Nicholls, Edward, major of the British marines occupies Pensacola, viii. 319, 320; issues proclamation to the natives of Louisiana, 320, 321, 325; distracts Jackson’s attention, 321, 322; evacuates Pensacola and goes to the Appalachicola, 330. Nicholson, Joseph Hopper, member of Congress from Maryland, i. 261, 268, 433; ii. 95, 100, 124, 144; invited to attack Judge Chase, 149; a manager of the impeachment, 225, 228; offers an amendment to the Constitution, 240; in the Ninth Congress, iii. 127, 133, 135; his non-importation resolution, 154; his resolution adopted, 165; appointed State Judge, 167, 180; remonstrates with Gallatin, iv. 32. Nicklin and Griffith, iii. 153. Non-importation (see Non-intercourse). Non-intercourse, list of acts, v. 194; partial, moved by Senator Samuel Smith in February, 1806, iii. 146; debate on, 147; favored by Madison, 148, 426; opposition to, 150; Smith’s resolutions adopted, 151; Gregg’s resolution of Jan. 29, 1806, 154, 155, 165; Nicholson’s resolution, Feb. 10, 1806, 154, 155; Nicholson’s resolution adopted, 165, 166; Non-importation Bill reported, March 25, 1805, 175; becomes law, April 18, 1806, 175; suspended, Dec. 19, 1806, 349; effect of, in England, 394, 399; conditions of its repeal, 401, 436; to remain suspended, 430, 436, 437; favored by Jefferson after the “Chesapeake” affair, iv. 34, 36; expected by Erskine, 144; Non-importation Act goes into effect, Dec. 14, 1807, 165 (see Embargo); not avowed as a coercive policy in Congress, 203; or by Jefferson, 176, 204; bill for total non-intercourse introduced, 444; becomes law, March 1, 1809, 453. Non-intercourse Act of March 1, 1809, its effect on commerce, v. 35, 36; English view of, 62; affected by Erskine’s arrangement, 80, 88, 90; revived by Erskine’s disavowal, 111, 114, 115; communicated to Napoleon, 135; communication denied by Napoleon, 232, 234, 235, 254; Champagny’s complaints of, 140; Napoleon’s retaliation on, 143, 150, 151, 230, 232, 254, 255; its mischievous effects in America, 164, 165, 166, 178, 184; about to expire, 183; suspended, 195–198, 210; revived by proclamation of Nov. 2, 1810, 302, 303, 304. ---- of May 1, 1810, its passage, v. 194–198, 274; its effect on Napoleon, 220, 244, 255; its effect in England, 273–276; its condition precedent to reviving non-intercourse, 297; creates a contract, 342, 395, 396.