History of the United States of America, Volume 9 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of James MadisonAdams, Henry
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History of the United States of America, Volume 9 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of James Madison
Adams, Henry
United States -- History -- 1801-1809; United States -- History -- 1809-1817
Liverpool, Earl of (Baron Hawkesbury), British Foreign Secretary,
ii. 344, 410;
his opinion on Spencer Perceval’s proposed order, iv. 90;
on American partiality to France, v. 50;
succeeds Castlereagh at the War Department, 263;
his view of American duty, vii. 17, 18;
on the opening negotiations at Ghent, ix. 25–27;
on the utmost point of concession, 31;
on the capture of Washington, 36;
writes to Wellington, 40;
abandons claim to territory, 41.
Livingston, Edward, district-attorney and mayor of New York, i.
233, 205; ii. 259;
at New Orleans, iii. 300;
his speech of 1798, viii. 276.
Livingston, Robert R., aids Fulton’s steamboat, i. 69, 112; iii.
216;
his family connection, i. 108, 109;
offered the Navy Department, 219;
appointed minister to France, 233, 295, 404;
discusses the price of Louisiana, ii. 31;
his claims convention, 46;
his estimate of the importance of the cession of Louisiana, 67;
claims West Florida, 68 _et seq._;
his plan of gaining West Florida, 246, 275;
his situation after the treaty, 289;
distrusts Napoleon, 290;
succeeded by Armstrong, 291, 303.
Lloyd, George, lieutenant in the British navy, commanding
sloop-of-war “Castilian,” his report on the loss of the “Avon,”
viii. 190–192.
Lloyd, James, author of the “Boston Memorial,” iii. 144;
elected to succeed J. Q. Adams as senator from Massachusetts, iv.
242;
senator from Massachusetts, vi. 183;
Randolph’s letter to, on the Hartford Convention, viii. 230;
his reply to Randolph, 306.
Lloyd, Robert, captain of the British seventy-four “Plantagenet,”
finds the “General Armstrong” at Fayal, viii. 201;
his report of the destruction of the “General Armstrong,”
202–207, 209.
Loan of 1810, v. 178;
of 1812, for eleven millions, vi. 169;
partial failure of, 207;
of 1813, for twenty millions, 433, 448;
for 1813, of sixteen millions, vii. 44;
for 1814, authorized for twenty-five millions, 389;
threatened failure of, 394;
nine millions obtained in May, viii. 17, 18;
failure of, in July, 1814, 213, 241, 242;
amounts taken in Virginia and Massachusetts, 234;
of eighteen millions, in 1815, for funding treasury notes, ix.
84, 100;
failure of, in 1815, 100–103.
Lockyer, Nicholas, captain of the British sloop-of-war “Sophie,”
negotiates with Jean Laffite, viii. 321.
Logan, George, senator from Pennsylvania, iii. 139;
his proposal to prohibit commerce with St. Domingo, 88;
his bill to prohibit trade with St. Domingo, 140;
wishes to set Monroe aside, 152;
an amateur negotiator, iv. 236.
Logan’s Act, ii. 259; iv. 236.
Long, Charles, joint paymaster-general of the forces, v. 58.
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