1837. Mar. Michigan admitted, vii. 287, 583.
The U. S. refuses to annex Texas, vii. 551.
Treaty of the U. S. and Greece, vii. 503.
Rebellion in Canada (ending in 1838), viii.
157, 161, 181.

Dec. McLeod and the steamboat "Caro-
line," vii. 494-

Perry's first results with steam war-ships,
vii. 460.

The publication of Force's American Ar-
chives (stopped in 1853), viii. 425.

Ternaux-Compans' Voyages, i. xxxvii, ii. vi.
1838. Territory of Iowa created, vii. 543.
Lower Canada set up, viii. 171.

Dease and Simpson's Arctic discoveries, viii.
119.

English Public Record Office established,
viii. 459.

1839. The Liberty Party (United States)
formed, vii. 288.

Marshall's collected decisions on constitu-
tional questions (U. S.) published, vii. 261.
Treaty of the U. S. with Ecuador, vii. 504.
S. G. Morton holds the American Indian to
be a distinct race, i. 372.

The so-called Aroostook War in Maine, vii.
177.

Anti-rent troubles in N. York, lasting for
several years, vii. 353.

1840. July 4. The Sub-Treasury Act; re-
pealed in 1841, vii. 289.

July 23. Upper and Lower Canada re-
united, viii. 163, 177.

Sutter prominent in California, viii. 231.
The Abolition party (U. S.) split, vii. 288.
The American and Foreign Anti-slavery
Society formed, vii. 288.

The "Tip and Ty' political campaign
(U.S.) the first of the modern method, vii. 289.
Dr. Francia dies in Paraguay, viii. 360.
1841. March 4. Harrison and Tyler admin-
istration, vii. 290, 353; Harrison dies, and Ty-
ler becomes President, vii. 290.

66

Case of the slaver "Creole," vii. 494.

The U. S. steam vessels "Mississippi" and
'Missouri," the earliest conspicuous steami
war-vessels, vii. 460.

The Hudson Bay Co. colonize Vancouver's
Island, viii. 52.

John L. Stephens first published his Yuca-
tan Studies, i. 176.

Santarem's Atlas (finished 1853), iii. 217.
Oct. 7. Santa Anna enters Mexico, viii. 229.
The Russians abandon California, viii. 231.
Paredes' revolt in Mexico, viii. 229.
1842. Aug. 9. Webster-Ashburton Treaty and
the N. E. boundary, vii. 179, 292, 493, 525,
554; viii. 231.

New tariff passed, vii. 290, 355.

Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island, vii. 355.
Frémont's explorations through the Rocky
Mountains and to the Pacific coast, continued
in later years, vii. 558; viii. 260.

Margry begins his researches in early French
American history, and at last (1873) is aided
by the United States government, iv. 242.

Gold first found in California in the Los
Angeles district, viii. 231.
1843. Boyer deposed (Hayti), viii. 288.

Frémont's second expedition, viii. 260.
Treaties of extradition between the U. S.
and France, vii. 497.

Annexation of Texas agitated, vii. 291.

1843, Prescott publishes his Conquest of Mex-
ico, ii. 425.

Prescott's Peru published, ii. 577.

1844. Feb. 27. The Spanish part of San Do-
mingo declared independent, viii. 288.

Apr. 12. Calhoun's treaty for the annexa-
tion of Texas; but it is rejected by the U. S.
Senate, vii. 506.

July 3. Treaty of the U. S. with China, vii.
509.

Treaties concluded for the U. S. by Whea-
ton with the lesser German powers, vii. 512.

Roselly de Lorgues begins the movement to
procure the canonization of Columbus, ii. 69.
Map of the Arctic regions, viii. 121.

The memorial of Tecpan-Atitlan discov
ered, i. 167.

1845. Mar. 3. Congress by a joint resolution
annexes Texas, and the President confirms the
action; Texas annexed July 4, vii. 506.

Mar. 4. J. K. Polk President of the U. S.,
vii. 291, 355.

May 19. Sir John Franklin's Arctic expe-
dition in the "Erebus" and "Terror" sails
from England, viii. 89, 122, 127.

May 29 Treaty of France and Great
Britain, vii. 493.

July 4. Texas annexed, and in Dec. ad-
mitted as a State, vii. 291.

