Iroquois league, 190. Irreconcilables in the Federal Convention, 225, 242, 244, 246, 254. Isolation of states a century ago, 62. Jay, John, thwarts Vergennes, 21, 35; tries to establish free trade between United States and Great Britain, 26; condemns persecution of Tories, 122; on compensation for slaves, 132; consents to the closing of the Mississippi River for twenty-five years, 210; why not sent as delegate to Federal Convention, 225; supports the Constitution in New York convention, 340; contributes articles to the "Federalist," 341; receives nine electoral votes for the vice-presidency, 348. Jefferson, Thomas, opposed to slavery, 72; favours religious freedom, 81; minister to France, 138, 155; assists Gouverneur Morris in arranging our decimal currency, 166; his plan for the government of the northwestern territory, 196; wishes to prohibit slavery in the national domain, 198, 205; his purchase of Louisiana, 207; absent from United States at the time of the Federal Convention, 225; his faith in the people, 226, 337; his opinion of the Constitution, 309; approves the action of the Massachusetts convention, 331. Johnson, W.S., 229. Johnston, Alexander, 223. Jones, Paul, 339. Jonesborough, convention at, 200. Judiciary, elective, 69; federal, 242, 300, 301. Juilliard _vs._ Greenman, 275. Kentucky, 18, 189, 199, 202, 209, 210. Keppel, Lord, 5, 16, 45. King, Rufus, 217, 221, 228, 246, 249, 250, 256, 261, 276, 279, 282, 324, 326. King's Mountain, 28, 200, 321. Kings, election of, in Poland, 279. Know Ye men and Know Ye measures, 177, 243. Knox, Henry, 114. Lafayette, 50, 54. Langdon, John, 229, 269, 274, 276, 283, 346. Lansing, John, 225, 242, 244, 246, 254, 340, 341. Laurens, Henry, 2, 22. Lecky, W., 103. Ledyard, Isaac, 128. Lee, Henry, 307, 337. Lee, Richard Henry, 57, 143, 204, 205, 225, 307, 313, 318, 328, 336, 337, 347. "Letters from a Federal Farmer," by R.H. Lee, 314. Lexington, 50, 321. Lincoln, Abraham, 72, 198, 207. Lincoln, Benjamin, 181-183, 319, 332. Livingston, Robert, 36, 340, 350. Livingston, William, 171, 229. Locke, John, 64, 225. Long Lane becomes Federal Street, 331. Long Parliament, 92, 235. Lords, House of, 66, 68; contrasted with Senate, 295. Lowndes, Rawlins, 332-334. Loyalists, compensation of, 28-33; persecution of, 120-130; did not form, in any proper sense of the word, an opposition party, 308. Luzerne, Chevalier de, 35, 54. Lykian League, 249. Macdougall, Alexander, 107. McDuffle, George, 60. McKean, Thomas, 316. McMaster, J.B., 151.