Union, dissolution of, as viewed by southern republicans in 1798, i. 142; attempted in New England in 1804, ii. 160–191; proposed by Burr to the British government in 1804, 395, 403; Burr’s schemes of, iii. 219–244; prophesied by Randolph, 364; schemes for, renewed by New England in 1808, iv. 402–407; a delicate topic, v. 14; a cause of repealing the embargo, 34; discussed by Turreau, 36; discussed in New England, vi. 403, 409; affected by the seizure of Florida, vii. 213; “increasing harmony throughout the,” 365, 366; jealousies in the, 402; Massachusetts federalists wish to resist the, viii. 4, 8–10, 13, 22; southern section of, suffers most by the war, 15; its duty of defence neglected, 222; practically dissolved, 223; amount of sentiment for and against, in 1814, 229; dissolution of, deprecated by Webster, 275; dissolution of, encouraged and avowed in Congress, 277; severance of, deprecated by Hartford Convention, 296; already dissolved, 300, 301; alternative to dissolution of, 306; political effect of peace on, ix. 80, 92; difficulties of, overcome in 1816, 173, 194, 219, 220; its distinctive character, 226. Unitarians in New England, i. 89; ix. 133; in Harvard College, 176, 177; churches in Boston, 178; opinions of, in Boston churches, 179, 180; literary influence of, 205, 207; optimism of, 239. United States, banking capital of, in 1800, i. 26; credit and trade of, 27; monetary valuation of, in 1800, and distribution of wealth, 40; popular characteristics of the people of, in 1800, 41 _et seq._; standard of comfort, 42; population in 1810, v. 289; population of, in 1817, ix. 154; growth of population and wealth in, 172, 173; character of people, 219–242. “United States,” 44-gun frigate, vi. 363; first cruise of, in 1812, 366, 375; at Boston, 378; second cruise of, 381; captures the “Macedonian,” 382, 383; blockaded at New London, vii. 278, 279, 287, 311. Universalists, ix. 133; growth of church, 183, 184; significance of movement, 239. University, Jefferson’s recommendation of a national, iii. 346, 347; iv. 365; Madison’s recommendation of, v. 319; recommended by Madison in 1815, ix. 105; again in 1816, 143. Upham, Timothy, lieutenant-colonel commanding the Eleventh U. S. Infantry at Chrystler’s Farm, vii. 189. Urquijo, Don Mariano Luis de, i. 355, 365, 368. _Uti possidetis_, claimed by England at Ghent, ix. 9, 17, 34; exceeded by British demands, 21; opposed to _status ante bellum_, 33, 34; rejected, 37; abandoned, 41, 42. Utica in 1800, i. 3.