Florida admitted, vii. 291.

The Naval Academy at Annapolis founded,
vii. 460.

-

Garneau's Canada published originally
the book generally accepted by French Cana-
dians, iv. 359.

1846. March. The United States government
order Gen. Taylor to pass the Nueces River,
bringing on the war with Mexico, vii. 292, 408,

440.

May 8. Battle of Palo Alto, vii. 408, 442.
May 9.
Battle of Resaca de la Palma, vii.
408, 442.

May 13. Congress declares that war with
Mexico exists, vii. 292.

May 18. Gen. Taylor crosses the Rio
Grande, vii. 408.

June. Com. Sloat and Frémont at Monte-
rey (California), vii. 410; viii. 232.

Bear Flag insurrection in California, vii.
445.

July. Com. Stockton takes Los Angeles,
and California made a territory of the U. S.,
vii. 410.

Aug. 18. Gen. Kearney at Santa Fé, vii.
408.
Aug. "Wilmot's Proviso to prevent slav-
ery in territory acquired of Mexico, vii. 292.
Sept. 21-23. Battle of Monterey, vii. 409.
The Sub-Treasury Act reenacted, vii. 289.
Non-protective tariff, vii. 293.
Iowa admitted, vii. 291.

Treaty of the U. S. and New Grenada, vii.
504.

Treaty of the U. S. and Great Britain as to
the Oregon boundary, vii. 559; viii. 52.

Maj. Emory's explorations to the Pacific,
vii. 558.

Dr. Rae's overland Arctic exped., viii. 121.
Smithsonian Institution founded, i. 439.
Dr. O'Callaghan publishes his New Nether
land, iv. 431.

The New Mexico and California campaigns
in this and the next year, vii. 444.

80.

Feb. 2. The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed by Trist and the Mexican commissioners; ratified by the U. S. Mar. 10, and the treaty settled May 30, vii. 412, 507, 535, 553. Wisconsin admitted, vii. 291.

Freesoil party (U. S.) formed, vii. 293. The New York "Barnburners " allied with the Abolitionists, vii. 293.

Sir John Richardson's Franklin Search Expedition by way of the Mackenzie River, viii. 91, 121.

First expedition under Sir James Clarke Ross in search for Sir John Franklin, viii. 91. Kellett and Moore's Franklin Search Expedition by way of Behring's Straits, lasting three years, viii. 91, 121.

Arthur Helps begins to publish his studies of Spanish American history, iv. 428.

American Asso. for the Advancement of Science begins to publish, i. 437.

Brasseur de Bourbourg begins his researches in Mexico, i. 170.

1849. Simpson announces his discovery of cliff houses in the Colorado region, i. 395.

Treaty of the U. S. with Guatemala, vii. 504.

Richard Hildreth's United States originally published, with a second series in 1851, viii. 479. 1850. The Democratic policy of 66 popular sovereignty and 66 'Squatter sovereignty (U. S.), vii. 293.

Sept. 9 (Dec. 13). Congressional boundary act determines the upper bounds of Texas, vii. 553.

Seven expeditions engaged in searching for Sir John Franklin, viii. 92.

Austin and Ommanney's Arctic expedition through Lancaster Sound, viii. 94.

Capt. Wm. Penny's Arctic exped., viii. 95,

121.

1850. The first U. S. Grinnell Arctic exped. under De Haven, with Dr. Kane as surgeon; discover Grinnell Land, viii. 95.

Collinson and McClure's Behring's Straits exped., viii. 92, connecting by McClure's foot journey with Parry's earlier discoveries on the Atlantic side, showing water all the way and proving the existence of a northwest passage (Oct.).

Life and Works of John Adams published (finished in 1856), viii. 427.

San Martin dies in Europe, viii. 336. 1851. Kennedy in the Arctic regions, viii. 96. Dr. Rae descends the Coppermine River in the Franklin search, viii. 96.

Francis Parkman's first studies of Indian character in his Pontiac, i. 317.

L. H. Morgan's League of the Iroquois, i. 325. The Sparks-Mahon controversy, lasting three years, viii. 418.

B. J. Lossing publishes his Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution, viii. 480.

Treaty of the U. S. with Costa Rica, vii. 504.

