=Harrison=, William Henry, governor Indiana Territory, 215;
at Tippecanoe, 222;
campaigns of, 228-330;
resigns commission, 232;
elected President, 256;
sketch of, 257;
death of, 258.
=Hartford=, founded, 80.
=Hartford= Convention, the, 239.
=Harvard= College founded, 81.
=Harvey=, Sir John, governor of Virginia, 70.
=Hayes=, Rutherford B., elected President, 336;
sketch of, 337;
administration of, 337-343.
=Hayne=, Isaac, hanging of, 195.
=Hayne=, Senator, debate with Daniel Webster, 251.
=Hendricks=, Thomas A., elected Vice-president, 349;
death of, 356;
sketch of, 356;
statue of, 357.
=Hennessey=, David C., assassination of, 368.
=Henry=, Patrick, speech of, 152.
=Herjulfson=, discovers America, 21.
=Hood=, J. B., evacuates Atlanta, 312;
Nashville campaign of, 312.
=Hooker=, Joseph, storms Lookout Mountain, 305;
commands Army of the Potomac, 307;
at Chancellorsville, 307;
death of, 356.
=Howe=, Admiral, at battle of Long Island, 166.
=Howe=, General, arrives in Boston, 159;
at Bunker Hill, 160;
surrenders Boston, 163;
at Battle of Long Island, 166;
at White Plains, 168;
at Brandywine, 176.
=Hudson=, Sir Henry, voyages of, 53;
mutiny against, 54.
=Huguenots=, massacre of the, 33, 38;
colony of, 37;
in South Carolina, 129.
=Hull=, Isaac, in naval battle, 225.
=Hull=, William, begins War of 1812, 224;
surrenders Detroit, 225.
=Hunt=, Robert, in London Company, 47.
=Huron-Iroquois=, regions inhabited by the, 16;
characteristics of the, 16.
=Hutchinson=, Ann, accused of heresy, 80;
exile of, 81.
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=Icelanders=, the, in America, 21-23.
=Idaho=, organization of Territory, 325;
admission of State, 366.
=Illinois=, admission of, 245.
=Impeachment= trial of Andrew Johnson, 327.
=Importation= Act, the, 150.
=Independence=, Declaration of, by North Carolina Convention, 161;
by congress of the United Colonies, 165;
leading principles of, 166.
=Independent= Treasury Bill, the, proposed by Van Buren, 255;
repeal of, 258.
=Indiana=, organization of Territory, 214;
admission of State, 242.
=Indians=, sketch of the, 15-19;
troubles with in Northwest Territory, 207.
=Indian= Territory, set apart, 252.
=Internal= revenue, sources of, 320.
=Iowa=, admission of, 260.
=Iroquois=, regions inhabited by the, 16.
=Isabella=, Queen, sympathy with, and aid to Columbus, 25.
=Island= Number Ten, siege of, 294.
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=Jack=, Captain, leads Modoc war, 332.
=Jackson=, Andrew, begins career, 188;
subdues the Creeks, 231;
drives British from Florida, 239;
in command at New Orleans, 239-241;
subdues Seminoles, 245;
elected President, 249;
administration of, 250-253.
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