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Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton Papers, Library of Congress.
Cutts Family Papers, Library of Congress.
George Shattuck Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Hunter Family Papers, New York Historical Society.
Meikleham-Randolph-Trist-Coolidge Family Papers, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.
Otho Holland Williams Papers, Maryland Historical Society.
Papers of Anthony Benezet, Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Papers of Hetty Ann Barton, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Papers of Joseph Story, Library of Congress.
Sedgwick Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Samuel Latham Mitchill Papers, Museum of the City of New York.
William Plumer Papers, Library of Congress, New Hampshire State Library.
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Cunningham, Noble, Jr. “The Frances Few Diary.” Journal of Southern History 29, no. 3 (August 1963).
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NEWSPAPERS
Albany Register, May 1809.
Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer, February 28, 1800; December 16, 1800; July 12, 1803; July 22, 1803; July 27, 1803.
Alexandria Gazette, September 15, 1814.
American Citizen, June 5, 1801.
Aurora, May 15, 1799; January 3, 1809; January 5, 1809; January 18, 1809; January 19, 1809; February 11, 1809; March 4, 1809; March 8, 1809; March 10, 1809; March 22, 1809; April 14, 1809; April 21, 1809; April 23, 1809; May 23, 1809; June 2, 1809; June 6, 1809; July 1, 1812.
Baltimore American, May 1809.
Baltimore Patriot, August 31, 1814.
Boston Chronicle, November 22, 1813.
Boston Evening Post, July 31–August 10, 1812.
Connecticut Courant, December 12, 1796.
Corbett's Weekly Register, May 7, 1814.
Esse
x Register, December 16, 1812.
Federal Republican, January 12, 1815.
Gazette of the United States, April 24, 1798.
Lexington Reporter, January 1809; August 7, 1813.
London Courier, December 5, 1811; January 1814.
London Times, January 1, 1813; January 6, 1813; January 12, 1813; April 1817.
National Gazette, December 19, 1791; February 18, 1792; March 3, 1792.
National Intelligencer, March 9, 1800; March 4, 1801; March 5, 1801; June 3, 1801; June 8, 1801; October 15, 1801; October 20, 1801; October 26, 1801; October 30, 1801; December 6, 1802; December 10, 1802; February 18, 1803; April 15, 1803; March 7, 1808; December 29, 1808; April 1809; April 4, 1809; April 19, 1809; May 3, 1809; June 21, 1809; September 6, 1809; October 16, 1809; February 5, 1810; April 21, 1810; June 27, 1812; July 1, 1812; August 20, 1814; September 7, 1814; September 8, 1814; September 28, 1814; October 28, 1814; January 2, 1839; July 17, 1849.
New England Palladium, April 12, 1803.
New York Columbian, June 19, 1812; June 21, 1812; June 22, 1812; June 23, 1812; June 27, 1812; June 30, 1812; July 1, 1812; July 3, 1812.
New York Commercial Advertiser, July 12, 1809; July 19, 1809.
New York Express, January 2, 1839.
Niles Register, April 22, 1815.
Palladium, June 19, 1812; June 23, 1812; June 30, 1812; July 1812; July 3, 1812; July 7, 1812; July 10, 1812; July 21, 1812; July 24, 1812; July 28, 1812; July 31, 1812; August 7, 1812; August 11, 1812; August 14, 1812.
Pittsburgh Gazette, November 28, 1833.
Richmond Daily Dispatch, August 27, 1853.
Richmond Enquirer, February 6, 1806.
Richmond Examiner, May 5, 1802.
Salem Gazette, June 23, 1812.
Spirit of Seventy-Six, January 26, 1809; January 16, 1810.
Virginia Gazette, July 24, 1774.
Washington Expositor, December 4, 1807; February 17, 1808; March 1808; April 16, 1808; May 4, 1808; March 12, 1809.
