History of the United States of America, Volume 4 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of Thomas JeffersonAdams, Henry
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History of the United States of America, Volume 4 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of Thomas Jefferson
Adams, Henry
United States -- History -- 1801-1809; United States -- History -- 1809-1817
Party, the Federalist, i. 9, 29, 139; ii. 209, 228, 232, 240, 242,
283, 286, 408;
the Republican, i. 9, 122, 127, 132; ii. 209, 214, 218, 226.
“Patriotick Proceedings” of Massachusetts legislature in 1809, ii.
458.
Pennsylvania politics, 1805, i. 9;
in 1808, ii. 286.
Perceval, Spencer, his comments on Howick’s Order in Council, i.
417,
421; ii. 80;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 55;
character of, 56;
Sydney Smith’s caricature of, 56 _et seq._, 73;
takes office as Chancellor of Exchequer, 81;
his paper on the policy and justice of retaliation, 83 _et seq._;
submits his paper on retaliation to the Ministry, 88;
his letter to Charles Abbot, 97;
his orders approved in Council, 102;
prohibits the export of cotton and quinine, 323;
affected by the embargo, 324;
his plan to conciliate the Federalists, 324;
carried into effect, 327.
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, ii. 411.
Pickering, Timothy, i. 95, 151, 210, 217; ii. 29, 146;
praises Monroe, 129, 167;
won by Rose, 184 _et seq._;
cultivated by Rose, 232;
exerts himself to form a coalition with the British ministry, 234;
his letter to Governor Sullivan, 237 _et seq._;
effect in England of his letter to his constituents, 333;
declares Jefferson a tool of Napoleon, 347, 442;
reports Jefferson’s language about the embargo, 359, 442;
his triumph, 401, 409;
described by John Adams, 402;
maintains relations with Rose, 460.
Pierce, John, killed by a shot from the “Leander,” i. 199.
Pike, Zebulon M., Lieutenant of First Infantry, explores the sources
of the Mississippi, i. 213;
and of the Arkansas and Red rivers, 214, 223.
Pinckney, Charles, minister to Spain, recalled, but associated by
Monroe in negotiation, i. 23;
returns home, 37.
Pinckney, C. C., his treaty with Spain, 38;
candidate for President, ii. 285.
Pinkney, William, author of the Baltimore “Memorial,” i. 144;
appointed to aid Monroe in London, 152, 165, 169; ii. 354;
arrives in London, i. 400;
sole minister in London, ii. 162;
remonstrates against the tax on American cotton, 322;
his reply to Canning, 338;
publication of Canning’s personal letter to, 419.
Pitt, William, Prime Minister of England, his measures in 1804 and
1805 for restricting American commerce, i. 44, 45;
his coalition with Austria and Russia, 73;
Burr expects support from, 235, 238;
death of, 163, 211, 245.
Plymouth town-meeting in January, 1809, ii. 414.
“Polly,” rule established by case of, set aside, i. 45.
Porter, Moses, Major of Artillery, i. 246.
Portland, Duke of, Prime Minister of England, ii. 55;
his opinion on Spencer Perceval’s proposed Order in Council, 88.
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