History of the United States of America: ... to the present time [Drawn from Hinton's History, Holmes' 'Annals,' etc.] By T. P. Shaffner [assisted by C. Ball? and others] . Illustrated with steel engravings, ... maps, etc

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Published by tbe LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, Limited, 97, 98, 90, & 100. ST. JOHN STREET, LONDON; AND 55. DEY STREET. NEW YORK. FMSIBJUfE LIMC© ■ -HISTORY \tt ih.t JJJlJJEi STATES © IF arm t|f «tef yMrt U 0$t$wtom$ f«, BY /'//,///,:>/, // , - '/7//// t ;//,'/// PHIHTED ANT) PUBLISHED BY THE iOjrjBQN PBIITIS6 AMB PTOBIISHING COKLPÆMY. HISTOEY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMEKICA: FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY TALIAFEBKO PEESTON SHAFFNEB, LL.D., MEMBER OF THE BAR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA J FELLOW OF THS ROYAL SOCIETY OF ART3 J THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY J AND THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON J FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ANTIQUARIES OF COPENHAGEN, AND OF THE LITERARY SOCIETY OF ICELAND; FOREIGN HEMBER OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF BERLIN, ETC.

Illustrate luitjr Btttl <£ngrafrtngs, COMMEMORATIVE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA ; PORTRAITS OF THE PRESIDENTS ; MAPS, VIEWS, ETC, ETC. VOL. II. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED : LONDON AND NEW YORK. INDEX. VOL. II. Abolition Party, 533, 657 ; candidate for president, 657, 665—668. Boxer sloop surrendered to the United States' sloop Enterprise, 344. Boyd's Creek, battle of, 208. Breckenridge, John C, elected vice-president, 667; nominated for president, ib. Brock, General, death of, 300. Broke, Captain, capture of the Chesapeake by, 342. Bryant's Station, assault of, by Girty, 14 ; retreat of the Indians, 16. Aborigines of America, condition of, described by President Monroe, 457. Adams, John, minister to the court of St. James, 51 ; arrival of in England, and cordial reception by the king and ministers, 52 ; elected vice-president of the United States, 85; president, 180, 217; address to congress on difficulties with France, 181, 186.

Adams, John Quincy, president, 453. Adet, M., minister from the French republic, complains of American policy, 178; announces the suspension of diplomatic relations, 179. African slave-trade with America, the, 142 ; opposed by Rhode Island, 145 ; abolished, 173. African company, the, 143. Alabama, prohibitory laws of, relative to the slave-trade, 172 ; the state of, organised and received into the federal union, 429. Buchanan, James, elected president, 667. Buena Vista, battle of, 571 — 573 ; defeat of Santa Anna at, 574. Burr, Colonel, candidature of, for the presidency, 251 ; duel with General Hamilton, ib. ; secret expedition of, 269; denounced by the federal government, 270 j trial and acquittal of, 271. Butler, General, put to death by the Indians, 131. Calhoun, John C, elected vice-president, 453, 455 ; death of, 665.