Washington Federalist, February 6, 1805; January 19, 1806; February 2, 1806; December 3, 1806; December 18, 1806; November 7, 1807; January 9, 1808; January 21, 1808; January 23, 1808; January 25, 1808; January 28, 1808; February 3, 1808; February 20, 1808; March 3, 1808; April 8, 1808; May 4, 1808; May 7, 1808; October 1808; December 1, 1808; December 13, 1808; December 31, 1808; March 12, 1809; March 19, 1809.
Abolition Society (Richmond, VA), 333
Adair, John, 156
Adams, Abigail, 15, 46, 69, 86–87, 88
Adams, Catherine, 152
Adams, Charles Francis, 161
Adams, Henry, 289
Adams, John, 15, 46, 55–58, 82–83, 84, 86, 107
death of on the Fourth of July, 347
and Dolley Madison, 70, 177
as a Federalist, 56, 82–83
and James Madison
Adams becoming an ally of Madison, 252, 261
on Madison's health, 229
mutual dislike, 46, 55, 56, 57–58, 84, 91, 173, 186
making “midnight” appointments, 109–110
paying tribute to Barbary pirates, 114
and the Quasi War, 84, 112
and Thomas Jefferson
becoming friends, 173
Jefferson running for presidency against, 58
mutual dislike, 56, 58, 84, 186
on Washington, DC, 56, 77
Adams, John Quincy, 141, 183, 287, 356
and Dolley Madison, 97, 127–28, 361, 365
and James Madison, 85, 91, 127–28, 294
belief in Madison's embargo, 145
eulogy for, 348
and Payne Todd, 318
and Russia's efforts to negotiate end of War of 1812, 248, 283
and Thomas Jefferson, 85, 121
Agricultural Society of Albemarle (County), 300
Albany Register (newspaper), 204
Alert (British ship), 258
Alexander Henderson and Co., 77
Alexandria, VA, 76, 77, 78, 95, 101, 141, 269, 282, 291
during War of 1812, 14, 17, 279
Alexandria Advertiser (newspaper), 80
Alexandria Gazette (newspaper), 80
Algiers, 288
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, 56, 57, 58, 68, 115, 123, 346
Allinson, Samuel, 333
American Colonization Society, 338, 343, 354
American Revolution and the War of 1812, differences between, 252–53
“American System,” 254
Argyll, duke of, 121
Armstrong, John, 18–19, 21, 205, 246, 262, 264, 279
Army Corps of Engineers, 196
Astor, John Jacob, 175, 248, 327
Aurora (newspaper), 57, 138, 145, 153, 169, 185, 209, 212, 218
Bache, Richard, 326
Bache, Sophie, 324
Bacon, Ezekiel, 206
Bagot, Charles, 77, 241
Bagot, Mary, 51, 77–78, 91–92
Bainbridge, William, 258, 288
Ballendine, John, 192
Baltimore, MD, 294, 323
during War of 1812, 13, 19, 147, 221, 240, 264–65, 278, 286
reaction to Aaron Burr trial, 146
Baltimore American (newspaper), 179, 209
Barbary pirates, 84, 114–15, 129, 153, 287–88
Barclay, Robert, 260
Barker, Jacob, 23
Barlow, Joel, 175, 233, 243
Barlow, Mrs. Joel, 226, 233
Barnard, Daniel, 224
Barton, Hetty Ann, 77
Basset, Mr. and Mrs., 273
Bayard, James, 103, 318
Beams, William, 264
Beckwith, Dolley Cole, 177, 195
Beutzon, Mr., 318
“Big Knife.” See Madison, James, political life
Bill of Rights, 44, 334
Billy (slave), 335
Bizet, Charles, 268
Bladensburg, MD, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24–25, 27
Blaine, James, 176
Blake, James, 14, 21
Blodgett's Hotel, 279
Blount, Jackie, 310
Bolden, Joe, 24
Bolingbroke, Henry, 241
Bolton Farms, 321–22
Bonaparte, Elizabeth (Patterson) “Betsy,” 100, 175, 179, 210, 225, 240–41, 316
Bonaparte, Jerome, 100, 171, 179, 240–41
