Educational Institutions, VI. Edwards, Jonathan, I. Electoral Commission of 1877, the, IV. Electoral Count Act, the, IV. Electric lighting, IV. Electricity, V. new uses of, VI. Elevated railroads, IV. Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia, I. Ellsworth, Colonel, killed, III. Ellsworth, Oliver, II. Emancipation, laws to hinder, III. Proclamation, III. growth of feeling for, IV. universal, IV. Emergency currency, VI. Emerson, R. W., quoted, Emigration to Canada, VI. England made little effort to explore New World, I. conquest of New Netherland by, I. in the heart of America, I. relations of American colonies to, I. in King William's war, I. English population in America, I. causes of colonial strength of, I. her plans in French and Indian war, I. her wars a heavy drain, II. tries to force navigation laws, II. her ignorance of the American colonies, II. her attitude toward taxation of the colonies, II. her difficulties at close of the Revolution, II. involved in four wars, II. peace negotiations and treaty between America and, II. clung to western posts after the Revolution, II. determined to monopolize America's foreign trade, II. Federalist leaning toward, II. impresses seamen, II. seizes French goods in American vessels, II. her attitude toward United States, II. tried to prevent knowledge of new machinery reaching America, II. ignores international law, II. she questions the neutrality of the United States, II. and the Oregon question, III. attitude of, in the civil war, IV. and the Alabama claims, IV. and the fisheries dispute, IV. English, the. See England. English Church, agitation in Maryland in favor of, I. in the colonies, I. English, William H., IV. Epidemics in Colonial America, I. Ericson, Lief, his sail to America, I. Ericson, Thorwald, I. Erie, battle of Lake, II. Erskine, Lord, his words on Washington, II. Eskimos, traditions among, concerning Frobisher's visits, I. Ether, III. Eutaw Springs, battle of, II. "Evangeline," history, I. Evans, Oliver, II. Evans, Rear-Admiral R. D., VI. Evarts, William M., IV. delivers oration at Centennial celebration, IV. Everett, Edward, III. his nomination, III. Excise, the, in Washington's administration, II. F Factory system, beginning of, in United States, II. Fairbanks, Charles W., nominated for Vice-president, VI. Fair Oaks, battle of, IV. Farmers' Free List Bill, VI. Farms in United States, VI. Farragut, Commodore, at New Orleans, IV. at Mobile harbor, IV. Federal Convention of 1787, the, II. personnel of the, II.