Smith, John Cotton, member of Congress from Connecticut, i. 269; iii. 132, 143, 242; governor of Connecticut, on the report of the Hartford Convention, viii. 304, 305. Smith, John Spear, chargé in London, vi. 21, 267. Smith, Nathaniel, delegate to the Hartford Convention, viii. 294. Smith, Robert, appointed Secretary of the Navy, i. 220 _et seq._; promises economies, 272; dissuades Jefferson from proposing constitutional amendment, ii. 83; consents to reduction of navy estimates, 136; _homme fort poli_, 373, 374; uncle of Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte, 377–379; a gentleman and a soldier, 431; asks to be made attorney-general, January, 1805, appointed and commissioned as attorney-general, but continues Secretary of the Navy, iii. 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, iv. 188–191; talks freely with Rose, 197; dislikes the embargo, 261; his opinions reported by Erskine, 384; regarded as extravagant by Gallatin, 425, 428; offered the Treasury Department, v. 7, 379; becomes Secretary of State, 8, 10; his language about war with France, 35; his letter to Erskine accepting settlement of the “Chesapeake” affair, 68, 69, 89; his replies to Canning’s three conditions, 71–73; his remarks to Turreau on Jefferson’s weakness and indiscretions, 84; introduces F. J. Jackson to the President, 120; his interviews with Jackson, 122–124, 126; his incompetence, 159; Madison’s resentment of his conduct on Macon’s bill, 186, 187; his supposed quarrels in the Cabinet, 188; opposed to Madison’s course toward France, 296, 297, 366, 374, 375, 378; notifies Turreau of the President’s intention to revive the non-intercourse against England, 302, 303; explains to Turreau the occupation of West Florida, 313; his first interviews with Serurier, 340, 347; irritates Madison by questioning Serurier, 350; his abilities, 363, 376; his removal from the State Department, 375–377; his Address to the People, 378; his retort against Madison, 379; Serurier’s estimate of, vi. 46–50; his remark about American schooners, 48; his comments on Jefferson, Madison, and Clinton, 48; his pamphlet reveals secrets annoying to Madison, 54.