New Hampshire lays claim to Vermont, 151-153; riots in, 183; hesitates to ratify the Constitution, 331; ratifies it, 338. New Jersey quarrels with New York, 146; paper money in, 171; opposes the attempt to close the Mississippi, 211; instructs her delegates to the Annapolis convention, 217; her plan for amending the articles of confederation, 245; ratifies the Constitution, 315. New Roof, 338. New York passes navigation and tariff acts directed against neighbouring states, 146; lays claim to Vermont, 151-153; paper money in, 170; western claims of, 190, 193; defeats the impost amendment, 218-220; debates on the Constitution, 340-344; ratifies it, 344; asks for a second convention, 344; fails to choose electors, 346. New York Central Railroad, 212. Newburgh address, 108-112, 118. Nicola, Louis, his letter to Washington, 107, 118. Non-importation agreement, 142. North, Frederick, Lord, fall of his ministry, 1; coalition with Fox, 38-42; his blindness, 41; his proposals after Saratoga, 91; his subservience to the king, 297. North Carolina issues paper money, 169; cedes her western lands to the United States, 199; repeals the act of cession, 201; delays her ratification of the Constitution, 345. Ohio, 203-206. Old Sarum, 249. Old South Church, 321. Onslow, George, 2. Ordinance of 1787, 199, 203-206. Oregon, 60. Oswald, Richard, 9-14, 22-26, 32, 45. Paine, Thomas, 50, 55, 191. Paper currency, 163-179, 205, 218, 273-276. Parker, Theodore, 264. Parsons, Samuel Holden, 203. Parsons, Theophilus, 319, 324. Parties, formation of, 308. Paterson, William, 229, 245-248, 255, 258, 274. Patterson, militia officer in Wyoming, 149. Payson, Rev. Philip, 322. Pendleton, Edmund, 336. Pennsylvania, government of, 65; first tariff act, 142; quarrels with Connecticut, 148-150; paper money in, 170; opposes the closing of the Mississippi, 211; contest over the Constitution, 309-314; ratifies it, 315. Petersham, scene of Shays's defeat, 182, 319. Philadelphia, Congress driven from, 112; Federal Convention meets at, 222; unparliamentary proceedings in legislature, 311; celebrates ratification by ten states, 339. Phocion and Mentor, 128. Pinckney, Charles, 228, 243, 261, 265, 266, 269, 276, 277, 334. Pinckney, Cotesworth, 228, 243, 258, 261, 263, 265, 266, 276, 333, 334. Pitt, Thomas, 44. Pitt, William, chancellor of exchequer, 16; denounces the coalition, 39; defends the treaty, 43; refuses to form a ministry, 44; character, 47; prime minister, 47; wins a great political victory, 48; favours free trade with the United States, 136. Polish kings, election of, 279. Population as an index of wealth, 257. Portland, Duke of, 16, 45. Potomac, navigation of, 213-216. Poughkeepsie, convention at, 340-344. Powers granted to federal government, 268. Presbyterians, 81, 86. Presidents of Continental Congress, 96. Prevost's march against Charleston, 27.