Maury, Thompson B., 236. Maury, William L., 108, 153, 171, 172. Maximilian, Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and Emperor of Mexico, 128, 177, 189–191, 193, 195–204, 212, 213, 215. McCauley, Charles S., 108. McClure, Commander (Royal Navy), 82. McGuire, Parson E. C., 26. McKay, Donald, 128. McRay, Archibald, 81. Mejía, General Tomás, 214. _Merrimac_ (C. S. S. _Virginia_), 159. _Minnesota_, 148, 151, 158. Minor, Diana, 2. Minor, Dudas, 2. Minor, John, 146. Minor, Robert D., 151. Miramón, General Miguel, 214. Missroon, John S., 108, 115. Mobile Bay, Battle of, 178. Moffitt, Mrs. E. E., 245. _Mohican_, 169, 170. Monroe, President James, 241. Montague, R. L., 145. Monuments and memorials, 149, 244–248, 250. Mordecai, Major Alfred, 197. Moretti, Giuseppe, 246. Morgan, James Morris, 168, 170. Morris, Captain Charles, 10, 18. Morris, Dr., 151, 153. Morse, Professor S. F. B., 80, 128. Müller, Max, 216. Murray, John, 249. Myer, General Albert James, 229, 235–237. Nabuco, Joaquim, 120. Napoleon I, 18. Napoleon III, 65, 166, 174, 175, 177, 204, 214, 215. Nashville, Tennessee, 3, 105, 123, 246. Navigation, Maury’s “A New Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Navigation”, 27, 28. Newton, Isaac, 131. _Niagara_, 79, 172. Norfolk, Virginia, 7, 13, 29, 31, 41, 91, 93, 148, 151, 159, 161, 221, 234, 235, 246. Nukahiva, 14–16. Ocean Lanes for steamers, 83. Orr, Colonel James L., 165. Otey, Bishop James, 4, 96, 128. Packer, Governor William F., 121. Page, Richard L., 81, 108. Page, Thomas Nelson, 243, 244. Pakington, Sir John, 209. Pasteur, Louis, 165. Paulding, Secretary of Navy, James K., 33. _Peacock_, 30. Pendergrast, G. J., 108. Pendleton, William (D.D.), 239. Perkins, Judge John, 198. Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 30, 81, 108, 109, 111, 128. “Physical Geography of the Sea”, 66–75, 84, 102, 124, 243, 249, 250. “Physical Survey of Virginia”, 219, 221, 222, 227, 233. _Pioneer_, 229. Plato, 131. Platt, Captain Charles T., 67. Plutarch, 131. Poe, Edgar Allan, 28. Poinsett, Secretary of War, Joel R., 30. Polk, Bishop Leonidas, 128, 151. Pollard, Edward Albert, 160. Poma, Manuela, 24, 25. Pope Pius IX, 59, 65, 214. Porter, David, 7, 16. _Potomac_, 25, 26. Preston, Margaret J., 240. Price, Governor Stirling, 198. Priestly, Joseph, 205. Pynes, the Reverend Doctor, 140. Quetelet, Jacques Adolphe Lambert, 57, 58, 232. Quintard, Bishop Charles Todd, 215. Rains, General Gabriel J., 155. _Rappahannock_, 172, 173. _Raven_, 60. “Retiring Board”, 107–117. Reynolds, Governor Thomas C., 197. Richardson and Company, 210, 224, 225. Richmond, Virginia, 40, 93, 143, 145, 147–151, 155, 159, 161, 162, 166, 178, 183, 187, 220, 221, 227, 240, 241, 245, 246, 250. Richmond Medical College, 149. Ringgold, Cadwalader, 81.