1852. Sir Edw. Belcher's Arctic expedition, when the "Resolute" is abandoned, May 15, 1854, but subsequently found, Sept., 1855, in Davis' Straits, and the next year is restored by the U. S. government to the Queen, viii. 9799, 122.

Geo. Bancroft's volumes covering the Revolutionary war published between this date and 1875, viii. 475.

1853. Dr. Kane in the "Advance" again goes to the Arctic regions, viii. 99, reaching nearly 79° N. lat. the highest yet - and discovering Washington Land; but the vessel is abandoned May 17, 1855, viii. 99, 100, 125.

Dr. Rae in the Arctic regions finds (Apr., 1854) articles in the hands of Eskimos which had belonged to Franklin, viii. 100, 126.

Dec. 30. The Gadsden Purchase by the U. S., vii. 553.

Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes published, i.

376.

1854. Dr. Hayes' Arctic boat journey, viii. 125. Varnhagen publishes his Historia do Brazil, viii. 350.

Reciprocity treaty of the U. S. and Canada, viii. 167.

The New Republican party in the U. S. formed, vii. 282.

Curtis' Hist. of the Constitution (vol. i.) published, vii. 263.

1855. Freesoil party (U. S.) formed, vii. 288. Hartstein searching for Kane in the Arctic regions, viii. 100.

1856. Gov. Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation published, iii. 293.

C. R. Markham begins his publication of his Peruvian studies, ii. 578.

The English Calendar of State Papers begun, viii. 459.

E. G. Squier publishes his Nicaragua researches, i. 197.

Geo. Tucker's United States published, one of the earliest sustained Southern views of the U. S. history, viii. 48o.

1857. Parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of the Hudson Bay Co., viii. 53.

McClintock in the "Fox in the Arctic regions, and finds, May, 1859, a written record

of the progress of the Franklin exped. of Apr. 26, 1848, by which it appears that Franklin had died June 11, 1847, viii. 102, 127. 1857. Movement begun in France, under the direction of Aubin, Brasseur, and others, to study American archæology, i. 441.

New Grenada becomes the United States of Colombia, viii. 339.

The Historical Magazine begun, viii. 480. Brasseur de Bourbourg's Nations Civilisées published, ii. 418.

1858. Icazbalceta publishes his Coleccion de documentos (the last volume in 1866), ii. 397.

Charnay begins his Mexican studies, i. 176. Photography first used in delineating the Yucatan ruins by Charnay, i. 195.

Right of search at sea abandoned by Great Britain, vii. 493.

1859. Kunstmann's Atlas, iii. 217.

San Juan Island in Washington Sound jointly occupied by American and British forces, vii. 560.

Map of the Northwest Passage, viii. 124. 1860. Léon de Rosny's studies in Mexican hieroglyphics first attracted notice, i. 201.

Dr. Hayes' Arctic explorations, viii. 125; and his map of his supposed open Polar Sea, viii. 126.

Capt. C. F. Hall's Arctic voyages (the last in 1871), reaching 82° 16', with the "Polaris," viii. 129.

Civil war in the United States, viii. 169. 1863. Squier's explorations in Peru, i. 272. Brasseur discovers Landa's Relacion, i.

1867. July 1. The Dominion of Canada begins its life, viii. 170.

The Hudson Bay Co. surrender their charter, viii. 64.

1869. Royal Historical MSS. commission established (England), viii. 460.

Lossing publishes his Pictorial Field-book of the War of 1812, viii. 480.

1872. The German Emperor gives an award favorable to the Americans in the De Haro controversy, vii. 562.

The U. S. boundary line from the Lake of the Woods westerly run, vii. 555.

The Reports of the Dominion (Canada) archivist begin, viii. 464.

Richard Frothingham's Rise of the Republic published, viii. 480.

1873. Dr. C. C. Abbott's earliest announcement of human implements being found in the Trenton gravels, i. 333.

Map of the Arctic regions, viii. 109.

Von Holst begins his publications on the Constitutional History of the United States, vii. 264; viii. 507.

1875. Las Casas' Historia first printed, ii. 340First session of the Congrès des Américanistes, i. 442.

H. H. Bancroft begins the publication of his series of historical works, i. 415.

Nares' Arctic exped., when A. H. Markham with sledges reaches 83° 20′ 26 N. lat., viii. 129.

