101, 146 Anacostian River, 105 Anastasia, 570, 575 Andersen, Hans, quoted, 68 Anderson, Colonel, 371 Anderson, D. C., 362 Anderson, Gen. Robt., 505 Anderson, Mary, 534 _Ann_, the, 300, 324 _Annalist_, the, 455 Annapolis, 12, 75, 79; Sara Andrew Shafer on, 47-73; settlement, 47-53; the first church, 53-56; the first school, 57; the State House, 58; the Revolution, 59; historic homes, 61-66; U. S. Naval Academy, 68-73 Annapolis Convention, the, 201 Anne Arundel, 52, 53 Anstill’s night ride, 355 Antietam, battle of, 94 Antigua, 276 Apalaches, 341 Appalachian Indians, 570, 571 Arbuthnot, 290 Arizona, 478 _Ark_, the, 1, 50 Arkansas, 335; _see_ Little Rock Arkansas Indians, 539, 540 Arlington, 148 Armstrong, James, 455 Arnold, Benedict, in Richmond, 161 Arthur, President, 320 Asbury, Bishop, quoted, 82 Ashe, Col. John, 238, 240-242 “Ashland,” 505, 531 Ashley, Chester, 548, 549, 552 Ashley River, 251, 252 Athens, 494 Atlanta, Ga., xvi _Atlanta_, the, 324 Audubon, John J., 273, 504, 518 Augusta, Ga., xxv Avar, tomb of, 413 B Bacon, Nathaniel, 164, 191, 192 Bahamas, the, 251 Bainbridge, Peter, 83 Baker’s Creek, battle at, 443 Baldwin, M. J. D., 360 Baltimore, xix, xxix, 79, 108, 130, 325, 436; St. George L. Sioussat on, 1-45; early towns, 5; the Act of 1709, 7; union with Jonas town, 8; 1709-1754, 10; growth of foreign trade, 12; the French and Indian War, 14-18; before the Revolution, 18-21; in the Revolution, 21-28; Kennedy’s description of old, 28-32; growth before the War of 1812, 32-36; in the War of 1812, 36-38; internal improvements, 38; divided during Civil War, 39-41; higher life of, 41-45 Baltimore, Lords, 1-3, 21, 51, 52 _Baltimore_, the, 11 Baltimore & Ohio R. R., 39 Bancroft, George, 70; quoted, 199, 264 Barbadoes, 229, 251 Barbe, Marie, 358 Barnett, Rev. John, 233 Barton Academy, 359 Bartow, Francis S., 322 Bartram’s Botanical Expedition, 344 Bas Fonde, 330 Bassett, 213 Bate, Gen. Wm. B., 498 Bath, N. C., 223, 224 Báthori, S., 154 Battle Monument, 18 Bayliss, Mrs., 141 Bazares, exploration of, 330