Boston Chronicle (newspaper), 244
Bradley, Abraham, Jr., 196
Brant, Irving, 40
Brent, Robert, 153
Briggs and Longstreet, 198
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 65
Britain
American embargos
before the American Revolution, 134
during Jefferson's administration, 133–39, 141–42, 144, 145, 148, 154–55, 166, 176, 183, 188, 204–205, 209, 222, 223
during War of 1812, 265
anger at the defeat in the American Revolution, 184
John Jay attempting to engineer treaty with, 68
lead-up to the American Revolution, 62–64
lead-up to the War of 1812, 146–47, 154, 155, 161, 183–89, 203–213, 236–37
1809 report of British outrages against America, 148
causes (see impressment of sailors)
doubting that America would ever go to war, 207
See also War of 1812
Madison urging peace with after War of 1812, 300
war with Napoleon, 133, 184, 212, 216, 257, 262, 285
ending of allowing Britain to focus on the United States, 280
War of 1812 adding to cost of, 265
War of 1812 seen as American support of France, 220
British Annual Register of 1814, 28
Brock, Isaac, 244, 251, 255
Bryant, William Cullen, 135–36
Burr, Aaron, 37, 81–82, 98, 146
Cabell, William, 195
Cabinet (newspaper), 80
Calhoun, John C., 204, 211, 216
Callender, James, 54, 57, 115
Campbell, John, 355
Canada, 136, 262
attempted invasions of during War of 1812, 215, 220, 227, 243, 251–52, 255–56, 261
British plan to attack New England from, 262, 263, 265
desire to annex for the United States, 244
privateer activities off coast of, 259, 260
remaining British during and after War of 1812, 252, 285
canals, 192–93, 194, 196, 198–200
Canning, George, 188
Capitol Building
and British invasion during War of 1812, 13, 26, 27–28, 29, 30, 32, 264, 278, 279, 291
rebuilding of, 75, 77, 78, 287, 291
Car of Neptune (steamship), 198
Carroll, Charles, 21, 23
Carroll, Daniel, 281
Carroll, John, 127
Carroll Row, 76
Carter, Robert, 329
Cass, Lewis, 247
Castellux, Chevalier de, 192
Caton, Miss, 226
Central College, 301
Chase, Samuel, 56, 142
Chasseurs Britannique, 261–62
Chauncey, Isaac, 252, 260
Chemung Canal, 194
Chenango Canal, 194
Chesapeake, USS (frigate), British attack on, 146–47, 161, 183, 256
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 193, 194
Chippewa (battle at), 263, 265
cholera epidemic, 138
City Dancing Assembly (Philadelphia), 69
City Orphan Asylum, 165, 281, 366
Claiborne, William, 157–58, 159
Clark, William, 107, 122, 167
Clarkson, Thomas, 340
Clarkson, William, 38
Clay, Henry, 297
and Dolley Madison, 235, 253–54, 349, 361
and James Madison, 339, 348
and Payne Todd, 318, 324
as Speaker of the House, 204, 210, 211, 229, 254
as a War Hawk, 204, 210–11, 212, 244
Clermont (steamship), 198
Clinton, DeWitt, 198–99, 223, 278
Clinton, George, 103, 143, 144, 149, 208
Cockburn, George, 14–15, 27–28, 30, 256, 261, 264
Colden, Cadwallader, 192
Colden, Henrietta, 38
Coles, Anne, 324
Coles, Betsy (Dolley's cousin), 251
Coles, Catherine (Dolley's cousin), 39, 41
Coles, Edward (Dolley's cousin), 250, 323, 328
antislavery views, 332, 336, 338–39, 358
and Dolley Madison, 14, 172, 177–78, 233, 250, 304–305, 356, 358
health of, 230–31, 239
and James Madison, 90–91
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