THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 1801–1805 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON BY HENRY ADAMS VOL. II. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1889 _Copyright, 1889_, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS. University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER PAGE I. RUPTURE OF THE PEACE OF AMIENS 1 II. THE LOUISIANA TREATY 25 III. CLAIM TO WEST FLORIDA 51 IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTIES 74 V. THE LOUISIANA DEBATE 94 VI. LOUISIANA LEGISLATION 116 VII. IMPEACHMENTS 135 VIII. CONSPIRACY 160 IX. THE YAZOO CLAIMS 192 X. TRIAL OF JUSTICE CHASE 218 XI. QUARREL WITH YRUJO 245 XII. PINCKNEY’S DIPLOMACY 264 XIII. MONROE AND TALLEYRAND 288 XIV. RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND 316 XV. CORDIALITY WITH ENGLAND 342 XVI. ANTHONY MERRY 360 XVII. JEFFERSON’S ENEMIES 389 XVIII. ENGLAND AND TRIPOLI 410 INDEX TO VOLS. I. AND II. 439 [Illustration: THE COAST OF WEST FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA (From Jeffery’s American Atlas. London, 1800.)] HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. CHAPTER I.