Smith, John Cotton, i. 132, 143, 242. Smith, Robert, Secretary of the Navy, asks to be made attorney-general, January, 1805, appointed and commissioned as attorney-general, but continues secretary of the navy, i. 10-12; his opinion on Monroe’s Spanish negotiation, 68; his letter to Jefferson on Burr’s conspiracy, 331; wishes a call of the Senate to consider Monroe’s treaty, 432; acts as Jefferson’s intermediator with Rose, ii. 188-191; talks freely with Rose, 197; dislikes the embargo, 261; his opinions reported by Erskine, 384; regarded as extravagant by Gallatin, 425, 428. Smith, Samuel, senator from Maryland, i. 83, 126; his Non-Importation Resolutions. 146, 150, 151; his wish for diplomatic office, 152, 153; his opposition to Armstrong’s appointment defeated, 153, 172; punished by Jefferson, 168, 170; his view of the President’s course, 169, 170; writes to Nicholas respecting Burr’s conspiracy, 335; annoyed at Jefferson’s ignoring the army in Annual Message, 348, 349; his letters to W. C. Nicholas respecting Jefferson’s rejection of Monroe’s treaty, 431 _et seq._; on the embargo committee, ii. 172; his hostility to Gallatin, 425, 428. Smith, William Steuben, Surveyor of the Port of New York, in Miranda’s confidence, i. 189; removed from office and indicted, 195, 208; his trial, 208; his acquittal, 209; connected with Burr, 263, 265. Smith and Ogden, case of, i. 208, 450. Snyder, Simon, chosen governor of Pennsylvania, ii. 286. Spain, Jefferson’s expectation of bickering with, i. 8; Monroe’s negotiation with, 23-36; effect of Monroe’s negotiation with, on Jefferson and Madison, 54-79; expected war with, 61, 62, 99, 118, 128, 189; Gallatin’s opinion of Monroe’s negotiation with, 66; Robert Smith’s opinion of, 68; negotiation with, not to be converted into a French job, 70, 77; Cabinet decision to transfer negotiation to Paris, and offer five millions for West Florida, 78; Merry’s report on, 96; Madison’s remarks to Merry, 98; Talleyrand’s proposed settlement with, 103, 106; accepted by Jefferson, 106; notice of unfriendly relations with, in Jefferson’s Annual Message of 1805, 112; Jefferson’s comments on, to Turreau, 125; Jefferson’s secret message on, Dec. 6, 1805, 130, 177; Randolph’s remarks on the policy toward, 178; relations with French finance, 372; her “perfidy and injustice,” 437; her condition in 1807, ii. 115, 116; occupied by French armies, 119, 122, 293, 297; collapse of government in, 298; Joseph Bonaparte crowned king of, 300; revolution of the Dos de Maio, 300-302, 315; its effect in America, 339-343. (See Florida, West.) Spence, Lieutenant, carries letters from Bollman to Burr, i. 309.