Postal Department, origin of the, II. Postal service in colonial America, I. in 1800, II. about 1840, III. at present time, IV. Powhatan, I. Preble, Commodore, II. Prescott, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, II. Presidential Succession Act, the, IV. Press, the. See Newspapers. Prideaux, General, I. Prigg's case, III. Princeton, battle of, II. Procter, Goodman, I. Progressive Movement, VI. effect on party organization, VI. Prohibitionist party, convention, 1904, VI. convention, 1908, VI. Providence, Roger Williams settles at, I. population of, in 1800, II. Publicity Law, campaign, VI. Puerto Cabello, fort demolished, VI. Pure Food and Drugs Law, passed, 1906, VI. Puritans, the, I. allow little liberty of thought, I. immigration of, to Maryland, I. found Annapolis. I. their religion superstitious, I. Putnam, General Israel, II. Q Quakers, favored by Charles II., I. warring with Baptists, I. divided, I. hostility to, in Maryland, I. on wearing of wigs, I. against slavery, III. Quebec, the colony of, founded, I. capture of, I. Benedict Arnold and Montgomery advance on, II. R Radisson, explorations of, I. Railroads, the first in United States, III. projectors encounter hostility, III. the first route, III. the first passenger, III. growth of the system, III. to the Pacific coast, IV. consolidation of, IV. elevated, IV. Inter-state Railway Law, IV. railway combinations, VI. Raleigh, Sir Walter, begins colony on Roanoke Island, I. his scheme to establish colonies in America, I. Randolph, first attorney-general, II. an anti-Federalist, II. Clay's duel with, III. Rasle, Father, I. Rawdon, General, II. "Recall," the, VI. Reciprocity, treaty of, IV. Reciprocity and protection. See Tariff. Reclamation Act, the. VI. Reconstruction, questions of, IV. three periods, IV. results of, in the South, IV. Redemptioners, I. Reed, Thomas B., parliamentary rules, V. "Referendum," the, VI. Religion in United States in the fourth decade, III. Republican Party, the, origin of, II. beginning of the modern, III. doctrine of, III. generally favored preserving Union by force, III. timid members demand peace, IV. views of, on effect of secession, IV. "Liberal Republicans," IV. tariff policy of, IV., V. convention 1896, V. convention 1904, VI. centennial of the founding of, VI. convention 1908, VI. platform, 256, VI. Resumption of specie payment, IV. Revenue system, the, II, running down, III. Revolution, the causes of, II. preparations for, II. dates from the Gaspe affair, II. opening act of, II. beginning of, II. the northern campaigns, II. the southern campaigns, II. closed by battle of Yorktown, II. ill-conduct of, II. expenses of, II. cessation of hostilities, II. character of soldiers in, II. types of heroes in, II. cost of, II. debt at close of, II.