Lincoln, Abraham, father of, 249; education of, 303. Lincoln, Levi, 130-31. L'Insurgente, French frigate, 101. Little Belt, British sloop-of-war, 202. Little Sarah affair, 75. Livingston, Robert, Minister to France, 148-49; negotiates for Louisiana, 150-51; on the bounds of Louisiana, 151, 158-59. Louisiana, Spanish province, threatened by France, 71; retroceded to France, 146; acquired by the United States, 149-51; Senate opposition to, 155-56; provision for the government of, 156-58; transfer of, 157; bounds of, 158-59; western boundary settled, 264. Lowndes, William, 307. Lundy's Lane, battle of, 220. Lyon, Matthew, prosecution of, 110. M'Culloch _v._ Maryland, 268, 337-38. Macdonough, Thomas, wins battle of Plattsburg, 221-22. McHenry, James, Secretary of War, 101, 103. Maclay, William, on the President's address, 50; on the Judiciary Act, 54. Macon bills, 199. Macon, Nathaniel, Speaker of the House, 133-34; on non-intercourse, 199. Madison, James, on affairs in Georgia, 7; on state jealousies, 8; in the Federal Convention, 29-30; contributes to the _Federalist_ papers, 43; proposes constitutional amendments, 55; on stock-jobbing, 63-64; on Hamilton's financial policy, 64; proposes retaliatory legislation (1793), 78; drafts Virginia Resolutions, 110-11; Secretary of State, 130; on the Yazoo commission, 169; favors peaceable coercion, 180-81; on impressments, 186; and George Rose, 187; elected President, 194; and Erskine, 197; and Jackson, 198; issues proclamation against England, 200; authorizes occupation of West Florida, 204; and the war party, 208-09; recommends an embargo, 209; his war message, 209-10; his proclamation of war, 210; reelected President (1812), 216-17; and New England, 223, 225; his estimate of the war, 231-32; favors mild protection of industries, 236; vetoes Bank Bill, 239; signs second Bank Bill, 239; message of 1815, 241; his farewell address, 243, 257; on Canning's overtures, 294. Magazines as literature, 1815-30, 284. Mahan, Admiral A. T., on the War of 1812, 231. Maine, the admission of, 275-77; suffrage in, 304. Malbone, Edward G., 286. Manufactures, beginnings of, 46, 124. _See_ special industries. Marbury _v._ Madison, case of, 136-37; constitutional importance of, 333. Marietta, founding of, 13.