Bladensburg, battle of, 222. Blennerhassett, Harman, and Burr, 172-73, 175-76. Blockade of American ports by British cruisers, 181-82, 201, 218, 233. Blount conspiracy, 97. Bonus Bill, advocated by Calhoun, 257; vetoed by Madison, 257. Boone, Daniel, 14. Boston, as an intellectual and literary center, 287. Bowdoin, Governor James, and Shays' Rebellion, 20-21; suggests convention of the States, 27. Breckenridge, John, 110. Brown, Jacob, 220. Brown, Moses, 124. Bryant, William Cullen, 284. Burr, Aaron, candidate for the Vice-Presidency (1796), 92; on politics in Connecticut, 115; carries the city of New York (1800), 115-16; elected Vice-President (1800), 118; candidate for Governor of New York, 165; approached by Federalists, 165-66; his duel with Hamilton, 166; his intrigues, 172-73; his expedition, 173-76; his arrest and trial, 176-78. Cabot, George, 164. Calhoun, John C., repudiates peaceable coercion, 207; favors Tariff of 1816, 237; his nationalism, 241-42; on constitutional limitations, 242; his Bonus Bill, 257; Secretary of War, 258; candidate for the Presidency, 307; candidate for the Vice-Presidency, 308; elected Vice-President, 312; on the Tariff of 1828, 328-29; elaborates his defense of state rights, 345. Campbell, Alexander, 288. Canada, proposed conquest of, 203, 213. Canals, constructed and projected, in 1825, 255-56. Canning, George, and the Chesapeake affair, 186; on the embargo, 191; on British naval losses, 216; on intervention, 292; overtures to Rush, 294; on the new doctrine of President Monroe, 296. Capital, location of the national, 60-61; removed from Philadelphia to Washington, 119-21. Caucus, _congressional_ (1800), 116; (1804), 167; (1808), 193-94; (1812), 216; (1816), 243; hostility to, 307, 308; (1824), 308. _legislative_, 305. Channing, William E., 288. Chase, Samuel, impeachment of, 139-41. Cherokee Indians, in Georgia, 326-27. Chesapeake Bay, navigation of, 27-28; British military operations in, 221-23. Chesapeake, United States frigate, and the Leopard, 184-86; reparation offered for, 197; avenged, 202; captured, 218. Chippewa, battle of, 220. Cincinnati, Society of the, 24. Civil service. _See_ Appointments. Claiborne, W. C. C., Governor of the Mississippi Territory, reports withdrawal of the right of deposit, 148; takes possession of West Florida, 204. Clark, George Rogers, and Genet, 74-75.