nt it off on a
wagon, with some large silver urns and such other valuables as could
hastily be got hold of. When the British did arrive, they ate up the
very dinner, and drank the wines, etc., that I had prepared for the
President's party." On a previous page he had related that: "Mrs.
Madison ordered dinner to be ready at three as usual; I set the table
myself, and brought up the ale, cider, and wine, and placed them in the
coolers, as all the cabinet and several military gentlemen and strangers
were expected."]

INDEX

INDEX

Abolition Societies, petition for prohibition of African slave trade
to Louisiana, 250.

Adams, John, refers question of Presidential titles to Congress, 123;
his position in the matter, 123, 124, 125;
has popular sympathy in X Y Z affair, 231;
not a leader of a party, 231;
his quarrel with party leaders, 240;
effects of his foreign policy, 242.

Adams, John Quincy, erroneous statement regarding date of Madison's
death, 1-3;
attempt to expel from Congress, 185;
on good luck of Jefferson, 244, 253;
supports Jefferson's embargo policy, 245.

Alien and Sedition Acts, passed in 1798, 231;
their justification, 231, 232;
influence election of 1800, 240.

Ames, Fisher, opposes impost on molasses, 127;
on proposal to tax imported slaves, 130;
his doubts of any future development of West, 140;
on banks, 162;
on over-devotion to Constitution, 173 n.;
on Madison's partisanship, 192.

Annapolis Convention, events leading up to, 52-59;
proposed by Maryland, 55, 59;
meets with delegates from five States, 59;
calls a convention of all the States to revise Constitution, 59, 60;
its meeting due to Madison, 61.

Armstrong, John, on impotence of embargo, 269;
instructed to demand compensation for French spoliation, 284.

Bainbridge, Captain William, in war with Tripoli, 252.

Bank, United States, debated in Congress, 162;
arguments for and against, 162, 163;
favored by House, 163;
discussion concerning, in cabinet, 163;
bill creating, signed by Washington, 163;
Madison's hostility to, 177, 178;
act creating, signed by Madison as President, 319.

Barbary States, war with, during Jefferson's administration, 252.

Barlow, Joel, letters of Madison to, as minister to France, 292, 293,
294;
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