Allen Young in the "Pandora" in the Arctic seas, viii. 129.

1876. Le Plongeon discovers the statue of Chackmool at Chichen-Itza, i. 190.

Count Circourt publishes a translation, with comments, of Bancroft's Chapters on the French Alliance in 1777, viii. 506.

1877. The Cartas de Indias published, ii. p.

viii.

Maj. Powell begins to publish the Contributions to Ethnology, i. 440.

1879. Archæological Institute of America founded, i. 438.

Map recording attempts to reach the North Pole, viii. 128.

1880. The publication of James Schouler's Hist. of the United States begun, viii. 481. 1881. The Bureau of Ethnology begins to publish, i. 439.

Greely's Arctic expedition attains the highest latitude yet, 83° 24', viii. 129. 1882. Bancroft's Hist. of the Constitution, vii. 263.

1883. The publication of J. B. McMaster's Hist. of the People of the United States begun, viii. 481.

George Bancroft's United States in its final revision appears, viii. 477.

1886. Feb. 28. Henry Stevens dies, i. p. xv. 1887. H. T. Cresson's first announcement of supposed prehistoric pile dwellings found in the Delaware River, i. 341, 363.

viii, 416; Parliamentary Register,
viii, 499; Remembrances, viii, 498;
Prior Documents, viii, 498; Tracts,
viii, 498. Cf. vi.

Aloisen, S., viii, 447.
Alsop, Richard, viii, 347.

Alvarez, Diego, at Bahia, viii, 389.
Alvarez, F., Noticia, viii, 498.
Alvarez, Seb., viii, 375.

Alvarez de Arenales, J. A., Memorial
hist., viii, 345-

Alzate y Ramirez, J. A. de, map of
Mexican bishoprics, viii, 200.
Amat, Manuel de, viii, 311, 312, 342.
Amazon, explored, viii, 319, 343; map
(1585), viii, 390. See Rivers and
Maps

America, aboriginal condition of, i;
the ancients' knowledge of, i; early
relations with the old world, i; geo-
logical history, i; early agriculture,
i; early architecture, i; ancient man
in, i, 369: earliest European con-
tacts, ii; considered a part of Asia,
iii, 69: earliest English publica-
tions on, iii, 199; early migrations,
i; collections of voyages to, i; Eng-
lish America, ii; v; vi; vii; Span-
ish America, ii; viii; French Amer-
ica, iv; viii; Portuguese America,
iv; viii; Arctic America, iii; viii;
North America, i; ii; iii; iv; v;
vi; vii; Central America, 1;
viii; South America, i; ii; viii.
General writers (selection), includ-
ing collections of early descrip-

tions.

Aa. Van der, i; ii.
Belleforest, iv. Blome, Richard, iv;
v; viii. Brevoort, J. C., i; iv.
Bry, Theo de, i; ii; iii; viii.
Charlevoix, v; viii.
Dapper, iv, 423. D'Avezac, iii; iv;

vill.

Eden, Richard, i; iii.

Gaffarel,

Paul, i; ii; iv; viii.
Glareanus, i. Gottfriedt, J. L., iv;
viii. Gravier, Gabriel, 1; ii; iv;
V. Grynaeus, Simon, ii; iii.
Hakluyt, Richard, i; ii; iii; iv.
Harrisse, Henry, i; ii; iii; iv.
Herrera, ii. Heylin, P., iii. Hul-
sius, iv; viii.

Laet, Johannes de, i; iv; viii. Lin-
schoten, i; ii; iv; viii.
Margry, P., iv; vii; viii. Markham,

C. R., ii; viii. Martyr, Peter, i;
ii. Mela, Pomponius, i; ii. Mo-
nardes, iii, 204. Montanus, i; ii;
ii; v. Murphy, H. C., ii; iv.
Ogilby, John, iii; iv; v. Oldmixon,
John, v.

Peschel, Oscar, i; ii; iv.

Prévost,

i; viii. Purchas, Samuel, i; iii;

iv.

Ramusio, i; ii; iii; iv; viii. Rob-
ertson, Wm., i; ii: viii.
S., ii.

Ruge,

Shea, Dr. J. G., i; ii; iv; viii.
Ternaux-Compans, Henri, i; ii; iv;
viii. Thevenot, i; iv. Thevet,
André, iv; viii.

