1896, V.
convention, 1904. VI. 76.

Portages, the, of the West, I.

Porter, Admiral, IV.

Porter, General Fitz-John, IV.

Portland, Oregon, Lewis and Clark Expedition commemorated at, VI.

Porto Rico,
expedition of General Miles, V.
ceded to United States, V.
and United States government, V.
population, VI.

Port Royal,
taken, I.
naval expedition to, IV.

Portsmouth, N. H., settled, I.

Portugal, Prince Henry of. See Henry of Portugal.

Portugal leads the world in art of navigation, I.
the new world divided between Spain and, I.

Postal Department, origin of the, II.

Postal service in colonial America, I.
in 1800, II.
about 1840, III.
at present time, IV.

Powhatan, I.

Preble, Commodore, II.

Prescott, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, II.

Presidential Succession Act, the, IV.

Press, the. See Newspapers.

Prideaux, General, I.

Prigg's case, III.

Princeton, battle of, II.

Procter, Goodman, I.

Progressive Movement, VI.
effect on party organization, VI.

Prohibitionist party,
convention, 1904, VI.
convention, 1908, VI.

Providence,
Roger Williams settles at, I.
population of, in 1800, II.

Publicity Law, campaign, VI.

Puerto Cabello, fort demolished, VI.

Pure Food and Drugs Law, passed, 1906, VI.

Puritans,
the, I.
allow little liberty of thought, I.
immigration of, to Maryland, I.
found Annapolis. I.
their religion superstitious, I.

Putnam, General Israel, II.

Q

Quakers,
favored by Charles II., I.
warring with Baptists, I.
divided, I.
hostility to, in Maryland, I.
on wearing of wigs, I.
against slavery, III.

Quebec,
the colony of, founded, I.
capture of, I.
Benedict Arnold and Montgomery advance on, II.

R

Radisson, explorations of, I.

Railroads,
the first in United States, III.
projectors encounter hostility, III.
the first route, III.
the first passenger, III.
growth of the system, III.
to the Pacific coast, IV.
consolidation of, IV.
elevated, IV.
Inter-state Railway Law, IV.
railway combinations, VI.

Raleigh, Sir Walter,
begins colony on Roanoke Island, I.
his scheme to establish colonies in America, I.

Randolph,
first attorney-general, II.
an anti-Federalist, II.
Clay's duel with, III.

Rasle, Father, I.

Rawdon, General, II.

"Recall," the, VI.

Reciprocity, treaty of, IV.

Reciprocity and protection. See Tariff.

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