Florida, West, desire of the southern people to acquire, i. 22; negotiation for, in 1805 (see Monroe); Madison’s opinion of claim to, 55, 56; not to be turned into a French job, 70, 77; Cabinet decides to offer five millions for, 78; Talleyrand’s plan for obtaining, 103; Talleyrand’s plan adopted by Jefferson, 106; opposed in Congress, 133 _et seq._; passage of Two Million Act for purchasing, 138; Burr’s designs upon, 232, 234; source of Talleyrand’s plan, 373; Napoleon’s attitude, 374, 375; Madison’s instructions, 375; Napoleon defeats Talleyrand’s plan, 376-385, 424, 428; ii. 114; Turreau’s views on, i. 426; American occupation invited by Napoleon, ii. 293, 294, 296, 297, 307; invitation acknowledged by Madison, 306; invitation denied by Napoleon, 311; seizure of, intended by Jefferson, 340. Folch, Governor, of West Florida, i. 300. Fontainebleau, treaty of, ii. 121. Fortifications, i. 179, 350. Fox, Charles James, accession of, to Foreign Office, i. 163, 211; recalls Merry, and refuses to listen to Burr’s schemes, 250; opens negotiations with Monroe, 394; his blockade, 398; illness of, 406; death of, 407. France, perfect understanding with, i. 8. (See Napoleon.) Freeman, Constant, Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery, in command at New Orleans, warned by Wilkinson, i. 314, 315. Friedland, the battle of, ii. 62, 105. Fulton, Robert, his steamboat, i. 20, 216; ii. 135. Gaines, E. P., First Lieutenant of Second Infantry, commanding at Fort Stoddert, arrests Burr, i. 327.