Wieser, Franz, ii. Willes, Richard,
iii, 35, 204. Winsor, Justin, i; ii;
iii; iv; v; vi; vii; viii.
The introduction of volume i. con-
tains a detailed account of the
earlier collections of travels and
voyages respecting America.
American Monitor, viii. 267. See
Periodicals.

American Revolution, viii. See
United States,

Americana, including Bibliographies
and Libraries.

Acadia, iv; v. Allan, John, i, p.
xiii.
Americana in general, i, pp.
ii, iii, vi, xii, xv, xvi, xvii, 413, 414,
423 iii, 217, 499; iv, 367; v.
Amazon, ii. American Antiqua-
rian Society, i, p. xvii. American
Revolution, vi. Ancients, i. An-
drade, J. M., i, 414; ii, 399, 430.

Archæology, i Arctic regions,
iii; viii. Asher, G. M., iv; vini.
Aspinwall, Col. T., i; ii; viii.
Astor, i, p. xvii. Aubin, i, 162.
Baltimore, i, P. xviii. Bancroft,
Geo., i, p. xvii; viii. Bancroft, H.
H., 1, pp. viii, ix. Barlow, S. L.
M., i, pp. iv, xviii; ii, 48; iii, 159;
V, 592. Bartlett, J. R., i; ii; v;
vii. Berlin, ii, 449. Blenheim, i,
p. xiii. Bodleian, i, 203. Boon,
E. P., i, p. xiii, Boston, i, pp. x,
xvii: Public library, i; iv; Athe-
næum, i; viii, 476. Boturini, B.,
i.

Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1, pp.
xiii, 162; ii, 418. Brazil, viii, 349.
Brevoort, J. C., i, pp. x, xviii.
Brinley, Geo., i, p. xii; iii, 211,
British Museum, ii; v;
374, 375.

viii, 475. Brown, John Carter, i;
iii; iv; viii.

Cabots, iii; Canada, iv; v; viii.
Parliamentary library, i, p. xviii;
iv, 366; viii. Carolina, v. Car-
tier, Jacques, iv. Central Amer-
ica, i; i; viii. Champlain, iv.
Colombina (Columbus, Ferdi-
nando), i, p. vi; ii, 65. Colum-
bus, ii. Congress, iv, 248, 299.
Cooke, J. J., 1, p. xii. Cortes, ii.
Cosatenensis, ii, 159. Court, Dr.
J., i, p. xiii; ii, 163. Crevenna,
11,171. Crowninshield, E. A., i,
p. xii; iii, 206. Cutter, C. A.,

vili.

Dalrymple, iii. 544. Deane, Charles,
i; iii. Dexter, H. M., 1, p. xvii;
iii, 246. Discovery, Age of, ii;
iii; iv; viii. Dorado, El, ii.
Drake, Sir Francis, iii, 81; viii.
Drake, S. G., i, p. xv. Dresden,
i, 205.
Ebeling, i: iv, 495. Elzévirienne,
ii, 293. English colonies of North
America, iii; v. Estense, ii, 107.
Field, T. W., 1, pp. xiii, 414. Flor-
ida, Early, ii. Force, Col. Peter,

i, pp. vi. 171; viii. French, and
Indian wars, v. French colonies

Kalbfleisch,

of North America, iv.
Geography, ii. Georgia, v. Great
Lakes (North America), iv.
Greene, Albert G., i, xiii. Green-
land, i. Grenville, i. p. iv. Gris-
wold, A. W., i; iii. Guatemala,
i; ii; viii.
Harvard College library, i; iv, 248,
299; viii, 475. See Colleges. Haw-
kins, iii. Historical Societies, i,
p. xviii. See Societies. Hudson's
Bay, viii. Humboldt, Alex. von,
i, p. vi. Hutchinson, Thomas, i;
viii. Huth, iii, 82.
Incas, i. Indians, i.
Kennett, White, i; iii.
C. H., i; iv.
Labanoff, iii, 200. Las Casas, ii.
Lenox, James, ii; iii; iv; vii.
Libri, ii, 166. Linguistics, i.
Louisiana, v; vii.
Magellan, ii; viii. Magliabechian,
iv. 17. Maryland, ini; v; vì; và.
Massachusetts State library, i, p.
xvii. Mathers, i, p. i. Maximi-
lian, Emperor, i, p. viii; ii, 430.
Man, Antiquity of, viii.
ciana, i, p. vi. Menzies, William,
i, p. xii; iii. Mexico, i; ii; viii.
Missions, ii; iv; v; viii.
sissippi Valley, iv; v; vii.
didier, iii. Moravian, iii, 500.
Muller, Fred., i; iii; iv; vii.
Munsell, Joel, iv. Murphy, H.
C., i, p. ix; iv, 22. Museums, i.
Myths, i.

