THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 1801-1805 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. BY HENRY ADAMS. VOLS. I. AND II.--THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON. 1801-1805. VOLS. III. AND IV.--THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON. 1805-1809. VOLS. V. AND VI.--THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF MADISON. 1809-1813. VOLS. VII., VIII., AND IX.--THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF MADISON. 1813-1817. WITH AN INDEX TO THE ENTIRE WORK. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON BY HENRY ADAMS VOL. I. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1891 _Copyright, 1889_, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS. University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. CHAPTER PAGE I. PHYSICAL AND ECONOMICAL CONDITIONS 1 II. POPULAR CHARACTERISTICS 41 III. INTELLECT OF NEW ENGLAND 75 IV. INTELLECT OF THE MIDDLE STATES 108 V. INTELLECT OF THE SOUTHERN STATES 131 VI. AMERICAN IDEALS 156 VII. THE INAUGURATION 185 VIII. ORGANIZATION 218 IX. THE ANNUAL MESSAGE 247 X. LEGISLATION 264 XI. THE JUDICIARY DEBATE 284 XII. PERSONALITIES 307 XIII. THE SPANISH COURT 334 XIV. THE RETROCESSION 352 XV. TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE 377 XVI. CLOSURE OF THE MISSISSIPPI 399 XVII. MONROE’S MISSION 423 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. CHAPTER I.