Allston, Joseph, Burr’s son-in-law, i. 220, 240; guarantees Blennerhassett from loss, 260; with Burr in Kentucky, 260, 268; to go with recruits from Charleston, 265, 266; his part in Burr’s trial, 463 _et seq._ Allston, Mrs. (Theodosia Burr), accompanies Burr on his expedition, i. 255; at Blennerhassett’s island, 257; to be queen of Mexico, 259; infatuation of Luther Martin for, 444. Alston, Willis, member of Congress from North Carolina, i. 354; on war with England, ii. 376. Ames, Fisher, ii. 348. Anderson, Patton, i. 287. Anderson, Joseph, senator from Tennessee, i. 139. “Aristides,” i. 209. Armstrong, John, minister to France, notifies Monroe of Napoleon’s decision on Spanish claims and boundaries, i. 31, 32; recommends a course toward Texas and Florida, 39; to be employed in the Florida negotiation, 78; receives Talleyrand’s conditions for an arrangement with Spain, 104; attacked in the Senate, 153; opposition to his appointment with Bowdoin to conduct the Florida negotiation, 153, 172; watching Napoleon in Paris, 370; offers to execute Talleyrand’s plan, 376; approaches Napoleon through Duroc, 386; asks Decrès for an explanation of the Berlin Decree, 390; refused passports for Napoleon’s headquarters, ii. 105; protests against the “Horizon” judgment, 110; reports Napoleon’s order relating to the Berlin Decree, 112; well informed with regard to Napoleon’s projects, 113; remonstrates against the Milan Decree, 292; receives from Champagny an offer of the Floridas as the price of an alliance with France, 294; replies to Champagny, 294; refuses to present the case of the burned vessels to the French government, 313. Auckland, Lord, i. 407. “Aurora,” the, 119. Austerlitz, battle of, i. 163, 370. Bacon, Ezekiel, determined to overthrow the embargo, ii. 432, 436, 441, 450, 455, 463. Bailen, capitulation at, ii. 315, 341. Baldwin, Abraham, senator from Georgia, i. 126. Barclay, John, i. 231. Baring, Alexander, i. 52; ii. 69; his reply to “War in Disguise,” 317. Baring, Sir Francis, at the dinner to the Spanish patriots, ii. 331. Barron, Captain James, appointed Commodore of the Mediterranean squadron, ii. 5; replies to Captain Humphrey’s note, 13; orders his flag to be struck, 19; blamed by his brother officers, 20; trial of, 21; result of the trial, 22. Bastrop grant, the, Burr’s proposal to Blennerhassett to buy, i. 256; bought by Burr, 260, 274. Bath, town-meeting in December, 1808, ii. 409. Bathurst, Lord, President of the Board of Trade, disapproves of Perceval’s general order, ii. 93 _et seq._, 100, 325. Bayard, James A., senator from Delaware, i. 339, 461; ii. 146.