Mar-

Mis-
Mon-

New England, iii; v; vi; vii. New-
foundland, viii. New Jersey, iii.
New Mexico, ii; viii. New Neth-
erland, iv. New Sweden, iv. New
York State, iii; iv; v; vi; vii.
Northmen, i. Norumbega, iii.
Old French war, v.
Pacific Ocean, ii.

Pennsylvania,

iii; v; vi; vii. Periodicals, i.
Peru, i; ii; viii. Philadelphia, i,
p. xviii. Philipps, Sir Thomas,
ii; ii, 208. Pilgrims of Plymouth,
iii. Pilling, J. C., i; vii. Pinart,
Alp., i; ii. Prescott, W. H., i,
269; ii, 427, 577. Prince, Thomas,
1, 1. Providence, iii, 381.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, iii. Ramirez,
J. F., ii, 398, 399. Religions, i.
Rich, Obadiah, i; ii; iii; vi.
Rogers, Horatio, iii, 381.
Sabin, Jos., i; iii. San Francisco,
i, p. xviii. Shurtleff, N. B., iii,
362. Sobolewski, i, p. xiii. South
America, viii. Spanish Colonies,
ii; viii. Sparks, Jared, i, p. vi;
iii, 211. Spofford, A. R., vii.
Squier, E. G., i. Stevens, Henry,
i; ; ; iv; v; vi; vii; viii.
Strozzi, iv, 17. Stuttgart, Lit.
Verein, ii, 579. Sunderland, i, p.

Ternaux-Compans, i, p. iv; ii; vi.
Thorpe, Thomas, bibliographer,
v, 354. Thottiana, ii, 171. Tiele,
P. A., iv. Trivulgiana, i, p. vi; ii,

51, 58.
United States, Colonial, iii; v;
Revolution, vi; vii; federal, vii;
territorial growth, vii.

Valenciana, ii, p. iii. Virginia, iii;
v; vi; vii.

Warden, D. R., i, p. iii. Walcke-
naer, iii; viii. Watkinson, i, p. xii.
West Indies, viii. Williams, Dan-
iel, iii, 245. Williams, Dr., Library
(London), viii, 460.

Yucatan, i; ii; viii.

Ames, Ellis, on the Mass. troops in
the West Indies, viii, 242.
Ames, Fisher, as orator, viii, 485. Cf.
vii.

Amherst, Sir Jefferey, thought of to
command in America during the
Rev. War, viii, 502. Cf. v.
Amiens, peace of, viii, 285. See Trea-

Anderson, Adam, Origin of Com-
merce, viii, 250.

Anderson, A. C., viii, 79, 80.

Anderson, James, in the Arctic re-
gions, viii, 101.

Anderson, J. S. M., Church of Eng-
land in the Colonies, viii, 184.
Andes, crossed by San Martin's army,
viii, 330.

André, Maj. John, his letters to Wash-
ington,viii, 462. Cf. vi.
André, J. F., Flibustiers, viii, 251.
Andrews, John, letters from Boston,
viii, 429.

Andrews, John, Hist. of the War,
viii, 500.

Andrews, Hist. Journalism, viii, 497.
Anendaño y Vilela, F. de, Relacion,
viii, 351.

Angelis, Pedro de, Coleccion, viii, 344,
346, 358: La Plata, viii, 375, 388.
Ango, family of Dieppe, viii, 374-
Angostura, viii, 334...

Anian, Straits of, viii, 33, 214, 257. See
Oceans.

Annand, Wm., Howe's Speeches, viii,

186.

Annapuquio, viii, 329.

Anquetil, Universal History, viii, 259-
Anson, Geo., bibliog., viii, 252: in the